The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-11
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE

or their patriotism But why didn't the
enrolling officer shoot down the dirty dog ?
Self preservation is the first law of Nature
and of Nations; and when these dirty
dogs, in human form, raise their arms to
strike down Union men in the discharge
Of their legitimate duties, let them be made
to bite the dust A few such lessons will
teach the few Cops who yet disgrace the
earth with their presence what they may
expect if they attempt to assault Union
men. A Union mans life is not to be COM
pared to that of q Copperhead, who is an
enemy to God, humanity. freedom and his
country. Let them understand this, and
these poor, cowardly, cringing hounds,
who will neither fight for the rebels nor
leave the North, will soon cease 10 assault
Union men.
The Wenterest Hawk-eye Flag, of June
Sd, is the first number we have seen Of
brother Wilson's paper for three weeks!
What's up, friend Wilson? Have you a
little willow wagon at your house? Please
be little more regular" in your habits.
The Flag says that our young friend, Mr..
Gazette, has settled in Winterset, as law
student. There is future bright and glo-
rious for Milf. if he will but watch and
pray. He has got the head and brains.
Success to you, is our wish.
On Tuesday afternoon three boys were
arrested for stealing copper from Mr.. Chas.
Smith. Yesterday they had . hearing be-
fore Squire Leach, and one of them, . lad
by the name of Pat Bryan, was found guilty
Of the larceny, fined five dollars, and COM
There are bad set 81 boys around town,
aad we hope that this case will prove .
warning, and deter others from INDUCING
in this petty thieving business.-Keoknk
Constitution.
Who are Copperheads? and who are
Democrats? are questions asked every
day. These questions are easily answered,
without 'confounding terms There is
no such thing as a Democratic party
That's dead and gone. In its stead has
arisen q Copperhead party, or anti-war
party, or anti-Union party. Its leaders
were conceived in the lower regions, and
born near its environs. These leaders of
the Copperhead party make no pretensions
is to gull the masses, whom we too often
call 'honest.' Perhaps the masses Of the
Copperhead party are honest: but that
idea, with US, is about played out. If we
are to believe, as a fact, that mans igno-
rance is bar to punishment, that he will
not be held accountable for his deeds Of
infamy, because of his ignorance, then
perhaps, the masses Of the Copperhead
party are ''honest.'' But, If, on the other
hand, there is no excuse for their igno-
rance, (and we claim there is none.) then
they are more culpable in the sight of
Heaven than their leaders. We, for one,
shall no longer call them ''honest' and q
deceived people. The eight" now thrown
around them, 10 almost as great as that
which opened the eyes of Saul of Tarsus.
They have stood aloof for three long years
and saw their country in the throes Of
death. They have seen her mangled and
bleeding At every pore. They have
heard the signs and means Of widows
over their husbands slain in battle
They have seen thousands of little Or
phans, with their tattered garments and
subdued little faces, crying, as it were, for
bread. AL this, and more, have they seen;
yet, with all these evidences of the right
eousness OF their country's cause, they have
annually, for the last three years, cast their
votes for the open and avowed enemies OF
their country. Can we call such men hon
est? o that We could, for the sake Of hui
mainly, find something, to palliate their
crimes done against their country. A fear
full day Of reckoning is not far distant,
when this Copperhead party will cry Out
for the very stones to fall upon them and
hide them from the avengers hand. Who
shall pity them when their fear cometh !
Not US. We can shout amen, to their dam.
nation. They have had prophets" bu,
would MT harken. Let them shoulder theil
own sins.
Those who are designated Democrats
i no longer vote with the Copperhead party
hence there is no need of "confoundin5
terms" when speaking of Copperheads ant
Democrats.
A pot-house politician was boasting tina
he could bring an argument to q pint .
quick as any other man. ''You can brinj
I quart to . pint good deal quicker" Oh
, served wag.
u A Paris letter states that there are grea
| many Southern families now in that city
seeking refuge, they say, from "Northerl
tyranny. some Of whom have long storie
of wrongs to recount. One large room .
} the sGrand Hotel is devoted exclusively
to the baggage Of these refugees, whom cir
cumstances have obliged to leave, withou
, settling their accounts.
III RELlGTOUs.-A discourse commemora
ting the memory Of Micajah Hinson, lat