The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

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'URDAY, AUGUST Is. /
HON. Daniel 8. Dickinson ON the
New York Mob.
Inc recent conservative meeting in the
city OF New York, called by some radical.
ll-natured people rio, and mob. Il will
De seen, came off about the time Of Iee,s
movement into Pennsylvania, and the raid
ol Morgan and others into Ohio and Indi.
ana: Ihere are thousand evidences COM
u,mns W prove that these several move
mehts had an intimate relation to each 9TH
er, and that each one was well understood
py every other, or rather by those who
nelped plan the whole. The ominous piv-
hngs-out which preceded them-the foreign
recognluon thermometer in England and
rIane Wnere the mercury rose so speedi-
~ at this juncture and simultaneoi1sly--
the conhdent and insolent tone of the Con
lederate press-the mission Of the rebel
stephens to Washington-the Copperhead
compiacency as to the movements were in
augurated and progressing, and its malip-
nty on thelr fallure-the mutterings of Lee
in bis inglorious retreat, that he had NOT
been received and supported bv his North.
ern trends as he expected, and whole
cIond OF witnesses besides. proves that the
New YORK movement was part of. and
lnaNnded to be directly in aid of the cause
OF rebehion. The draft was a mere pre-
tense, and had really no more to do with
stimulating the action of the mob than tho
Quaker meeting held in the city a few
weeks previous. The whole was original
| ly a device OF some of the most wicked and
unscrupulous and pestilent politicians that
ever infested society. The commencement
OF the draft was, by preconcert, made the
occasion for the outbreak, because it was
! supposed by the managers of the affair
that they could at this time, and upon this
occasion, better embody their molly crew
| better influence the passions of the ie-
norant and prejudiced, and better turn to
political account, and WELD in aid of the
rebellion, riot commenced in an ostensi-
ble resistance to the draft than otherwise.
| The outbreak in New York originated
with politicians, acting upon and inf1am-
| ing and encouraging the very worst ele-
ments that ever disfigured society-thieves.
ruffians, and cutthroats; bawds, pimps.
and burglars; housebreakers and murder
! ers; assasslns and the settings and skim
| mings of loaferism, after the marketable
iazzaroni has been subLracted. The con-
trivers and leaders who opened the box
and turned loose these ottscourings. expect
ed them 10 act politically-in pretended
furtherance Of great conservative move
ment-to damn Lincoln and his admins
| tration; to hurrah for their FRIENDS; to
clamor for the constitution and the laws;
for free speech and the wrongs of Vallan-
dlgham and their Southern brethren, while
they, the managers, would fan this flame
to madness, and add the true Copperhead
virus to the popular fury by descanting
upon the hardships and expressions of le-
gal restraints, until they might defy the
power of the Government and openly as
siSt the rebellion.
The thieves and robbers were willing to
act politically with the great conservative
party and advance the interests of their
leaders and vindicate the Constitution, af-
ter they had for a season looked to their
own interests and robbed and sacked
stores and houses, and carried home the |
spoil, 6ett not before! They had been &C |
customed, from supposed cruel necessity, |
to steal and rob in darkness and secrecy, |
and they were not disposed to so far neg |
lect their material interests as to let an |
ocs aston pass that permitted them TO steal |
in open day, from the choicest assortments,
with Governor and Judges standing by |
proclaiming their friendship, merely to |
advance the political fortunes of others or |
to support the Constitution. House break
ing and burning were necessary to theft and |
robbery, and hence the votaries of burg |
larry and arson were primarily engaged in |
their respective avocations. Theft first |
and politics afterward was their motto.
Those who had been taught by their
conservative leaders that it would disgrace
white men if negroes were accepted as
soldiers, and too, that it would be unjust
and aggressive for white men to be drafted
into the service, sought to solve the prob
lem by numbering every negro they could
find, old or young, male or female; while |
others, determined to give practical proof
OF their conservatism and of their devo- |
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and demolished an orphan asylum, erected
by the influence of holy charity, and
destroyed the houses of homeless children.
In short, this movement OF the people"
was a 'house divided against ITSELF" and
for that reason il failed to stand. 1t was
set ON foot by political leaders, primarily !
to aid their fortunes, and to encourage the
rebellion; it was prosecuted by most of
their followers to gather supplies for
themselves, and the material proved para
mount over the political interests; and
hence, while it brought rich rewards to its
rank and file, it was barren victory to
the "Commander-in-chief 1t was great
success to all but those who got it up by
two years clamor against Government
usurpation and apology for rebellion
denouncing every thing as unconstitu-
tional except JEFF. Davis rebellion and
copperhead politics. It was the carnival of
thieves.
Governor seymour seems 10 nave mace
a postponenent Of the draft an issue with
the General Government, and is said to
have predicted that if it was not postponed
all the Irish chamber and kitchen maids
would turn incendiaries and burn the city.
do not believe the public either fear the
chambermaids or favor the postponement.
But whatever these gentle maids may do
to others, as we cannot spare our worthy
Governor in such times as these, i'm
pIore them, as my friends, not to lay
violent hands on the COMMANDMENT
| chief, or burn his lodgings, for according
to high authority, it is better to marry than
| to burn.
Governor Seymour has not unfrequenuy
| reminded the public that he had taken an
oath of rare solemnity to execute the
| laws" That oath he has now fulfilled, II
not before. He has certainly executed
| the laws upon this occasion, for he has
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