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

TIE PREsIDENcy.-The one great sub
iect next TO the affairs of the battlefield.
a now occupying the mindRof America, is
the torthcoming Presidential Election
There seems reason 20 tear that the ca
price Or the stupidity Of the Republic, or Of
a maj ority Of the electors, liz such that they
will actually set aside Lincoln. notwith-
standing his virtues, services and suffer-
lings, on behalf Of that ailiable, empty, and
most insipid man, Gen. Mcclellan. Il
might really have been supposed that the
public mind was not 80 far gone as to des-
cend to such degradation. Never did
/ General prove less worthy of tho CONT
dence reposed in him, or bring nearer to
ruin the cause committed 10 his hands.
The history of nations supplies no instance
OF more striking impotence or popular de-
fusion. OF all the Federal Generals, Nc
C!el,an is the very last that should have
been thought Of under such crisis. But
his very defects would seem to constitute
his principal claims in the eyes of the De-
mocracy! As TO soldierly capabii.ty. he
mas nothing worth mentioning; and as to
political experience, he has none. 1t ia
not even known that he has made up ais
| mind on any one subject OF jurispr Iience.
Norninally with the Democrats, ae aas yet
taken 40 stand amongst them, ethe. as
spects he is an absolute cypher. It is
thought. however, that this goes a great
way to recommend him. The stragglers
| of all the factions that got mixed up with
the Chicago Convention have q right each
to believe that he will take lessons from
| shem and carry out their behests, whatever
those behests may be! InSthe event Of his
being chosen, dishonorable peace is inev-
liable. We say dishonorable, because il
Will embrace slavery and secure its perpe-
tuity to the day Of doom.
| We cut the above from the British Stand
ara OF Sept. 2lst. The com ment, as being
from. an intelligent Christian, as well as
English standpoint, is suggestive. The
STANDARD is among the few British journals
which have always held good will toward
our struggle for national existence. It,
With our other friends across the Atlantic,
measures here free from party passion and
bias. It's estimate of Gen. Mcclellan win
have been noted, and its estimate a. well.
OF the issues involved in pending election.
lhs English papers generally have ex-
pressed no such views Of Mr.. Lincoln's
IN American prints. On the contrary, he
stands high abroad as civilian. while
Gen. McCleilan's reputation. even as q
military leader, in not an enviable one,
neither 10 England nor On the continent.
The Count Gasparin, writing from
France. tells the truth when he says: @a
The election of Mr.. Lincoln will have
q meaning which no one will fail to under
stand. Every one will know that the war
IS 70 be energeticaliy continued to the end;
that this war, which aims neither at OPP
preston nor conquest, will succeed in re-
establishing the empire Of the Constitution
and IN destroying slavery. That the def
mite victory may be delayed, that partial
r T. may again occur, il evident; but
advance, as it always has advanced. in
spite Of delays and reverses; that it will adj
vance without ever drawing back. and
that it will attain its end.
The election Of Democratic candidate.
T Messns. It Is wlsned Or not very
at last an armistice and the raising of the =
siege of Richmond. It will open 60 the
hopes OF the South chances iil-defned and
therefore the more perilous. One does not
display peace before the eyes of people to
withdraw it on the morrow. There viii -
q long interval ofintrigues, Of conyentions.
OF discussions on compromise. During
this time the prestige Of the North will al.
minisi, simple affairs will become compli-
Gated, questions of principle will be etfaced
before questions Of utility
GEN. HOOKER on THE ELECTIONS. Gen.
Hooker got captured by crowd in Spring
field, H., last Friday, and was carried to
tie Representatives. Hall and made 70
speak. In the course Of his patriotic and
soidie-ly talk be said:
think tina, all the battles we will have
to fight are already fought. Tremendous
cheers.l The election early next month
will pass of quietly, and it will pass OF
successfully. Renewej cheers.l The vic
tory at the ballot-box will be ia yindica-
ton OF this Union and OF our authority
It will be in support of your armies in the
Va h0 rs- EaIxz |.
OF the nation. lAppause.l That vindica-
ton will be far beyond what the most SAN
guine who are here anticipate. It will Do
more than Waterloo defeat to those who
are arrayed against our country. Long
continued applause.i 1t will De almost +
death blow: it will be staggering bioWto
the rebels that We have been lighting in the II
war in which your brothers and yo1r sono
have been engaged for the last three yeurs
and hall, 1t will be . whitening blow to
them and i will be worse to the Copper
heads. Tremendous cheers.l I would
not for the world say anything to excite
hopes that may INST be realized; but viii
say this, that it II the opinion of those who n
have mach better opportunity Of know
ing than have, that in the next election
we VIII achieve the greatest victory that i
has been won from the beginning of this re-
bellion to the present time. Il viii be Il
two edged sword, cutting both ways, North
and South. Cheers. state this conf IA
IDENTIFY, believing from those who have
much better opportunities Of knowing than (.
I have, that every single State ia this I'm
ion will cast its vote for Abraham Lincoln. =
[ Loud applause and cries Of THAT'S sou
There was time when Democracy Wa
\ proud name-when with all its faults the
Democratic party stood by the country and
the flag. What it was then, and where il
stands now, Alexander Fl. Bullock Of Mas
sachusetts this elOouently sets forth
I'VE once had q Democratic party vital
with an intense national sentiment; nation
atty was its passion. 1t spoke defiance to /,
the public enemies, and support to ita gov.
eminent. Il had caught the spirit Of the
great Clay in the days when he sounded
the claim Of the colors at the masthead to
be the credentials OF our seamen. loud
cheering.) It stood by the angry Jackson, :
and gave to him the powers Of war and the
keys Of the Treasury when he Threatened