The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-30
..w ;thout X Missouri and
WerylanSl. the Southern COnfed'
H~cv cOuld not Exist.

~ II
! y,il, he remembered, also, that in reply 10
artain queries, addressed to us by way OF
certainlng our particular views on tnis
Interesting subject, that we declared With
nnt hesitation in favor OF the poncy OF
Emancipation. ;.s,,o of .ha
,,ae,;ra,, to declare our views little more
81 length: we propose TO CONSIDER some OF
.he reasons which call for action In the pre-
misses. since which every one must be
n,rare from the interest stirred up, that in
the coming election, no prominent man
I'LL he permitted to be neutral-that ey-
nrv one who expects any favor from the
neople will be compelled to declare HIM
se1 We know that all agitation in relation to
This matter has been deprecated strongly
NV some of the best friends of the Union
o..rse in the State. We know that many Of
them consider it as endangering our unit.
| Of a time when there should be no diScord
tolerated, if we are to hope tor an ef1ectlVe
triumph. But what sort OF casse would
| that be to fight for which could not stand
the truth? and who at this late day, need
he told that in assailing the rebel cause
the rebel Confederacy-that common sense
would dictate the most vital assault as that
which should threaten its avoWed corner
stone whatever that may be. A
But let us first try TO ascertain what place
MARYLAND really occupies with relation to
the mighty conflict on hand-let us see
whether her position is not OF more conse-
] quence in the great battle now waglnS lor
the triumph of free government than we
ourselves are apt to consider. Here is a
statement to which we call the attention OF
our friends in the State:
"Judge Lane. distinguished citizen of
Alabama, states, in public letter, that Al
bert Sidney Johnston said, in his hearing,
that without kentucky, Missouri, and Ma
l ryland, the Southern Confederacy could
/ not exist.
Now who supposes that Gen. Johnston,
the distinguished rebel leader. who uttered
the above sentiment, did not know whereof
\ he affirmed? and who is not certain, on
reading the above that his views We're pre-
/ cisely those entertained by jeff. DAVIS ana
the entire rebel dynasty at Richmond with
whom he had so often been in council!
But General Johnson is sustained as right
by higher authority still, the one, upon
whom the great responsibility devolves OF
putting down this rebellion-the President
n of the United States. He takes the same
4 view of the emergency when ne proposes,
in the very agony Of the great conflict, to
buy out the hostile element in the States
named-to buy it out at a time when the
resources of the nation are already stretch
I ed to a painful tension; and yet there are
7 those amongst us--good Union men, TOO
! who profess not to ''see 1t.
And now. when both sides concur in the
Il same view of the subject; when each, with
Il half an effort, can see precisely what tes
Il bind us to the rebel COnfederacy-howeVel
L slenderlv--there are those among us, we
! say. whose alarm is excessive lest these
4 peculiar ties be threatened, be severed
4 lest we be divided completely. we are no
4 of them.
A Let us consider this matter little fun.
4 Their, Ii the rebel Contederacy can lex
/ ist'' ONLY by the aid and countenance o
MARYLAND in part. why is it so? Is it need
1 full to affirm that the one ground upol
4 which thew claim our allegiance, our tern
| tory-the Zine Of the Susquehanna, a.
L the Richmond papers have it's because
we have certain interest IN that 'lnstltu
1 tom they are in arms to extend, ana u
l establish more firmly. 1t not, why doe
\ not Jeff. Davis claim Ohio, or Indiana
OF Illinois, as a part of his domain, as wei
/ as this State and others having but a Inn
/ tied interest in slavery?
And then for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PAL
/ pable, horrible consequences-of relyln
/ upon MARYLAND as portion of rebel sup
port Are not these evident in the sacrl
: fee of new lives and more treasure week
" and hourly? Look, too, at the BLOOD
fields of South Mountain and Antietam.-
We have eighty-seven and odd thousan
slaves ONLY in Maryland. by the last cen
sus tables; and vet, i'll less than Two years
two hundred thousand lives, the flower
J the whites on both sides OF the border
men in the prime of life and health an
yigor-have been offered up as an avowe
sacrifice to this so-called interest, repre-
sented in part in Maryland; and still IN
slaughter goes on, and will go on, unit
men see the error of considering it, OF pre-
serving it to aid in keeping in countenan(
aterrible and murderous rebellion.
The President, we repeat, is IN the rlgl
when he proposes to get rid OF 1t at almo
any sacrifice of the nations treasure, an
the Richmond gang are also right VINE
, thew recognize slavery in Maryland as u
only ground for appeal to any portion
her citizens for support i'll their plans
overthrow the government.
But there are reasons why the questlc
of emancipation should be entertalnt
now which were esteemed orthodox near
twenty wears ago, if we are to believe {
eminent authority, DR.. r. S. Steuart, we
y known for his active philanthropy in yea
gone by. Let us hear. then, from viev
published by him in 1915, and addressed
the people of Maryland under the form
a"Letter to John L. Carey" DIR. Steua
makes this inquiry:
as there q man in Maryland-ls there
single man-connected with slavery, w
does not feel its existence to be a curse up
our beautiful land? Is there one who
not MANY a time and oft expressed I
fond hope that he might live to witness
contamination OF it's extinction, and
entire exodus of the negro race from aino
us? If there is such q man, nave he'
met him here, however current suci III
be in ATTITUDES further south. Indeed, IL
impossible for Il man of sound ludgmt
and feelings ''to look on this picture
on that''-to behold the power and pr
perity of Pennsylvania and Ohio, for
stance in comparison with our own stat
and not feel the deepest regret for our az
ciencies.
In doing So the suggestion will natura
arise in his mind that some cause, pow
full and all-pervading, must exist 10 p
duce so marked a difference of condlu
While these States have rapidly progress:
in lafip ic m nj
Maryland, by much the elder member
the Union, possessed of the finest locat
and climate in the world, and of as gen
Gus and intelligent a people as any ST
can boast of, has remained comparativ
stationary. This we have the mortify
proof of in the last census which you que
showing that we have increased but Ii
more than one-third for fifty years; that