The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29

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Apnenl from Loyal Southern Men
g the GevofnOrD 81 the Loyal
0to1o6..y.OeNtru cttOn 81 Civil
LlDefty In she 0outA.
M 81 ROME, Ga, Oct. 4, 1854.
10 his Ezcellency Governor Richard Votes,
Of Hliss0is. i'll
bEAR SIN: ThA paralyzed condition OF
the many thousands Of Union men WITHIN
the Southern States both in and out OF tne
rebel army, through the instrumentsnly, 20 o.
m absolute and relentless doepotisWs pa
ces it most completely out Of their power
without the aid Of the United states army
to ever regain their liberties.
Within the rebel lines not 2 vesuge o.
civil liberty exists, and tt il only wnen tne
fortunes of war throw Us within the reach
of Federal protection, that we can. WIN
out T.. Of lire: glve Of tbe 1nion
Con leteiy divested Of all power OF in
fluenoe oyer our leading men, and In .
atate az aheolute vassalage to the arbitrary
edicts of . military usurper, our only hope
Of release il upon the overthrow Of the am
bilious nen who have thus enslaved US.
In addrsssing you, we wish to be under.
stood - appealing, not only to the CnleI
Executive Of the State of Illinois, but to
the Governors Of all the loyal States, to be
ON their guard against the tnsidious en-.
croachments of rebellion at your own doors
and your own ireoides.
No pains will be spared by our leading
rebels to bride, seduce, deceive or overawe
your citi1ens into deadly conflicts and civil
strife. 20 % thereby to render complete the
downfall of free government upon the
American continent, and We beg you TO
excuse % in thus taking the liberty to
warn You Of danger which We consider
imminent, and to urge You to let no con-
siderationS Of mere party triumph be per-
mitted 70 shut out from view, even for one
so q s &c
Tell the people North that We implore
them to drop the negro question pro and
con, and feel assured that We would not
give up the Union for all the slaves on the
1hce ofthe earth.
We claim to know what rebellion ts-its
height and depth, in length and breadth
and having, through your changes
where We can once more exercise free
speech, weyield to the impulse Of duty,
not only to our whole country, but to
thousands of Union men who are yet held
in bondage, when We assure you that moth
ing but the strong arm Of military power
can ever subdue it, or destroy lib power
for mischief.
And % 3 confirmation of this view, We
beg leave to offer the following facts and
arguments in reference to
REBELLION AND IT'S DESIGNS:
Leading disunionists of the South, for
several years prior to the rebellion, exert
cd al their tact and ingenuity 70 find out
some justi6able pretext to secede from the
Union, and set up for themselves. At no
time have they ever been satisfied with .
Government OF equal rights and privileges,
AAA Hhn, n~wA ,aS,op NSss1af6nN,n<3 II N0v1n.
promise of their dignity to ask poor men,
or the common people tor the privilege OF
going 10 the Legislature, filing seat in
Congreas, or Of occupying other high and
honorable poottion0,
Ever leueing AFTER the pomp and splen-
dor Of monarchies, and for the entailment
Of exclusive hereditary emolutions and
privileges, they have had no patience with
the majority rule under our form Of gov
ernment, which has given to the people
political equality. They have always con-
aidered themselves - class Of superior
men-making 10 part of the people, but
entitled totho exemptions and minutes Of
. privAsgsd ca.ss. And in haranguing
what they consider to b the vulgar herd,
they addressed them a. meuials, calling
people belonged TO them. 50 accustomed
are they to speak Of their slaves, calling
them their Negroes" or 'my people -
md should they succeed in setting up .
monarchy upon the ruins Of the old Gov
class oepUopls VIII be called ''my sub
jects."
Descendants Of those who were disap-
pointed in the overthrow of British su-
premacy over the American colonies, they
have inherited the same love Of monarchy
which actuated the tories of 70, and hence
they have been untiring in connecting
schemes, or in seeking pretexts, for the
overthrow Of American Democracy.
In 1882 the high tariff, then in existence.
was seized upon rs justifiable excuse by
the aristocracy Of South Carolina for acts
Of nullt6cation and accession. But failing
on that occasion to carry out their treason
able purposes, and smArting under the re.
buke administered by Andrew Jackson n
his memorable proclamation, there hae not
been day or IN hour since when they
would NOT have dissolved the Union could
toey have had pretext adording any
shadow Of qualification.
Ever growing, ,ever diseontented, they
coula - no ey1danco of coed government
In TIE goneDal peoaperity and happiness d
the people, nor could they conceive Of any
nasiooa! Tsspsctehility except under 1
The t;iin, u 4 prstext in 1852 filling
them, thsir next resort Wa 70 the slsverv
question, which then had some prominence
given 70 It by the efforts Of Henry Clay and
other advocates Of universal emsncipetion.
and BY othen Of perhaps less wisdom and
lee Patience, who were urging immediate
Thus circumatanced, the slavery ques-
ton presented the best prospect Of : fruit
fnl source Of -discord. and consequently
was seized Withav1dity by thedisappointed
nulli6erS and disunionists of 1882 a a
means Of sectionalixing the country and
engendeIing hatred between the North and
South. N -
The truly philahthropic emancipation
lists Of the BENJAMIN franklin school be-.
came the objects Of contumely and insult
70 such degree that many honest persons
the immediate and unconditional abolition
Of chatteI slavery was not only necessary
to silence the disunion faction, but to pro-
tact the slaXn from nnnreaainn Rnf This