The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-02

senator Sherman having been lnVlteC
to address the Ohio Club, Of this city
evening last. A brief report only Of his
remarks was contained in the edition Of
yesterday:
The time has arrived when we must en-
| gage in the Presidential canvass. We can
not postpone it for the reason that we are
in the midst of civil war; but the fact
that We are in such war makes our action
more important. The war itself becomes
| the great political questiOn-testing parties
and controlling nominations. II the line
is not now drawn, the logic of events will
soon draw it. Shall the war go on until
the rebels lay down their arms, or shall we
acknowledge the independence of the re-
bel States? This will be the issue. Trim
ming wont answer. 1t is idle to talk about
the loss Of life caused by the war, the pub
llc debt, the arrangement of business
After all the growing and grunbling, the
question will come back-What OF it?-
Shall therefore give up the Union? Are
not these all evils less than q broken Union,
Government destroyed and demoralized,
q people divided into fragments by success
full rebellion? We must come back 10 the
choice between the old Union-one and in
divisible-strOng, free, and hopeful, even
though burdened by war and debt, and q
broken Union, dishonored by defeat.
y will not insult you by suggesting
doubt as to where you will be found in
such contest. We are for Lincoln and
johnson, Applause, j first, last, and all the
time, with heart and soul, without excep-
are for the Union. for the war, for sustain
ing the army, and for whipping rebels
wherever they show themselves. We are
not for Fremont, because we look upon
him as the representative of . dissatisfied
faction who have not patriotism enough
to submit to the popular will when the
safety Of the country IS involved. We are
not for the nominee Of the Chicago Con-
vention, because we know the ruling spir-
It's OF that Convention are the very men
who encouraged the rebels to revolt. They
may bait their hook with q peace man, OF
war man, or one of each kind, but we
know that + they are successful, the blood
in vain, and disunion and shameful peace
will be the result.
My friend COombs tells you that Lin
coin and johnson were nominated by the
Baltimore Convention. beg leave to cor
rect the statement. They were nominated
by the people long before the Convention
was held. I haye attended, either as q del
ventions, but never knew one that had
80 little to do as the recent enc. We knew
just - well who would be the Union can
didate for President before as since the
Convention. The nomination of Mr.. Lin
coin was the act of the people. 1t is the
voice Of our brave soldiers now re-enacting
the heroism Of antiquity. 1t is tho voice
Of the loyal masses of our countrymen,
without regard to State, locality, color or
condition. The insurgents, in rebelling
against Mr.. Lincoln, rebelled against the
popular will, constitutiOnally expressed
Popular will, 80 expressed, is the king, the
emperor, the supreme power ip this coun-
try; and he who rebels against it, rebels
against every loyal citizen.
Mr.. Lincoln was made President by the
people, ami the people are determined that
he shall be President of all the people,
Mr.. Lincoln is now the incarnation of the
popular will. To have nominated any one
else might have been construed into q
doubt as to the right Of the people to have
elected him four years ago. Mr.. Douglas,
the bo!dest and ablest leader Of the old
any man by the people could not justify re-
bellion. So our loyal people think, andthey
have resolved to give no encouragement
to rebels until they submit to the rightful
authority OF the identical man who was
made President by them. ! know that
some patriotic men would have preferred a
change, because they thought it unwise TO
elect any man President for a second term;
others were dissatisfied with some acts of
the Administration, and others had per-
sOnal preferences; but the popular will,
expressed through every organ of opinion,
long since swept away with its impetuous
current all doubts and preferences. Now
this opinion, sure before, is written and
confirmed by the National Convention
Opposition now is . fraction-a..very small
fraction at that. To the great body of our
people, who love this country, who love its
free institutions, who wish to transmit
them unimpaired to posterity, the way is
plain, the path is easy. We must support
the constituted authorities. We must re-
elect Old Abe, and let him finish the work
so gloriously begun. [Applause.] Let us
preserve the Union, and ii the Constitution,
in passing through the terrible fire kindlea
by rebellion, shall be purified OF the stain
OF slavery, it will be for a glorious resur-
rection and better life. If slavery fall by
the wayside, let us bury it in the grave of
jeff. Davis. It was the curse of our sys-
| tenn which the trainers of the Constitution
were ashamed to name. 1t represented
turbulence, violence and crime. Its type
was clustering bully, bloated with bad
whisky. It domineered in politics, reli-
gion and society. AL that Will be left of
the rebellion when old Abe gets through
with it will be an emancipated race
Of four millions, thanking God daily,
tan bondage-a grand march forward
in civilization and humanity. 1t is said
that Mr.. Lincoln does not lead this move
ment. He may not waste his ammunition
| in the skirmish line, but he travels with
the people. When he puts his foot down
something is done-not merely talked
about. am glad he has SO brave and true
an associate on the ticket-a man who un.
derstood what rebellion meant from the
start and who told JEFF Davis and his col
/, leagues in treason more than three years
AGO. "If / were President of the United
States would arrest you as traitors, and
hang you as traitors" [Applause.] Andy
Johnson is a true man-not polished by the
refnements OF schools and society, but q
monument of truth, patriotism and cour.
age: a finished piece ofnature's handiwork,
without any artificial adornments. I sal
bv his side for two years in the Senate
Chamber. and, without any previous per-
sonal or political affinities with him, learn
ed to admire him. At one time his wife,
his family, his home, his kindred, were all
in the possession of the rebels, but his eye
never duailed, and his voice never faltered:
He frequently talked about the war and
his own personal sacrifices, but ne never
regretted his course; he never doubted his
dutv. His love for his country was only
enualled by his hatred for rebels. Such
i - ,,r;1nI tho iovyolS Of the