The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

- We were told some days ago py the
New York HersA that certain rebel ems
Esastes were ct Niagara Falls, direct from
Dixie. and that they were IN close consul
tation with a large number Of leading Cop
perhsAds. Aef.rsld esssa' >, pa =
Our readers win s1so remember that
about a year since, . terrible cutlery was
maaae by these saHe Coppsfhead scoun'
drels because the Government refused to
permit Stephens, who calls himself the
.sConfsderate Vice Presidest," to come to
Washington onss mission from the chief
traitor, Davis. these honest and patriotic
advocates OF apeace en-any-terms," pro-
Sassed 70 know al. about Stephen'sl mis-
sion, and declared that HAD he been allow
Cd 70 visit Washington he would have ten
dered such conciliatory terms - would
have been acceptable to the people, by
which they meant, Of course, the Copper
heads. The rebels were in tight place
then. They had just heard Of the fall Of
vicksburg and the battle of Gettysburg
had Just occurred. Whatever the Copper
heads wanted, the rebels wanted AMPLY
to talk and get time to recuperate.
They are to-day, in much more despe-
rate condition. One Of their most impor-
tant points is just ready to fall into our
hands, and their greater army 10 nearly
throttled and will soon, in all human prob
ability, find it necessary to give mp the
ghost.
And now again We have . repetition Of
the old game. We hear that there are
Commissioners in Canada, authorized to
treat about pesce,''-that, all at once,
the traitors who have vowed over and over
again, to have no peace, save on the basis
of their independence, and the destruction
Of the Union, have terms to offer, that they
are ''crawfishing," that If We will do this
and that, they will come back into the I'm
ioni These are the rumors. We don't
know anything about their truth. But one
thing is plain. The purpose of these scoun-
drels ID not to accomplish anything in the
way Of Union, but to give the Copperheads
50 nft' II they can towards that power
which will enable them to ensure complete
success to their joint purpose Of disruption
and ruin.
1.-THE rebels really have any inclination
towards peace with Union, they know as
well ~ any Of us exactly how to obtain it.
The very best possible terms are constant
II held out to them and they have been re-
peatedly invoked to accept and act upon
them. All that is necessary is for them to
cease waging war against the Union and its
Government. to acknowledge themselves
subject to the same Constitution and laws
that we ara, and hereafter comport them
selves - good and faithful citizens. That
il al. Il = simple enough, plain enough,
easy enough, and It II the least they can do,
and They are the most favorable terms any
man in his senses could AK.
Asfor the people Of the North they have
no coucessions to make to traitors-no
treaties, agreements or compacts to enter
into with those who have made themselves
The rebels must submit to the laws Of
their own volition or they must DO COM
pelled 70 submit to them by force, There
b no Other policy posaible that does not In
the end ensure the triumph Of the rebel
purposes. They would be intensely graft
fed to induce us to withdraw our armies
under pretense Of ''peace'' and . restored
Union. Nothing would SO delight the vii
lains a. to make that ssdodge' win for them
al they have lost. They would marvel at
our folly and credulity, to be sure, but
they would jeer It Us for believing them in
earnest, and most cordially invite as, with
= now rebellion. the next day, to do the
work an over sgain.
! The rebel leaders ara mere wolves. Our
onlysscufity for peacs II to conquer 1t, and
then effectually muzzie the whole race Of
brntes. nthsy feel conquered now, they
win show it BY doing what they know
mast be done before any peace IL possible.
II the leaders do not feel disposed to do
that, Al their talk about negotiation, and
terms, II there IL any such in fact, is but an
e6brt to throw cold water upon the zeal Of
the North, and induce it to relax its efforts
to sustain the Nation. That IL all it means.
It IL part Of the Copperhead game at which
the rebels propose taking q hand. But
they don't hold any trumps and can't take
q trick. ta
~We cannot too often or too earnestly
urge the necessity ofan earnest and prompt
response to the call for volunteers. The
sooner we send new men to the field the
more good they will do, the more speedily
viii this accursed rebellion be buried in
its s'last ditch" If We don't furnish the
volunteers, the draft win inexorably pro-
|duce the men. But that il 6fty days off,
They will not come under It in time 10
do much good this campaign. Men are
wanted now. The sooner the better-bet-
ter for the country; better for w all. Let
them b produced and sent to the front
where they win do good. Let every man
who il able-bodisd, capable Of doing ser
vios, and can 60, 60 at once. Let those
who can't 80 themselves, procure q substi-
tute who can. There are plenty Of men who
can - induced 70 50 II the proper neena
b adoptsd-plsnty, to-, whose absence "a
The field will interfere but little or nat -
III. With the neOenaifiea ~ I>ho. - =.