The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-14

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onability ind must pay the bill OF DANA
aes. It ID the business of tho nation to en-
force IL international obligations upon ito
own people. II she does NOT provide pro-
per laws on such matters, It 70 not our fault.
II she chooses to set up suoh IN apology q
. detect Of Law, We cannot pay any regard
10 II. The nation must ''foot the bin, pay
tho damage, or do worse. That II tho whole
story. Il u stretch ol eo0ity 70 oonsideE
her = anything lea obnoxious than the
chisf support Of Piracy on tho ocean. The
Alexandra cass shows plainly enough thai
Bneland doss not wisA to b neutral. Ifths
laws ars insufficient, there has been album
dant time 70 make than right i has moi
bssn done nor hes there been an attempt "a
do Il. That shows the natural perndy a
tho oristocrd&s. 49,
- Dean Swift, once upon time, I'D
vised the people Of ireland to ''burn every.
thing which comes from England, except
COAL" He did mot wish ireland to buy
Of England anything that could Be pro
duced ct home. And Ireland could pro-
ducs everything England could. Therefor
there was no necessity for importing thu
products or manufacture Of England
Traits mot exactly our relation to England.
Yet tho articles we really require from tina,
country are comparatively few in number,
and small in quantity and cost Why
should we continue tosendabroad for what
w can produce ct home, or for which ~
have sufficient and available substituted
II Il Aoe tams that ~ should take pride in
wearing and ual1g ~. results Of our home
labor and skill, - The exclusion Of foreign
Can We not understand that
IL lee Ne import the richer We become,
and that whether In time az peace or war
But We have war now. Every dollars
worth medically brought In, il worse than
thrown away. Let us buy homo products.
The articles made q homo are good enough
for any to wear or use. In many instanced
they are tho best Buy them. and you do
mot aaaist 10 inpovseish The ooantry. buy
1ossisn pEoducts and you do. us.e
- Ths Peoria Transcript Of Tuesday
says that tho majority for Ingersoll, Union
candidate for Congress to all the vacancy
occasionsd by the death Of Lovejoy, viii
Be considerably over i've thousand. Mr..
Wsad, the opposing candidate, carried but
one county in the district, Peoria, and In
thas his majority was small. The result
shows that the people voted. They are
always sure to come ont right when they
do that We hope. they win bear the fact
in mind at ale elections. Let them never
be found mapping. whenever they go to
sleep the enemy b sure n alp in and reap
the field. Always assume that those who
wish to destroy the Republic. to trample
On the rights Of man. viii do all they can
70 a&tain their infamous ends. Eternal
vigilance il the price Of liberty. That sort
Of "vigilanes'' which stops abort Of the
Polls, which allows the easmies Of human
ity to win there, Is Of no worth. That ID
ths. place where everything should Be
made to tell. {. aiss# .4-....;..s srs ~
60 The persistent fighting Of the rebel
Lee indicates that tho 0orcilees conscrip.
ton has been more productive q men than
was uupposed-that the public has proba-
bly, greatly, under ss&imatsd The npmbe,
Of hi army, and, eoassqusatly, thai, I'll
our experienced soldiers are waaAsd at tn
front. The event acre, a W write, seern,
undetermined. The terrible conflict Of bat.
ties on battlss sfy0t nndecided. It is up.
parent now that the cell fer hundred-day
men was not mads cnedmomsnt too soon
and that i i necessary that The whole mum.
her shauld b forthcoming and enter upor
THEIR duties at once. We perceive the wis.
dom Of the organisation o. tho Natioaa.
Guard In Ohio, and the Indiana Legion II
Indiana. We wish that Illinois and lows
had exercised similar prescienee, and thai
these two States had been prepared to &C.
with equal promptitnde. But tive act en-
SPECIFICALLY nowyf our people win not wal
but 40, we shall not be far behind. Ar,
they, ready to do this? Can they not heal
the battle affair of, yet really threatening
every hearthstoue il, the land, invoking
their aid and questioning their patriotism
II they palter with their duty. Itmay b.
that the very crisis Of the country is upor
ns.s It may be that the hundred day mer
will suffice to. turn the scale, WIN mo-
these thoughts inspire men who ere able K
do the service, stonce to I'm up ths'rank,
and save the nation from Eremediable RI
'inf II thsy will not, what il, there tina,
win fadn iteosi - nntsts Il hna dalE II
~ Major General John 6edgwick, VIII
was killed lask Mondays as native o
Connecticut, where he was born in 1915
He gfaduatsd It West Point In 1851, and
Wa appointed "a Lieut. in the "a Artillery
In loso he became LIT 1ieutenant, and wa
brsvsttsd Captain fer gaalantry It Coatrs
NJ and ChsrubussA and va highly die
tinguisAed for bravery ct the battles Of No
lino del Roy and Chepultepec. In 1856 h