The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-30
RJTRLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

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with anxious solicitude, to denource the
Government and encourage the repelilon,
because raflting, fOaming, frothing, gas
conading traitor ferries of"hang him, has
been charged with an offense cognizable
by martial-law, and has been arrested, and
after full and fair trial convicted.
This is the species of support which Gov
ernor Seymour and those who are with
him, from the beginning of the war, have
given to the Administration, and this he
calls a generous one! They now pro-
pose to ''pause," as he tells us; and II they
will but !spause'' in their assaults upon the
Administration--in their proclaimed sym
pathy with traitors, and in their encourage
ment to rebellion-they will confer favor
upon the present and coming generations.
TApplause.1 The people cry pause, but
it is to those engaged in assaults upon the
Administration, not to those who are sLrlk-
ing death-blows at the rebeihon. lhey
crv s'pause,' but they cry to those who
give aid, encouragement and comfort 10
the rebels. The soldiers are among us here,
| and they cry pause" but>lt is that you
s'pause'' in stimulating the rebellion. They
have perilled their lives in defense OF the
Government. With heads uncovered ana
| bosoms barred they have met the enemies
of free institutions upon the battlefield,
| Tvociferous cheeringl, and they cry pause
| to YOU who, by sympathizing with traitors,
! encourage resistance to the Government
and its institutions; they conJure you TO
pause-pause in your mad career; the nus
band and son have been slain; your partl-
sanshp gives aid to the rebels, The father
cries ''pause" in your encouragement TO
rebels in arms. ''Joseph is not, Simeonls
not. and YOU would take away Benjamin
also.'' There are others who cry pause.
adopt the language OF his Exceileney, the
Governor, and cry pause Our sons ana
~, laofl !,
are silent in death, could they speak, would
cry spause'-they would say you have
marched us here-we come to defend our
country's 1ag-we come to ylndlcate the
honor of our nation-we come to preserve
The holy memories that cluster around the
banner for which our fathers fought; you
have lent hope and encouragement 10 the
f rebellion; pause in your course. Yes,
saw .spause.H When you sit down at your
+ table. 'pause''-set a vacant chair there
a skeleton will be atyour side. When you
, proceed to your chamber, ''pause; death
will be there. At the hour OF midnight,
. | ..nause: the pale face and the skeleton fin
per will noint to the record of aid you have
. given the rebels in arms against the Gov
+ eminent, ii these men are not punished
II at Judgment. if not here, shall be mis-
taken. For men who have assisted in this
, rebellion, if not executed and damned eter-
: nallv hereafter, hemp will lose ITS value,
ana nell Will lose us Ci1eli va ~
e [Great cheering.
Men are mistaken in supposipg that they
, can form parties on the issues of our coun-
trys fate. The great popular mind sWays
TO and fro: it NAV be diverted from the
a purpose, but it will be ever constant ano
d true in unfolding the Government. VINO
;. believes this rebellion can be disposed o
$ in any other way except by the power o
d the sword? took the position in the be
!. ginning. and take it at the end. All reb
:. eldom can have peace when they layi dowI
: their arms. But there are men here wh'
It continually pirate of their Democracy
9 great Democrats-they know all abou
e Democracy. and to Judge by their actions
n they care very little about any thing else
i You recollect the boy said to his father
e ..Suppose you call our horses tail leg
Il how MANY legs would he have? - Five
V said the father ooh, no. said the boy
,ie ealing the tail leg, would not make 1t
l. Leg Roars of laughter. Men may cal
IT themselves Democrats, but 1t does nc
N make them Democrats. The first grea
G. principle of Democracy is, according t
jackson. "the Union must and shall b
preserved" Lapplausel and there is wher
stand Tonight must and snail be pre-
: served against all its enemies. Renewe
-, applause. Why, sir, pretended leaders
Democracy as we now have would haN
iiee swamped even Andrew Jackson in his frs
az quarter. TRoars of laughter. BY the
81 fruit We shall know them. Now is til
.h time for every Democrat, for every Jacl
nv son Democrat, for every Republican, IL
ri every man who is an honest man, to ASST
~, -, in maintaining the Government, and put
+, ing down the rebellion. Voice: "Ho
~ are YOU going to put it down?>1 Put
~, down as Saul put down Agag, hew it rigl
. -. q down through. IApplause.l
But, fellow citizens, the thing Will a
~ come right by and by. The returned 50
IL IL diers-and they are in all parts OF til
~ mass of people-will bring home their st
"a ries, and will tell Copperheadism no
,;s much advantage there is to be gained
,,S shaping their course for political purpose
w, ", and giving the country the go by. WI
wv, we want is to concentrate public opinion
,s we want to bring the whole force and poN
III, err of the Government where 1t can rest (
~ this rebellion; ard it must be done. +
5n,.' masks must be torn from the faces OF ;
a. Copperheads. One side or the other OF II
La question must be taken. One is the side
ne truth, fair dealing, honesty in the suppt
,,s of the Government; the other is the side
On falsehood and quibbling and denunclatl
nc of the Government. The path OF tatseho
,ar leads to the rebel ranks, and in EXPIRE
its sions of sympathy and coincidence WI
u | and for traitors.