The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-18

| pies from neutralS, Will become weapon
of offense against which mo preponderanct
OF naval strength can effectually guard ,and
the severity of which will be felt in the ra.
no OF the shipping and mercantile wealth
OF the nation against whose mercantile
marine the efforts of those steam cruisers
may be directed.
mat the effect of future war with any
power thus enabled TO purchase, prepare
and refit vessels-of-war in neutral ports
VIII inevitably be to transfer to neutral
lags that portion of the sea-carrying trade
VI the world which is now enjoyed by your
nlemorlailsts and by other British ship
mat over and above the chances of Pc
:a,iny loss to themselves, your memoir
lists snare In the regret with which a law
aioihS community must naturally look
on successful attempts to eyade the proyis-
ions oi an act of Parliament passing for a
sihsle anu simple purpose, but which has
neeh iouho not to give the Executive all
the powers needed for its effective execu-
ton.
IhaS your memorialists would accord
ingly respectfully urge upon vour lord
ship the expediency of proposing to Par
lament to sanction the introduction of
such amendments into the Fore;rn EnIist-
n1ent act as may have the effect of giving
greater power to the Executive To nravenf
the construction in British ports Of shins
EelllUprpnfS. nd
your memorialists would further supgest
to your Lordship the importance of en-
deavoring to secure the assent of the Gov
eminent of the United States of America
and of other foreign countries, to the adop-
ton of similar regulations in those coun-
tries also.
Ali which your memorialists respectfully
submit.
THE REBEL PEACE MovEMENT.-We
find the following editorial article in the
Richmond Enquirer of the Sth:
Gen. Lee, our High Commissioner and
Plenipotentiary for conclusion of peace,
is progressing well enough with his benefi-
cent mission. His olive branch is Bios
soming and viii, bear wholesome fruit.
Gen. Lees magnificent victory at Get
tysburg, has doubtless cost us very dear,
as many of us will know too well when the
details come in. AT the present we have
only the grand and glorious result-the
greatest army of the Yankee nation swept
away, trampled under foot, and all but an
initiated upon its own soil-the best part
of Pennsylvania laid under contribution to
sustain our army, and in some small
measure make good our heavy losses; the
second city on the continent open to our
armies, and already reckoning up the
number of millions it must pay to ram
som it from pillage and conflagration; our
own city of Baltimore waiting it's deliver
ance with passionate but secret joy; and
Washington, that foul den of thieves, ex-
pecting the righteous vengeance OF Heav-
en- for the hideous crimes that have been
done within its walls. In Philadelphia
how the Quakers quake this day. In
Washington, how the whole brood of Lin
coin and his rascal ministers turn pale
how their knees smite together, as they
hear from afar off the roar of the grand
army of the Potomac rolled back in bloody
rout and dismay, and see flashing through
their guilty dreams the avenging bayOnets
of those they dared to call "rebels!' Ha !!
does their monstrous crime weigh heavy
on their souls to day? Mingling with the
cheers that greeted the sweet perorations
their Fourth of July "orators of the day."
do their ears hear the wall of the homeless
and the fatherless whose houses they have
laid in ashes, whose pride and strength are
laid low in the graves of a hundred battle
fields? They begin to feel that they were in
the wrong; that there was some mistake
somewhere; and for the first time they pray
flor peace.
: but this is only their first lesson. 1t is
probable that our Peace Commissioners
will have yet several other such to admin
lister, before the enemy shall be perfectly
satisfied that there is no possible peace for
him until he withdraws every soldier from
Kentucy Maryland and Delaware, and
yields up to the lawful owners every town
and fort he holds all around our borders.
Cincinnati, for example would we are as
sured burn we'll. 1t is the enlightened
metropolis,of strichnine whisky, the Queen
City of fat pork, peopled by as God-aban-
doned sons of Yankees as ever killed a
hog. Our troops have now got a taste of
Northern viands and their fine healthy
appetite grows by what it feeds on. Ohio
also has silver and gold, and towns to ran
som, and fertile plains to sweep of fiocks
and herds. AS they will have war let
them have their fill of it, and that in its
highest perfection and widest develop
ment. So, and not otherwise, will peace
spread her white wings, and cover all the
land as the waters cover the sea.
THE RIoT.-We give in other columns
the fullest details that it is possible to col
lect of the proceedings of the mob yester-
day in various parts of the city. Relent-
less and cruel and cowardly as all -mobs
are, the actions of this at least are equal to
any that have yet earned a record in histo-
nv. "Pull down that id fiag!' was
their greeting to the Stars and Stripes
"Kill the id nigger!' was the infuria-
ted howl raised at the sight of any unfortu-
nate black man, woman, or child that was
seen on the street, in the cars, or an omni-
DuS. Resistance 10 lue lIdlG WAS uleTelS
the occasion of the outbreak; absolute
disloyalty and hatred to. the negro were
the moving causes. 1t was not sim
ply riot but the commencement of
a revolution, organized by the sympa-
thizers in the North with the South
ern Rebellion. 1t was meant, undoubted-
ly, to break out on the 4th, but postponed
by the defeat of Lee in Maryland. 1t was
well known on Sunday that preparations
were made for the outbreak on Monday,
and the points of attack and for destruction
were designated. Like incendiary fires, it
broke out at different places at the same
moment, and at the extreme ends of the
city. While the first assault was made in
the upper Wards the mob appeared in front
of our office; all through the day it APP
peased its wrath and hate on any stray ne
gro that was so unfortunate as to be found,
and attacked the dwellings here and there
of those miserable people. Reinforced at
dark by rufiians from the upper part of the
city, they made their assault upon this
building, completely sacking it's publica-
ton office. By the timely, energetic and
brave efforts ola company of policemen,
upla, Can't rVbprpa tho yhnla 80,