The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24

in the loyal siatssy oould lo@dbly have bu
one meaning. Il meant, sthat those whit
heartily sustained the Government, VIII
earnestly opposed the rebsllious attempttt
destroy the Union, were the party Of pat
riess, and Ill who did NJ do this made the
lparty Of traisors. He could not have mean,
anything else. It would b absurd to sup.
lpose - inlnndsd anything elsa He VA
solicitous That Ill former politieaa division
should b abandoned, and that the people
Of the North should array themselvss in I
solid phalanx against the exscrable trsa.
con. That ~ conceived to b the duty o1
az patriots. Those who would rot do IL
he truly denominatsd traitors, because moi
to dc this was 70 range thee1selves on the
side Of the traitors. He rightly conceived
that in civil war there can beno neutralD.
Every man must be for the country Of
against 1t. If he 10 for the country he can
not do otherwise than sustain IT'D Govern
ment. To oppose the Government, to OBJ
struct its action, il to do exactly what the
rebels are doing-is to Be : traitor.
How do these ideasof the great leader Of
The Democracy, at the opening Of the
war consist with it, action, - . party,
aoUs Where does Douglas putit9 Doesat
pretsnd to sustain To 0ovsFnmsntf Does
il ptctsss, svsn, to Oppose the rebelsS Doss
It manifest any abhoFJs0ce Of the revolt Or
anxiety 70 put IL devnf Does it, platform
display any desire to sustain the U1ionf-
Dos It dsnounos the traitors 9nywteres-I
Does ii hot denoancs the Governmsnt eve
lrywherei II Douglas Wis right in 1850,
weuld he ma - right MOST II right nosc,
il not ths party thxt calls itseH "Demo-
crstic,r according % Douglas, the party Of
tzaitosf How can il escape the charge
while it seeks 70 insure the success Of the
rebels?
- II General Geo. u Mcclellan were
sincere when he says thS s'Union must be
maintained 1t al hazards, /" he could not
have accepted the Chicago nomination on
any platform, much less on the atrocious
platform presented him. He knows a.
we'll ~ a man Of his small intellect can
know anything, that the purpose Of his
nomination Has to iSevcase the hazards Of
the Union, that it was meant to give en-
couragement 70 the rebels; that it really |
does give them laid and comfort - that it |
fosters the ideg that there - . division in |
the North, and that, ahould he be elected, |
they expect 70 be sided BY his party in -
curing their '.sepafation and independ-
ence." He knows besides that whatever |
may be his own individual opinion and /
purposes, OF the ideas Of the mass Of the
party fbllowers, that the leaders, the men
who control. the men who will insist upon
sharing the administration with him, and
without whom he could not carry It on at
n, are now and have been III the time in
avor Of allowing the rebsls to have All
hey demand and in any Wy they choose
% have it. ~ eAs'9 q
He knows AL this and much noreof the
anne sort Of facts. II ~ really has any
incere desire to assert ths iAtsgrity Of the
Union, he could mot entertain for an In
tant ! nomination whfch adds to the peril
# that Union. II b . : Union man, his
lace = with true Union men. II he want
d % sustain the Union, 10 would not ~
'ociate with Ccpperhsads who don't desire }
Q Sustain The Union, andbwho openly pro-
'aaim that they dontrwiah to sustain it,
ae would mot b guilty o. the absurdity oil
proposing to carry On the war, - the organ
md by the aid Of . laction which in its
platform, deliberately formed, declares I
hat the warts already proved failure
ae would notbe 20 idiotic ~ to imagine
hat . war can b waged more successfully !
~ those Who are opposed to it than by
hose who favor and believe in it. He,
Knows that want Of confidence in meaus
= the inevitable cause q its failure-that
I men Who bslievs ~ war failure nm
ieztake g prosecute T. their belief win Be-
By the svsaA SO II he weret
honest and sincere inslying the "Uniou I
must b mantainsd at an haxards.n liz
would not b > candidate Of the oppoeitioul I
= anysvsnt Or on any platform. Hevould ]
= foe the Union With Union msSn.. IA 4 !
would b for Lincoln and johnson. not a. !
'greeing with them in other matters. but I
because he would thereby most enectuallv ,
md with least hazard maintain the Union. | (
De knows that what would do most to- {
wards subduing the rebels Is q us;sed front 1
s"o'sg the loyal Z II be wore sincere, he
you'd give aid and Influence. towards e. |
urans that. He does exactly the opposite |
- seeks topromote discord. He attempte.
Q wnitewash the Chicago treason. Il II ,
,ot plain that ne, 100, is ~ perfdioss a. !
ne fest !-that tAare il no sincerity about ,
i'm. ~ }ss5os efss -
Inc Democracy" Of Geo. h. Nc Z
= unqusstionable. In l0oO,he was
pposed to Douglas and supported Breck- /
araoga because, We suppose, the. latter I
'ss 'pred . gentleman" had the "in.l
anets OF gentleman" and Of COURSE !
eemed slavery the proper condition Of all1 q
Aborers. And Little Mac has done mo-