The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10


Com1e6eRotlom.
The Sunday Mercury il the organ of a
noisy clique of Democratic politicians, who
were in Chicago in full force, shouting and
screaming for Little Mac" and who now
claim his nomination - . personal tri-
umph, protesting to regard his election as
inevitable. In their last issue they give
IAN Inside View Of the Proceedings ofthe
National Democratic Convention, where
in they state that the vital conditions Of .
= recOuatructiOn" have been discussed and
settled 1t Niagara between certain Confed.
crates and number Of Democratic and
Conservative leaders, who desire "Peace
on the basis Of The Union" The upehot Of
these conferences 10 Get forth ~ follows:
THE OLD UNION 10 IMPOSSIBLE"
Talk - We may Of the old Union, UNI
der which the nation attained to such = de-
gree Of prosperity, and advanced Ut once to
the front rank among the nationalities OF
the world, its restoration is an impossible
ty. Only xany would ever dream Of it's
being restored. There will, undoubtedly.
be rec0nstvxctiOn, but never a restoratiOn
Of the Union. The questions that are to
10 settled, the new condition Of things con-
sequent upon the disruption Of the old, the
changed relations Of capital and labor, the
increase of the quantity Of power surren-
dered to the General Government by the
people, the relations of tho States to the
Federal Union, the influence in the conduct
Of National affairs which u sure to be ac-
corded to the military element-all these
considerations forbid the idea Of our living
under q Union such ~ that under which
we lived and thrived from 1776 to 1861
This statement may appaI the thousands
Of good people who live in the past and
dream Of days that are no more. These
days not only are but can be no more. He
is wilfOlly or stupidity blind who does not
see the changed condition Of public affairs
in this country. We may hurrah for the
Union, but it Is not the old Union for which
we huTrah. The nation has entered upon
an entire new phase of its x istence, wheth-
er We are willing to acknowledge it or not.
!" This grand fact was duly recognised by
those who formed this conclave at Nisgara
Falls. The problem they set to work to
solve was to reconstruct the Union ona plan
satisfhctory 70 all sections, and to convince
the Democratic party Of the necessity Of
pori, After long and earnest denberation,
in which Messrs. Clay, Holcombe and San
ders participated, The following general
conclusion was reached, and was tacitly
agreed to BY the National Democratic Con-
vention 1t Chicago.
THe PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
It was, that what was once the United
States be divided into five separate Confed-
eracies, each independent Of the other in
the management Of it, local affairs, vet
bound to each other in certain respects. Of
which shall speak hereafter. These Con-
federacies, - divided were 70 consist of the
following States:
/. The Cotton and the South Atlantic
States.
.. The Trans Mississippi States.
8. The States Of the treat Northwest.
4. The Middle States.
Ne>~> Nan, Eru1o nd 0toton
I'm relation to the States Comprised in
this last division, there was no little debate
rs TO the prOpriety or expediency of admit
ting to the general Union at all. Whether
Justly or not, 1t cannot be disguised that
they are no favorites with the majority of
the people which composed the old Union.
The reason for the hostility of feeling which
apparent to need specification. What are
known - the loyal States, have many rea-
eons for disliking their New England ASSOC
ciates. / may say in general terms, that
the more patriotic portion of the people feel
that these States have usurped more than
their share OF authority since the war broke
out: that their senators have not only
claimed the right to dictate the policy Of
the General Government, but have assum-
ed lust such sway In the councils OF the
Netio6 q they uoed TO ACCUSE the Southern
era Of doing, when they charged them with
whipping Congress to their support with
the slave-driving lash, and 90 on that
Governor Andrew indirectly threatened
that Massachusetts, would not support the
Government unless it would adopt the Alb
clifton policy urged by his State and that
New England has filled large portion Of
it, quota with residents Of other States, and
Southern negroes. who have become eman-
cipated from the chains Of slavery BY the
natural progress Of our armies in the re-
bellious States. Such, In brief, are some
of the considerations that influenced the
deliberations Of this conclave Of politicians
ut Niagara Falls, in leaving the question
open whether New England should be adj
mitted to the New Coniederacy which they
were planning. The merits or dement's OF
such . policy . not to tho point. am on
" narrating what wAs said and done. not
what others may think ought to have been
said ana done.
ssAnother important feature OF this pro-
posed Confederation b, provision fox ad-
hitting 10 IL, In case circumstances war
rant its the provinces In Britain America,
and what 10 now the Empire Of Mexico.
Bat this N event ~ fE in theluture that It