The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-10

guished naval officer who, thank God,
is here with you tonight loud cheers for
Admiral Farragutl that said that the only
hope of success lay in two directions, one
in foreign intervention-pause moment,
and roll over the proposition in your own
minds moment-a Republican looking to
Louis Napoleon for aid and comfort! That
was one source-a modern Democratic
source. [Laughter.1 The other source
was the success of their friends in dividing
the North. The only two sources OF
comfort they could find. 1 affirm, my
friends, and give it as my opinion, if we
had common union at the North and
common loyalty to the Government, we
could have ended the war months ago, but
this aid and comfort from their friends
kept them alive for months! Nay, come
together but now and strike one gallant,
united blow for the great North that loves
the whole country, and this Rebellion may
be crushed out in its last vestige in less
than ninety days. [Cheers.l When these
men, therefore, talk along your streets for
peace, I tell you, charge upon them that
they and they alone are guilty of this pro-
crastinatiOn in the return of peace. There
is no doubt about it. / imagine they are
the same class here that we find in New
England; they give all the aid and comfort
they can to the South. They discourage re-
cruiting in your army; they are preventing
enliStments; they stand on the corners of
streets and throw every obstruction in
their power against strengthening the
arms of the Government! Yes, they are
still doing all they can in aid Of the Rebel
liOn and l tell yon, my friends, that down
in Maine we did not draw any distinction
between the Tory of the Revolution and
the Copperhead of 1863, and if there were
found any to discuss the relative merits Of
the two, they were not found to be in ia
vor of the Copperheads. Applause and
laughter. / tell you to charge on these
men, and hold them responsible for the re-
suits of their acts. Do this, and let there
be no skirmishing and no picket-fighting.
Charge upon them, and hold them up to
the public odiuIu of all loyal and honest
men, and / tell you that the Empire State
will yet roll up $4,000 majority! [Great
and long-continued cheering.]
We have among US a class of men who
very much desire the Constitution as it is
here? ["Yes.''] Well, sir, / have found
them all around. But am very sorry, in
deed am, that they cannot haveit. Laugh
ler.] There is no possible way in which
they can have it. 1t is mere demagOgue-
ism, it is mere claptrap; it is nonsense, and
not very good nonsense at that! Cheers
and laughter.] Why, the "Union as it
in precisely the same condition as they
were when the rebellion was inaugurated.
How are you going to bring back Missouri
to the same condition, when they have in
that State inaugurated a measure, unso-
licited and uninterfered with, for the eman-
cipation of the slaves of that State? How
are you going to get it back? And what
are you going to do with that little new
State which nestles away up in North Wes-
| tern Virginia, which has been framed by
loyal men, and which has also adopted a
sys stem that is to rid them Of Slavery? How
are you gou going to get it back? should
like very well to know how. I know they
| bility to bring back the Government as 1t
was. Now, if there are any men in your
City of New York who have got tears to
shed over such result as we have in New
England l think they must be crocodile
| tears. If you have any such here who
| shed tears for the Union as it was, I think
| could furnish very good sketch for them.
l think you might place in the foreground a
colored man with his shackles stricken of,
clothed in the uniform of Uncle Sam and
| of the Union, and the glorious Stars and
Stripes waving over his head, while in the
remote background stands the modern
Democrat, with the large tears rolling down
from their eyes as big as turnips-because,
because he could not have the Union as it
was laughter, long and loud, and if you
could find any irrepressible Copperhead
woman, would place her in one part of
the canvas, in the attitude of reaching to
him with crash towel to wipe away the
tears. [Great laughter and cheers.]
My friends, one single word more, and
that is upon the present aspect of the gi-
gantic struggle in which our Government
is engaged. We are to be successful
Tremendous cheering.l He who doubts it
is political infidel. [Great applause and
cheers.] He who doubts it must believe
that God has deserted our Government and
our country Look to see within what
limits we have compressed this rebellion
At the commencement OF OF this rebellion 1t
held control over 600 square miles of
territory, to-day it has jurisdiction over
less than 3OO,O 900 square miles. Loud ap-
plause.l 1t needs birds eye view geo.
graphically of the State of the Rebellion
but as we compress their power into the
Gulf States, and as we diminish the area
over which they have control, we diminish
| in greater ratio the strength oftheIr arms.
| [Cries of sGood," and cheers.j What has
been accomplished already? That mighty
artery that reaches from your inland seas
10 the Gulf of Mexico, Gods own highway,
over which your commerce floats, is again
opened and unobstrncted. loud cheers. u
All the battles and particular events by
which this was secured are yet fresh IN
your recollection. A bird s-eye view only
can satisfy any one, yet it is evident that
in limited time, with the aid of all the
men In the North, we can crush out the
rebels in front with arms, and, at the bal
lot-boxes, beat their sympathizers in the
rear! lLouc and long applause.] And
what are the duties which devolve upon us
TO 90 this We owe it to the true and
loyal men of the South-men who have
been good and true, and who love liberty,
like the gallant Admiral who sits before
you. Great cheering.] If there were no
other earthly consideration, the brave men
who have stood up amid all the perils that
surrounded them in the rebel States de-
mand of us, and we owe it to them to be
true to our Government, and to yindicate
| their rights as well as our own?
We owe it to our gallant army in the
field that we will send recruits to them, to
enable them to bear on our standard until
it floats again over every inch Of our do