The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-01-31
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

BURLINGTON WE
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Correspondeaee Of The Havk-Eye.
aa J DIS Nouns, JAN. %, 1863 /
M. Editor:-The traitorious Democracy Of
Iowa, are - ready to do the behests Of the
Southern Confederscy Is the Chicago Ts"'es
and it's followers can wish. The servitors Of
Fernando Wood-the man who WAS ready to
excite rebellion in New York City and to an
mex the commercial Emporium to the Confed-
sracy-ars not this day more ripe for t'tzea-
con, stratagem and spoils," than Mshony and
his co-workers in this State. But this is no
| cause Of grief to rejecting men. We rejoice
that the traitors ct home and abroad are show
/ ing their hand. The country needs to know
the full extent Of democratic servility and
trsaebery, that it may: rise TO the emergency
and do up tbs work bsfors it perfectly. While
Northern tr.itors dissembled, there was danger
Of falling short Of the full necessities Of the
day. Under the guiss Of love for ''ths Con-
stitution a. it ID, and the Union - 1t was, "
the Northern sympathisers with Southern trea-
son, sought to patch up peace which should
offer premium for future outbreaks, by not
only exempting the arch traitors Of the South
from punishment but by re-instating them in
place and power over loyal people Such .
spectacle. thank Heaven, the country is not
destined to witness. By striking at the root
Of the rebellion and proclaiming his purpose to
make no terms with traitors in arms, the Pre-
sident has fused the elements Of treason in
both sections of the country. They find at
length that their craft is in danger. They
find that they have to deal with an adminis~
tration thai means to execute the Constitution
and the laws, and to WELD all the power the
rebellion has devolved upon the President as
the Commander-in-Chief Of the Army and
Navy Of the United States. ,.s,.eaE.. ,.
4 find around me men who are alarmed ct
the portentous signs in the political heavens.
The out-spoken treason Of men who have here
tofore muttered their maledictioas with bated
breath, causes timid loyalists to shudder.-
They are astounded at such turpitude, such
temerity. Wien they hear Wood, Vallandig-
ham and Seymour demanding the humiliation
Of the Administration and our loyal soldiery,
as the price Of peace, they ask themselves if
the days ofthe Government are not number
ed! When they see evidence that the love Of
slavery, even with multitudes ia the North, is
greater than love of the Union, and that there
are those who would rather let the Union slide
than that the root of the rebellion be plucked
up, they turn with sadness and gloom from
the direful spectacle. a @ fas
2Messrs. Editors Of the Hawk-Eye, it ought
to be obvious to oil men, that there is q plain
and simple remedy for oil this trouble. We
have an army in the field supposed to be ade-
quate to the suppression of this rebellion. If
it is not, then it should be enlarged at once,
by the enlistment of every son Of Africa who
can be reached. If We cannot get enough from
that quarter, there are millions Of fighting
men in the loyal States subject to the call of
the Government. But, it is supposed that the
present army is adequate to the work before
it. Its loyalty is not questioned. 1t is the
absence of this loyal element that has given
the semblanoe of . triumph to the false De.
mocrscy in few States. The return Of that
element will set things to rights again and
drive the copperheads to their caves and
dens. Upon this point there can be no mis-.
take, and it is because leyalists sometimes for
get it, that they allow themselves to be dis
couraged. The scattering Of treason ,mongers
before this loyal army will be sight worth
seeing, and that will amply compensate for
present anxiety. 'R s+ e.
But, it il another solution of the present
trouble Of which We would speak; one that
prepares the way for the triumphal return Of
the Union army, greeted by the shouts of
people redeemed from the thraldom Of slavery
and all the horrors of civil strife. What II
that solution! Let the Army and Navy Of the
Union plant the Stars and Stripes upon the
dome Of the Rebel Capitol, asd upon the ruins
OF rebel defences at Vickshurg, Charleston and
Mobile! When that glorious work 10 done. the
housing traitors that now beslime tho thorou.h
fares Of the North, will no more be heard Of
The vosation Of Wood, Cox, Seymour and VAL
i land'gham will be gone. They will hide their
I diminished heads in shame, with none so poor
% to DO them honor. 1t win then no longer
be . question whether slavery shall be enshrip.
ed ia as the God Of the American people. The
only marvel will be that the Nation could have
hesitated moment to strike the blow that re-.
oellion invited. When the clouds clear away
and the leadings of q merciful Providence be.
come apparent in the light of cousummated re-
suits, the future of our country, free from cape
to gulf, from ocean to ocean, will cause a song
ofthanksgiving to 60 up from this great peo-
pie. The great tribulstion through which this
browning good shall have been secured. will
be remembered only as the troubled dream of
/ tho niohk