The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

KY HAW'K-EYE
Dominatlen and Independence.
Fifty years after tho rebellion has been
oonclusivelv crushed, meyer, If We make .
that It's causes and character will begin to
be Just little comprehended abroad. We
shall not then find1he Paris Constitutional
printing such blind and .bewidered nom
sense ~ the following: The American
war, we repeat, il but q war for independ-
ence on the part Of the South, war for
domination On the part Of the North. We
would only be perpetuating IN error and
an illusion to aDsign to this war any other
character" Now, We should not think
these Partisan blunders worthy of serious
notice, were not this the species of sophis-
tication which the Copperheads, who can
not plead ignorance, as the French writer
might, are continually employing. These
soft headed philanthropists cannot bear to
at news OF victory over their s'brethren."
They trembled at the notion Of conquest"
Successes which put every body else in the
most elevated spirits, only make them sick
at the stomach. Perhaps q few grains OF
truth, medicine which they like little
enough, may improve their condition.
l. Donsirotion. We admit, to begin
with, that this is an ugly word. In this
country, which all creation knows is free
and enlightened, it is particularly unwel-
come to the popular ear. But it is well to
remember that it may be used in two
senses. The domination" in Republic
is that Of laNws to which all have assented
Law. like that Of the Con-
stitution first, and the statute laws enacted
M INT ,<~T< vhN1A
Every child can be made to understand,
without birching, that domination" like
this Is absolutely essential under any form
OF government worthy OF that name. The
domination" which holds men to the spe-
cific performance Of solemn contracts, to a
due observance of laws fairly enacted, to
an acquiescence in the decisions Of the pop
ular voice, ID all which stands between any
people and thoroughly unbridled anarchy.
But the rebels added gross dishonesty to
their disloyalty. They went into Presi-
dental elec;ion-they voted for whom they
pleased-they took their chances Of contin-
uing their domination" and when they
failed, refused to abide by the result Of the
canvass. It was the old jocose game of
Heads win-tails you lose'' over again.
To our eyes, which may be prejadiced-tol
any eyes which have brains behind them,
this seems to be pure and simple. When
the subject is properly considered, We find
that II 10 the rebels who are seeking to
s'dominate'-to dominate over the Con-
stitution, the laws, the ballot-box, the
President, the Congress. and a large ma
jority Of the States. But this is not all
They sought to abscond, without giving as
the ghost Of reason, because they had not
the ghost Of q reason to give. They quite
forgot the illustrious precedent Of the Dec
laration Of Independence. They did not
exhibit "a decent respect to the opinions Of
mankind" They did not "declare the
causes which impelled them to the separa-
ton" And finally, they seized territory
purchased with the money OF the republic,
ana property belonging equal9 to all the
State. and no Less sacred because it was
undivided and common. If an observer
sees no attempt At s'deminatiOn'' in all
this, It must be because he does not wish to
see It.
2. Independence. This is another charm
ing word for Copperheads to copjure with
all; for it is also q woru extremely dear
to our people. Here the disloyalists make
q blunder as great as the first. In this
world there are certain things Of which we
can, and certain other things of which we
cannot, De equitably Independent. The
mob which for some hours madethe streets
OF New York like the highways Of hell,
was unquestionably most "independent''
body, until it was subjected to cruel ''dom-
nation by the soldiery. The rebels in
the same way, seek to be independent"
in spite OF law, order, honor, oaths and
contracts. No man, no community, is
worthy Of praise, simply for restiveness
under self-imposed restraint. i is not
customary, We believe, at least in moral
circles, to compliment Satan for defying
the domination of the Almighty, and for
setting up an independent" Kingdom in
the heated districts. He did it at the risk
Of his reputation, and he is nowhere laud-
ed for his audacity-except, perhaps, in
France.
sist IN the use of sophistry, in discussing
American affairs, which they would scout
as insulting If applied to their own. II, for
instance, some department of the French
Empire tired ofthe domination" of Paris,
should make desperate grasp at :" inde-
pendence," II would be quite easy to say
fine things ofthem, and apply to their re-
the Constitatio,snel coins for our slavehold-
ers. But such considerations would hard
" prevent his Imperial Majesty from
over-running the disadected districts with
infantry. artillery and cavalry, or from
slicing off the heads Of the leaders Of the
revolt. What it seems impossible to get
into the skulls Of our foreign critics is that
habitant owes allegiance. Because it il a
mild one--because we did not deem it nec-
essary to support it by immense standing
armies and BY rigidly restrictive laws-in
fine, because It is a free government, it
does not follow that any body Of our in
habi;ants have right to defy it, and dis
card its jurisdiction. We have never pre-
tended that ours was government with
on. laws. We have never, since our es-
Enlistment as a nation, done otherwise
than rigidly discountenance anarchy. We
have sought to reconcile the largest hber-
ty necessary TO human happiness, with
the most perfect order. This may be in
comprehensive to Frehchman, but that
is no fault Of ours.-N. y, Tribune.
THE WAR I'm GEORGIA.