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

praise and Endorsement of his prospectiv,
successor. Applause.1
The principles announced by the Con
vention are explicit and radical, just al
they should be. They mean war to trai
tors, and peace only when traitors are
overcome. They mean that we must have
the entire abolition of slavery as security
for future peace. I care very little for plat
forms. They are usually rhetorical lies
speeches, such as Talleyrard would make.
The true test of party is its tendency
the way it drifts. The current Of the Un-
ion party is toward reunited country,
strengthened by the terrible ordeal of war.
| 1t leans to universal emancipation and the
elevation of mantle practical security
| of these natural rights which Jefferson
| avowed in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and endeavored to secure by the abb
clifton Of slavery in Virginia. 1t tends to
| natiOnaliZe, harmOnize, and blend ln.o one
great nation all the elements Of our system,
without disturbing the home functions Of
our State and municipalities. Let the cur
rent of our Union movement be right, and
who cares for the bars and eddies, the rip
pies and surges, by the wavside? Who
cares for armed rebels or their sympathiz-
ers, or even for lukewarm friends, when
the tendency Of our movement leads To the
haven of safety? Look at our adversa-
ries. The other day they refused even 10
submit to the people the proposition 70
abolish slavery in the very way pointed
Of war caused by slavery they will cling
to this blood phantom OF despotism while
lOO, COO freedmen are side by side with the
white soldiers Of Grant and Sherman, and
at the very hour when, as General Smith
tellsaRs, the black troops Of his command
hnt ySOl vryftk Y1nv
worthy Of the old guard Of Napoleon. Yet,
these party-ridden Democrats, who are a.
slow to learn as the Bourbons, would re-
turn these freedmen TO slavery. They
would surrender Robert Small, the patriot,
to JEFF. Davis, the traitor. Now, while I
perceive practical difficulties in dealing
with the freedmen, yet, il l must choose
between black man who fights for the
Union, and white man who fights against
it, prefer the former. lApplause.] IT is
not difficult to choose between the black
men who defended Fort Pillow, and the
white men who massacred them.
Our adversaries say the proclamation Of
emancipation is voia-that all these freed
men are slaves Of rebels-that Congress
cannot emancipate then--that, after tight
ing, and conquering and securing US victO-
ry and peace, they and their posterity must
be slaves again to their rebel masters; and
yet, by their accidental minority in the
House Of Representatives, they refuse to
allow the people to secure by an amend
ment Of the Constitution, the emancipation
Of these freedmen. And remember, my
Ohio friends, how we stand in this matter.
We boast of our State, its free population,
its central position, its bountiful resources,
and more than all, of the zoe, coo men it has
sent into the field, and the distinguished
officers we have given to the service, and
yet only five men in the Ohio delegation
voted in tho HOnSo nf PonrcSoDfafiCoO tn
allow the people to abolish slavery in the
United States, and enough voted against it
to prevent that result. iCries of SHAME
What better issue do we want than this p
What written platform can be more sug-
gestive? Ohio has defeated the abolition
Of slavery in the United States in 1854. Let
US remember this in the canvass. lAp-
plause.]
My friends, have taken but little part
in political movements during the present
season, as I have considered my duty best
performed by application to the very diff
cult financial questions pending before the
Senate; but after the session was over in
the great civil contest in which We are
about to engage, will allow no man to ex
ceed me in earnest support OF the Union
ticket, believing as ] do, that its success is
indispensable to the preservation of the
Union, and the form of government under
which we have lived and prospered. ZAP
plause.
And let usalways remember, my friends,
| while we are performing our civic duties,
that we are doing the lesser part. Cannon
and muskets, supported by brave, heroic
men, are Of more service than any OF us.
These men deservethe unbounded gratitude
of their countrymen. They have honored
our name-they have dignified our cause.
Thank God, the signs of the times indicate
their complete success. Grant knows how
! to flank the enemy, and when he retreats,
| he retreats Southwark. Another arlnv, in
which Ohio is represented by over forty
regiments, has crossed the last span of the
mountains away down in Georgh, within
cannon sound Of Atlanta. Let us sustain.
| support and encourage these armies, and
we may then hope to look to a peaceful fl-
ture when our kindred may gather again
around the home freside, and our country
go forward in it's second and advanced
stage Of prosperity. [Applanse.l
Rebels Views Of our Nominations
| a Rail-,Splitter Gnd Taitor-1he Tailor
The Aecnest of the Graft.
The Convention of Black Republicans in
Baltimore have renominated for President
of their country Abraham Lincoln, the IL
linois rail-splitter, and for Vice President,
| Andrew johnson, known in the West as
the Tennessee tailor, one of the meanest OF
that craft; whether they shall ever be cleo
ted or not depends upon the Confederate
army altogether.
The people of the enemy's country have
now two Black Republican ''tickets" be-
fore them; and the Democrats are to come
yet. All these several movements we are
obliged to watch, and, if possible. under
standby reason of their possible effects
upon the war; otherwise we have no earthly
interest in the matter; and If we were now
at peace with that nation it would be alto
gether Indifferent to US what ape, or hyena,
o jackass, they set up to govern them.
| The great army of contractors, then, and