The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-06

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qerv in that Republic. 1t was il thu II, ~
| that Toombs, who apes the oratorv Of nv
abeau, III convulsing the South, announo.,
mat II would make 1.-The Gulf OF Mexco =.
mare clausum, and "call the roll ~ - y
slaves on Bunker Hill.' The maniao
now tettered, but If he had broken IN
Army at Antietam or Gettysburg co NV,
our unarmed farmers and citizens NV
arrested him in his way to Philadelnh;'s
baltimore and New York. with an ~. 1
flushed with victory and bearing the ..y
and spoils Of ours? Might no not h ns
bribed mobs like that which held onr .svs
porlum for three days in terror. to taka, w
arms won from us in the fields Of how
and loin him in the plumber and con f.ac.ae
tons of our cities?
II nave not made this recap;tulat;ou
sae causes originating and the conseonavU
ces iio"lnS from the bloody rebellion M.
snakes our country, to embitter animos;
ties on either side. My effort is to GYMS.
10 we" that rooted evil which must be- sY
tracted II we would relieve the nation f,oa.
rs commissions. Slavery, as a rraa, IN
ineIt OF society, makes slaves Of ali assoSi
atec with II by the passions it inflama.
the masters by the ambition il inspires ~.
Masses with which it mingIes nv ~ ~
daily contagiOn it spreads in a tho,,so ~
forms. Is ii now, when il has been nonr .ll
with the nation S blood in the fratricidal Nv
1t forced on the country again to be adm.
ted INTO the system.
" hat patriotic party will sanction srch
2 suggestion? The people Of the Slara
States will repudiate slavery when Tho d'
ress OF the rebellion is removed. Missonr:
and Western Virginia have already form
ally renOunced il, and the recent votes i,
Delaware and our own dear MARYLAND
manifest their purpose to renounce il .,
once. In kentucky, Tennessee and Arkan.
sas, the indications are also fayorahle
Are there any who would rescind the yotes
OF the border States and re-establish slava.
~ therein? Are there any who wouId
annul the Proclamation to invigorats ,ha
institution SO skillfully piled to instigats
the war, and so essential to provide the
means Tor its prosecution.
Inc Democratic party of the North was
seduced to cOuntenance the measures of the
Southern Oligarchs preparatory to the war
against the Union, under the idea that
these We're designed as mere menace an
were really conservative. The event b.
shown that the whole policy of the domjn.
ant class in the South has been war for All.
soiute dominion in the Slave States-war
TO extend the despotic system on whichit
built at home and abroad. rs This iha
conservatism to which Democracy any.
where should lend itself? The Democra.
cy was IN Its better days progressive
party. Would 1t not be an advance back
ward to restore the slave institution to thu
position il has lost in being used during
the greater part of the century, covertlya AZ
hrst, but now in open rebellion, to DESTROY
the tree Government by which ii had bean
tolerated only with the hope it would have
been gradually thrown off under the insu.
ence of public sentiment
''lt is absurd tn consider Tho x,,ar -.
raging as one meant to draw a line between
coterminous natiOnali;ies. 1t is a war Of
principle and of dominion. Ii The DYNASTY
founded on the slave system triumphs. I
will give law 70 the continent. Ii it fails
as fan 1t must, unless the tendency of the
age becomes inverted, there is an end to
Slavery among civilized nations.
1.-The Democracy of the North rose az one
man with the Republicans, in whose hands
the elections had placed the Administration.
TO defend the cause OF freedom and the Tn.
ION. The Democracy then saw the conflict
In which this act involved the country in
its true aspect.
In such war-a war for freedom on one
side and slavery on the other-no perma.
nent peace can be patched up. To endure,
there must be submission to the Govern.
ment as constituted by our fathers, or as it
would be constituted by Mr.. Davis and his
hHitaIy auneTentS. ANY compromise or
partition treaty would give but breathing
spell for fresh preparations for a renewed
struggle.
May we not hope, as there is no escape
rom an issue so forced upon us, that the
Democracy of the North will, as at the
threshold of the war, be found with the
great majority of the constituency Of the
loyal States, zealously battling for the right,
which every patriot, Of whatever party,
holds to be with the Government of the
Union?'