The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-13

than ON enemy to his country, VIM VANS
of ''peace," not merely srsposssote, c1s the
frs: step soyGrGs which cannot DC made s0'tA-
out srretricsaose rxins Is this CoppeTheGd
Democracy a pleasan: prospsc; to the t111e
democrats ard patrtotss
ns- The Union men Of the the Third
Congressional District Of Maryland, at a
Convention in Baltimore, on last Friday,
nominated Henry Winter Davis, as their
candidate for Representative in the next
Congress. Davis supports the Administra-
ton measures and believes in prosecuting
the war until ''peace" is conquered. That
will horrify the Copperheads, who make
.swar', on the Government and propose in
augurating ''war'' in the North for the lau-
dable purpose of enabling the rebels to die
tate "peace'' with bayonet at every loyal
mans throat They propose securing
"peace'' by the destruction OF every man
who can't understand that base submission
to the domination of traitors is "peace,
or anything more desirable than Slavery
infinitely more abject than that OF the ne
groes in the South. That is the kind OF
"peace'' Copperheads seek for. They mean
exactly that, and nothing less or other IMAM
that. Now, we have simple question IN
Arithmetic to PROFOUND to these villains.
Some of them can CIPHER, and may De aoie
to answer. BY the time all the Union men
are killed off in the North, how many Cop
perheads will be left alive to tell the story?
Perhaps if they solve that question truly,
thew will be somewhat less anxious for the
success of treason than they are at present.
They had better think it over,-just little.
Y Cor. KINsMAN.-The Council Bluffs Nom
pa1Iel of the 9Th, contains sketch OF the
life of Col Kinsman, the gallant leader OF
the 23d Iowa, who fell in the late battle at
Black River Bridge. 1t states that he was
a native of England; while yet young he
engaged in three year whaling voyage,
at the end of which he landed in New
York, whence he proceeded to Hudson and
there devoted himself for two years to
study. Thence he moved westward, stop
ping a while with friend in Ohio, and at
last reached Council Bluffs, on foot, weary,
hungry, and footsore, in May, 1858, utter
ly without means. The editorfound him en-
ployment, first in a law Office, and then as
teacher. In 1859 he went, on foot, to
Pixies Peak, and, returning in the fall,
passed the winter in Washington City. In
1860 he formed a law partnership with DC.
Bloomer, of Council Bluffs, which contin-
ued until he entered the army in 1861. The
Nonpariel says that "a more purely patri-
otto, brave and noble spirit never led the
host of freemen against rebels in any age. y
Of his military career,it gives the following
outline:
"Col. Kinsman entered the service as a
private in Co. B., 4th Iowa Infantry. On
the organization of the Company, he was
elected Second Lieutenant, and when the
| Captaincy of the Company became vacant
he was promoted to that position by nnan.
imous vote. He was participant IN the
battle of Pea Ridge, and by his bravery
and skill as an officer, won the admiration
of the Regiment. On the organization o.
the 23d, he received the appointment o.
| Lieut.. Colonel, and it was while the regl.
ment was rendezvoused here that our citi-
zens, without exception, learned to respect
and love him. On the death of Col. Dewey,
he succeeded to the Colonelcy, and wher.
ever he led his troops, exhibited the quail
ties of a capable officer and true soldier.
| after life's fitful fever, he sleeps we'll
-patriotism the most pure and devoted
ebbed out with his life's blaod. Though
he was sometimes assailed by envy, aud al.
ways opposed by the corrupt and unprincl:
blacken his fair fame,-yet has his career
ever been onward and upward as far a6oue
the reach of his calumniators as towers the
flight of the majestic eagle above the noe.
turnal excursions of the ''mousing owl,
that steals forth in misunderstanding to
commit it's low depredations or exhibit its
obscure form in the light of the day. In the
Language of the Register, he has "sealed
his devotion to his Country and to Liberty
with his life! Green forever be the mem
ory of this brave young officer, who, by his
life and his death has lent additional lnstre
to the patriotic fame of the State Of the
adoption!'
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