The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-24

| " oaia tHe ufidSes, Dut our forces o1s..
gulshed the flames. He endeaeored "a y ~
stroy lheI locomotives and cars, hut az az,
In this. He ordered the United S,s..iaie4
senal burned, but did not sy.ee eta,' : Ar
complishing this work of 1esvrurtiIorri ~ a.
! did succeed, however, in runpino H9
as usual. Our victory was comnlaso away
cavalry division took the div ,S;e lie
the infantry firing gum Gen. DariaSol
has proved himself General Of n''atlin
nary capacity. He has won the b mouiui.
all under him, and ere long. We b eaH Of
other star will be added to the enc Pe, an
rendered so brilliant by efTiciert ssrr'sady
The health of the regiment is imn.nuss.
and II we should remain here a few ,,,.I
we hope to see many who are now rns, e sA
duty; take their places in the ranksrr:;.ots
their comrades. JOHN CoGGEsH.LI "H
| 80 Chaplain lst. Iowa Cayar,
| SOMETHING .GAINED.-Poplular Inv.
tience and complaint at the slow n,or mp
Of the war may be of use as a stimnIs1a ,
the Government and the military laafSt.S'
but they are not justifabie after MI =
Things do not move slowly. Consider,
the extent of territory over which the VS.
prevails-sufficien for thirty or fortveno.ii
sized European monarchieS-aud tho no
nitude and difficulty OF the onerati%ss
in progress, our achievements have Iocn
rapid beyond precedent in any war -
When the history Of this war is written ina
nations will be astonished at the prom.
ness with which we have provided the p.
struments and materials of war and aecorn.
plished the most gigantic results. And
yet, standing almost within hearing Of tba
clash Of arms, we grumble if we cannot re.
joice over daily victory, and unreasors.
bly, complain that we are doing notbin,
and gaining nothing. We seem to exrfs
our armies to march hundreds of mis-,
through rough, half-settled regions with a.
much ease as we can mark out a route "A,
them on the map. -&a'l"- .. al
q, II we look back year and contrast The
situation now with what it was then VA
shall see how unreasonable are our com.
plants. We have made most essentis
progress, and what we get we hold Their
is no step backward at any importa1,
point. Half the rebel territory is ALREADY
in our hands. We have opened the Mts
sissippi, and the rebels can never recoye,
interrupt navigation - guerrillas aIoBr
its banks is very little. Not only Eas
Tennessee, the home of the chiefpatriO.s
and martyrs Of the great struggle, is ours
but all of Tennessee the capital and sub.
stantially the whole settled part of Arkan.
sas northern and western Mississippi and
northern Alabama; while we still hold all
we had previously gained in North and
South Carolina, Louisiana and Virginia
and have but one more step to take 10
plant our largest army in the very center,
of the rebel territory, and to cut the terri
tory completely in two. And at this mo-
ment we are UNNECESSARILY stronger in all
the means Of successful warfare than We
were year ago, and have hardly touched
our reserve force Of men, while the rebels
are fast approaching the point Of exhals.
ton, in men and resources, and their
financial credit has fallen so low that their
currency is Of little more value than the
paper upon which it is printed. Yet some
men talk as if final success were doubtful
as if it were really a question whether
we had not better sacrifice all wei
have eXpened and all we have won
and drop the contest where il is
What we have gained in military expe
rience, too, is something TO be satisfied
with. A year and a half ago the majority
OF our people, and not few of our generals
had just as crude notions about war as Sec.
rotary Stanton put forth when he declared
the only chance tor success was to trust il
the Spirit of the Lord and push at once on
The enemys works. That theory has been
pretty thoroughly tried, to the waste Of
some thousands of lives and some milliOnIi
Of dollars, but we have now outgrown The
fanaticism and prosecute the war cooly
and scientifically. This is really great
point gained, for the other policy, or rather
denial Of all policy, gave great ADVANTAGE
to the enemy, and they profted by it, be
ing themselves believers in the science
war. 4.y..
Moral progress in the war has beer
equally satisfactory. A;year ago there was
danger that treacherous peace party inf
the North might gain the ascendency aEtl
30 give success to the rebellion by hanperl
ing the government. That danger is hap
PLY past, and the late elections have sell
tied it that the rebellion has nothing more
to hope for in the way of aid and COM.
the war is not to stop short of entire
success or utter defeat. That matter forever
settled we shall now see more unity and
energy in the prosecution of the war, and
3 growing disposition at the South to yield
10 inevitable fate, as we already see il in the
States partially reclaimed by our arms,
But the great moral gain is to be seen iDl
the progress of emancipation. Missouri has|
gradual emancipation, which will
soon become immediate by force of circum.
stances, If not blythe action Of her own peo.
pie. Maryland will soon follow, for the
system is already broken and demoralized
there beyond recovery. Tennessee will 0l
IQw next, and is already more nearly ripe
f4r the beneficent change than is generally
suspected. The clamor against negro sol.
diers is everywhere silenced, and even in
the slave States negroes are enlisted as sol.
diers with little opposition. And this man
ifest progress in the vital movement for
peace and reunion has been
brought about without any violation Of the
law or of the rights Of any
State. Itisno evident that we maysave the
Union and kill slavery without doing VIC
lsnce to either Federal or State constitu-
tons, or setting the fire of one revolution
against another. Whoever does not see
most important gain in this comprehends
1fttle of the peril which the country has
passed through. In every respect, militia
ry, political, moral, the national cause has
made and is making most rapid progress,
and we have but to be stead fast and perss'
tent to bring to speedy and glorious issue
the great work Of national salvation. !
5yr> ..' ..' 80 4 Springfield Repubhcds.
A"CARp', OF TnASKs.-In view of The
immense service rendered by certain Ind.
ana, Illinois and New York politicians 10
Ohio in the election just held, whereby the
Union majority has been pushed up V
one hundred thousand in the State, it seems
no more than Just and proper that tDs
Union men Of Ohio should make soms
public acknowledgment TO the politicians
foy.a hot, -x,v,