The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-21
Never give IL up.

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If such deplorable state of affairs ensues.
that our beloved. country 10 to be divided. the
Union dissolved, it can only be brought about
the North conniving and sctine with the
South in it's efforts to disrupt the Government.
+. In the infancy Of our Republic, when our
population did not exceed three millions, and
with an exhausted exchequer, through seven
long years Of untold misery our ancestors de-
Tended with ''their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honors," the principles Of Re-
publican Government, which has since confer
red so much happiness upon their descend.
ants. With this Patrimony enlarged many
fold in area and population by more than thir-
millions and with ample means at command,
shall we permit small faction to separate
themselves, and rear the standard of rebellion
successfully in our midst! Robbing us OF the
fairest portion of our heritage, sapping the
foundation of our property, and sowing Sroad-
cast among US an endless source of litigation
and luminosity, that must again eventuate in
bloodsbed? No, our treasury is exhaustless
it is self renewing. We have the resources to
continue the war indefinitely; patriots will
submit to any tax, any privation, any suffer-
ing but they never can listen, with unbush-
ing cheek, to terms Of concession and peace.
when the sacrifice is-their country. They
have already shown, by rushing in thousands
and tens of thousands, to the contest and Drawing
death in every shape, that country is dearer
to them than life; and hundreds of thousands
yet remain, who are willing to lay their lives
upon the altar Of their country before they
will submit their necks to the CALLING yoke of 9
purse-proud aristo0atic faction, built upon
the ruins of the best government ever insti-
tuted among men.
If orr Government, from it's first orgauixs.
ton amid the wilds of new country, Units pro.
gress through feeble infancy to manly growth.
and place in the front rank among the Chris.
tisnized nations of the earth, has been favored
of God-ss is claimed for it-think We Jehovah
will withdraw His face from us! That He will
now shake US of, when We are striving to rid
ourselves of the curse that has brought all these
troubles upon rs? And, not only SO, but that
He will favor those who are seeking to perpetu.
ate sthe curse, to make it, indeed, the corne,
stone of their Government No, no. He will
yet raise up leaders for u.s.: % He did for GU,
sires, who will carry US safely through oul
trouble. a.,EsH
Military miscarriages have occurred, and they
must occur; they are necessary to our militar,
growth; they are necessary to humble us-tt
bring out the strength of the nation, to deyelor
ne resources and to show the world that th.
great experiment" Is q success Let no Iowa
man, snen, believe that secession can succeed If
i,s hs'arlous e1orts to carve out slave olipar
cay from the side of our beloved country. no,
enas tne Republic, with its inexhaustible re.
sui VI wealth, can ever become SO impoyer
s .s.e1 70 rs o'os e'tsens, as to establish the
fatal precedent Of permitting gang of d;saffac
ted politicians to lead of sufficient number q
the masses to rend asundor o,r nouo..---L.