The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-20

1 SAS0oC SIVOOAe0OW10 IOeS Al Inc rear.
And now the men who have thus ericorS.
aged the enemy and crippled the Cover
ment TO the extent Of their ability. usa ~
failures which they themselves caused. e
excite the people against the men in nov.
or. It is manifest that but for the COPPER
head intrigues in the North, the rebeliim
would have been suppressed before ~
time. That union Of strength which mari.
ed the early progress Of the war for d
continued, would have insured final ~.
cess before the expiration Of Mr.. Linooin's
term Of service. Nothing has encouraged
the rebels 20 much as the hope Of division
among the people of the North. This div
sion has cost JUS tremendous sacrifices n
blood and treasure, and now the men Who
/ are responsible for this calamity ask to b
placed In powerl The failures that haze
occurred were not the cause but merely he
pretext for the division among the peoptA,
The Southern Democrats broke mp u
Charleston Convention, in order to elect .
Republican President, and thereby furnhA
pretext for rebellion upon which they had
previously determined, and for which they
bad been long in preparation. So the leed-
ing Northern secessionists have laboredto
defeat the National cause, in order that .
pretext might thus be afforded for dividing
the people. They were opposed to the war
and in favor Of acknowledging the indepen.
dence Of the o-called Confederacy from e
first: but deferred the exercise OF open opbo-
siti0n until pretexts should occur to make
their way to the people more easy thsn.at
first. They supposed this way TO have
nominated for Governor Of Ohio; but the
result of the election showed that . ma
iOrity of one hundred thousand stood in
the way. This discouraged, but did not
dissuade them from their course. They
have continued 10 persevere, and now up-
on the eve Of q Presidential election, they
ask the people to place them In powef.-
They arraign the Administrator for iits
failures, and upon this arrangement ask
that it be turned out. We are told the
war has been indiffsrently conducted, md
THAT the policy Of the Government II Q bad
one. Ii is rot stated, however, upon what
plan they propose to carry on the war; or
what policy hey propose to adopt. A few
days ago there was an immense anti.Ad-
Manifestation meeting in New York, where
resolutions were adopted and speeches
made. These condemned Mr.. Linco.n's
Administration in strong terms, and de-
nounced his war policy, but failed utterly
to indicate q new plan or new policy. In
our mel hborinG State of Indiana, the
campaign for Governor has opened. Sew
eral joint discussions have been held, and
the Democratic candidate has been pressed
pressing the. rebellion would be, bat
though talking by the hour, and assum.
ing to be wise above other men on the rub
ject of war and peace, he has been - dumb
AZ an oyster in regard to the vital questions
put to him again and again, on every
stump, jointly occupied. This Is the
question Of the campaign. All other issues
wish to have the rebellion Suppressed, the
Union re-established, and peace restored
They care but little who does it, or under
what party name 10 IS doE1e, but they wish
to be assured that it will be done efficient
~ and ~ quickly as possible. 1t - known
that the present Administration, whatever
may have been its shortcomings. H. terri
press the rebellion. The Democrats, On
the other hand, have but little eatnestness,
aud while holding mp the failures 0f, tho
President, they fail 70 tell the people how
they propose to improve the conduct Of the
war, or whether they propose to conduct j.
At ~. Like the opposition in the British
Parliament, they assail the policy q the
cility, they fail to indicate . new policy
If they have policy they are exceedingly.
careful to keep il from the people.
In this tremendous crisis of our national
affairs the people will hardly be willing 10
transfer the reins Of Government into the
hands of mon who ask them to vote blind.
These are the days for close scrutiny and
intelligent action. One false step now
would ruin the Nation. It will require
earnest honest men to carry us through
our troubles. Candidates for power, who
while condemning the conduct of our pub
lie servants, have no plan Or policy Of their
own to propose, are certainly de60ient IN
either honesty or capacity; and dishonest
or incapable men are now 70 be avoided
not elected.-Cin. Gazette.