The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-03

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Gs- If Justus Clark and N. w. Robin
son are such warm friends of the soldiers,
as some Of their associates would have the
soldiers believe, how does ii happen that
they have never done anything for the sol
diers, nor for the country? How did they
become the candidates of Butternhts, along
with Mason and Duncombe, and why
should the enemies of the Union Make so
much pains to prove these two deleDtable
candidates their exact opposites Clark
and Robinson are in fact just as much
friends of our soldiers as JEFF. .oDavis.-
They are as inveterate Butternuts as they
know how to be. They were nominated
because they were known to be Butternuts,
and resolved to do all within their power
to Illustrate the efforts Of the Administra-
ton to subdue the rebels. No one who
knows them ever charged them with
friendship for our volunteers. And those
who now sag they are such friends, would
denounce them as "Abolitionists" if they
believed their own lie. They have the
same sort of liking for the soldiers of the
Union as wolves have for lambs-they
would devour them if they could, and in
lieu of that, devoutly hope the rebels will
be able to do it. -'
me- One of the most humiliating specta-
cles we ever witnessedis the effort at "wool-
gathering in the army on the part of our
Copperhead, anti-war, peace-sneaks. A
party which declares against the war
against the Constitutional right to fight for
the Union-which prays for defeats and
disasters to our arms, and which would
make ''peace' upon any terms-when such
party is driven to the necessity and has
the effrontery to send its candidates to the
army for votes, it shows degree of abject
humiliation which is pitiable in the ex-
IRENE. And these fellows, who have done
all in their power, from first to last, to
cripple and break down the Government
to destroy our army and injure our brave
soldiers-have mobbed, shetland murdered
them on numerous occasions and at divers
places, now go down on thier marrow bones
and humbly crave the votes Of these slam
dered and abused soldiers. Can anything
exceed their impudence or equal their hui,
initiation? A few months hence we shall
find these same very worthy gentlemen,
who will be beaten for County offices by
these same soldiers, before the Courts, as
last year, claiming that the soldiers have
no constitutional right to vote!
@r The Richmond Wing of the 22d thus
comments on the battle of Chickamauga.
1t don't seem to be greatly elated over the
result, and by this time it's hopes OF a more
decisive event do not appear to be ac-
complished. According to its own ideas
the prospect must now be gone. Rose
Grams is reinforced, and will be made still
stronger. Bragg has lost his opportunity,
if The was ever able to grasp it. But the
presumption is that he suffered too heavily
himself to enable him to accomplish more
than he did. He did not follow up the
late battles because he was aware that he
could only reap still greater disaster. He
was unable to strike again, and now we
trust it is too late: "a.
A fierce and bloody battle, lasting two
days, has been fought on the Chickamauga
river, few miles from Chattanooga, be-
tween the forces Of Bragg and Rosecrans.
Thus far it has been indecisive, though the
advantages are on our side. Twenty
pieces Of artillery, twenty-five hundred
prisoners, and the possession Of the battle
field, are the evidences and fruits Of vic
tory; but the situation of affairs in that
quarter demand greatly more than this
Rosecrans' army must be destroyed or
driven out, else we fight to but little pur-
pose. His lines still confront ours, and
unless he can be routed he will be rein
forced, when we Will fall back, and Muir
freesboro will be repeated. Gen. Bragg, of
course, understands this, and knows the
necessity of pushing his present advantage
to decisive result. Whether what he has
done is important depends upon what he
may do. The most complete and valuable
victory of the war seems within his reach,
If he has the strength and the will to
grasp it.
Union Meeting at WapeIlO.