The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-25

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made q Confederacy, not Union. Gahla a
| be broken up at any moment! But is il 80
He has before him resolution adoptad -
| some of these men who are opposed tn ~,
Government, in which it is said that tboae
United States are confederacy of StatoS
Well, that is true in sense. But what dc
they mean by it? They mean what Jat
Davis meant. jeff Davis said in his me- oea
sage that your fathers and mine made
confederation of States, and Therefore q
State can withdraw from the Union WIZ"
ever it pleases. That is libel on VOL
fathers and mine. A man may as we'll SOU
this State is Confederation of countiesnr.s
townships, and so it is in a sense But or.
fathers made a compact, Union that waa
to be permanent. they knew the trou Tas
there was under the Confederation. Our fae
theirs had felt the Inconvenience and veal
ness OF that system of government. and tbn
Constitution was so framed that we migh,
have stronger government. The riyh7 IN
coin money, to make treaties and to do
clare war was given to the central govern
ment; else we should have been liable 70
the lame endorsements under which we
labored before Why, what is the lam
guage or the Constitution: 1--WE the peo-
pie Ofthe United Suates in order to form a
more perfect Union, establish Justice, in.
sure domestic tranquility, provide for tho
common defense, promote the general wei.
fare, and secure the blessing of liberty tn
ourselves and our posterity. Go ordain and
establish this Constitution"
| 1t was a compact. 1t was, so to speak. a
! marriage, binding on all the people. Let
no man claim the right to go out Of the
Union, unless he goes outside of the Union
[Cheers.] But not to withdraw from it or
destroy it. We must regard this Consttu-
ton as a perpetual compact; for it is BY its
very language perpetual. Every man.
| and when man comes and talks about
State rights he is trying to deceive you.
How careful our fathers were when
speaking upon this subject! How careful
was Washington! When he made his will
he said he was q citizen of the United States.
not OF Virginia. l am not a citizen of In
diana; ! owe my allegiance to the United
to withdraw from the Union when YOU
please, are as much Of secessionist as if
you were in the rebel army. Immense
cheering.
You cannot get these men who are oppos-
ed to the government to meet and pass
resolution without feeling the weight of
this. The speaker referred to a resolution
abolitiOnism and secessionism are twin
sisters" He said they knew there was not
word of truth in that. fla man differs
with you on slavery, you can meet him at
the polls and defeat him, and if he succeeds
you still have the country. But secession
ism destroys everything. If you have
stocks, or property of any description, ii is
not worth any thing if secessionsm is true.
You men that pack pork can break eup
in the spring just as you please. Is that
the Union OF Washington, of our fathers?
1t is enough to make a mans blood boil TO
listen to such doctrine. No, it is Union.
And yet these men talk about tearing down
this government! 1 tell you ii is perpet-
ual compact, a more perfect Union, binding
upon all the people of this country. If to-
morrow these rebels We're to lay down their
arms, We would not be indisposed to meet
in convention to provide for any thing that
might be deemed necessary to secure the
rights of the people; but divide and you
destroy. Give up ten feet square, and you
only have what is left. / am speakingof
the principle.
sum up in this proposition three points,
What is the duty of u good man, now,
when this Government is threatened TO be
destroyed? The boy has rebeiled against
his father. Now what must be done to
compel him to submit? lie was not right
at the outset, with the objection that The
war ought never to have been commenced.
But the Constitution gives to somebody the
power to declare war. Congress has de-
clared war. Who? Why both parties. In
the House he believed four voted against ii.
Three of them are now in the rebel army
and the other ought TO be. [CheeTs.I Now,
what is the duty of the people? When war
is declared. if you are an honest man anda
patriot, you are bound to stand by your
country. Immense chcering.l He knew
of no exception to that rule. But he says:
THAT is right; but there is no way to save
the country only by the Democratic party"
He had been a Democrat for u great many
years, and he wished to say to-day that no
man i'll the country has a right to the name
of Democrat unless he is a war Democrat.
Prolonged applause.l While there is II
man in the country who raises his arm
against the Government is the duty of all
men to put him down. But they say,
''What do you mean? Do you mean that
no party can save the country" l heard
a man say to another in the cars, and per-
haps he persuaded him that it was 50,
will save the country" 1t was not party
that saved the country in the Revolution,
or in the late war. Adams, Clay and Web
ster stood by Jackson when he was de-
Tending the Government. Was there
any party in the war with Mexico?-
Are you little, mean, diminutive enoughto
say that your party must save the country
No. tell you that nothing but men, can
non, battalions, bullets, nothing but the
courage and heroism of the people will
save it. [Great applause.l
He did not stop to talk about peace, for
he would not stop to trifie with the intelli-
gence of a good man while there is one
armed rebel in the country. [Chaers. i
Can virtue compromise with vice? Could
Washington compromise with Benedict
Arnold? Can right compromise with
wrong, honesty with rascality, or loyal
man with a traitor? [Cries OF ''No, mo
"What do you mean?'l You talk about
peace. There is but one way to make peace,
and that is to make every rebel lay down
his arms and submit to the Government Of
the country. He had short way OF talk
ing about peace. He could tell them the
day the hour, the minute when they might
have peace. You will have peace when
you punish these traitors and make them
give way.
The speaker then referred to resolutions
which had been passed in this State decIa-
ring the purpose of resistance to the Con-
scription Law, and to pay no taxes to sup
port the government. He asked can there ,
be peace while that is tolerated. The Ia"
must be carried out. Every good citizen
will help to maintain it. And the govern,
ment should strike off the first head IiItl
up in opposition tot it.