The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-21

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A pamphlet Of forty pages, entitled, "How .
Free People Conduct Long War; chapter
from English History written BY Charles ].
Stille, has come under our notice. II il IN able
exposition Of the topic It discusses, and strives
BY apt illustrations from the history of war
among other nations, bow near We may DO .
absolute success, when the passing hour sp-
pears, to the superficial observer, full of disas-
ter. It concludes with the following remarks
which We commend to the attention of thoss
who seem to have ''little faith" in the cause Of
the country. They may serve to stiffsn their
backbones and give them new courage: n
There is good deal of tslk about the impos-
sibility Of conquering or subjugating the South,
which is based upon very vague notions of what
conquest and subjugation signify. 1t is surpri.
sing to End how even intelligent men have been
imposed upon by this favorite boast Of the rebels
and their sympathizers A pretended saving of
Napoleon is quoted that SIT is Impossible to pre.
vent any people determined on achieving it's in
dependence, from accomplishing its purpose;n
and it is confidently asked whether any one ever
heard Of the subjugation of twelve millions Of
people determined to be free We reply, that
history, ancient and modern, is full Of instances
of the only sort of conquest or subjugation
which any sane man proposes shall be submitted
to BY the South No one thinks it possible OF
necessary, for the purpose in view, to occupy
the whole South with garrisons, but simply to
destroy the only support upon which its arro-
CANT pretensions are based, namely, its military
power. This gone, what becomes of all the rest?
and this remaining, where is there any hope Of
permanent peace and safety to uss For what is
all war, but an appeal to force to settle ques.
tions of national interest which peaceful discuss
sisn has failed to settle, and what is an army but
only another argument, the ultima ratio. which,
If successful 10 decisive battles, must give the
law to the conquered! To say nothing of in.
stances in ancient history, Poland, Hungary,
Lombardy. in our day, we're just as determined
martial ardor; and certainly Prussia, Spain un.
der the Bonaparte dynasty, and the French En-
pire, are all examples of nations which valued
their independence. and had tentold the re-
sources for maintaining il which the South DOS
sesses; yet the capture of Warsaw, the surrender
Of Villages, the battles of Novars, Of Jena, of
Salamanca. and of Waterloo. respectively. set
tied as de6ntively the fate Of the inhabitants of
those countries and their future condition, % if
the terms imposed BY the conquering army bad
been freely and unanimously agreed upon BY the
representatives of the people in Congress az
sembled. And, in like manner, can any one
doubt, looking at the present comparative re.
sources Of the two sections, that If we should
gain two decisive battles, one in the East and
the other in the West, which should result in the
total dis0l lganizstion Of the two rebel armies,
and thus enable us to interpose an impossible
barrier between them, we should soon hear Q
voice imploring in unmistakable accents peace
on our own terms! 1t would not be matter
of choice, but Of necessity; simple question Of
how far the progress Of exhaustion had been
carried, and that once settled, and no reasonable
hope of success remaining, the war would not
last q week longer. This is the experience of all
nations, and our Southern rebels notwithstand-
ing their noisy Boosting, do not differ in their
capacity of resistance from the rest Of mankind.
"Hard pounding this, gentlemen" said the Duke
of Wellington TO bis officers, ss he threw himself
within one of the unbroken squares of his he.
roic infantry at Waterloo, 'bM weH see uho eo,x
pound the longest" and the ability of that in
fantry to "pound the longest" on that day set
tied the fate of Europe for generations. -
Let US bend, then, our united energies to se-
cure, as much az in US lies, success in the field.
and that success gained, We may be sure that al
things will follow. Let US recognize with cons
6dence a. CO workers In this great object al,
never mind what opinions they may entertain
ABOUT tue causes OF t0o war ana the new loeueo
which its, progress has developed, who desire in
all sincerity, no matter from what motive, the
success Of our arms Upon such basis, the
wider and more catholic our faith becomes the
better. I'm essentials, Unity; 10 non essentials,
Liberty; in all things, Charity:' this should be-
our motto. The only possible hope for the South
is in our own divisionA Let us remember that
With success all things are possible; without il,
all our hopes and theories vanish into thin air.
With success in the field, We should not only
dissrm the rebellion, and rid ourselves for ever
Of the pestilent tribe of domestic traitors BY
burying them deep in that political oblivion
which covers the Tories Of the Revolution, and
those who sneered at the gallant exploits Of our
Navy in the war of 1919, but also force public
opinion abroad, whose faitblessuess to the great
principles which vnderlie all modern civilization
has been one of the saddest Developments Of
this war, to exclaim st last, "lnuidiam gloria
superasti" .a. s4u
Some ten days ago, slave from Missouri
came to this place and became located at the
Martin House. On Wednesday morning the
party claiming him in Missouri made their aps
pesrsnce here, and were trying to take the
negro summarily, without proving his slavery.
The negro and party arresting him were bro't
to Squire Flcklin's Office BY the Sheriff, the
pursuing party, on charge Of assault, &c.
They were discharged on this point and rear
rested for attempting to kidnsp the negro,