The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-01

Capt Waldon, co H sth cav.
Adj Bel6eld, sth cav.
| Com Pritchard, Sth cav.
Lieut. Detwiler, co G Sth cav.
Lieut. Powers, co D 6th cav.
Lieut. Anderson, co e sth cav.
Lieut. McCarron, co 6 Sth cav.
Lieut. Ogle. CO II sth cav. H
Lieut. Upton, CO Sth cav.
Lieut. Haight, CO X Sth cav.
Lieut. Moreland, CO NJ Sth cay.
Lieut. VIM T Hays, co NJ M cav. >
Capt Rose, CO B llth inf.
Capt G w Barr, CO g inf
Lieut. Cassel, co A l1ih inf.
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National Suicide.
OF art upon which the highest human gen.
ius, refined by the accnm nlatied culture o;
ages Of civilization, has spent life time.
But this does not maxi " fool superior 70
civilization, learning, ~ genius, nor
destruction better than creAtasl. Our Cow
ernmen: is the work Of wisdom and states
manship developed by ages Of experience.
Yet we have fools who would dash it "a
pieces in moment, and resolve society
into anarchy to see what will come Of it.
DO any Of these political adventures
comprehend what the dissolution of GOV.
ernment means? lie. The citizens who
have real stake in the country reflect up-
on it. From foundation stone to pinnacle
there ss structure OF law upon which
portion and the whole structure loses it's
cohesive power, and crumbles into ruin.-
successful rebellion against the laws Of the
General Government, dissolves the force or
all laws, az we see in those Southern States
IN which the rebel population is not 50 ubject
70 the rebel conscription, where they have
taken 10 robbery Of the Inhabitants under
n ONO Ifo
see bythe sudden abandonment Of all moral
principle by those who are only tainted
with sympathy for the rebels.
Mankind are governed byoutward influ-
ences. Men respect their neighbor's pos
sessions because thepower of society makes
II for their interest. With the wealthy,
the ambitious and those Of social position.
these motives are sufncient, generalIy. 70
keep them In the way Of outward integrity.
But take away the force OF legal coercion,
and who shall be safe in the possession Of
property or the protection Of family :.
There - sutstratum Of society, kept 10
order by the moral and physical force Of
law, but which revolutions bring to the
surface, and the dissolution OF society
makes dominant. We have seen this in
France, when the dregs Of the streets held
the property and lives Of the citizens at
their mercy, and when the accusation Of
gentle birth or OF education was ca use for
massacre. The contagion Of anarchy, foul
a. ~ exhibition was in that instance,
spread over Europe, and even across the
ocean to America, where the Democratic
societies, instigated BY the father Of the
Democratic party, took up the cries and
the songs which were sung in the carnival
Of blood in the streets OF Paris, and donned
the garments Of the sans cullotte butchers.
and menaced our own Government, SO that
even the persons Of men most revered in
our Republic, including the Father Of his
country, we've threatened with brute vio-
lence.
Nations are the growth Of ages; in almost
ALI cases by many wars. Their foundations
are all laid and cemented Ia blood. To dis
solve them would only begin again the
work of bloody creation. This Republic,
more fortunate than any other Nation, was
born ofa free Government, inheriting from
u one nationality and all its free institu-
tions. It had only to establish its ma iority
oy war, and then 70 settle down into the
laws and institutions which it inherited,
with notifications suited to its indepen.
0ence. The war Of revolution gave it unity
BY the force Of outward pressure. Peace
loosened the bond; and under loose con-
Federation the country was falling into an
arcny. From this danger il was rescued
created National Union. 1t was not with
out the experience Of danger which created
q National Union. It was not without the
experience Of danger which threatened the
lnational independeEc q, and Of sectional
conflicts which had verged to civil war,
that the necessity Of National Govern
ernment was forced upon the statesmen OF
and with the. war Of, revolution. and
All our Indian wars, still the generation.
birth and growth of this nation mas been
the most peaceful and fortunate Of any Of
which we have record. s4Na@s 8aats
Its comparatively easy growth. and the
forgeifuiness and ignorance Of this gene
ration OF Tho tYiAle through which the Re-
OF the wisdom and patriotism which crea-
led tine nation, may make men careless
about it, destruction. But lot the work Of
dissolution beaccomplished, and there will
begin work Of aggregation and aggrega-
ton a. bloody. costly and protracted q
any through which European provinces
9nd tribes have been created into empires.
IA fact our country, from the very intima-
cy OF lts natural relations, contains the ele.
ments Of . greater sectional conflict for
empire than existed in Europe.
pisunion is the careless prescription Of .
iool. II ID a. easy to prescribe as it was to
apply the torch TO the Ephesian Temple
and i ts of the same order of statesman.
snip. But once begun, the American peo-
pie will be fortunate if even thirty years
war shall bring settlement, and It would
be unreasonable to expect that popular
liberty would survive. -@s
The relations Of European States with
each other are the product of a growth not
less slow, painful, and bloody, than their
internal structure. They have been estab-
lished by generations Of diplomacy and by
many wars, and they are constant source
Of wars. Imperfect AZ they are, the propo.I
1~ntx 6A.
and leave all their relations to be created
anew, would bs thought criminal disturb
ance Of the peace Of the world, and as in
sane az TO apply the torch 10 the whole pro- !