The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27

THE HAWK-EYE
Wednesday,, As0sst -.
! - The programme ofthe factious Cop
psrheads, which they say II the road to
sspeace," - IN 'sArmistics'' and . Conven-
ton Of al the States. TO either Of these
there must b two parties. The rebels must
concur before No can have either. Before
loyal people can b reasonably asked 10
agrss to either, they ought TO have some
responsible assurance that the rebels would
agree to IN armistics and mest in Conven.
ton and abide ~ IT. aetion. This il the
least that could b demanded upon the -.
sumption that the action suggested could
possibly have : peaceful result.
But the Copperheads fail to supply an,
snch assurance. They furnish no evidence
II any kind that the traitors in any event,
ar upon any contingency, would agree tc
either an armistics or Convention. On the
other hand, the rebels tell N and the world,
In al possible modes, that they viii agree
to nothing that doe mot include and con-
1sss the rightfulness Of secession and their
actual Independence. The article We print
Cd yesterday from the Richmond Essssissr,
JsG.'s particular mouth-piece, discusses
these suggestions Of the Copperheads, and
kicks them to the winds, - follows:
ssTst there b not only IN s.armistices' .
H>.~A ~ 80 tab
pretense to coerce these States-and, u
c0wrse, an estsrs withdrawal Of al load asd
seo forces s0Aich occupy any portion u our
soil, or blockade any IF o~r ports and Ghsss
<hs Northern States WI, for the first time, be
- q position 70 propose 70 ~ . re-c0Nses1c.
ton Of the UaiO1, o. q Opnseaeiom II States
Jor tie purpose efMeDossoess0 tai. may
eHely Dc promised eeees scA pTcposo0 soossd
tae~ Be at least considered; 0t preseat, enc
onsenos sag what seosjd be TIE result Of that
consideration: but, In short, let our North.
aen brethren try N. With such . change
IN the existing relations, no doubt there
nay come also . great change over mems
mi1ds?
1--WE do NOT answer for favorable re-
sult Of this policy, but the Chicago Demo.
crats Will fnd It worth while % try it, See
ing that il the only chance they have"
That 10 the style In which the rebels talk
of this programme, and this extract il the
most flattering one We have seen. Whal
= it, substancss An armistice, which it
self b IN acknowledgement Of the 'sCon-
fbdsracy," : rsnunciation Of the right to
suppress treason by arms, ''cf cox@se'' .
withdrawal Of our armies from tho terrific
- claimed By the rebels, the raising Of the
blockade, and ne. thsss proposals Of the
Oopperheads would b sscen-sid-eredr'-
No doubt they would b ''cousidered," IN
DIR such circumstances, and considered
with the utmost contsmpG 1--we give Up
~ We have gained, and confess that Ill W
have done was without right. wouldn't thu
rebels have powerful inducsmsnt to 70.
tnzn snto the Union which they have made
tzaitorous war to get ont eff After VI
confess We have NO right to compel obe
dience to the Constitution and laws of tn
hand. and do evsrything necessary 70 CON
1rm and establish their Independence o
Tie Union, then the Copperheads tell TIL
rebels would return TO the bosom Of tn
Union, while the rebels persist In declaring
that they won't do anything Of the sort =
Copperheads know what the rebels meal
bsttef than they themselves do? Will lh
rebels change their purpose because the,
have accomplished IT. Didn't they begi,
the war to get out Of the Union? Woul,
they not then Be out Of It, with our consent
and with . remuneration Of our indisputa
bic right to maintain the nations integri
ty9 Can any man suggest or imagine /,
possible inducement for change Of thei
purpose under such circumstanceef Thsy
would not only have acquired their indie
pendence Of the Union, but have demon
stxated their ability to maintain it agains
the only power which could ever seriously
interfere with it. They would be jus
where they hope to be, and before they
could be expected to have the faintest do
slre - re-unite with rs, would have to roo
out al the teachings and prejudices OF TIL
past thirty years. To hope for such re
salt 10 - wise - to hope for the saliva
tion Of the fallen angels.
The Copperhead leaders know all thi
quite ~ we'll - We do. They are the Con
6ederates Of the rebels and mean just wha
their masters, the slave-mongers mean.-
They know their programme results il
dis-unioD, complete, hnal, inevitable. i
sDds devised to secure that resxlt. Thei
talk Of peace, Of the horrors Of war, tn
enormous cost Of the war, and the rest q
their clap-trap, by which they have hope
to delude the people. al mean thu success
- - Ho1a MI tkn
Union, and mean nothing else.
But the opposite policy has anothe
meaning. It sustains the Union and &c
cures its perpetuity. It retains our advan
tages, afiirnls the National Authority, an
In the end makes future rebellions impos
uble. It viii give us '.peace,'' not tran
silent and delusive one. but one which
win b evermore impossible to break.
WIN knit the whole people together NOR
strongly than ever before. The exampl
Of our hideous rebellion, with all ito bal
= I.