The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-08

financial system, including banks and
credits, it has obtaided the unprecedented
means required for al this enormous pre-
paration, illustrating how
war may be beet upheld.
Move By her Two main nerves. IRON and cold.
In ell her eQulpage."
All this is the work Of the Republican
party in less than single Presidential
term. It remains for this party to crown
it's transcendent labors by completing tho
triumph OF the Union, and by establish
ing peace on the indestructible Foundation
Of human rights. For myself, let me say.
regard it a. an honor TO belong to this
party. 90 great in what it has ALREADY ac-
complished, and greater still in what il
now proposes. Other parties have per-
formed their part and peYished. The Re-
publican party viii live forever in the
gratitude Of al who love liberty, and who
rejoice in the triumphs of civilization
Foreign countries will take up the strain.
while the down.trodden and the oppressed
everywhere confess that their burdens
have been lifted by an irresistable influ.
ence; which We are now assembled to adj
vance
THE DEMOCRATIC rARry-HERoD AND Pr
s. LATE JOINED Hands.
Against the Republican party, thus nat.
riotic and already illustrious by its
achievements, is srrayed the old Demo-.
cratic party, galvanized into new life. and
reinforced by members Of the old Beil-Ey-
erett party who prefer Bell to Everett. In
this strange combination, where Herod
and PLATE have Joined hands to DESTROY
human freedom, there seems but one Sin.
gle element of cohesive attraction, and
that 10 slavery: and these men all call
themselves Democrats.
Pardon the f-ankness with which I
speak. 1t 10 needful, in order to disclose
the actual character ofthe opposition. For
q true Democracy, founded on the rights
OF man. ] have an unfeigned respect; but
for pretended Democracy, founded on
human slavery, and existing only for this
enormous crime, have no respect. It ia
an inconsistency in terms. II 10 q fiat con-
tradiction. 1t is cheat and q sham. And
such is the Democracy which here in Mas
sackusetts, beaded by Robert c. Winthrop,
the Union, headed by Edward Everett
But il is plain thatin pursuing this course
it follows naturally and simply the :radi-
lions Of the party. .
have already exhibited something Of
The good accomplished by the Republican
party. See now what has been done by the
| Democratic party, and then say if any good
can be expected from il. q &.
| For years the Democratic party has been
| the supporter Of slavery, ready 70 yield
anything TO It's insatia:e demands.
Look At the rebellion from beginning to
end, and you viii find that it has been en-.
| gineered by Democrats. 10
You cannot forget that James Buchanan.
. Democrat, was President, surrounded by
. Democratic Cabinet. while the rebellion
was allowed to organize and to gather
strength without interruption.
Wherever you look now in the rebellion,
there you ind the old Democracy, into
which is absorb bed John Bell and his toll
lowers, arrayed against their country.
l ~ 90 md Il 1Al0 ~sl Sups1 hat
the larger hall, constituting the controlling
power Of the old Democratic party, is now
| Ia arms against their country. ~
| Look 1t 6tasee; you will find that all now
in Rebellion we're. At ito outbreak. Demo-
Look at the present upholders Of the re-
bellion, and you will find that all, without
Perception, who are most active in il, were
Democrats, that Jefferson Davis, the Pres
ident, 80 tenacious and uncOmDrOmising,
| was Democrat; that Stevens, the auda-
cious Vice President, who announced that
the new Government was founded on sla-
very ~ its corner stone, was an old Whig
turned into Democrat; that all the rebel
Cabinet we're Democrats; that the Presi.
dent Of the rebel Senate and the Speaker OF
the rebel House were Democrats; that
James NJ. Mason and John Slidell, the
Ell enaissaries IN Europe, were Democrats;
that the officers, who, amer obtaining their
education At Yves. Point, at the public ex-
pense, threw up their commissions and
lifted paric;dal hands against their coun-
try-Hood, Beauregard, Johnston, Lee
were all Democrats.
II is natural ,ha. the Northern associates
and allies Of these rebels should be en-
gagged IN devising apologies for rebellion
|. Is natural that they should be against
tina. they should cali for cessation OF
hostilities," and that they should seek To
throw over their companions Of other days
all possible protection; especially that they
should seek IN al ways to save their dar-
ling slavery. But they ought not to find
isympathy with patriot especially
Isgainst the Republican party, which, In itz
all its manifold works, is in marked con-
trast with the Democracy.
no TRAITORS IN THE UNfoN RANKS.
/ Fellow citizens, in all this vast Union,
whether the Union Is it was or the Union
as it is, there is not single Republican il
arms against the Government, or sympa.
thizing with those who are. There Is not Q
traitor among them. Here is distinc.
/ ton between tie two parties which is as
broad as he space between earth and
heaven. ~
but lei me not confound the innocent
with the guilty. know fall we'll thai
Iamongst the honest masses there are many
"a
to their country, and there are some Of the
old leaders at the North who have spurned
all the traditions of the party.s ALI honor
and gratitude to them! There, also, are
our Geneyals-Grant, Sherman, Hooker
4 BEtler, a goodly cluster, once Democrats
but now forgetting party, to dedicate the M
selves com plete,y 10 their country. Butths
: patriotism Of Democrats like these will moi
be an apology for the Democrat Jefferson
a Davis, or Tor his Democratic sympathizerf
among rs, who. now. seek to arrest thu
strong blows under which rebellion reels
II do not forget also that there are good mer
who, under q misrepresentation Of some
kind. and without seeing all the hearing
Z Of their conduct, have allowed themselves
4 TO be swept into the Democratic ranks
I But such as these can be no cloak to tina
: Democratic party which At Chicago openly
lstfuck hands with Jefferson Davis, and un
tder,ook TO do for him what he cannot d.
4 for himself. 3o $50 s#
II 1t is because tie Democratic party is q
this moment SO utteriy mischievous ant
disloyal, SO really dangerous 70 our coun
try. and 90 bitterly hostile to liberty that
speak thus plainly. Soft words will not d.