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

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selaan's vieeofy.
,s J. reports we have we think We
~ assume that General Sheridan
merely won another glorious vic
!, rat that be hes about put A end TO
rs forces - m organized army. Two
ID defeats - that rebel has met with ou-
Ang tho past ten days, could hardly have
done less than utterly demoralixe his
whole force. Whether or not they are re-
treating, - rsported, BY the way Of Cor.
donsville towards Richmond, Il not ofgreat
importance. They may be reinforced, and
there may be other battles. But the men
who have twice driven him from Gimp
pregnable positions" will not b likely to
pale their honors in any future contest.
These victories Of Sheridan ale Of great
importance, - well in their immediate
and future effects, - In the facts they dem
onstrats. It can hardly be doubted that
General Lee u fully informed a to the
number Of our forces In the valley. II he
could possibly have spared more men to
aid Early, there IL no doubt that he would
have sent them promptly. It would hurt
Grant just AZ much to defeat Sheridan -
TO win q victory over an equal number be-
fore Petersburg. In fact the Shenan-
Z doah Valley il one Of the main de-
fences Of Richmond. II we succeed In oc-
cupying it, Is far as Lynchburg-which is
not done yet, by any means--then We
think Lees army at Richmond will be in
fair way to be captured, for by that time,
we take it, there would be NO avenue Of
escape left to it. ae
The amusing part Of the battle of the 22d
is, that along with the information that
Sheridan had taken the rebel position at
Fishers Hill and had advanced beyond to
Woodstock, also comes the rebel declare.
ton that Fishers Hill was ''impreguable."
So that Phil. Sheridan has, by their ac-
counts, achieved the impossible and taken
the '.impregnable!" 49,.
The signs to Us are that Grants grippe
upon the throat of the rebellion il 1t length
producing terrible results. 1t already
breathes hard, and effort, continued to ut
ter exhaustion, Is apparently about to sue
.Cumb to the tenacious throttiing of the
Union Ulysses. A few more convulsivs
throes, = few dying struggles, and We yeri-,
" believe that Richmonds and its defend
era. or the major part Of them, will be ours.
We don't propose to count that chicken
before it is hatchsd." But matters are44st
coming to IN issue which will be final in
shat quarter, and We have faith that Grant
will take care that il Is disastrous only to
the rebels and glorious to the Union arms.
- We suspect that these peacs-loving
fellows, the Copperheads, very earnestly
regret that they did not defer the Chicago
Convention to . later date. No doubt had
they the opportunity of revising their action
under the light Of to-day, they would have
marked out different programme. Prob
ably they would not have struck oct that
part OF Washington Hunts resolution
which pledged the Democracy to '.insist up
on maintaining the national unity" Prob
ably, also, they would not have asserted 30
broadly that the war was failure nor
have called for cessation Of hostilities."
Perhaps, also, they would have deemed it
inexpedient TO talk quite 20 absurdly about
Revolutionary" proceedings, and the rest
Of their balderdash tending to the instiga-
ton Of violence in the North. Amid their
numerous Consultations, it seems unsortu-
nate that they forgot to consult Sherman,
Grant and Sheridan. II they had only
known what these Generals were about to
do, how much more polite (" they would
have been!
But while these disloyal scamps mourn
over their shortsightedness, the true Union
men Of the land win rejoice that they were
induced to unveil their reasonable desig1s
- boldly and dsfantly. It wants but the
. formal declaratiou.of . National Conven-
tion to Gil up the cup of infamy to the brim,
i and events have feen 90 ordered that the
ss' last drop which made the cup run o'sr,"
was poured In In an hour OF insane delight
ct what the fools deemed an hour Of gloom
to the country. They were mad then.
4 They are beginning to 80 how insane they
were. They have grown anxious to rstracs
Iheir steps. But they have placed an i'm
passabls gulf between themselves and 10y
sal men, over which there u no return. A
neod Of light has been thrown upon their
perdiy. They are seen and known Of al
men ~ they are. II Il impossible they
shou.d any longer decisive any. People
are not anxioua TO follow traitors who pro-
claim themselves such. Especially are
they not likely to b guilty Of such folly ID
The very time OF the nations triumph.
~gots4@ ->- aasas
= -. The Chicago Convention wanted, It
SAID, . cessation Of hostilitiss, with = view
% convention 10 the end that ..psaos may
% restored on the DAsB or THE FEDERAL
SrArEs." That phrase may not strike
people 1t frst sight - very dangerous
one. Yet they will 80 that 1t Is quite diff
Ssrent ftom tho time 'honored expressions
ofths "National Union" THE Union,"
1.-THE Federal Union" to which We are
Ill accustomed. 1t II not merely different
but opposite. The ''basis'' on which they
propose seeking for peace, 10 mot that Of
the Union butof the federal Gtases."-