The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-06

mona cAn d06bt, a1ter visitidg fhat esaion.
He came into quite settlement murdered
and bdfued, and thus gave chance for soth.
err TO y1taliate. The blood eqf the men
killed 6tCamden Point ID upon him and
Gov. Blair, Of Michigan, wants Senator
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Lister FRorA Andrew !. johnson
AOeeD11DG he Nomination foF
The VIee.frealAeney. sp+aft .l...s
.ta. Wet iNAe1y1LlE, Tenn, Julyl2, 1854.
Hon. Wi2i0m .DossaiSON, .ChniTvs0R. and
Others, Cb,Nsietes of the NatiO~0l Union
C0NUentiOn fiefR 4*Af8~ @s
.GaNTLEMEr = Your communication Of
'theieth ult., Informing me ofmy nomina-
ItiuA for the Vice Presidency Of the United
Stete9bythe National Convention held At
Baltimore. and Enclosing copy Of the rev
olottons adopted BY that body, WAS not re.
eeived until the 9Th ult. Ia els =,
III 4 reply ~ my part had been previously
made to the section of the Convention In
presenting my name, In speech delivered
stn THIS city On the evening succeeding the
day Of the adjournment Of the Convention,
~ which y indicated my acceptance Of the
body, and defined the grounds upon which
that acceptance was based, substantially
saying what now have to say. From the
comments made upon that speech by the
various presses of the country TO which my
attention has been directed, considered
it to be regarded a. full acceptance. =
In view, however, Of the desire expressed
allude to few points that may have been
heretofore presented.
My opinions on the leading questions at
present aGitating and aistracting the pub
lilo mind, and especially in reference to the
rebellion now being waged against the
Government and authority Of the United
States, presumeare generally understood.
belligerent attitude land repeatedly sinee),
i took occasion most frankly to declare the
Views then entertained in relation to the
wicked purposes Of the Southern p0liti-
clans. They have since undergone but lit
tie, if any, change. Time and subsequent
events have rather confirmed than dimin.
sished my confidence in their ccrrectneo.
tanned the same opinion OF 1t that do now,
and In my place in the Senate denounced
It - treason, worthy the punishment Of
death, and warned the Government and
people az the impeRdiQ9 danger. But my
voice was not heard or counsel needed uns
til.it'was too late 70 avert the storm. ~
stiI continued 70 gather over ns without
ington, until 1t length It broke with all its
fury upon the country. And now, II we
would save the Government from being
overwhelmed by it we must meet it in the
true spirit ofpatriotism, and bring traitors
70 the punishment due their crime, and by
force or arms crush out and subdue the
last .yvestigy Of Rebel authority in every
etste. ! felt then as now, that the destruc-
ton of the Government was deliberately
determined upon by wicked and design
ing ConspiratOrs, whose lives and fortunes
were pledged to carry it out, and thakln
compromise, short Of an uhconditionalire-
cognition OF the independence Of the
Southern States, could haye been, or could.
cs" ow Be Tbpa wh!sa n.Syrr they rRa's
as the Rebel journals were pleased to des-
ignate their fallying cry, was not to secure
their assumed rights in the Union and un.
der the ConetitutiQn, but to disrupt the
Goverhment and estAblish IN independent
organization, based upon slavefy, which
they could at all times control. '
81 The separation Of the Government has
for years past been the cherished purpose
Of the 8outhern leaders. Baffled In 1882,
BY IT, stern, patfi0tic heroism Of Andrew
Jackson, they suddenly acQuiesced, only
to paatuD Abeir liaboltcal schemes, and
await the recurrence of more favorable
Opportunity 70 execute them. Then the
pretext wa the tariff, and Jackson, after
iSil!nS their & scheme I9.a e nnlliacstisn and and
warned the Country against the renewal Of
their efforts to dismember the Government.
In letter, dated May l, 1888, to the Rev.
"A. y. Crawford, after demonstrating the
heGrtless insincefity Of the Southern nnlli-
heIs. he said: NJ. NJ
ana disunion and I Southern Confederacy
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