The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24

The -DEMocRArIc Pow-Wew SATURDAY
.NIGHT.F-The huge posters beaded "Peace
and URiou," and foeted "McO lsllan and
Pendls1on, = and boundedin the middle by
~. K. Hornish," which yt@red upon you
at,eysr5. corner Of the stree on Saturday,
failed to excite any enthusiasm or to draw
together Ia the evening moresthan hand
fnl Of people to'rat,ify thes' dinmicrAtfd
nominations. It was such miaerably shall
low adAir, thatit hardly dsssrvesa notice
But something's were said that sufficiently
exhibit the anitnus Of the whole crew. Of
peace makers. j For instance, heestatsd
Mr.. LINCOLN might. have erred, but WIS
honest; then got OF the dignified idea:
ss.between the knave and fool prefer the
knave, You can watch . knave, but =
fool falls upon you suddenly, and you
can't tell which way to look for him.
Cheers from the brethren.l Elegant
language TO apply to the Chef Magistrate
OF the nation; and il is peculiarly 6ttinS
for whiIotn minister Of the Gospel to UT
ter it, and especially 20, as Jeff. Davis. .
pink Of perfection, merits no sentence aef
condemnation from his lips! He said,
s't11ve the Democrats the power and the
rebellion viii pass away before them. And %
why? because We would GO ct the rebels
like men, and not like brutes and beAstsfn
[Cheers.lai Hear that, ye soldiers Of the
Union! Contemplate this man asking
your votes that he may represent you in
Congress, when, 1t the Same time, he tells
you that you can't put down the rebellion
because you are ''ts4ttes and beesss!''
Think Of that ye war-worn and manned
heroes that bsar honorable scars! Does it
not cause your blood to tingle to, have an
aspirant for oAfcef-a man who asks you
for your sufFragss-tell you that you and
theSwhole army Of noble men who have
fought and bled on 20 many battle fields,
have failed to crush out the rebellion be-
cause you are ''6rUtes and bedsts!' What
q wonderful machine the Democratic party
must be, since it promises not only to re-
lore the Union, but to convert half mill
lion Of soldiers who are now "br,stes and
beasts" into men, into whose arms the reb-
81 army will fall and dissolve away like .
dream, And this man, who stigmati1es
the President a. STOOL" makes grimaces
and frightfrl contortions Of body about the
Gospel according to Abraham this man
who asserts that if any Democrat had
written or talked q Wade and Davis have
done, he would have been 'banished the
this man, who, finds fault with
every body except left. Davis and hisI
army, and calls our soldiers ''drutes and
beasts" now has the eHfrontry to talk
about the Democratic party restoring the
freedom Of speech. Bah! And then he
used the thresdbare expression Of his
craft sour once honored fag!' Yes,
once honored BY your party solely because
you fattensd At the public crib under it;
md when your party attempted 70 d!shon-
II Il for the reason that the pap was taken
rom its mouth, the Union people Of the
North, among whom were many, noble
Democrats, got ready to vindicate its honor,
md gloriously have they done 50. And they,
Kill cos,Rel youito bow to its sovereignty;I
vou dhall not insult it while there are
1900 s'6r,.tes and 6easts''. in blue uniform
Wiling to die in its defense. Even
sheuld all that army melt away, you will
andlone still moro numerous ready to con-
pei both Copperheads and rebels to ,obe-
asnce to the dag, and force them to bow to
he laws ofthe land. Taken altogether the
proceedings Of this meeting were singular.
What would be your feelings if choir
should sing, "If had . donkey vot
wouidn't co. at the close Of service OF 1 |
sabbath morning. Il would not DO more
than Hail Columbia y upon
up Of nnaudiin mouthings about
opr so,see honoted flag.r Certain resolu-
ions approving tho C$icago platform and
pledging support 20 the candidates, were
adopted with three cheers. These cheers
we're lively considering the numbers pres
snt,sor 8 Crockett once said when asked
now he liked . sermepi from acsrtain dry
Divine. EEvsry thing vent or we'll durin |
he pteschin', especially the congreea-
ionr' - ~
- II Mcclellan Il for "maintaininR
ne Union - al haxards,' people who
lori like draft 4 ought to be cautious how
hey support him. His friends say that |
lesroes ought not to be enlisted in the ar |
nies Of the Uaion, or to be relieved from
hear condition Of servitude. OF course, If
dcCleilah is elected he viii no longer per-
nit the negroes to do any Of the fighting. |
That, according to him and his party. is |
lxciaslve1y the white mau's business and |
laty II he Insists that the war shall 90 |
u until TIA rebels submit to The authority |
Il the Union, white men must all the
places Of thetwo hundred thousand negroes
low enlisted on our side. In that case
copperheads must volunteer or else We |
must have . draft to supply the hiatus
made by this wholesale dishatge OF thoss |
Who havsdone efficient service! we don't |
- how It can be otlherwise, il McClellan.s
gsnsralities mean anything. Jf.thsy do |
not mean anything, Is is the fact, this oh.
lection amounts to nothing. But II he |
proposes honestly to carry on the war for
the Union, it Il plain that he will do NJ n