The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-07
President Lincoln and the Pres.
byferiau Synod.

tor. Mr. Rikman, made short address, IL
: which he stated that the members OF the
: Synod were loyal men, and had the great
est confidence in the President. his name
: had become a household word, Tor It was
) ever in their prayers IN churcn aila afou'lo
the family altar. DR.. Brainard said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: You have RESPONSE.
bility resting upon you which no man has
had since the beginning OF the world. You
have not only a great empire 10 MAINTAIN
} but the advance OF the civilization OF six
thousand years. We have confidence, III
you, and we feel that we stano mere to-uay
because of your firmneSs.
He said he could only do his duty under
the heavy responsibility by the assistance
of God, and the means which lie nau sup
4 plied-among which the reverend sentie-
men. his visitors, were noble examples. II
God was with MS we would succeed: II not,
we should fail. After the President had
concluded, the members of the Synod We're
severally introduced 10 him.. I.ITi:
bune, Oct. ed.
THE WORLD MovEs.-We have long
letter before us from an army ofIceI, one
who has ALWAYS been a democrat, and VINO
belonged to the radical democracy when he
entered the army. He is radical noa2, but
radical in sentiments directly opposite
to those entertained by him few years
ago, and for some time after he entered the
army. He was radically opposed to inter-
fering with the negro, and did not readily
take up with the policy OF contlscatioll,
emancipation. &c. He now finds fault with
the President for not sooner inauguratng
this policy and because the negroes are not
better treated. He thinks they should pe
well paid, well fed, well clothed, and
bounty in land guaranteed to them 1or a
home after the war is over. Every legltl-
mate means should be used to induce them
70 Yn~ Gn
lines, and then they should be We'll cared
for. This gentleman was very far from
entertaining such sentiments Is months
ago. But the world moves. Greatchanges
are continually taking place, and greater
ones will yet be witnessed before the end
comes-before rebellion is entirely put
down and the country restored 10 peace
and prosperity. Lurking sins will have to
be given up. We are taught in the good
Book that love for the Father must be
above all other objects-that to ENJOY Him
here and His presence forever hereafter,
there must be q willingness on the part OF
the subject, if required, to sacrifice every
thing, ave even lite itself So in reference
to the Government-respect and obedience
to it must be paramount TO anything or
everything pertaining to this world. Ihere
can be no idol worship here any more than
in the other case. The affections must not
be divided. Everything must be given up
Thrown on the dltoT Oh ll4S Z
must be no holding back. \ complete sac
rifice Of wealth, comfort, ease, slavery
and even life itself, II required. 1t IS nce
Mtng lis frequently remarked) 70 be a chris
tan, and it may be said, with equal proprl-
ETY., that ii is a nice thiny 10 De q patriot
[keoscuqaa RepNoILcGm. ,.s
| CHATTANooGA.-A correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Gazette gives the following IN
teresting account OF this place and its sur
roundings:
Chattanooga. Cherokee for Eagles
Nest" takes its name from Lookout
Mountain whose craggy peak is twenty
four hundred feet above the lever OF the
river, Whether the proud bird ever
did build it's eyrie here is not mentioned in
the annals; most likely if it did, it took
its everlasting fight when it looked down
and saw its image trailet! in the dust by
the inha bitants of the sleepy city below.
Nature has done much for this place
The scenery around it, IN the better days
of our country, must have been Oh the
| finest in the South. Still tine, but the
beautiful groves that covered the ridges.
the glorious old trees beneath which whl!-
ON, the Cherokee "wooed his dusky maid
the cedars and other evergreens that cloth
ed the rugged mountain sides, have nearly
all Welded to the stern necessities OF war.
| On the north, making almost a senior
Gle round the town, the tennessee river
glides as gaily as when II lnlrrored the
bark canoe OF John Ross. intothls empty
the creeks of Chattanooga and Chlcamau-
ga ("still water tina latter iustaDove and
the former below the village-''citv" asthe
natives call it. On the lett and extending
partly along the front 10 the Missionary
Ridge. (Which took lis name from the
| Brainard Missionary station, N the mem
orv of our fathers. Here Is at present
the enemy's strongest hold. TO the right
and separated from this ridge by Chatta-
nooca creek, is the celebrated Lookout
Mountain, which is. in fact, the abrupt
northern terminus and highest point OF a
range known by that name. Astranger
is slowly convinced that as much as three
miles lie between the top OF this mountain
and the town below; ard the eyes OF an
(! American Louad Will rarely feast on a
sublmer spectacle than is here presented.
! Rising like a pyramid Of Cheops from the
! level plain, imperious and alone il stands
! out against the blue canvass Of heaven, a
| grand tresco Of nature. And at its foot, O,
deluded Southern, We're thy frescades, thy
shaded retreats, thy softly lnurmuring ril,
inspiring as that which welled from Per-
nasSus-now all deserted, derided and
| loathsome, with the foul de6ris OF war!
The land around Chattanooga being bro
ken ana mountainous. IS OF course not
noted for richness, except in minerals
Bituminous coal of an excellent quality is
/ fOund IN great abundance IN al the mis-
Copper, iron, lead and zinc are here, and
need but the Yankee enterprise to bring
them out. The qUarries OF marble are in
exhaustable. Some fine specimens of this
4 chocolate colored--are now lying at the
wharf-pillars and blocks which were in
tended for the Capitol Of South Carolina at
Columbia, but were never Delivered
From the same quarry these We're OBJ
tanned Tennessee cut her blocks for Wash
ington monument, and many Of the finest
public editices in the country owe their
beauty and value to this source.
For all these invaluable minerals a
large portion Of the South depended al
most entirely on East Tennessee; and
when it is remembered that five important
railroads, which furnish easy means. Of
transportation, conferred here, we can I'M
derstand why the rebels take it so much to
heart that Bragg failed TO drive Rosecrans
4 from Chattanooga.
! Charleston, l am told, has for many
years been dependent on this source for
her coal, and as we propose to hold the Key
this winter, I suppose the gay Palmetto
city will have to look to General Gilmore
for a supply Of his classic fuel, coMttaS