The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-04

re- That Delegate from Iowa." who
proposed a resolution in the Cleveland
Mass Meeting, pledging all present not to
accept or hold any contract. or any Office
of trust, honor or profit, under the Govern
ment during the next Presidential term,
evinced his own zeal and patriotism, but
marvellous little judgment or. sagacity.-
He mistook entirely the character and
purposes of those around him. The very
object of the Convention was to secure as
many Of these ''tempting morsels'' to the
greedy crowd a. they could conveniently
grapple with. A large portion Of those
who took active part in it, are men who
have had Office under the present Admin
htration, and have been found wanting
They are sorely aggrieved because Of their
dismissal from positions they could not or
would not competently occupy. From Brig
adler Cochrane, the nominee for Vice
President, down to Lieutenant Colonel
Moss, formerly Of the First Iowa Cavalry,
20 far AZ We know the men who were most
ofRcious at the meeting, without single
exception, they are men who ''hanker af-
teri Office with an Unsuitable longing
They are not satisfied without Office ofsome
kind. They were there precisely because
they had managed, - such men will, to
usurp the place Of ADLER men in Office, had
bsen found incompetent or worse than In
competent, and had been allowed to tire
tire'' by those who had discovered their
unworthiness. Perhaps some people in
Iowa know as well as we do by what a
crooked road that same Colonel Moss got
his position In the First Cavalry. We hap
pen to have it under his own signature,
that to obtain q field Office in that regiment
was with him q matter Of extreme interest
when the project of raising 1t was origin
ally started. Of course the proposition of
the Delegate from Iowa. was voted down
promptly. That congregation Of distin-
guished and most disinterested patriots did
not intend that the country should be de-
prived of the benefit of their services
That would have been public outrage
They assume to be the ''picked men out Of
ten thousand" the wise, the sagacious, the
able, the men who alone are competent to
guide the nation through the perils of ex-
listing war, and to define upon pure. COM
prehensive and enduring principles, the
policy which shall ensure to US afterwards,
unending peace, prosperity and Union. 1t
would have been absurd for men, conscious
Of the national necessity for their services,
to resolve in advance that the country
should not have them! That would have
been unpatriotic. Their idea is that they
only can save the country. They propose
doing it by taking all the Offices from Pres
ident down,-they nominated Cochrane,
who was there, for Vice President, mot by
refusing them. The delegate from Iowa"
made mistake. Had his resolution been
that every man should accept as many Of
fees as he could get, there 10 no doubt that
it would have been adopted. That would
have expressed the purpose Of all present.
~ Sherman is within twenty miles of
Atlanta and Grant within less distance
of Richmond. These are the two objective
points Of the present campaign. 1t is diff
ficult to decide which of these is most i'm
portant in . military view. The capture Of
Richmond will give as all Virginia-per-
haps most Of North Carolina. The cap
ture Of Atlanta gives us ultimate control Of
Georgia and Alabama, and perhaps would
deprive the rebels of more resources and
more means of aggression than the loss of
Richmond. But abroad the effect would
be different. Richmond il the rebel "Cap-
ital.'' The announcement of it's capture
would be fatal to all traitor hopes in that
quarter. The friends ofthe rebels over the
water would despair over that result. So
that, between tho two, we don't know
which capture would be most desirable if
only one can be secured. The way to
make sure Of the best results is to cap
ture both. And the progress thus far
seems to be shout equal At both points.-
More than thst, the movements seem to
be not exactly identical, but very similar.
Both Generals have difficult country to
traverse. Both advance by flank move
ments, the one on the West OF his oppo-
nent and the other on the East. And both
have now almost at the same time reached
positions where these flanking operations
must cease. Their future movements de-
pend pretty much on the result, not Of
more manueuvess, but iof battles. So It
seems to rs. If Johnston means to defend
Atlanta he must fight. II Lee insists on
Richmond he must fight But
IN the latter case We do not look for as
quick results a in the other. Grant, a.
reports have it, has intimated thatit might
take until the Fourth Of July. to capture
We expect he intends, now,
that he is within striking distance, to move
slowly and cautiously. He will risk moth
Ing unless necessary. He will I" make
haste, slowly" He has demonstrated that
m army can march in the face Of Lee,
from Washington to the vicinity Of. Rich
nond. He has now to prove that the same
army can capture It. We guess he will do
that, too, all in good season.
- The Richmond papers tell their
readers that Grant has been retreating and
Lee pursuing him, ever since the campaign