The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-17

parsimony OF the citizens. Riotous as
semblages, similar to those which dis
graced so many towns last spring, will oc-
cur. 1t is within the power of the mer-
chants, manufacturers, Spectators and
hoarders of all kinds to prevent the recur-
renee of these shameful scenes; and it is in
thelr power alone. Many prefer to invoke
the ald OF legislation, and clamor for the
enactment of sumptuary laws, which, as
Montesquieu declares truly, are of all
laws the most inefficacious, and most con-
stantly violated The Spectators and
is idle to hold such laws in te1aorem over
them. 1t is much better to tell them the
truth, viz: that there is but one remedy for
the crime of which they are guilty, and
that is violence"
| LOYAL DEMOCRACY OF 1877 AGAINST REB-
Ell DEMOCRACY OF lS63.-In lS47 a Demo-
cratic meeting in Cincinnati adopted the
| following resolution, which was reported
by committee of which John Brough, the
present Union candidate for Governor, was
| a member:
! "ResolUed, That when war has been de-
ciared, or its existence recognized, by the
/ constitutional authorities of the land
when armies have been set up in the field,
! and the honor of the nation imperiled
upon the contest-we hold it to be the duty
| OF every man-irrespective of his party
|
Gle of patriotism-who cherishes in his
bosom a single sentiment Of honor-who
| holds in his hearts single emotion of love
| for his countrywide has in his compost
ton a single spark of courage, to assert the
right and redress the wrong--to stand by
the cause of the country, so formally and
constitutionally proclaimed, and by every
means in his power to aid the Government
in the energetic and vigorous prosecution
of the war to Just and honorable termi-
! nation; that in a contest OF this kind there
is no such thing as neutrality. He THAT
IS NOT FOR THE EGOyERNMENTI is AGAINST
IT'D f's.i
The same year, in Democratic meeting
held at Dayton, the following resolutions
was adopted, which was written byC l..
/ Vallandigham, the present Rebel candi-
date for Governor in that State:
Rcsotved, That whatever opinions might
have been entertained of the origin, neces-
sity or Justice, by the Tories Of the Revo-
lutionary War, by the Federals of the late
war with England, or by the Wings and
Abolitionists OF the present war with Mex
leo, the fact of the country being engaged
in such war ought to have been sufficient
=, for them, and to have precluded debate on
that subject till successful termination OF
the war; and that in the meantime, the
patriot could have experienced no difficult
ty in recognized his place on the side of his
country, and could never have been indUc-
ed to yield either physical or moral 'aid tc
the enemy"
Contrast these Democratic sentiments Of
1S47 with those now professed by Vallan.
digham and his party followers. Brough
stands to-day on the same patriotic plat.
: form which he did sixteen years ago, while
Nallandigham stands on the platform O.
Benedict Arnold, with the Tories anC
Traitors of the Revolution. Voters OF Du
buque, on which platform do you stand?
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE
ARMS AND PROsECTILES.-We witnessed
yesterday series of interesting experi
ments made by Gen. Roberts, military
commander of the District of Iowa, to tes
the merits of an improved musket and rife
ball invented by the General. This i'm
| provement consists in g combination OF th'
mimic and ordinary spherical ball; and is
especially designed for use with or withOu
: buckshot, in the common smooth-bort
: musket, though it can be used with equa
: facility in any army rifle. The base Of thi
ball, though not strictly concave, is hol
lowed sufficiently TO allow all of the expan
=, sion at the instant the charge is exploded
i so that theloss Of windage always attendan
=, on the use Of spherical ball, is avoided
u The point of the ball is obtusely conical il
S shape, the center ofgravity being sufficient
S lv forward to ensure the striking of tn
: point of the ball on whatever aimed.
The experiments demonstrated the su
perior penetrating force Of the ball, and al
: so proved that buckshot used with it cal
: be propelled with much greater velocit.
d than in the ordinary charge; the windag
$ saved by the ball ensuring much create
i force to the powder. These experiment
T were made with the ordinary Austrla1
y musket with q charge of ninety grains 9
e powder. Should General Roberts succeed
a as we doubt not he will, in perfecting thl
e new ball and introducing its use into tn
> United States army, the benefit to accru
, therefrom to the Government are lncalcu
q liable Thousands of smooth-bore musket
: are now laying useless in our arsenals an
8 armories for the want of projectiles whic
$ can be so used as to make these arms effec
: tive against the rifles Of the enemy. Thi
i invention of Gen. Roberts promises t
IS meet this long existing want.
: Gen. Roberts has for years past been Gle
;: voting continuous attention to improve
ments in ordnance and fire arms. Messrs
II Remington Il Co., the manufacturers Q
9 Colts improved fire arms are now maxim
at their establishment at lillian, n. \,
q new breech loading rifle invented and pa
e tented by Gen. Roberts, in which valuabl
o Improvement is introduced entirely ditter
5 ent from that existing in any other rlie.-
: This improvement consists OF peculla
70 and ingenious fastening in the breech 9
l. the rifle by which the recOil OF the explo
e sion is thrown in direct line with tn
: barrel; thus avoiding all possible DANCE
: of forcing Of the covering Of the breecl
I; chamber upward. This improvement
r SO simple in it's construction and applica
a ton that with it the ordinary army mus
l. kets can be converted into breech loadln'
!, arms and made to fire ten times in MIN
q ute at cost Of less than two dollars.
u Two other, and still more important III I,
/ ventions have been patented by Gen. X
It and will doubtless ere long be, brough
into practical use. One is new cannon
II projectile, the other she'll: Both are mad
: on the same principle; the front end OF eael
IS being of iron, the base of soft metal pre-
i pared for the purpose Of compound Q
IS lead and antimony. The p5ojeetiii1le .iil Ia ],
d snnerior n1n to any in use, and can be made a
h a Saving i Of 1t least twenty-five per cen
over any other. The shell is designed do i! esob
y end on the object at which directed; the ca!
) and denotating powder being placed a. 4,
!, rectly at the point. These important, N
y ventions will soon, we trust be put 70
nracticaI use by the proper authorities