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

Il 1 .. s'isaas JUNE, l83'
], repeating the sentiment that the Constitu
= ton vests in the President the power-in
cluding the question Of slavery, Of cours
D to so shape the civil and military polio,
{ OF the Government, that at whatever COS
Of blood and treasure, the Union and th,
: Constitntion shall be, preserved. ~
What greafer latitude Of power couldt the
authority could he want. The Presidents
told that ha n % "direct the ,gAolc course
4 OF nationalH H.1airs;" he 10 70 take the purs6
as well as the sword, and bend its legisla-
tave VIII to his own measuYeo. .-.s,g5s
- II to be wondered at that Alex. LouR
fhsn inUoS cFX EH. Sins ns any other ma
lous that the eminent State rights Demo-
crat from Maryland, Mr.. Harris, should
naye denounced him = tyrant and
..1f secession il successful, . resumes thi,
Aristides Of the republic, aother dissolu-
Evidently, tho young Napoleon had his
eye on the scheme for ! Northwestern
Contederacy, Pacific Contederacy, . New
england Con1eder1cy, and other such e.
yor1te hobbies Of the vAllandighams ana
Long,, who believe in the right Of secee-
sion Or. q sequence Of tho right Of accession.
faction or foreign war, shake your settled
purpose 70 enforce the equal operation 81
the laws Of the United States lfncluding. Or
course, laws for providing the men and
means needed to carry on the war; upon
the people Of every State" Good againl
culcations Of the peace Democracy, who,
upon All sides, cry peace, peace at any cost,
peace on the basis Of separation, and re.
cognition Of the Confederate Government.
What can they say now, and be decently
consistent abont resistance to the enforce
ment Of the dram, or any other measure for
SUSTAINING sq r.ng the war power, under the laws
But he Little Corporal doess not stop here.
He does not think ''forcible abolition Of
slavery should be contemplated, and
wonld have 'all private property and nm
aameo o,,1, q Rsrsons strictly projected, snojeee
That IL an important reservation. We im-
agine very few Of the Federal eenerala
would fail to justify their conduct by that
rule. They are presumed to be Judges 81
what ie necessary for the snccsss Of military
men cit in the back ground dolorous over ,
the outrages committed on the rebels, and
crying aloud that this horrible abolition :,
But again, cn36ssdS,ect of sGmua,ncipation d 1,
hear the standard betfer Of The peace D.
Slaves contzaband under 4hSact Of Con.
gress seekis0 Mt9oust Pv0ssctsoA sAslsla1oss
ceaVe It. The right Of the Government to
appropriate permanently to itD own ser. .
vice, claims to slave labor, should be os. +
serted, and the right Of the owner TO coun- +.
Rsnsation therefor should be recognised 4
1Ass pTiHcipA might be extended alposs u
grox1ds Of military ,secessity and security
TO ALL THE sLAvEs WITHIN 4 PARTICULAR. !
STATE THUS WORKING AA1UMIssIoN il
such State: and in Missouri, perhaps in !.
Western Virginia also, and possibly even !,
in Maryl.nd, the expediency OF such >
/ This, too, in 1850! The permanent ap-
preparation Of the labor ~ slaves to the
uses Of the Government, 80 q delicate wav
of stating the case. But Il IL practical
Abolition. To make the appropriation !.
permanent is to deprive the master of the 1
rest Of his life; and he would 90 avery par,
ticnlar master who would care to inquire
whether the Government made the labor
Of the slave valuable on the plantation, in =.
the trench. on the fertilization, or in the
line, clad in blue, and prodding rebellion
n ne rear with very sharp lbayonet.- s
ciple to individual cases were not enough,
the hero Of the Peninsula suggests that It i
might be extended upon the ground Of
military neceesity," l''the plea Of ty-,
rants" say Vallandigham, Voorhees, 4
Cob ITO all the slaves within . par
in such &ate."r But what becomes of the ].
doctrineof non-intervention il the domes- .
ttc institutions Of State, and : reco9ui.
tion Of their rights unimpaired, II that \
10 70 he diffused over whole Come
nonwealths and made applicable to them .
10 il wonder that the But,
Ter county deleRate cried out in his agony. !.
that Lincoln wese dog and Mcclellan but !
as constitutional, conservative, and perya-
ded by the influencss 81 Christianity 'and 1 !
Freedom. Altar that, who win be sston- i
ished to hear. a the CHICAGO Evoninar :