The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-19

10 The other day the Democracy of st.
Tammany, in New York, gravely declared
that slavery, as a subject Of political agi-
tation, has passed from the politics of the
|country.i' About the same time Governor
Bramlette, Of Kentucky, was inditing the
address to the people of that State which
we published yesterday. Whatever the
disciples of st. Tammany may, solemnly
DECLARE, the FACT still confronts us, that
Slavery yet remains stumbling block in
the Union, continues TO assert its rightfnl-
ness, and assumes, as has ever been its hab-
it, to dictate what the Union shall or shall
{ not do. Ss#hoS s1"A5s2 a:a] fiecaf
The trouble ia Kentucky now II d result
Of the new Enrolment Act. That law re-
quires the enrolment of all men, within
certain limits of age who are able-bodied
and competent to do military service,
without regard to color or race. It is based
on the irrefutahle principle that the nation
has the right to the personal service Of ev-
| cry person to whom it extends protection.
But to the exercise Of this essential pow
| er certain classes Of kentuckians seriously
object. They profess to hold another class
in bondage. They say the blacks among
them are their slaves, that they are made
such by the Constitution and laws OF Ken
lucky. And, because ofthese alleged facts,
they. assert that these Slaves" cannot
be lawfully called upon to defend the
country! And now that Congress has
thought il expedient to exercise its pow
er ON this point, the slave-mongers OF
Kentucky have made such noise about it
that their Governor deems it necessary to
advise them to be cautions in their actions
and very careful to seek redress for their
pretended grievances by lawful and con-
stitutional methods! i4e's +.
We have no complaint to make Of this
advice. If any man imagines himself ,ag-
grieved and seeks his remedy in lawful
modes, he certainly does no legal wrong,
however absurd or however troublesome
his conduct may be. This is MI right in
law, though it may often be, as in this in
stance, exceedingly vicious in purpose and
in effect - ,R' S'is'1 Is
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The ideas thai snderlie and give utter
Brahlettes address, that assume right in
the -SGte 10 determine who shall, anil who
shall rot. serve the -Nat,oe, are what we in
cline to censure at this time, though their
extreme aDsurdity would be mere matter
Of amusenent, did they no, obtrude q need
loss nS~r fnlr- DO ~
utter annihilation Of the Sreatrevoltagainst
the authority of the Union and the exis-
tence Of the Republic. ~ g45a4tg
These ideas are that this right OF the Mas
ter to the Slave is superior TO that of the
public. That the Master, though himself
subject to the law, has yet right paramount
to the law. That though the Master may.
be compelled 10 serve IN his own person, he
may yet interpose to prevent his slave from
serving. In other WORDS, that his rights Of
property, admitting that he has property in
in the slave, are superior to his pcrso7so,
rights! AL Of which ideas are about as
wise and true as it would be to allege that
man has right to defend his property.
but no right to defend his own life and lib
erty! Absurdi;ies like these are the osten-
sible reasons urged by The siave-holdSag
Kentuckians IN opposition to the call Of the
country for the service Of its people. And
SUCH az these Gov. Bramlette apologies for
If he does not actually sanction. nia
4 But these are not the true reasons. The
men who urge them are, - schss, actually
ecessionists-would-bet traitors. Some of
them are loyal so far a. they can be; bat
they love slavery more than the Union, and
If made to choose would ''let the Union
slide rather than yield the supremacy Of
the .spatriarchal"i institution. They are
quite Wiling that the nom slaveholding
classee, the '.poor whites" should fill up
the ranks They do not care . straw how
many haraships are imposed on them, 20
they are exempted themselves. They are
willing that The Union be sustained: pro-
vided they, themselves, are excused from
al the cost Of sustaining i'll II . sa sra ID /
This is . very cheap sort Of patriotsm.-
We don't know but that Copperheadism
ID quite ~ respectable. But it is . very
idea Of that exhibited by thel
mass of Kentucky Shareholders. We think |
hey manage to demonstrate that Slavery
ID not yet renewed from The domain oil
il still disputes the authority
81 the Union and insists on it, assumed
Of constant and arbitrary die
tation. We confess that we are exceeding
3 tired Of this nonsense. We don't ad- |
mire that soft Of Uhionism which sets upl
he follies Of Niger. drivers above the |
Union, md necessarily insists on either |
ruling or running the cause which u de- |
graded by its support. Kentuckians may
insist as much ~ they please that the white
ought TO servo in place Of the negro. They |
may worship The negro ~ much ~ they
choose in that mode. But we trust the
lime has gone by in which the country
will evince 2 disposition TO conoede any Of
ts powers 70 those whose folly and mad
less are constant obstacles IN its PATH
Let the negroes be enrolled. Let them