The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-17

mined and pledged to rule this Republic OF
ruin It. told you here year ago that
practically slavery was no longer in ques-
1a:. tionItnat M It It, was perisning, under the op.
been confirmed.
The Union men in all the Slave States
that We have delivered are even more anx-
Ions than We are to abolish Slavery. Wit
ness Western Virginia, Maryland, Mis-
souri,, Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas.
jefferson Davis tells you in effect, the
", but Indeyendence and Sovereignty ior
which he il contending. There is good
reason for this. AhundTed dollars in gold
is only years purchase of the labor Of q
working man In every part Of the United
States. At less than half that price you
could buy all the slaves IN the country
Nevertheless, our opponents want dis
question.
Why do they want it? Forthe same rea-
son that the Pharisees and Sadducees
wanted an authoritative resolution of the
questions Of casuistry which arose in their
day. One of those sects believed in the
Kingdom to come. and the other altogether
denied the resurrection Of the dead. New
accord in search Of instruction concerning
the spirit world. MASTER" said they,
there was man Of our nation who mar
ried wife and died, leaving six brothers.
These brothers successively married the
widowed woman, and afterwards died.
And last OF all the woman died also. In
the resurrection, which of the seven shall
have this woman for q wifey'
Now what was 1t to them whether one or
all should have the woman to wife in hea.
ven. It conld be nothing to the Sadducees
ia any case. What was it to any human
being this side the grave? What was it to
any human being in heaven except the wo-
absolutely nothing. Yet they would have
an answer. And they received one. The
answer was that while in this mortal state,
men and women should never cease to mar
~ and TO die; there will be in the resurrec-
tton neither death nor marrying, or giving
In marriage.
questions, ]. think can give an answer
upon the subject Of slavery at the present
day-an answer which will be explicit, and
I hope not altogether unsatisfactory. While
the Rebels continue 70 wage war against
the Government Of the United States, the
military measures affecting slavery, which
have been adopted from necessity, to bring
be continued, except so far as practical ex-
perience shall show that they can be modi-
tied advantageonsly with q view to the
same end. When the insurgents shall
have disbanded their armies, and laid
down their arms, the war will instantly
cease-and all the war measures then ex-
listing, including those which affect slave
nomical and political questions, as well
questions Affecting slavery as others which
shall be then existing, between individu-
ais, and States, and the Federal Govern
ment, whether they arose before the Civil
War began, or rhether they grew ont Of it,
will, BY force Of the Constitution, pass over
to the arbitrament Of the courts Of law, and
to the councils Of legislation.
am not unsophisticated enough to ex.
pect that conspirators while yet unsubdu-
ed, and exercising an unresisted despotism
in the insurrectiOnary States, will either
sue for or ovenlaccept an amnestyssbased on
the surrender Of the power they have so
recklessly usurped. Nevertheless. know
that il any such .conspirator should tender
will 1t once receive candid bearing, and
an answer prompted purely by q desire for
peace, with the maintenance Of the Union.
On the other hand, I do expect propositions
OF peace with Z restoration Of the Union,
to como not from the Confederates in au-
thority, nor through them, but from citi-
Gems and States under and behind them.-
0eus and States to come over the Confeder-
ates In power, just 80 fast rs those citizens
and States shall he delivered by the Fed
eral arms, from the usurpation by which
they are now oppressed. AL the world
knows, that so far as am concerned, and,
believe, so far as the President is con.
cerned, all such applications will receive
such an answer as il becomes great, mag
unanimous and humane people to grant to
brethren who have come back from their
wanderings, to seek shelter in the COM
mon ark Of our national security and hap
piness. bs mi
The sun is setting. So surely as it shall
rise again, SO surely do think that the
great events we have now celebrated pre-
lude the end Of our nation's troubles, and
the restoration OF the national authority,
with peace, prosperity and freedom
throughout the whole land, from the lakes
to the gull, and from ocean to ocean.
And 30 bid you good night; and may
God have you, with our whole country. al
ways in His holy and paternal keeping.
Enthusiastic cheers were given at the
conclusion ofthe speech.
QUERIES FOR CHICAGO DEnoCRArs.-If|
the arbitrary arrest Of rebels by order Of
Mr.. Lincoln - violation Of the Constitu-
ton, what offence was General Mcclellan
Fort Lafayette the entire Democratic,
portion Of the Maryland Legislature?
II General Burnside acted the tvrant in
arresting and banishing an Ohie traitor.
did General Mcclellan commit any offense
when he seized and banished the Le9isla-
tufe Of Q sovereign State,n who had q bet
ter apology for thsir treason than the Ohio
traitor3 49, ~, $3.50
# the. resolutions Of l79s were good DEM
0cratiC doctrine one week AGO. whv S1id tho
Chicago Convention repudiate them?
II the DRAFT is unconstitutional OF tvran-
nical, Why did the Chicago Convention pass
When Harris. Of Maryland, Knocked =
fellow delegate ont Of = seat IN the Chicago
Convention. did he mot "muzxle free
speech" BY spelling the Democrats mus
zle Of his offending brother? ?-l Indianapolis
Journal. s,,1 ~ s ~, =
The Copperhead orators, We notice, are
beginning 70 make frightful threats Of what
they will do If Mr.. Lincoln should be
elected. II their hints of julius Caesar,