The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-12-26

Sermon of the Rev. RobertJ. Breckenridge,
delivered at Danville, KY, on National
Thanksgiving Day. It is most able dis
course, and as patriotic as it is able. But
it would not suit some nice people in this
latitude. 1t discusses the war, condemns
the rebels, and even discourses about sla-
very! The men in these parts who prove
their devotion by industriously avoiding
the entrance to any church, would exclaim
against it as dissertation of the Pulpit
Their pious hearts would be outraged at
the ungodly boldness of the eloquent Doc
tor. 1t is strange that in slaveholding
community, where some rebels at least are
found, the people who Leard him were so
delighted with it that they solicited its pub
lication!
Sc According to Mr.. .Memminger, who
processes to be Secretary of the Treasury
for the bubble called the "Confederacy,"
that concern has issued Treasury Notes.
to the amount of only eight hundred mill
lions of dollars, and seven hundred mil
lions of these issues are now in circulation!
To keep the machine running to the end of
1864, he acks for appropriations to the
amoant Of Sl.427, 100000! We suppose the
bogus Congress will duly comply with his
demands, and what is more, furnish the
money in good hard coin! Won't thew
And won't our patriotic Copperheads be
anxious to make "peace'' with the traitors
and agree to pay their debt? At the end
Of 1854 it will amountto only So, OO0, OOO, 600!
These fellows among US would like to sad
die us with that trife, so they said, at all
events. tE ~
rs Our dispatches of yesterday lead us
to infer that it is highly probable that the
steamer Chesapeake and it's captors will in
evitably be seized either by our own ves-
sells or by the Canadian authorities. The
fellows who did that job may have been
bold enough. But they were not over
wise. They have managed to make them
selves guilty alike of murder, treason, and
piracy. There is no 'benefit of clergy in
either case. No questions about their guilt
or their liability can arise in their case.-
They cannot claim any exemption from Ii
ability for their crimes, if they are seized
anywhere, under pretense that they are
prisoners of war. They are pirates and
murderers. If they are caught on the sea,
they must suffer the penalty. If they can
be found in Canada, they must be given up
to us under the treaty. Their only chance
of safety is to get into "Dixie."
Gs~ 1t is to be hoped that Congress will
make it point to attend to the public bust
ness-attend duly to necessary legisla-
ton, OF which there is abundance to en-
gross all their time, energy and ability,
and let President-making alone for this
session at least. The people did not send
them there to make Presidents but to do
the public business and nothing else. It is
the peoples business to select the Presi-
dent, and we suggest that Members of Con-
gress do their proper work and let that
which does not belong to them entirely
alone. 1t will be best for them and best
Tor the country. The Copperheads in Con-
gress will of course do as they have al
ways done and seek to engineer affairs to
further their political ends. They will
set a bad example, which, we trust, Union
men will take pains not to follow.
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Sa- General McClellan's account of his
famous Peninsular Campaign, has been
sent to Congress by the Secretary of War,
1t is said to make three volumes of 700 or
500 pages each. 1t is so brief, and will add
SO much to his glory, that we think the lit
tie ditcher might afford to print it himself.
But the Major General who would consent
to a begging Of paltry dimes from the SOL
dlers he once led, or pretended to lead. in
order to add to his corruption fund, won't
spend his own money for that, while he can
IN any way get the public to do it for him.
We hope Congress will not print too many
copies of the precious document. Thew
make waste paper enough without that.
HE MONROE DoCTRINE.-This is tho
title Of a pamphlet, Republication from
the New Englander, by Judge Joshua
Leavltt, from the press of Sinclair Tou
sey, l22 Nassau ST., New York, price 25 cts.
1t is clear and comprehensive history of
the Monroe Doctrine, announced by Pres
ldent Monroe in his annual Message. Dec.
"a, 1875. Since that time to the breaking
o"' VI TIC heUelilOu, no foreign nation has
presumed to interfere in American affairs.
But as soon as our hands were tied by in
ternai troubles, England, France and Spain
formed an alliance and proceeded to i'm
pose government upon Mexico. The
pamphlet is an able review of the whole
subject-of the two systems of Govern
ment, IN Europe and America-the one
proceeding from the Monarch and i'm
posed by divine Right upon the people
the other from the People themselves.
Mr.. Leavitt censures Mr.. Seward for not
earnestly re-asserting this doctrine. even
IN the midst of the rebellion, and protest
ing against this conspiracy to force mon
arch upon Mexico upon the frivolous pre-
text OF compelling the payment of Mira
mons fraudulent bonds. Whether such a
protest would have prevented the CONQUEST
OF Mexico or not, it would have shown orr
confidence in the stability of our institu-
tons, the strength of our Government and
placed us right upon the record.