The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12
me Sole Hope or Traitors.

Intelligent men, and all men who are
not duped and betrayed by their passions
or prejudices, must fully comprehend the
foul purposes of the political reprobates
who control the character and action OF
what was once the democratic party
What they do and say publicly we know.
Of what they contrive in secret we get &C.
casional glimpses, and some of these are
kindly afforded us by the rebels, them
selves, who, driven to desperation, are COM
PEELED to expose their Confederates in the
North.
One of the latest of these exposures is un-
der the hand of M. F. Maury, formerly OF
the Washington Observatory, but now in
London bolstering the perilous fortunes of
his brother traitors. Since the late serious
reverses to the rebel arms and aims, Maury
has ventured into print and selected the
London Times as his organ. He is anxious
to impress upon the minds of Englishmen
the idea, he processes to entertain, that the
Confederate" prospects, instead Of being
sad and deplorable, were never so bright
80 dazzling in fact,-as they were when he
wrote!
How do our readers suppose he proves
this? Does he point to the rebel army, re-
cuperated, increased, inspirited and long
ing to retrieve its disasters? Does he look
to its navy? Does he refer to any new
source of strength among them, any inter-
nal addition to their resources or vigor?
He does nothing ofthe sort. He does not
refer to them. He finds no comfort there.
He turns to the North. He tells his Eng
lish friends that "other agents a0ill be called
into play" These are divisions in the
camp of the enemy" There is, he says,
''atseady peace party in the North. AL
the embarrdssments aoith ,Uhich that party
can Surround Mr.. Lincoln, and all the diff
cultses 1t can throw IN the aUay of the AGAR
party, operate directly as so much AID AND
COMFORT TO THE SOUTH
He points out evidences of this purpose
of the "peace party Among these he
mentions their conduct during the inva-
sion of Pennsylvania ''the riots in New
York, the organized resistance to. the laws
in Iowa." and alleges that "New York is
threatening armed resistance to the Fede
raj Government" Further along he as
serts that, VaUandighans a0dits and
matches over the. border, PLEDGED-y elected
Governor OF Ohio-To ARRAY IT AGAINST
L1NcoLN!' He refers to the growing ac-
tivity and increasing energy of these infiu-
ences which are at work in the cause of
peace, and therefore on the side Of the sVord
Of the South" and asserts thati these intiu-
ences are doing more toward bringing the
war to close than all the battles that have
been fought since the war beganr'
This, with much more of the same sort,
indicates what the sole comfort and hope
and reliance Of the rebels is. 1t is not on
their own strength, but on the baseness of
their Northern confederates, on the men
who proclaim "peace" by submission to
the demands of the traitors, who aim at
our ruin and dishcnor and perpetual
shame, by yielding all we have accom-
plished to the rebels and our acknowledge
ment of their mastery!
They look to the Seymours, the vallan-
dighams. the Masons, and their fellows, for
They do not hesitate to tell us that the con-
duct of their Northern wing is not merely
encouraging, but it makes the prospects of
the rebels "brighter" than ever before -
What are the secret assurances given by
the Butternut leaders to those of the trait
ors we cannot tell. But their actions here,
and the acknowledgements and hopes. be-
trayed by this talk of Maury and others,
indicate that they are as reasonable as the
rebels could wish.
+. Our readers can see from this what the
rebels expect and what Butternut leaders
mean by their persistent endeavers to OBJ
struct the action Of the Administration, to
hinder the increase of the army, and
anything that may seriously affect the reb-
els. AS we have said repeatedly, the But
ternut leaders are conspirators with the
traitors of the South. The "peace, they
talk about is the sort of "peace" which the
South wishes-the 'peace''4 which would
follow separation and destruction of the
Union, and the eternal overthrow of repub-
Ican institutions. This is their aim, Their
actions, their speeches, their platforms,
their writings, all prove it. The rebels pro-
claim that the Butternuts are their chief
reliance-their hope, their comfort and ex-
ceeding great joy-whose success would
ensure rebel triumph, and death, shame
full and eternal, to freedom everywhere. -
What further testimony is wanted? Is
any man SO wilfully blind as to counte-
nance men whose purposes are thus proved
10 be damnable beyond doubt?
~ The Scott County Fair is now IN pro-
sress. 1t is said to be a great success. The
entries were large beyond precedent, and
many of them novelties of interest to agri-
,ulturists.
BY the way, it will be remembered, we
nope, that the Annual Fair of our County
Society, commences on the 30th inst. We