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

loyal men think ofit! Whist do they i'm
agine would come Of 4 "peace'' on such ,
''basis" which itself admits al that tn,
rebels demand? The more we examin,
that piece Of joinery the more iniquity VI
find in it. We haven't begun 10 be hal
through with it yet.
~About al the Northern rebels hav,
at last concluded that Gen. McGlellan's let
ter does mean just what we said it meant q
first-that he stands on the Chicago plat
orm. We don't wonder that George B
has expressed surprise that any Of then
should have found anything in his letter 4
cause them to doubt his fidelity to thost
who have made him nominally their lead
or. He told them he meant what they
meant and that ought to have satisfied
them. They need not have troubled them
selves about the manner in which he sale
| 1t, and we don't think they did. They
thought it would help the general issue,
if they professed doubt and proclaimed p'
position. It would give currency e
|.Mac'sn "Nbrcibleh feeble'' seensings, per
haps add few votes to the "ticket," and
aid in foisting ssthe Party" into power and
place. That was the game and they played
it. And now they are protesting to come
into s'the ring as If they disliked to and
merely out of desire to secure anybody
but Lincoln!' They pretend to find that
there is less difference between the plat
form and the letter than they supposed
They won't have another candidate, but &c
in for Mcclellan as choice Of evils, and
for the good Of '.the Partyv' They think
they are very shrewd, as: most other viii
iains do. But they will find out next No
vember, if not sooner, that the people com.
prehend them, and despise end spurn
tham. That's so.
A-The New York Herald wants George
with the sirname Of Pendleton to write q
loyal letter, after the manner of the other
George. It seems to imagine that such q
letter would be eminently satisfactory
That illustrates the HeratTs idea Of popu-
lar intelligence. Every man who ever
heard of Pendleton ut all, knows that he is
an undisguised secessionist. Every one
knows that he is not merely . sympathi-
ger with the rebels, but that he has per-
sistently sought to aid them in accomplish
ing their purpose OF disunion and national
destruction. Everybody knows this. What
then does anybody want OF letter? We
all know what the man il. What need any
one care what the man will write or cay.
re- - .Lo,lI ,v,;%n I'll . YYuiov, v>Nuo Vwnu IA
not we all know him liar. II he wrote
disloyally, would he tell anything new
Yet the Herald wants letter! What il
that but saying, it wants to deceive the
people aud thinks that would help do it !!
1t would hardly gull Copperhead-and
such idiots do not need to be gulled. They
vote for such traitors because they like
their treason. H4
~ The friends OF Mac the little, say
that he will not resign his commission
The Cincinnati Gazette says that he has
good reason for holding on. II he resigns
he will have no employment, OK rather no
''pey.." Before the war his highest posi-
ton was that Of superintendent Of a second
class railroad. Now he would be deemed
wholly unit for that. And 20 the poor
devil 10, in a sort, compelled to live upon
the charity OF the public-and public,
too, that he and his base associates seek to
sell out to traitors! All! what a man Of
honor is the General! But We forget. He
is merely proving what genuine devotee
of the s.chivalry' hei 10. According to their
creed, he has most Of the ''instincts Of gen.
tleman." who CLEANS most from the labors
Of others. /" Mac :" is perfectly sound. He
is . gentleman"
\ A-It 10 quite impossible to keep track
of the almost tnnumerable Union meet
ings in Illinois and Indiana. They seem
to be spontaneous everywhere. vast ia
numbezs and enthusiasuc In spirits We
conclude that tho Union men Of these two
States are engaged in q laudable emulsion
- to which shall do most for their country.
In that rivalry we could wish success to
both. But they will each do 90 well We
think that neither viii be dissatisfied even
il the other comes out little ahead. The
s'Sucksrs'' and "HoosieFs' have made ND
their minds to show their faith by their
works. and they viii do It. Our Hawk
Eyes'' must look to their laurels. Our
neighbors are after them in dead earnest.
$50 --D
III - The earnings Of the New York Gen.
trial railroad for August last are said to b.
oveT twelve hundred thousand dollars,
against e640, 40 in August OF last year. We
suppose this il the reason why freights
have been put up lately. We don't know
Of any other good reason. The more men
make Of course the greater their rapacity
for moro. Dean Richmond, who runs the
Copperhsad party, and = one ofthe owners
Of George B. Mcclellan, Il president Of the
New York Central. We don't know how
much he taxes our farmers on each bushel
Of their grain, bat he has lately added just
3St per cent. to it. He wants to make two
million this month We suppose.
@-Several rebel Generals were severely
wounded in the flrst great battle Of sherri-
dan with Early. There was one General.
I =