The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-28
The Early Hopes Of the Rebels.

The Early Hopes Of the Rebels.
During our present occupation Of Fred
ericksburg, one Of our correspondents dis
covered in the Office Of the FTedericksbu
News, in that city large number ofletters
written during the maturing Of the great
conspiracy against the Union. From these,
we select the two following, written by that
infinite charlatan, NJ. F. Maury, who find
ing his efforts to ''stir up" the British Gov
eminent against us futile, has now return
ed to the headquarters Of the rebellion at
Richmond for further orders. The letters
are addressed Alexander Little, who
was at that time the editor and proprietor
Of the Nes0s. They show three things -
First, that the rebellic- was long and care
fully plotted; second, nat its object was to
ecure the ascendency Of slavery, nd!hir
especially from New Jersey. That little
State, by the favor Of heaven and her good
citizens, has kept herself unstained from
all completely III the stupendous crime
These letters show only more clearly the
deadly peril which this country has escap-
ed, and reveal the true character of those
arch traitors against their country and hui
man nature, whom the copperheads are
now anxious to propitiate. amer they have
desolated the land with the blood Of her
nOblest children, by cOnceding the very
conditions which the rebels prescribed be-
fore the war began. The man who would
consent now to compromise, would have
heartily worked with Maury and his mas
ters three years ago.
How far Mr.. Maury and his fellow-con-
spirators were justified in their hopes Of
seducing New Jersey into the rebellion,
may be gathered from the correspondence
that took place in the spring of 1851 be-
tween ex-Gov. Price, of New Jersey, who
was one Of the representatives from that
state in the Peace Congress, and L. w.
answering the question what ought New
Jersey to do, said: II believe the South
ern Confederation permanent. The pro-
ceeding has been taken with forethought
and deliberation-it is no hurried impulse,
but an irrevocable act, based upon the sa-
cred, as was supposed, 'equalitySof the
States;' and in my opinion every slave
State will in short period Of time be found
united in one Confederacy. Before that
event happens we cannot act, however
much we may suffer in our material inter-
ests. tits In that contingency, then, that
answer the second part Of your question
What position for New Jersey will best
patriotic instincts of her people9 say
emphatically she would go with the South
from every wise, prudential and patriotic
reason" Ex-Gov Price proceeds to say
that he is confident that the States Of Penn
sylvania and New York will ''choose also
to cast their lot with the South" and after
them the Western and Northwestern
States.
"PRIvATE.1
CONSERVATORY, WASHINGTON, December
p, lS6O.-Alexander Little, Esq, Freder-
Va: DEAR SANDY-Frank Minor
tells me that the Bishop Otey letter has been
published. Of course you will see 1t, and
there Is no occasion for my seHding you
my copy. See the inclosed from Brodie
Herndon. Doesn't Brodie know-please
make him understand-that these meet
ings at the North who are sending Com
missioners down South, are, the moment
they adjourn, like Macbeth's witches, thin
air; that what we want is to get into COM
with the people of the South in
their soverei0n capacity; and there is no
way Of doing this except by getting the
State Of New Jersey and her people to 60
down there in their sovereign capacity, and
In the person of their Commissioners ask
them for their proposition3 have writ
ten to DR.. Cabell to stir up Alexander; you
write to him as if.0n your own hook, and
get town meeting to encourage. New Jer-
sey to act. She has got clean hands, we'll
welcome her, In haste H. yG =. M i1e5lS
'sf 800 'I"PRivATE.] ~.
CONSERVATORY, January IL, 1S61-DEAR
The Otey letter is out OF date, and
the New Jersey plan is mo GO reckon.
Too much politician. fs.-. vs...
But we must change plans as circum-
change. See my Tennessee letter,
and do with it any thing you please.
: IF Virginia accepts the CrittenderI pro-
position, without any power of veto against
sectional majorities, you and she will be in
honor bound, if the North say 80, to shout
der your smusket and go down South to
fight South Carolina and other seeding
States, back into the Union. Does not the
North claim the power to coerce under the
Constitution Will not the North have the
power to make laws, and make you help
execute them?
ssWhere is the courageous wisdom OIL
Virginia nowf With the Crittenden and
Price proposition alone, the South 10 at the
mercy Of the North; and such settlement
can't stand.
t"Don't you see, Sandyf Suppose you
make, all south Of $50 go q Slave State,
won't the North have the entire control,
theref Won't he North ri give sI them away away
70 poor white settlers from Enrope3, and
then you'll have Slave State In name |
only. She will send to Congress worse men
than Missouri and Maryland have sent.
No, sir. We can have, and ought to |
have, no settlement that 10 not based on |
G1O fIoCt tuht Su0 COUutIy - UxvlO0O, anu
the Union is to besmade mp Of two sections |
two peoples-as antagonistic as two ma |
lions; and II you put one section at the |
mercy Of the other, we are obliged to have |
another blow-up. 80 aa
.'Yours, - 4atai n. F. MAURY."
"A. LITTLE, Esq, Fredericksbnrk, Va
A DAu0HrEK or GENERAL GRANT Pho
One of the interesting fea-
lures. oG the So. Louis Fair on Saturday
last was the taking of q photographic like
ness Of daughter OF Lieutenant General |
Grant, who, since the beginning Of the Fair,
hse been peSsonating the character of the
old woman in the shoe, in the Children's |
Department. We understand that she isl
the Generals only daughter, and IL eight
yeaSs Of age. She Was dressed 40 IN old
woman, With cap and spsctaClss, and seated
in . mammoth ahoe, and surrounded byl
dolls, was photographed, .AI
crowd OF spectators gathered shout To wit
ness the undertaking., and gaxed with great
interest upon the little old woman % soon
q It was whispered about that she was
General Grants daughter. She paid no at
tent30n, however, to'the close scrutiny or
the crowd, was not In the least disconnected,