The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-13


BILE to stand against the tide. Let it be sub
| mitteo to the candor of the people every
where if there is wisdom or sound policy
| in separating from our own people, and
throwing the country under the protection
of a foreign Government, or in seeking an
alliance with Il power that would hold US in
subsection to its will. AS long as the polit-
ical connection remained, the South never
was at the mercy or will of the North.
| IT we once had a good government, and
that was during the Union OF States, why
may we not have u reunion Of the same
States with all the equality that ever ex-
listed? The same Union may not exist, but
a Union ofequality may be formed which
shall be more permanent than the former
\ suhjugated people cannot live on terms
of equality with the conquerors-and in
this lies the solution of the great question
OF peace which is so much desired by the
world. The people of the South are not
conquered, and if united could not be. The
people Of most of the Southern States, if
not all, were attached to the Union of the
| States, North and South. Hurriedly and
precipitately they were thrown into antag-
onism with the old Government, whilst
their judgments condemned the rashness.
And do present for the consideration OF
the world. and plead before the bar of ma
tons, that our people be heard in their own
yindicatiion, that there has not been a time
/
solved the old Government. This is not
the only instance in the history of nations
where a party has seized the administra-
ton of affairs agains. the convictions OF the
public mind, and contrary TO legitimate
! right. England'S crown has been usurped
and again restored to its. rightful p0ssessor.
France has shared the same fate. For cen
turtles the struggle has been among nations
between legitimacy and illegi,imacy, be-
tween lawful constituted authority and IL
legal power. The people III this country
were attached to the Union of the States.
and To the Government formed for their
mutual protection. They haG always
looked with reverence upon the political
work of Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Hamilton, Jay. They had always viewed
with pride and affection the master Efforts
| OF Jackson, Webster, CLAY, Calhoun, Doug
AS. to sustain that work and cement the
ties that bound us together. The people OF
the South are as much entitled TO their le-
gitimate inheritance as are those of the
North, and they ought 20 be restored TO
| those rights.
Under the old Government the masses OF
the population of all the States We're happy
and contented. They were happy because
they possessed the materials which render
i q people contented. Look again at the re-
atty. All over the broad land industry
was rewarded. The extent Of prosperity
was unlllliteu. lEelr iulaS !uatlOH CoIlu
conceive Of no liberty. consistent with the
we'll being of society, which was not pos
sessed. 1t is true that many were alarmed
at the danger which threatened the DISPOSE
ton Of the great social question in the
South. But there was want of manliness
. in the action Of the precipitators. They
sought to escape the question by fleeing
. from it and in their flight they have been
, overtaken, and the greater part Of the terri
! tory of the South has been made to suffer
i The battle should have been political one
I And it must yet be a political fight. We
) should stand to the constitution like men
and let the moral right be determined by
the force Of reason.
: Ifthe moral sentiment Of the world wa.
! against the institution Of African Slavery
T then the physical power would be used
sooner or later to abolish it. We have sui
ticient evidence Of the disposition Of thu
physical power Of this continent, and it j,
madness and folly in leaders to further
urge the country into rum. The final issu,
must come rs well to those who hav,
) abandoned their homes as to those wht
have remained. None can escape the ques
ton. 1t can be more properly disposed o
by civil political action, than by war. Hos
, tilities but aggravate, and violence ruins
, If the question of negro slavery, which i,
, about and around us all is to be finally dis
posed of by violence. tell us what will be thu
, condition of the unarmed inhabitants o
the country? Already are the territorial
limits Of one half the States Of Virginia anC
North Carolina, three fourths ofTennessee
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, larg'
portion of Alabama, Florida, portion 0
, South Carolina and Texas, entirely at thu
mercy Of the Federal arms! When viii
the Confederate arms be able to dislodg,
, them? Or if the Federal armies should b.
driven from any of the States named can the,
not carry with them the laborers? Ans
how long can it be safely calculated tina
Georgia will not share the fate of her sis
ter States? Missouri, Kentucky, Mary
; land aud Delaware are now and have beer
I firmly attached to the cause OF the United
| States.
/ In vain have the Confederate anthOritie
t called for aid upon foreign Governments
t Invariably have they responded that W.
must take care OF ourselves. Not only SO
: but the United States army is recruited
e from the people in foreign lands, and Their
. is no nation under the sun from which tn
E Southern army is reinforced. The inhabi
tants of all the territorial limits specified ar
9 forced to call for protectionu upon the Fed
eral arms. Is it not time to look at facts
. Why should our own people be longer mis-
l led? Why attempts to deceive the masses
or why vainly attempt to deceive any one
with the true character OF the contest? ar
we waiting for some MYSTERIOUS dellveranc'
: from an overwhelming physical power ?
: What is the issue, and what the contest
t Precipitators in the States OF South Caro-
a lima, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Missis
: sippi, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina
Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, succeeded
: in gaining. place and power sufficient t
place those States in armed antagOnism t
!. the remaining States Of the old Union. Th
: subject used to inflame the public mind
:. and to fire the Southern heart was SLAYER
$ of the African. The issue made was
! whether the slave States should establish
e separate and independent nationality, an
: as a consequence OF nationality, control TO
1 themselves the question OF slavery. Thi
: was the issue and the contest still goes or
s 1t matters not what may have been or no,
: is. the opinion OF some as to the right of tn
4 States thus to dissolve, sure il is that ther
$ was a majority Of the States of the OIL
4 Union that thought differently, and sti
e think SO, and large body Of the people il
5 the South who thought it wholly unneces
; sary to make the issue, and still think ths
: it was unwise to have done SO. But tn
: difficulty is, that the issue was made
0 and we must fight it out. Well the issu
j, has nearly ruined us, notwithstanding on
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