The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05


Resolved, That we are for Ne Clellan, who
will be Man Of Wax, and for Pendleton.
who will be Man Of Dough. s.s
Res0fred, That we are Tor peace and no
taxes, peace and no war, peaoeaud univer-
sal prosperity, peace first, peace last, peace
at any price, and peace al the time; and
for vigorous prosecution 81 the wer--and
especially for peace. e.sts
L There is the CopFerhead platform for
you! Some people may cali il a shrewd
one. We call i. a bit Of pure and unmiti-
gated thimble.rig. Some people will be
found to vote for it. We Go not call them
knaves. nor do we call them fools. We
leave the candid reaGer 10 invent name
for them. ~ s
The question FOR every voter to decide is,
whether he is for crushing the rebellion or
not. If not, let him vote for the Chicago
nominees, as he should've would be a
mean, and inconsistent. and false loon, il
he voted otherwise. We know him and
the candidate he should support. He is for
q complete Federal breakdown, for oblivion
Of our dead, and our debt, and our daily
anxiety-for ease, cost what It may, and
full belly at the expense Of foul heart
We no more believe that there is a majori-
ty of such folks in the loyal States than we
believe that there is majority of Nor
mons or man-eaters. @8H.i
The danger in the coming election is, that
too many will take it for granted that the
Union has no enemies In the loyal states,
and that the cause is too strong 70 need the
votes of all who have it at heart. 1t has
always been curse to this republic, that
80 many honest, well-MeaEing men would
not take the trouble to vote. We are free
to saw that we think citizen who, in this
hour Of thick coming national perils, abb
sents himself from the polls, deserves to
suffer ID his pocket, and, We had almost
said, in his person. At any rate, whatever
turn public affairs may hereafter take,
complaint from such a man will be simply
ridiculous. II liberty is not worth halt an
hours trouble, we nigh. as well all Of us
be the property Of one man, at his own
sour and savage will, TO be logged, starved,
prisoned or murdered. As for sending
Soldiers to the field, TO be killed or wound
ed in support Of the republic, while we
take 70 care for il at home, that is savage
murder. Its the honest II nth that q Cop
perhead who votes, is much more 10 be re-
spected than Republican stay-away.
We want a full vote for various practical
and moral reasons. 1t will show the sYeb-
els jus. he number of their Northern
friends, and, thank God Of their foes. 1t
will put strength and courage into the Fed
eral Administration. 1t will extort howl
Of anguish from every hungry rebel IN
y
the North who delights in treason and de-
tests the truth. If We must have divided
North, the Doughface Division should he
too Insignificant for mischief and small
enough 70 be conveniently despise(.--E
y. Tribune.
Il south Carolinian on Peace. 81
The Richmond Wig publishes q .ei-sr
from Ex-Congressman Eoyce, Of S0EeL
Carolina TO JEFF. Davis, several points Of
which are quite significant. After saying
that Davis should respond 10 the Chicago
Convention, ne says:
BY a satisfactory peace mean peace
consistent with the preservation of or Tree
institutions. By satisfactory peace do
not mean that cessation Of hosiilities which
might, after a protracted contest, result
from the exhaustion OF the belligerents,
whereby the sword would fall from their
nerveless hands, their hearts q prey TO the
turies. Such peace as that would be hut
q hollow truce, in which each party would
be necessarily preparing for new, final
and decisive struggle. The peace which
mean is peace which reconclies the inter-
ests and the feelings OF the belligerents; a
peace, in short, which restores harmony.
He then proceeds to show that the Con-
federacy is drifting toward despotism, and
that Repub ltcaa government can only be
preserved by making peace. He says:
sHare tce not carried coascr.pti0as 70 its
last limits. Is not every naGf. ia The country
det,0een II and 80, sutjec. to military au-
thoritys None are exempt except upon con-
siderdsion Of px6llc snteres,Y Have We not
been compelled TO lay direct taxes in the
very teeth Of the theory Of the Constitution
Have we not issued such vast amounts of
paper money as to unsettle all values7-
Have we not compelled the holders Of our
paper money TO FUND it, or lose one-third?
Have We not seized all the railroads? Have
We not destroyed railroads and built 9th.
ers? Have we not established universal
system Of impressment Of property at our
own prices, in our own money? Have We
not established Government monopoly
of the explorations OF the great staples Of
the country? Have we not compelled
those whom we permit % remain 2. home,
to execute bonds 10 furnish their products
to US III our prices? Have we not sus-
pended the writ OF hdsens co,.pnss Have
we not introduced the passport system,
which, we used TO think, belonged to the
iron despotism OF Europe? IN short, has
not the Federal Government done every.
thing that centralized military despotism
could do? Indeed, II you were appointed
Military Dictator, what greater power
could you exercise than you now do? /
allude TO these things not to complain Of
them, but 70 lament them. If you tell me
y RAV-ASO0
~ my argument. Ny argument assumes
and requires that necessity. It IS plain
Our Government exercises the powers Of y
central despotism.'' asu
AS 10 despotism in The South, compared
with what the Copperheads call the ''L;n-
coin despotism,'' Boyce says:
The truth is, that the Government at
Washington has not dared to exercise
power on the grand scale that our Govern
mont has. The Lincoln Government has
not ventured to resort to an effective con-
scription. It has not resorted to taxation
as we have; it has no tax in kind; it does
not prohibit imports; il does not monopo-
lize the exports; it does not rely upon i'm
He then proceeds to talk . JEFF. Davis
about the necessity "of giving the Demo-
cratic party all the power we cam" He
to do it by accepting the proposal
Of the Chicago Convention for Conven-
ton Of the States, but demands, az did
Vice President Stephens, that they shall be
sovereign"
Two veterinary surgeons announce, at
Lyons, q banquet, at which the principal
article If food io n ho h0rsof4oah. Tho Or.