The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-28
THE HAWK-EYE
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volunteers were called for, the sympathiz-
ers with the atrocity of treason thought it
all wrong-if the Government wants sold
iers, the proper and equitable mode, they
said, was to draft them! When, at later
day, draft was ordered, they suddenly
change their tune, and the draftwa wrong
If the Government wants soldiers it
ought to call for volunteers! The law,
though studiously made to bear as equit-
ably and with as little hardship on the
people, and providing such exemptions as
seem just and likely to meet and avoid all
instances of special hardship, was made
the target of all the spite and venom and
falsehood these malignants could invent
against it, and particularly did they clamor
against the $500 exemption, which above
all others aided the man whose purse was
light, and presistently denounced it as be-
ing intended for the benefit of the rich!
Now, again, a new draft is before us. But
in this instance it is an alternative one.
The cali may be filed by volunteers with
in limited and reasonable time. If the
people choose to fill the call by valunteer-
ing they can do so. If they don't choose
to do that, they thereby adopted the other
alternative.
What do these Copperheads do now?-
Has anybody been able to determine from
their utterances that they wish the people
to volunteer or that they favor the draft?
Does any one know where they stand?-
With one or two exceptions, has any or
gan of these men taken a position in sup
port of either alternative? We have seen
but two that have said word in favor of
either. These foul sheets are now very
anxious that the "Abolitionists'' should vol
unteer! 1t is their war, they say. Adolf
tionists are in favor of the war, and there
fore should do all the fighting! This sort
of talk is intended, not to Encourage, but to
discourage, volunteering. It means that
those who indulge in it, are opposed to the
subjugation of rebels,-that they sanction
their treason, that they desire the success
of traitors, the dissolution of the Union,
and all its probable and possible disasters
to the country and the people. That is
just what it means. If it has any effect it
will prevent volunteering. Then comes
the Draft. AS soon as that is thus made
inevitable, then these same villains will
renew their howlings against that. They
will have great deal to say of its hard
ships and its injustice, and all will once
more utter their pretended sympathy for
those who will be called into the field in
that mode. -. -..... ..s .-.s
We refer to these matters now, that the
people may act with their eyes open. A
united effort viii fill the call for volunteers.
If it is not filled in this way, it will be be-
cause of the action of the Copperhead
press. When the Draft comes, if it should,
let those who are called to go without the
extra bounties offered by the Government,
remember whose is the fault. If they curse
anybody, let them curse the Copperheads,
and they will hit the mark.
w- If the Rebel Longstreet is actually
investing Burnside at Knoxville, it follows
that Bragg's army is diminished by the
number of Longstreet's command, and
that in all probability, Grants forces at
Chattanooga now exceed those of the
rebels in that vicinity. Grant is therefore
able either to reinforce Burnside, or to
move on Bragg. The indications are that
he contemplates action in some direc-
ton. Which he will do we cannot tell
but, as Burnside is said to think his posi-
ton impregnable, it seems probable that
Grant contemplates such a movement as
he carried out in his attack on Vicksburg.
We shall see, and probably very soon.
10 The New Workers are making ar
rangements for great Sanitary Fair, after
the example of our neighbors of Chicago.
If it can manage matters SO as to make the
proceeds as large in proportion to it's popu-
lation and wealth as those realized by
the chief Of our Western cities, the sum
total will be something to talk about. That
result is not probable, for no halls can be
found large enough to hold similar pro-
portion of the people. But the profits will
be large and the benefits to the soldiers
will thereby be multiplied. Let the work
so on.
@- The newspaper correspondents are
beginning to speculate about the matter of
the Presidents Message. They demon
strate pretty plainly that the President
keeps his own counsel. The Herald once
managed to steal a paragraph in advance.
We presume it will hardly succeed in
repeating that game. These speculations
are mostly intended, we suppose, to infiu-
ence the tenor of that document. But thew
are not likely to have influence in that
quarter. In truth, being mostly the re-
suit OF partial views and personal aims,
they ought not to have.
VISA serious conf1agration occurred in
Griggsville, Illinois, on the 10th inst, de-
stroying eleven business houses, the best in
the place. The loss is said to have been
very heavy. Fires of this sort are becom-
ing frequent. They should admonish eve
rybody to be cautious and careful. Dam
gerous f1ues and careless handling of fire