The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

against the blow; by declaring that the
speech Of Davis is not ct AL authentic, aud
bytreiterating the assertion that the rebel
military condition is still - stiff as ours
They comprehend that their malignant CO.
horts il the North are now the only hope
which Treason has; and if they can but ex-
tend the illusion Of Confederate prestige
beyond the eighth day OF next November,
the South may be spared the ignominy Of
surrender, and they, who engineer the res
pite. come in for portion OF the spoils Of
q betrayed ana dismembered country
This is the hope which actuates the chiefs
and centurions of the Chicago platform:
and he who is deceived by the colors which
[they wear, will surely end himself, as Of
ten is the case with cur struggling soldiers
at the front, IN the ranks of disguised but
established public enerlies.
The speech OF Jefferson Davis, ia which
the despairing confession we have alluded
to IS made, was delivered at Macon, Geor-
gia, on the Z3d September, and is an IN
! fEistakable index of the condition Of his
cause, and in every way worthy Of our
close attention. It is different ia style and
temper from any address be ever before
offered to toe public: and were /. not that
we have overwhelming Southern evidence
be delivered it in person, we would seri-
ously hesitate before accepting it as gent
inc. Unlike his usually CAIN and we'll
considered words, it is q mere rhapsody Of
passion and despair-the cry of tnan
whose faculties have been stunned and be-
wildered by an overpowering blew, and
delivers. Well might the Charleston Mer-
cary exc!aim, at its first reception of the
essay, that It hoped to be able to deny its
authenticity: and well might the Examiner
at Richmond, when better informed, re-
| mark that it would be advisable hereafter,
take Benjamin, his oily and plausible
Minister OF State, along with him, as his
! Mentor.
| Davis opens his address at Macon, with
or he has aown to revive the dropping heart
Of Georgia, by declaring that adversely has
come upon them; but he argues that this
is the very reason why they should more
| ever, that the great difficulty Of the Con-
federacy is want of men; and hard upon
this comes the astonishing confession, that
two-thirds of his soldiers are absent from
the army, and that the most of these are
deserters from the ranks. He speaks OF
this large mum Der gently. as being "ahsent
without leave" and appeals to the women
to hunt up these recreauts and send them
back. This is the main purpose OF the
speech but il the course OF it Davis ex-
hibits the demora.ized condition of his
mind, by INDUCING in such expletives as
Butler the Beast by alluding to. the
nourishins effects to Southern soil Of
Yankee blood, and by denouncing that
man Governor Brown as "a scOEndreI,
who had charged him with leaving Geo--
g!a TO her fate. These are fine words for 8
| person who has been running the chs <
acter Of christian gentleman tor three
years, axie-deep IN blood! They mark
| rather the intemperance OF b.ackguard
than the spirit OF . gentleman, and sEg-
gest an equal interior depravity with that
OF another christian gentleman" who
could not recoll ect the writing OF an order
for the murder of an army, nor of being
for six hours hidden under bank, on
| board gunboat, during battle where
eighty thousand Of mis- soldiers were stag
| gering under fire.
| II is worthy Of remark, at this point,
| that the rule OF "Christian Gentlemen
seems 70 be favorite device with CoEfed-
crate and conservative politicians. II was
nrst brought into play on the other side Of
the lines by Stonewall Jackson Lee fol-
I lowed suit, whereupon Davis at once
doubled the number OF his genet
Hundreds OF initiative brigands followed
tbs devout example, and we believe that
| even the Old Turk Early now daily and
| nightly goes 10 prayers. His leading assoc
ciates on this side Of the line are equally
devout: and we shall not despair, If no
serious check be interposed, Of seeing, ere
! long even Fernando Wood, emulate the
saoctimonious piety of Horatio Seymour,
and hIE BILE himself TO the ceremony Of the
sacrament. We predict, nevertheless, that
| II Lincoln is elected on the eighth Of next
Novem her: the role of "christian gentle
men, will be considered pretty well played
out, and tnAt the whole democratic party,
North and South, will relapse iato hard
swearing. without further notice. 1t was
piece of nonsense LII democratic tactics to
order otherwise. None should know this
| better than Fernando, who has been swear
ing along with the party for full forty years.
| and who, while managing Mcclellan,
should have known that it would have done
George thousand times more coed among
the regular voters, TO have id the eyes OF
a division, while directing them against q
rabel breastrork, than all the prayers he
could deliver between now and New
Year next.
To return, however; to the speech Of Da-
Wis, we regards it as the kneil.of the Confed-
crate cause, and hope it will be taken as
warning By all the misguided persons who
have adhered thus far to the pale engineers
of the Chicago platform, to abandoH them
at once, and lodge their future fortunes
along with the loyal masses of the country.
This is the last opportunity for them to
| retrieve hateful record, and If not i'm
proved, will leave them condemned to
everlasting ineamy, VIXEN our majestic and
linvigorated Union is restored And re-
stored it will be. The speech Of Davis is
the Anal confession of that fact. The
Southern people are deserving him en-
rsasse. BY his own admission, nearly two
thirds Of them have already gone, and be
has now nothing else but the mechanical!
| veterans who remain IN arms, simply be-
| cause they know not where else to 60
When these are worn down and defeated,
AZ they speedily will be, the Chicagn lead
ers. who our simple democrats 50 b.inL.y
follow, will be scramb.ing amid the dust
and rubbish Of the Confederate rrsns, for
obscure and sordid Eoles to hide their
beads in.
| l. remains tc be seen whether ts.e foolish
| workingnen, who have beea carrying
Chinese lanterns in honor c. ~ enc ply Iia-
age representing Aristccracy and slavery,