The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-07
RraIir ABOUT FAcE.-The effect of the

| hlGhT ABOUT fACE.-lue eueCo VI tue
recent union victories at the poles is clear
ly seen upon the Northern Copperheads,
chief among whom is Governor Seymour of
New York But recently he was for
peace" and cooperating with Vallan-
digham and Fernando Wood. 1t is but
three or four months since the New York
riots were got up to resist the draft and
make division in favor of the Rebel in
vaders in Pennsylvania, under the patron
age of Governor Seymour. He now dis
Germs the popular current. Here is what
he says now:
We say to our opponents, we are ready
with you to put forth every effort of phys
ical power; we consecrate ourselves, and
all that we have for the salvation and per-
| petuation of our country. In all solem-
nifty say it, with heart full of love for
my country: with a desire to sacrafice any
thing and every thing for its preservation
and its happiness; with all solemnity | say
it, thather again, as we have before done,
do we dedicate ourselves to this most holy
and patriotic work of saving this fair land
of ours from ruin and disintegration.-
! Now, in this we are agreed. Where then,
| commences the point Of Divergence
Where do our footways branch off from
each other? We go further than they, and
agree to add one further influence against
rebellion; that of Cancellation. Great
cheersl We desire to put the North upon
platform upon which all can stand, so that
we shall present one undivIdedand unbrO-
ken front. We not Only bring all the pO3D-
erS Of force against the rebellion, but we
will do more than that, we will carry dis
union into its ranks by extending to them
in this hour when victory has crowned us,
and " hon it iS ,,iD SC
to do, every inducement that honest and
honorable men can offer to them to return
to the Union. [Cheersl In this we differ
from our political opponents aOc do not
refuse to erert one single energy less than
they; we propose to bring to bear those in
huences which the history of the world,
your own good judgment, every thing,
teaches you is essential to bring to sue
cesstul termination any contest, whether
between individuals or nations. TCheers1
we feel that upon this point; therefore we
hold higher ground than is held by those
who stigmatiZe us as being untrue to our
country. Why do they stigmatize us
putation against the hundreds and thou
sands who have gone forth from the Dem
ocratic ranks to battle for the flag of our
Union. [Great Cheeringl Why then ?
Is 1t because we are willing not only to
sustain our soldiers in the field to sacra-
flee property and life, but that we say that,
more than this, we will sacrafice upon the
alter OF our country ourpride and passions,
when pride and passion stand in the way
OF our success. tCheerS.
This is an awful letting down from the
Governors former utterancy and from the
Copperhead programme and Platforms
But it has to be done. The Copperhead
leaders ali over the country must eat all
that they have said, and atone for all that
they have done during the last year.
They must atone for their Infamous oppo-
sition to the War and the Government or
become outcasts. They will have to crawl
upon their bellies as they are used to doing
and naturally adapted to doing. Govern
or Seymour sets the example. Let the rep
tiles in Iowa follow suit. There is no dodg-
ing it. There is no use attempting to put
it off. Whining will do no good. Those
patriotic" Cops who have labored to in
duce our soldiers to desert-who have
screened and concealed deserters-who |
have opposed enlistments-can now walk
up to the Captains Office and get recruiting
commissions. Those lying, corner-gro-
Gerry politicians who have worked so hard
Tor Jetf. Davis, can now employ their elo-
quence in inducing men to enlist and fill
up the old regiments. The Deans and
Dodges, Mahonys and Jones, will now
traverse the State and exonerate the men
they have bound in oaths in opposition to
the War and the Government, and advise
them to so into this ''unholy'' war as
Lincoln hirelings' and "Abolitionists ~
Who will lead Oft?