The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-21
From the Ksosauqus Republican. % q
Have we Fought Long Enoughf !
INV A aorDupR oP Tuo 14r9 rowA

q a7J BY SOLDIER OF rHe 14rH IOWA. IT
To man whose fingers are in the fire.,
minute seems an age; sad to . people passing
through the furnace ordeal Of war, twenty
months seem like twenty years. In these
twenty months nearly i hundred battles hsvs
been fought, and yet both sides complain be.
cause matters drag on 10 slowly. s3g. sas
In every war. much time is spent in prepsr-
ing for important movements Of the enemy,
and in strategic msneuvres to secure favor.
able combinations and desirable positions; %
that, often months pass without battle. And
the European nations, from whom both Fede.
erals and Confederstes are descendants, never
yet showed . disposition to cry "quit," 50 long
Is they could make reasonable show Of resis.
lance. Thus We read Of . s'seven years war"
. 'thirteen years war; and "thirtJ years
war; .-..,,.I.,- NJ.
There are those who say We have fought
with the South long enough. And 80 W have
too long, indeed, unless We had good res
sons to take up arms ct first; but allowing
such good reasons, We have not yet gained
our object. Does not the cry, eve have fought
long enough" come chiefly from the lips Of
those who would have fought on the other side
had they lived south of the Ohio? as .G.75
The men Of '76 bore the brunt nearly eight
years, to secure the beginning of our nationality.
Are their SUCCESSORS 80 degenerate q to throw
away that nationality, and give up the experi-
ment Of free government In America, because
they cannot endure VAT Of less than two ysarsf
Are Anglo, Saxon pluck, and patriotism, and
power Of endurance, 30 soon played out? Did
our fathers pay too high price for our frsedoms
And will our children rsproachl %, for saving
thsir birth.risht, even as the expense Of humid
knAk1 kA
to give over. at last, through sheer exhaustion,
but We have not done our best We know there
ID limit 70 the power Of the rebellion; We knew,
too, that its resources Of war and money are
mueh more nearly wasted than our own. Why
should We give il up, when III for which W have
shrugged, II attainabls Ct all d nov much nearer
than ever. Talk Of pssosl With whom shall
W treat for peace? Have " lost our memo
riss? ID any loyal man % vsrdant and oon6d-
ing q to suppose that the men who % trsach-
srously began this war BY conspiracy to over
throw 6ovsrnmsnt which they were sworn to
support-such - JeG Davis, Floyd, Toombs,
Ysncey. Breckinridge, Slidsll and Benjamin-
are men with whom al honorable treaty can be
made, snd BY whom any honorable, treaty can
be keptf a'isb sd syaq 49vaa 4g,v4T IF
They are absorbed with the wild. ambitious
purpose Of founding great Slave Empire on the
ruins Of American freedom and civilization
and they are gacious enough 70 see that such
. scheme can only succeed: thfoush the .hunili'
alton and subjugation Of the, North. When
you talk of peace, you are proposing to make
these men the masters Of our destiny. They
denounce the Northern masses "a only 6t to be
their slaves; ana You propose TO- prove it true
by . cowsrdly, seryile surrender to the terms
their haughtiness may dictate. If there can
he No neAce Int by giving up this continent to