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

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5 81. :. az w. r. FESSENDEN,
& .ss Secretary Of tie Treasury.
Popular sevefeignsy IN Mexiee.
Men die, but, principles never = one Of
those valuable mAxims that grow only he
more p o.isi1:l py FsRstition 1t and Be Ss.afal
which are Frequently spoken Of but seldem
seen, it grows old by age, and furnishesto
the Imagination Of man source Of peren-
nial employment. This may be said to be
true especially of those exalted public men
who are continually fofRstting themselves
their familfes and ffieds in an unselfish de-
devotion g fundamental principles. go
b more natural thsn that the beautiful
truth Of our maxim should fioat upon the
broad surface Of their minds, and as con-
sequence if Is constantly gushing upon
their lips. Thus m important truth il
kept before the people. They are remind
ed Of their own utter unreliability and
worthlessness, and are taught to look upon
the tomb as Of little consequence when
compared to the time-honored principles
Of their patriotic party. 9
It is true that the unchangeable pri11ci-
Piles, ~ laid down in the patriotic party
platforms and as explained by our great
representative men, do sometimes appear
little obscure; and ct other times they even
appear 70 be entirely lost in : maze Of un-
stances skeptical minds have been led to
believe thSt great truths are sometimes
suffered to expire. But such doubters are
only deceived by appearances, and their
delusion is of an optical nature. The fkct
il now pretty well established, that the sun
still shines when hidden by the clouds,
sass. sIa sn4se g; &reet nvers wnacn !osa tnsM5-
running into the ground, have been found
to em6rGe and come out all right further
on, and pour their waters down stream In
to the 0cean. Even 20 with those patriotic
principles which sometimes vAu1sh nom
human observation; they may 1e dormant
for season, and men may Forget Them,
somewhere, and are iisbls to burst ont
again at any time, and In almost any quar-
ter Of the globe. ~ 90 egt .wssfT '.a .s 81
q We have been led 70 these reflections in
vlaW Of the recen2 ro-appeoTonseo Of The Inn.
mortal principle Of popular ooveFodg1ty In
the republic Of fNaxico. Men had come to
think it dead its unnatural enemies had
about ceaeed to gloat over its deceasey and
IL baser friends who were formerly ia The
habae Of tcoAsnring it along with their per-
.oonal honorand othsr precious relics, had
about ceased So'mourn overits early grave;
Aflarge and snsefnl planet had disappeared
from it, orhiN and the moral and political
world were len - gr0pe their way through
IN atmoephcrs Of gloom, when 10! in an
unexpected hour, we may ny in that dark
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