The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10
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'1elism Of III IL North, convokedi Tor the
suppose Of naming . candidate for the
] Presidensy, aldoptsd : platform On which
to Az him. The only things positively de-
clared ~ that platform were that The Do
\ .mocracy, In whose name these rascals pro-
, fsaeed to speak, was n favor Of peace, an
ls.armistics,'' and s'Convsntion Of the
states, sach Of which. In the mode they
propose them, takes for granted the in.
dependsncs u the Confsderacy, and the
nnost traitorous abandonment OF the I'm
ion. That y The substance Of the Copper
j head declaration Of Tuesday last. On
"wednesday tho same body Of dastards,
(. Who are newer happy except when kissing
the heels Of - ssnieger-driver." with : hap
~ appreciation " the htness Of things.
placed one George B. Mcclellan 6n tina,
platform ~ the most suitable exponent Of
III peaceful and patriotic principles-foz
the platform u just . peaceful - patriotic,
and protesting to b both, Intends to. dc.
atroy the possibility OF s'peace'' and al mo-
lives to patriotism. On Wednesday these
fellows impaled vefitable Major General
on that platform, announcing their devo-
ton to peace and their faithfulness to the
y Union and the rights Of man!
n. Mark Whit followed. On Friday another
Major General, known to the world by the
! name Of sherman, in entire disregard Of
this peaceful progromme Of the Copper
heads, and in utter contempt Of the pretsn-
! tipuansss OF the ,alavs-mongsrs Eaadsthe
whole horde Of traitors, lad. the assurance
) 10 announce that h had captursd Atlanta
y 1Hstead Of treating tn '.peace platform Of
the Copperhsads With rsspect, instead Of
i dreaming Of IN armistics with rebels, and
1alking soft words TO their allies and co.
workers Tor the c0untrys ruin, he sent .
ahell from his 2O-inch guns, straight
through the platform, knocking its every
ing the seaxtied george =. suspended be-
tween heaven and earth, Tor ''scorn to]
point Ito slow, unmoviug finger at,"|
through all the time to come! sung
That was merely the hrst gun Of the CAM
paign. 1t has already made the cowardly
ours, who have hoped to attain power by
practiciug upon the incredulity Of other
towards, turn pale with fear and rage.
They counted upon Shern1an's defeat.
Behold, he has come out the victor. They
had confidently hoped that Hood would
repulse him. and turn back the gallant
men Of the North, battling TOR the Union
and the Republic. They had no sooner
made platforms ri their treason. than they
Uncovered Hood Tying from Atlanta, and
Sherman entsripg Y = conqueror! That is
the respocne q As army to tina "peace
men. Il tells What VIII b the response Of
the people. And % Il assures the Copper
needs. They understand the writing on
the wall" 1t tells OF the political infAmy
they have dug for themselves. They are
already damned, ana, what il more. the
Eascals feel II down 70 their bones.
The men Who oppose this war tell us
It has cost great sacrifice Of life aud an
enormous expenditure OF money. So it
has. But they strive to keep out of sight
the main fact, that il was the democratic"
party Of tho South, aided and abetted bv
the Northern leaders Of the same partv.
which Originated the war. ana did 80 with
the deliberate purpose Of destroyinr the
Union. The Union men of the country
had nothing Whatever to do With commen.
cling the war. They did Ill that could be
done TO avoid It. It could not b avoided.
amply becanss the Democratic leaders of
the country were determined II should not
be avoided. They resolved ITO sprinkle
!. blood in The fAce Of the people, and thew
did it. They were resolved to divide the
Union BY . bloody civil var. and insolent.
~ rejecting al posaibls Constitutional
medss Of reooncilemsnt, thsy insisted upon
var - tie only arbitsr. sa
Under these circumstances thesame men
Who then sanctioned the acts Of the traitors.
now parade the costs AID burdens of war.
- argument for submission. for an uupar.
alleled rscreancy to our duty! They say
there never was civil war under Democrat
lie admin stratious Thsrs were never bur.
dens Of taxation under Democratic rmle
!, why were there not, slmplv. bec.n.e The