The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-08

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fright. [Great applause Since then, where
ever our armies have marched, the slave
hes felt his letters fail, and he has risen in.
70 the dignity ofa man; and to-day, nn.
der the banners Of the Union, some two
hundred thousand Of these sons of bondage
stand forth redeemed and disenthrslled,
with muskets on their shoulders and con-
sciousness Of having country worth
fighting for. lCheers.le tes.s..s :
OBJECT OF THE WAR NOT CHANGED.. a.
What want you to notice is, that there
mas been = no s;S ;fShsngs u the object T tie 3,
the Union, with the slaves enfranchised, it
is true. They are enfranchised by the
proclamation, and wherever our armies
march they And no slave that is not freed
by it. II is all q mistake, then, to say that
the OBJECT Of the war has been changed
A town is being desolated By confagration
and the great object Of the firemen IS to ex-
essary TO interfere with some persons
house and furniture; the house must be
pulled down, and the furniture removed or
destroyed with it. Now, because the fire.
men turn away to pun down a house or
two, II the great object changed! Is it not
still to save the town? They save the town
but take the necessary mode of doing it,
guage in the Baltimore platform, :. that
slavery being the cause Of this war, must
perish" lGreat applause.]
/ should not much concern myself on this
subject Of slavery, proclamation or no
proclamation. Ihave found, upon an ex-
tended intercourse with citizens Of loyal
slave States, that they have almost invari.
nh 1V1v H<V Vrvx< n&~ D.. T.
any proclamation, thati IS Impossible for
them to live at home with slavery pre-
served. They fee1 that to preserve slavery
is TO restore the power to the hands Of the
rebels, and they are uniformly of opinion
that slavery must perish, for their own
safety, 80 that you might safely leave this
matter 70 the reople Of the loyal States
look at the speech Of that iilustrious Ken
tuckian, Rev. r. J. Breckenridge, made in
Cincinnati, you will find that he said, for
his par. he wanted to zee this thing met in
manly, straightforward way; be wanted
the American people to take hold Of the
matter, and while they did nothing except
in q legal way, put an end to it, and he ad-
ded, t'forever and ever lGreat cheers. /
Such is the universal conviction CT the loy-
al men of the South. ard what q shame for
the people of.the North to 70 mourning
about over the death Of slavery. and pra-
ting Of a change in the object Of the war.
It is only a war for the Union. Slavery
stands across the path leading to its resto-
ration, and Il goes down dishonored to de-
= eA" "sN ~ Api'A"use.Ja s 4fs4s
y SUPPRESSION Of PRINCIPLE.
y NOW We are engaged IN the midst OF this
var. "a determining who shall be our
Ghisf Magistrate for the next four years.
Two parties have met in convention and
proposed their candidates. l do no: pro-
pose to go into any discussion Of the per-
sonai merits OF the men presented but
with their names are Presented certain
principles l0r tne cOnslderaEon OF the
American people. Eth. !.
The convention e. Baltimore, declared
MAINTAIN the American Union inviolate,
ana the authority OF the Government un-
diminished. over every foot Of American
terr1tory. Ine convention At Chicago, de-
ciaTeu n genera terms an aItachment 10
me Dnlon, 0ut ~ Inc most slgnlficant act,
struck from The resolution. which was sub
mltted 70 the convention, these words :
Inal sne democratic party Is IN favor OF
MAINTAINING Inc national unlty3e They
were ~ Iavor o. Inc Union, put not deter
nlneu 20 MAINTAIN tne natlonal UNITY
now tnere y something remarkable 10
tnat. 20 mol pretendto explain the cause
onl one Ining IS clear, tnere was some pnr-
pSO ous oUaAv11AAe uueA pIcseeO.
wnicn prompted Inc omission OF these sig-
ninGaat words. what II was Go not say
put 40 say, mat ~ is better to leave moth
Ing 10 inference, anu 10 declare nanfaly
what y intended n matter 90 vita. to the
country, ana tLat party which has any
Ining 20 conceaI ~ tlme axe t0is,t - moi
20 Oe trussed with the destsnies Of this
country. .l 80 " st e seSsGs
r. An NsuNPARALLELEn sPEcTAcLEe 8
mere y spectacle 3nlcn no country on
tne eettn nltneItO e4nlMted great peo'
PIE tne nnaOi,ants tol tne loyaA STATES
twenty-tnIee mAlions ia NUMBER to-day
u tne nl0st q clvn VAT are engaged y
uAscuseine tne QueslOn VINO snail % toeli
ne4ts GniSa Ma&iSsfetey an9 upon wnat
Prlnclp!es nrs aamlnntrauon. ehall be
conouSteo; Ins. 1enov v-Satizenss ~ most
remarkapie specsecle. where else have
you seen ~ Wnal 2 tribute 10 thus to
AmeIicSn !nsuIuuons! we come Iogetner
peaceaDAy Y compare noles On tne qnes,
lion -. Mne.nel , LOIS y vat A. snan @ prosecuted
.oa LLe sAlsA.a =. Ine = nion, or wnstneI
s We snaii ,.es tssols 10 MeasulesI Iol unmeolate
peace. =, H!nere l;n was 70 ne s3agnt inrouga-
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