The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-07
Ths Task Of tho synpathizers. !.

81 The Task Of the syspathizers.
| Il Everybody knew before the war-traitors and
rebels themselves knew and yet know-that .
dissolution of the Union would BE-, the knsll of
slavery, proclamation or Approximation, un-
less the moral power and influence Of the free
and powerful North was 20 weakened BY come
means 60 as to COMPEL it still to submit to some
degrading terms like the surrender of fugitive
slaves, the suppression Of freedom Of speech
and the press. the roasting Of Abolitionists, the
muzzling of free presses and gagging free
preachers and agusrantee that slavery should
have, new lands whenever uathrift laziness and
the outrage of all natures laws wore out the old
This, traitors saw then and see still more clear
" now, can never be done if the free States
eemain integral. Never can be doue while
they or. the. border States remain un-
broken parts Of one great nation. The Consti-
tuition must be. completely avoided. The legal
coercive Political power of the North never hurt
slavery; it was the moral force Of the free
North alone that frightened tyranny, treason
and oppression into rebellion. II was fear Of
moral forces. These fears would not be lessened
BY . mere recognition Of their independence, If
it should occur Tomorrow. Stopping the war,
these, with snl exaaperstedsr North, Rebellion
knows that lie troubles for slavery would but be
begun. ssgo .sg'1az e. s'ie.s9'a laa 9gsat
The Border States must either be an indepen.
dent nation - barrier to slavery or they must
b part Of the Confsderacy, including Mis-
souri; this must be for slayery's protection
But this will not be enough; the West must be
separated from the Middle States, and the East
from both, 50 that they will be too weak, either
Of them, to refuse any of the exactions of
slavonia, and they must be bound BY treaty to
unite themselves s'never more" Slavery here,
as despotism does in Europe, must "adjust the
balances" When this is done, consolidated
Confederacy will spread slavery over Kansas,
the Indian Territory, New Mexico and Arizona,
and 6libuster itself. over Mexico, and there will
be no power anywhere to restrain it. = }.ac.
To reduce the North by every means to such
Q state Of weakness as that it shall not be able
to resist or prevent any entertainments slavery
may make, is the business of the leaders of the
ICopperacracy. This result is the object and
sole objec: of the hypocritical Peace Meetings
said to be held over the country under the man
agement Of these copperhead traitors. This OBJ.
ject IL % clear in the minds of such men as the
Woodses, Vallandigham, Cox, Mahony 4 Co., as
it 10 to JeR. Davis l. Co. Davis 4 Co. know i,
and see it ~ clearly q the Devil thought he saw
Q world in suffering and ruin, could he have in
duced the Savior to cast himself down and Kill
himself. PEP -. 4f ls 1-}sI 81, d.
|, So obvious are the motives Of these men to
those at eli familiar with the secret history Of
the times that it would surprise bus few we'll
advised meu TO End that these men of symps,
thetic Tx have received or are to receive untold
wealth if they can succeed in the work of uni
vsrsal dismemberment. They are the hirelings
If sl.,aa.nlders .a n. st T.