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


prosecuted; ana you, Is citizen, must sustain il.
n wsrn you against this thing Of complaining
against the Governments Before you know what
you are about, you will be involved in this crime
of treason, the worst OF al crimes that you can
commit Whenevera man gives way to disloyal
feelings, and commits this crime, he has reached
such Z point that he will commit any crime
IF you will rebel against your Government, you
will rebel against any law that may be over you;
you will be ready to commit any sort of crime
In this hour of your country's danger, when the
nation is at war, beseech you to stand by your
President, stand by your Oongress, staEd BY
your country, stand by your army, stand BY
your navy. And if you wont do that, get out
Of the country. and don't stay here to breed die
affection and trouble among us at home. And
there ID something worse than this about which
must speak. don't like these secret political
societies. l don't know whether you have them
or not. A voice. ''yes; they meet twice .
week. Well, if you have, you cannot pass
ninety days in peace. Your houses will be
burned, your railroad tracks torn up; you will be
found shot behind your barns. You cannot have
peace if you have these Organizations No
honest nan will hide what he says Or does be-
bind the curtains Of secrecy. Ifaman 10 honest,
he will not care who knows what be 10 about
never joined q secret organization in my life,
and never will. Young men, get out Of such
organizations. You Cannot have peace if you
keep in them. You cannot take An oath against
your Government and your country, and have
peace. tHdE ,5f9H q u 59sEi los
Some say the draft cannot be enforcsd.g Ny
friend, do not say that again. We have gov.
eminent. We have thres.quarters Of D million
ofMen in the army. Let any neighborhood
resist the draft; and the, FIRE and the sword,
and desolation will 50 throughit. The power
Of the governmentw will come down on you. II
We have to die in defense Of the country, we
may - well die hefe ss anywhere else just
think Oft. You swear you wont enter the
army; you swear that you viii not pay your
taxes; you swear you will shoot down in cold
blood any one Who reveals your secretsl This
wont do. Get cut Of these reasonable organ
nations If you want peace. Be true Jack
son man, and stand up for your country; nm
less you intend to revolutionize the country
and have no government. tell you it 10 .
very dangerous thing for man to undertake
to raise his arm against the government Of his
country. In my country last summer they de.
MED that these organizations existed. don't
know how it is with you. But will never 70
into any place where i am prevented from
telling afterwards what as done in that place;
will not come crawling out at midnight like
crawling out Of Q possum's hole. And yet you
90 to such places and you call that Democra-
cy! You say that is Democratic! fGreat
laughter. The contest in which we are en- I.
gsged, is not what some would make it out to
be. 1t is contest between an imperial arisA
tocrscy, on the one side, and the people on
the other. Which shall rule, the aristocrat
or the people? ~
The speaker here read an extract from the
Louisville Democrat-''There can be no true
democracy, while treason keeps its army in
the field, except war democracy. Hence, those
that preach peace in the North may be called
Democrats; but in reality THEY ARE TORIES AND
TRAITORS" lGreat applause.
Now, don't say called you traitors. It Was
the Louisville Democrat, published on South.
ern soil; 80 you can see how loyal men in the
South look upon the course you are pursuing.
Laughter and cheers ae,.-s, ~,
II may take time to save this Government !;
but have never dispaired for moment Of do
ing it LIDO not believe that this nation has
performed its mission yet. don't talk, to
any man about separation Of the country. Not
foot of it. When man talks about that, I
| cay ct once: "Good morning, sir, have no
business with you. advise you to get out of
the country, if that comes to pass; for We are
going to save this country and it Won't be very
pleasant for you to remain here after that. -
lTumultuous applause. '-D Z,
Do you doubt We are going to do this. tell
xwil In at 9th 10 MT in rp
in our army, in our many noble rivers, in our
rich soil, in our inexhsustible mines of precious
| ore, "a Do you know where it is? It is in tho
twenty millions of freemen living in the North.
| lCheers.1 Why look at u.s.? There 10 not Q
blind person in our country, nor alunatic,r nor
| . pauper that is not cared for. These men are
our strength. These noble temples of humsni-
ty erected by the Great Creator. They, under
God, are our strength. Qa4 ,e@3E !.
But you talk of fraud and rascality. Well,
there il good deal of that in the country any
how. There never was war in which there
was no rsscality. I calculate that out Of every
500 paid out for the war forty or fifty will BE-
stolen. The speaker referred here to immense
losses sustained in this way by the Englsh in the
Russian war, and by the Austrians, in The late
| war with France. In oil times like these, with
al the care the Government can exercise, there
Will 70 tu0u WIZ WoAS usVA40v " OISSuAossOA oSsO
fraud. They do itlike the beasts went into
| the Ark, by pairs. A Democrat and . Rspubli.
can will get together, and grab al that they can
reach. Laughter and cheers Your Generals
are now charged with making money By specu-
latiops in cotton and rice. They belong TO all
parties, and you cannot make party question
out of that. Laughter. -. Z, .,
believe that you have an honest man ct the
head of the Government. believe that be sim
cerely desires to save the country. ! have
Thoughtful had the making Of him, I would put
q little more back bone in him. Immense sp-
plauee.1 wish be had q little more of the iron
will Of Old Hickory,or Of the determination of 81
A. Douglas. That's sol But have you noticed
one thing! Every proclamation be has issued
/ is as the head of the army Of the United States.
You say he has right to weaken his enemy. =
he ia your President for eighteen months.
What have you to make by throwing obstacles
in his way? do not know whether be has done
all for the best, or not but if had anything
to say, should have said to the Generals of our
armv sTske the niegers as you 70. and don't