The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

Logical Resulfs of6ecession.

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Logical Results ofSeoesslon.
While the war is heavy affection to the
whole country, the evidence constantly &C.
cumulates that its calamities are visited
upon communities in proportion, or near
II 80, to their responsibility in its com.
mencement and continuance. Where the
venom Of secession was secreted, and
where 1t first and most consumed the re-
gard for law, and the self-respect and pat
rlotism that identities the citizen with the
welfare OF society, and fixes the sentiment
OF nationality, there the horrors Of war
have descended thickest; where the mad
ness Of treason was FIRST made manifest,
there il the land made desolate. The war
originated in the slavcholding section of
the Union, and with the exception Of few
Insignificant raids, and one advance Of an
invading army, which ended in a tremen-
dous slaughter of armed traitors, the war
mas been confined to that section.
charleston, the hot-bed Of treason, is
perlshing by Understanding all the tor
lures Of lingering and awful death She
is helpless, and her case hopeless. The
late OF Sodom or Saragossa was q happy
one 70 hers, under perpetual rain of fire
ana iron, pelted for months and years,
with enormous cannon-shOt-the unearth-
~ howl Of the hundred-pound rifle bolts
piercing the ears Of the wretched people
VINO remain, day and night. It would
nave been greater qualification of the feel
ings Of the northern people, if Charleston
possessed" or battered in pieces quickly
the job finished at . blow. But that
would have been infinitely easier for the
Charlestonians than the protracted tor
ments they are enduring.
Virginia was the spot where, in q degen-
crate time was fosterec foolish local pride
and wicked passion for distinction in u
clallsln intensely big0ted, and the assort-
ment Of society into castles almost as arbi-
trariiy, as, and perhaps more stupidity
than, in Hindoostan. These were the seeds
OF rebellion, OF war upon American ma
tionality. Here was the fountain that poi
soned our politics. Behold it now! The
fertile valley 81 the Shenandoah, the gram
airy OF the State, has become the valley Of
the shadow OF death. And down in the
Underwater region, the red clay wears yet
more sanguine stain, and Virginiars who
have escaped the relentless conscription,
and linger IN the country crashed by the
march OF mighty armies, seem TO find their
most profitable occupation in cleaning
fields OF battle-a horrible harvest, in
winch almost every Eeighborhood may
participate.
II has been said that that country is hap
piest whose annals are least interesting,
and a. history has been written i. is true.
Happy the State upon whose soil there is
no bloody blot Of this war; and the people
who now find in their local affairs an ab-
sence Of the tragic element Happy the
land mistaken by the thunders Of artille-
~; the farmers whose corn and vines are
not trampled or torn, whose focks are
never impressed by the gatherer Of taxes
in kind" who can 60 about their business
almost as in the better days OF the Repub-
lie, concerned only for the news that comes
from aiar. This is the condition Of the
States north Of the Ohio; the free States,
where the sentiment of obedience to law
and love Of country and liberty. prevail
among the people, and truly establish the
general welfare.
Where there is . hightoned. firm nation
al feeling, there will he found the sufticien-
cy of civil law and order without con-
straint. Where there is powerful seces-
sion sentiinent-where there is sympathy
with the rebels, the destroyers OF our pub
lie peace-tbere will be insecurity. Mis-
s)uri has had enough of the old border ruff
ian element within her borders to bias,
her prosperity. The Kansas invasion has
been reciprocatel. II it had net been for
the traitor faction in the State, it would not
have become the desolation that it is. The
great central State Of the Union on the
map and in destiny, how could any of her
inhabitants have dreamed Of countenan-
cling secession? 1t is one of the mysteries
OF the GsphyrsN ntgTNm. And Kentucky is
but little better of. There were too many
Of her people who thought more of the
South than they did of the Union for her to
enjoy domestic peace. Through all her
rich counties were men who owned splen-
did farms, and fat cattle and last horses;
who had thriven on her generous soil, and
ma u hnG I'd ,,f So
"rotten mcnarchies' OF Europe and the
''down trodden" people, and of orr s'rev-
dictionary fathers and the resolutions
of '96,' and that was all they knew OF gov
ernment-but they waxeds fat and kicked.
The moment the flag that was the symbol
of the Union was insulted, and sought to
be torn down and trampled. they sympa-
thized with its enemies. The infection Of
treason was so strong as to invite invading
armies and marauding expeditions. John
Morgan rode through the State, receiving
more applause than resistance. and after
much stealing of horses, was considered q
heroic parsonage. Kentucky girls believed
him romantic because he was traitor and
robber. The consequence il, Kentucky is
now Mexicanized. Life and property are
no more secure on her highways than they
are IN Mexico. Sympathizing with trait
ors, she is overruM with robbers. Neglect
ing to esteem and treat war upon the Gov
acknowledgements the gravest ofcrimes
-anar chy approaches. Her ultimate re-
demption from lawlessness must depend
upon the degree IN which her people are,
in the solid sense of the word, loyal just
as our exemption from the dissolution Of
society depends upon our love and adher-
ence 70 law and order, which are identi-
fed with the cause Of the Government,
now and here, as always ard everywhere
in the Union. Il
MORE WORK BY THE Sons OF Liberty.
Tie Davenport Gazette OF the 10th says:
The recent Developments made during the
progress Of the examination Of the circum-
stances attending the murder Of Captain
Bashore and Woodruff are of the most
startling character, and may well cause
alarm il the mind of every good Citizen
It now appears that the band Of despera-
does pretending to organize under the
state militia law. and assuming the name
Of Democratic Rangers" were assembled
together in Sugar Creek township on the
Goth inst, ostensibly for drilling as mill
tia company. though their officers had rot
been commissioned, and the arms which
they had were rifles and shot guns, and
x,vnro tho;v y,riv2to nrnOortv hy1t fhOir roo r.