The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05

sl,9As @iE C1Oet0D0t1s -
Z The evening of the I'D inst, Hon,
George W. Julian made the sb!est speech
Of the campaign At Aozert Hall, Cincinnati.
we f,nd the following report Of it in the
Gazette 1 ,s....'
we have gone far into the fourth year Of
course Of our progress We have learned
something's that otherwise We never should
have learned. This rebellion has been the
gfapdest schOolunaster to Ms the world has
ever known, and purpose tonight to re-
'1er to some of the. lessons OF the VARIES
sons that regard IS worthy Of being pom
dered, and fun Of promise for the future.
\ THE RESOURCES OF THE NAT1oy.-In the
first place, We have learned how rich We
are-how perfectly inexhaustible are our
resources az q people. a few years ago,
when Congress levied direct tax of twenty
millions of dollars, you began TO complain;
alarm was expressed by even the loyal
people; it increased the price of coffee
and sugar TWO pr three cents on the pound,
stand this tax and pay their debts and
other taxes. Bot during the next two ses.
sions we passed laws providing for the eissus
6f Treasury Notes to the amount Of three
hundred and ffty millions Of dollars, and
provided for loans sinounting to d, $50,
Doc, 900; and during the last Congress in
creased It g sbopt 3ooo. .ooo, ,ooo besides. -
Of tsxation-and it was d thing we most
needed to leaTn--that to-day you are re-.
esiying at the rate Of between four and five
hundred millions Of dollars per annum-a
sum large enough to pay the interest on the
national debt II dOu6le the present amount
with q surplus remaining % q sinking
fund that wonld liqnidate in . Tow yeas the
Hal. M ( 4
In December, insteAd Of waiting Till JULY
pnssed the Internal Revenue Law. the price
of gold would never have been what it was
oome time back. aa sf ags ssa Ear sF
You talk about the mistakes Of Mr.. Lin
eoln. Why, Congress has failed to do the
best it might have done full ~ often as the
President. II Congress had paased the In
done il, and had passed the conscription
law in Decenber instead Of July, 20 that
the President could have called ont his half
million Of men six mouths before he did,
Atlanta would have belA ours, and Grant
would have had Richmond by the throat
that much sooner. The rebellion itself
would have been crushed out, in all proba-
bility, and JEFF. Davis and his minions
would to-day have been in h., Icheers and
ehouts,l Halifax, or some other seaport
[Renewed shout.1 t#4Ha5s
But didn't come here to ind faul. with
the Governments Congress, or the Execu-
tive. To-day is The child Of yesterday; the
ii through mistakes and blunders the war
has been prolonged, il il all the more im-
perafively binding on US TO see that like
mistakes ia the4uture be not repeated.
THE SCIENCE OF WAR.
s. We have learned another important les
son in our progress through these trials Of
the nation. We have learned how 10 carry
on war. You remember that old General
Patterson, when commanding our armies
I It Winchester, told us that the true way to
carry on war Was 70 conduct i on peace
- great extent. We thought We could
make show Of war without Employing
tho terrible enginery Of war. We trusted
to the mere form Of war, without any Of its
Eealities, just - some people trust IN the
form instead Of the power Of godliness, and
eet terribly cheated. You perheps remem.
her an upstart ofa General BY the name Of
style Of warfare, ordered Col. Baker to
make slight demonstration upon the re-
bells, which would have the effect OF iri.
wing them from Leesburg." And so It was
in the beginning. We thought all that
would be necessary would be to make -
sslight demonstration' upon the rebellion
,ss%ss9 rassSni Sox Sa ses % Sf 11c
mandsr-in-chief Or .onr army and navy
himsslf secuted the, idea 81 putting down
the rebellion; by military power. ne said
Il was to be done ny Cancellation ana com.
promise -sscomprolniser that meanest
word in the English language-I was 20
ing to say it was the meanest word in the
Ssrvasivs He sbouess We sos vsrsqo wCs1 ms't UI
their hard hearts hy the fervent heat Of
br6thefly love. And remember how
\ rood old Father Abraham himself Ia his
message TO Congress in 81, disavowed the
policy 81 coercion. And the Government.
throogh its Secretary Of State. said that
none but . despotie or imperial Govern
uent would seek to subtugate its disaffect-
7 "a subjects. You yourselves, the PEOPLE Of
The United States, speaking throueh both
Houses Of Congress, In the form Of legisla-
tive resolves. declared itSwas not the pur.
pose or the Government to subjugAte the
scoundrels who began the war. We have
unlearned all this fallacy. We have found
out that this is . struggle for principles, to
b fought out on the battle: Geldt to the bitter
end, without regard TO cost in money or
blood. We have at last learned that war
does not mean peace 1t MI; [great ap-
plause;] that It means ruin, devastation
ana death; and that We must lay hold OF
every arrow in our power that begun the
work Of destruction, and which now Yields
~ tne enSlnery OF nell ~ Seeklu8 70 Olg
the grave Of liberty In this Republic Of
ours. We have found that We do mean to
enbjugate them, in the strictest etym0lo-
Sical meaning Of the word. We don't now
mink 1t would be ungraci0us TO put the
yoke OF duty upon them. Every loyal man
and woman in the land means to-day that
We shall put the yoke Of the Constitution
and the laws on the unbaptized neck Of
every one Of these villains, and compel
them to do the work Of good law-abiding
citizens. j. - s-
Having learned that thia is q war of prin-
Sples and physical violence, and looking
!. 0e issue in the face, We have been blessed
4 With successes from that very hour, and We
lAll succeed moro and more az accept
0e idea tint Wtrs mea0b War, and adopt
soe weapons necessaSyefor the execution Of
our purpose.