The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-29
A FEDERAL BRIGADIER GENERAL AND A
j aPIZEN" COPPERHEAD UNEQUALLY
| YOKED TOGETHER
What GEN: FUTILE THINKS HOW JUDGE As0N RoP osEn
How JUDGE NJ JASON PROP0sP,
TO TREAT THE REBRLIIOE


Extracts from his Letter of Acceptn...
August, 1881
He THINKS THE REBEIs CANNOT
WHIPPED. az -
He who regards the present =.
mere instruction that can be safely and
effectually quelled by the sole spplication
of military power has never risen to ~.
level with the difficulties which now an,
round US. He is not the statesman which
the present condition of the country d.
mands. When armed resistance has as.
sumed such proportions as TO embrace An
empire in geographical extent: when Il
has become organized into a regular gov.
ernment'w with all of its departments filled
and in full operation; when it is regarded
and treated by foreign nations, and even
by ourselves as entitled to all the rigbts
and privileges of a belligerent party.
when the magnitude of that resistance i,
such as to justify the Executive. in disre.
garding all the safeguards with which tn.
Constitution of the country had promised
to protect the liberty of the citizen, in war
as well as in peace; when it calls for au.
thority TO create an. army equal in number
to the one-fOurth part of all the enrolled
militia Of all the loyal States, and the Gre
alton of a debt greater than was ever in.
Cured in single year by any nation on
earth-when all this is true, are we pre-
pared to follow the counsels of those who
speak of the difficulty as a mere ordinary
outbreak of popular dissatisfaction and
who would treat it accordinglyr The dis
ease is not mere surface tumor that can
be cured by the knife or the caurterizing
iron. Deep down among the hidden springs
of life it has it's secret seat. The skill of the
physician and not that of the mere sur.
geon is called for. Constitutional treat
ment can alone restore the patient to its
prestine health and vigor. 4. 81
He DIsPAIRs OF THE REpuBL1c-THrSxs
A MONARCHY MAY SAVE US.
I do not justify the Southern peo.
pie in the course they have taken
to obtain a remedy for what they
consider their grievances. They have
not only committed a great crime, but they
have made great mistake, and have thus
called down upon their own heads power
that might otherwise have been success
fully exerted in their defense. I only hold
that their offense should not be treated al
objectionable by those who have SO much
reason to take forgiveness for their own,
nor need deny that after all other reme-
dies shall have failed, civil war, with all
its horrors, may rightfully be invoked, il
in that manner a disntegration of the Re-
public can be prevented. A change of GOV
ernment ,c0utd doubtless be the result, for
a compulsory anton is wholly incompatible
Establishment of a Monarchy at once might be
preferable to perpetual disunioa, Which,
thrOugh continued aUarS, ,10uld Iced at last
to the establishment of one or more govern
naents founded on force. an Imperial Gov
e7',nne'at, embracing thea phole Cb,s,try Uould
give us peace. Two or more Earring Re.
publics would not long afford us liberty
1t would only afford us choice between
evils of the greatest magnitude.
CONgYSsYoN CnuppoMyoE ANN
TION THE ONLY REMEDY.
Fully convinced that the Union, such as
it has been, can never be restored or pre-
served by force alone; that the disafiection
ofthe South has attained proportions and
consistency which forbids its being crushed
out by mere military power, however
great; learning from history that all wise
rulers, however arbitrary, have always
thos engaged in any widespread reyolu-
ton before resorting to harsher measures,
and that those who have been so unwise as
to refuse all concession to the popular de-
mand, except as it was forced upon them,
have generally paid dearly for their obsti.
macy. feel it an imperative duty to use
every legitimate effort in my power TO in.
duce the Government Of my country to
take that course which I most religiously
believe to be the only one that can ever
prove satisfactory or successful. Concia-
ton and Union are every day growing
more difficult, but still 1 do not deem
the effort hopeless. Politicians seem to
have exhausted their power; the only hope
now is in the people. The voters of this
State should have an opportunity to ex-
press their wishes on this momentous
question. II may produce an effect both
here and elsewhere.