The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1864-05-28
THEHAWK-EYE
Wednesday, May 70.

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Wettncsday, May rs.
~ The Superintendent of the Associa-
ted Press dispatches in the East, has "biled
over" with wrath at some Washington re-
porters for the Western papers, insinuates
that they had something to do with the
origination of the Forged Proclamation
That is mere piece Of superfious malice.
It requires no refutation. But Mr.. Craig
has grave offense to answer for himself.
That Proclamation was telegraphed from
New York all over the country, after it
was known to be false and fraudulent, with
nothing to explain its character until some
time afterwards. It was telegraphed to
Cincinnati and to Chicago, with no intima-
ton of its falsity, until it had got abroad
and worked its evil. It came to this place
about three or four O'Clock in the after
noon, and some hours or 90 later came the
official refutation. If it was necessary to
telegraph the forgery At all, why was it not
proceeded by statement ofits true charac-
teri Why was it allowed to have mo-
menCs currency Is genuine? That is the
question Mr.. Craig and the managers Of
the Associated Press dispatches in New
York had better answer. They knew 1t
was absolutely false as soon as they saw it.
They needed no authority To convince them
Of that, for if genuine, their Washington
reporters would Of course, have sent it to
them. II they had any doubt about the
matter, they could have settled the point
by yinterrogating Washington, which would
have taken. possibly, a minute! Notwith-
standing this knowledge of its character,
they nevertheless allowed the bare FORGE
~ to be sent over the land as trxe send
ing the refutation only after there had been
time enough to make the forgery public
This was done everywhere throughout the
West, so far as we have noticed. It was
done At such large cities Is Cincinnati and
Chicago. So it came here. 1t was started
this way in New York, an went the grand
rounds''in this way. Mr.. Craig, as Su-
perintendent, is responsible FOR it. In q
matter Of that kind it was his business to
see that, if telegraphed ut all, the thing
bore its true character. It should have
been branded "tor0e,y." Then it could
have done no harm. He didn't do it. No
one did it. Puiss seemed to haze been ta-
len everywhere to do the opposite. Until
this conduct, almost, or quite as bad as the
original fraud II explained, We submit
that Mr.. Craig's conduct is open to suspi-
Cion, which renders him unfit for his DO.
oitiOn. E
ns ~ While we are % intensely engaged
in watching the great conflict in Virginia,
il will not do to forget that the means,-the
s'sinews Of war,"-must be provided. II
there is necessity that all the men We can
furnish should be sent to the front, the me-
cessity is equally imperative that the Treas
ury be kept replenished, and that without
increase of the floating currency. The
more men We send the more money, and
that more rapidly, must we supply, to pay
and feed and clothe them. II the soldier
fnds it sweet to Idle for his country" the
rest of us must be lacking in loyalty il We
neglect to apply oven our surplus funds to
their support, while we are certain Of re-
payment, with . most liberal interest in
the bargain. The 1910 Loan is not all ta-
ken. All who have fifty dollars to spare.
have the privilege Of investing in it at par.
Il is better to have the bonds than ssgreen-
backs" by the amount Of interest daily ac-
cruing. The responsibility for both is that
of the whole people, aud the whole wealth
Of the nation. The bonds are equally con-
vertible. 1t il nonsense to keep any "bal.
ances" on hand. even in ''greenbacks." !"
when better security, constantly growing
in value, may be had. II the men of tho
West mean to aid the Treasury, and obtain
their share of the lO-4O's, they must do it
~oU. II Grant succeeds, as we all hope he
will, they will lose the chance. They will
h. ''gobbled up'' on Wall street, aud by
foreigners, and the West will get none. Go
In, H0v. 9na "a
~ The Cincinnati Gazette saws that the
Copperheads Of that city were manifestly
tubilant over the forged proclamation,
which the World" and its fellows in In
fanny, were the means of sending through
out the land on the 18th. They were full
Of glee over the idea that there was misfor.
eune in store for the nationsi They shook
hands after the manner Or the X. g. C.,s.
and moreover consumed much bad whisky
to the emptying Of their purses, and exoes-
oive decentralization" Of their STANDING.
But their Joy was Of short duration. Thew
had about an ''hour's run" Of it. The Pro-
came ut noon. AT one O'Clock
- refatation came. They found it,wss 4 |
tfaud and forgery-thst their own friends
had 'sold'' them. It only induced them
to manifest their tKaitorous sentiments ana
desires, and gave to loyal men y new oc- |
aasion to note the infamy Of tho miserable
Icamps among us who 6nd nothing q a.
pire. for but the ruin Of their country-the
downfall Of the Great Republic. It viii do
good, after Ill. II will admonish the loyal
people everywhere that they must be un-
psasingly vigilant, ever ready. for any
emergency.
1-The St Louis Sanitary Fair, which
opened on the nth, II likely to prove .
great success. In brief speech BY Gene.
raj Rosecrans, welcoming the public to
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