The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1863-03-21
peace upon any other terms short of our subiu-

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The issue before us is thus clearly and broadl
defined. We must put down this rebellion b
lofce OF arms, or it will tear the country /.
pieces. There is no other alternative. He
therefore, who is not with the Government i
| tnis contest is With the rebeiiion-an enemy n
the Union and an ally of Davis, whatever dis
gulses he may assume.
So long as any measure which we hay
deemed to be of dangerous tendencies or doubt
iul utility has been undecided by Congress ",
nave freely and errnesily opposed it, but wber
any such measure has become a law of tht
land we recognize no other alternative than
that OF submission TO the law. There can be
no departure from this course without passing
INTO the breakers and quicksands which lead to
snipWreck. Hence it is that we feel called
upon oy every consideration of law, order and
tne Puollc safety to denounce these Northern
CoPperhead peacemongers Of the day as public
enemies. When such reckless, bigoted and
n1arrow,s'ghted n and brawling demagogues as
vaiiandlgham and Pendleton of Ohio. Ben
WOOD, BOBBY Brooks and their confederates.
oeein 10 preach the doctrine Of resistance to
rresldent Lincoln, and the doctrine of submis
sion TO JEFF Davis, it Is at least due to the COM
auhlty That the tendencies of their absurd and
dangerous Instructions should be exposed. -
ihey counsel resistance to the laws. Let us
suppose that here and there these Copperhead
apostles of mob law succeed in securing bodv
OF adherents resolved upon resistance to the
consumption The Government undertakes to
enforce the law; bloody collision ensues:
the contagion ofresistance spreads throu ebout
the ranks Of the party infected, and civil war.
Win all Its fearful consequences, is inaugura.
ted at our doors.
Under such a state of things what citizens
property, home or life would De secure. What
family would be safe from night to night
against the intrusions of gang Of hungry ruff
hans and wholesale spoilation? And with
the loyal States in this horrible condition. how
would it be possible to prevent the break.
ing up OF our armies in the field, the occupa-
tlon of the national capital by jeff Davis, and
the absolute destruction of the Government of
the United States.
A reign Of terror would inevitably follow
throughout the length and breadth of the land,
and peace at last would most probably be the
result OF foreign armed Intervention and a di .
vision OF the broken fragments of the Union
between England and France. Such are the
tendencies Of the reasonable doctrines of re-
s'stance to the laws, preached by such silly
malignants as vallandigham and Company
IL ihiiuSA view, soCu pTeacUlUgS are the aO-
surd ravingse of miserabl mountebanks and
political cbarlatans They want an armist,ce;
they want national peace conventions; they
want a change Of the Constitution to suit the
dainty s;omachs Of Davis and his conferates;
they even want, as last resort, cspitulation
to Davis, Union or no Union, for the sake of
peace. But to all these base expedients of base
and stupid peace impostors, the responsible and
ruling chiefs Of the rebellion have no other an
swer than that of scorn and disgust. The simple
truth is that 'men cry peace, peace, hut there lie
no peace" and there car be no peace short of
sutjugation of this rebellion.
This is the exact :ssue-the suppression of this
rebellion by force Of arms, or endless confusion
and ruin from civil war in the North, universal
chaos and mob law. We call upon the President
to execute the laws; We call upon him to enforce
the Conscript;on act in order to strengthen our
armies in the field without loss Of time. We call
upon tie people Of the loyal States to stand by
the side of the Government, to support it, and
to frown down all attempts in every quarter to
create riots, Instructions and bands of lawless
cut-throats and robbers. The Jacobn teachings
Of Vallandighsm and Company, as we are advis-
ed, will not be much longer tolerated by the
When refugee Unionists in the
South are hunted down by bloodhounds, Pres-
dent Lincoln, no doubt, is inclined to believe
that tiperaut Northern Copperbeads, in pushing
their opposition 20 the Government to blatant
treason, have passed the limits of the laws for
bearaOce.