The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15
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Gl1hLLsfTYIlAyW NIL T..
stock Is worn out, the weather is hot, and
supplies scarce 81 7jFs,7yif ~. $50 -, :
During the battle of Elk Creek the Gem
eiai was very sick, but the first gun found
him in his saddle. and wherever the fight
was thlckest he was sure to be. Not much
more can be done until we get an army
we can hold the country up to the river
any length of tima.-tor. Chicago Journal
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IHE DOCTRINE OF LoYALTY.-There is
a very able article from the pen of DR..
Horace Bushnell, in the July number of
the Nea0 Highlander, on the doctrine of 10y
atty, which is so we'll worthy of general
perusal that we copy several extracts for
our readers:
Loyalty s no subject of law or legal de-
mutton. 1t belongs entirely to the moral
department Of lite.' 1t is what man
thinks and feels, and contriyes, not as be-
ing commended, but of his own accord, for
MS country and his countrv's honor-his
great sentiment, his deep and high devo-
tlon, the fire of habitual or Unborn homage
to his country's welfare. Itgoes before all
Constitut,ons, and goes by the letter of all
statutes, to do and suffer out of the spon-
taneous liberties of right, feeling what the
petty constructors and haggard judgments
OF the State cannot find how to compel
II does not measure itself by what the
constitution or the laws prescribe. 1t has
no art OF continuing for itself and others,
now to hide from the country behind
the Constitution. 1t loves what the Con-
nationally, that it will even die for it's OBJ
Jects, when to die pleading the letter on the
slde OF Its enemies, it would only deem
mocking 10 it and to it's objects. Doubt
less 1t is something to stand by the Con-
stltutlon, and to faithfully keep the laws.
In ordinary times one might naturally
enough give it as the definition of q
GOOD citizen. But genuine loyalty is in q
higher key at such time as this. One
may even be great stickler for the Con-
stltutlon at such time and be only one of
the most peStllent movers of seditiOn. more
polsonously disloyal than he could be in
the open remuneration Of his allegiance
The loyal citizen, at such time, does moth
ing but what the Constitution and the
supreme law OF the country require of him,
why, the supreme law requires not one of
the duties that are so genuinely great
and true in loyalty; to volunteer BODY
and lie for the country; to stand fast when
leaders are incompetent and armies reel
away in panic before the foe; to send off to
the held, as hravely consenting women do.
husbands, sons and brothers, the props
and day in prayer, as Christian souls are
wont, bearing the nation as their. secret
burden, when, for sex or infirmity, they
cannot do more; to come forward as pro-
tectors and helpers of the children made
fatherless: to give money and work, and
prepare expeditions of love to mitigate the
hardsh!ps of the wounded in their hos
pltais; 70 vote with religious fidelity for
what Will help and save the country, RI
sing wholly above the mercenary motives
and selfish tumults of party; why, the SUI
preme law requires not one of these. nor
in fact anything else that belongs to a 10y
al and great souls devotion; how, then,
is it the measure and bound of loyalty?
+ The loyal sentiment so nearly natural, or
so close to nature, is, of course free. Allie
glance may be compelled; loyalty is VOL
unteer devotion, else it is nothing. One
requires to be watched, the other keeps
watch itself for the nation. To make sure
OF one may require legal or court martial
investigation; the other goes by hearts
full, always out in it's evidences, never am
biguous. A man stuck fast in the in
trigues and swayed by clanship of party
will contrive to maintain a dastardly and
mean allegiance, arguing it may be, for
the Constitution with only pretended con-
Germ, when he has no appetite, in fact, but
for party victory; deploring the wrongs of
the magistrates in power, when really he
is only feeding his appetite on them; and
asserting what he calls his sacred right of
speech only to stir up faction, even In the
critical hour of the. nations peril. But
where there is a true soul of loyalty, pa
tience with the miscarriages and even the
supposed wrongs of the Government, slow
ness to accuse, readiness to postpone accu-
sations that might be too hastily made
anything almost will be yielded to for the
time, that may fOrtify the cause of the ma
ton and give it victory. Conscious of par
ty affinities, swayed by strong, possibly
just prejudices against the ruling Admin
istration, there will yet be such nobility of
feeling in the true loyal citizen, as allows
him never to bear look Of sympathy, or
suffer a suspicion Of connivance with dis
order or rebellion. How far the loyal sem
timent reaches, and how far it carries with
it or after it, must also be noted. It yields
up willingly husbands, fathers, brothers
and sons, consenting to the fearful chance
of home always desolate. It offers body
and bloody and life on the altar of its de-
votion. It is, in fact, a political worship,
offering to seal itself by a martyrdom in
the field. Wonderful, grandly honorable
fact, that human nature can be lifted by
an inspiration so high, even IN the fallen
state of wrong and evil.
The Siege of Charleston.
FORTRESS MONROE, Aug. Z, 1868.
The steamship S. r. Spaulding, from
Stone Inlet on the 4th inst, has arrived
here. as
She reports that the siege Of Charleston
was progressing favorably.
No important news otherwise received.