The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-30
Face the Facts.

That Slavery is on its very last legs in
Maryland, we presume no one will deny.
The shareholders give it up, finding the at
tempt to retain and profit by their chattels
under existing circumstances a losing bus
mess. Slavery in Maryland has long
enough been exhausting her soil, retarding
her progress, diminishing her population;
but all this availed nothing. But ut length
it has become a burden to the shareholders,
and they will make short work with it. It
can hardly outlast the current year.
When it dies, Slavery in Delaware will
be a tree without roots. 1t must speedily
vanish or be summarily cast out.
West Virginia has substantially freed
herself from the scOurge. She had but q
few thousands Of slaves in 1860; she has
practically none now. This good riddance
she owes to the rebellion and the civil war.
| The loyal portions of Old Virginia are
practically slaveless. The President ex-
empted most Of them from the pErvieu Of
his Proclamation Of Freedom; but the God
of Justice has issued one which covers q
far larger area, and deals with it most effi-
ciently. The loyal Legislature of Old vir-
ginia has called Convention to sweep Sla-
very from the State. This is the work of
her own loyal people; the Government
takes no part in it. There is no doubt that
the Convention soon to assemble will fin.
| ish up the work.
! Missouri is still contested by two jealous
parties-each protessedly for Emancipation.
One is earnestly for it at the earliest day:
the other would give the institution few
years grace. But nobody thinks of its out
lasting the next ten years.
Arkansas has renOunced the devil and
all his works. and is coming back into the
Union loyal Free State. She came hear
tily. having had quite enough Of Secession
and Slavery.
Tennessee will very soon be reorganized
as Free State, under the Proclamation of
hxNi Az u
third Of her voters of 1860, either dead or
absent, she will poll q very considerable
vOte-tar more than the the tenth required.
And it will all be for making her Free
State.
Louisiana is getting ready for Peace and
Reunion on Free basis at an election hard.
~ month of. Meantime, Slavery is con-
fessedly repudiated by her Unionists.
In a good part of Mississippi, as on the
Sea Islands Of South Carolina and Georgia,
Slavery has been quietly replaced by Free
Labor, to the advantage and satisfaction Of
all concerned. And the new system is con.
stantly gaining ground.
HOao Is all this to be rcuersede
Who ever heard of Slavery as having
been eradicated from large areas and re-
stored again thereon to stability and PROS
perity? Is not this contrary to uniform
experience?
Now, then, we ask attention to those facts
asJacts. You may like them or not: they
arc facts in either ease. We ask practical
men to judge whether "the Union as it
was can be restored to life, and what would
have been the cost of that restoration. Re-
planting with Slavery States which have,
| 70 large extent, cast of that fetter is sim
ply impracticable.
4 Will not politicians consider these facts?
One might wish kfor many things which
have become unattainable. But could any
feat be more difficult than the replanting
with Slavery Of whole kingdoms that have
been relieved Of it by the stern shock OF
battle? Who does not realize that this is
not to be done?-M. Y. Tribune.
GENERAL GRANT ON THE GRAND
RouNps.-General Ulysses $. Grant, who
is now justly regarded as the ''hero Of the
war;" dropped in upon US most unexec-
tedly on Sunday evening last. His advent
was preceded not only by no Flourish of
trumpets," but not even by whisper
that he was expected here. This is good
indication, and shows that the distinguish
ed chieftain shocking more to the interests
OF the country than to popular laudations
of himself. He arrived about4 o'clock in
the afternoon, accompanied by the menu
bers of his staff and few other officers
without the slightest Ostentation or parade,
and took up his lodgings at Phoenix Ho-
tel. lie travelled too on horseback, having
left the country tavern at the Big Hill, in
Madison County, ten miles beyond Rich
mond in the direction of Cumberland Gap
that morning. This is another good indi-
, cation. We like to see General who can
accommodate himself to circumstances.
| and who does not hesitate to leave the
usual routes of travel by railroad and
steamboat whenever necessary to the per-
| formance Of his duties.-Lerington O5ser-
ucr, Jan. -.
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