The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26

THEHAWK-EYE
Wednesday, N0Ueasbcr 20.
~ The recent speech of General But
Ter at the 5th Avenue Hotel, New Yorh
wherein he proposed that liberal terms q
psace b again offered to the RebelA Is at
trActing much attention. Mr.. .Lincoll
gave the rebels reasonable notice Of his in
tention to abolish. Slavery offering then
more than = hundred days in which the!
were at liberty to lay down their arms
come back into the Union and save the In
atitntion Of Slavery. They would not d
itand Slavery has gone up thelspout. Mr.
Butler now thinks that we should agar
show our magnanimity that we can nov
afford to give them notice, cay till the ami
versay of the battle of New Orleans, dur
ing which time, should they lay dowr
their arms they may save their. neeks from
the halter and their lands and personal Of
fects. Mr.. Lincoln, in view of his irscenl
endorsement At the polls, can afford, and
viii doubtless be willing to show magnan-
unity and gtve the rebels the most liberal
terms. If these offers are rejected, then
the only course left will be war, extermi-
nation and confiscation. To our soldiers
We must give the plantations and man
Sions Of the South, and make the promise
good. After making 30 liberal offers to the
Fsbels we may countupon perfect unity at
The North, and shall be able to bring all
the power Of the nation TO bear. The re-
bellion must and viii be suppressed. FAIL
ure IS not to be thought Of There can be
no division. A compromise cannot be
patched up. It 10 therefore for the people
Of the South, when the President does Of
fer liberal terms whereby they can save
their landed property and their necks, to-
return to their allegiance. or suffer the
consequences of = continuance of the war
Upon scale compared with which the past
has been mild. II the rebels reject these
terms when offered, the whole united peo-
pie OF the loyal States will wage war OIL
determination and confiscation which shall
b most effective and leave the South per-
feet desolation. aa hs ASIA
- The extent of our recent victory is
hardly appreciated even now. 1t is fact
that We have q working majority in all
the Legislature of the Free States except
New Jersey. We have, in addition, West
Virginia, missouri, Louisiana, Mary.
land, and Arkansas. We have the Legis-
lature of TWENTY-FIVE STATES. We shall
no doubt have Tennessee also, when ! new
Legislature is chosen. These with the new
States Of Colorado and Nebraska we shall
have twenty-nins States, out OF twenty
eight, which il the requisite two-thirds, all
we need to pass any constitutional amend
ment We may think proper.
Sherman's Great move.
There il no question but that Gen. Sher-
man has cut loose from his base of supplies,
abandoned his communications, and bold
~ struck out for the heart Of the Confeder-
acy. He has probably $4,000 infantry and
10 to $4,000 cavalry. The first column
moved from Atlanta on the 7th, the last on
the 18th. He has undoubtedly moved up-
on Macon and Augusta and will probably
march upon Savannah and Charleston.
We have already reports ofan alarm at Sa-
vannah. The rebels have probably heard
from him. 4Q 44sa15
General Sherman has . veteran army of
hardy western men who know how to
march, how to fight, and how to forage and
take care Of themselves. His is the best
army that ever was organized in the United
States, and capable Of going any where and
doing any thing that any army of its num-
bers ever did do. $780,.
- According to the Bahia Journal the
United States Consul at that port had
pledged his honor that there should be no
attack on the Florida in port, and the Cap
tain Of the W aehusett, after the attack was
made, promised the Brazilian officers. who
hailed him in the dark, that he would
await the action OF the Brazilian authori-
ties In the morning. When the people or
Bahia found that these promises were vio-
lated, they were % enraged that they at-
tackled the pfacs Of the United States Coo
sul, and he was Obliged 10 leave the city
for safety, II these statements are true,
Mr.. Seward will have to tax his ingenuity
to the utmost to make I'm apology that win
heal the wounded honor Of the Brazilians
without the return Of the prisoners taken
from the Florida. 4
~ The government Is determined to
thoroughly investigate the alleged frauds
in soldiers votes: New revelations have
been lately made. and orders havs BEEN
given for . number Of arrests 10th in and
oot OF the army. The trial of Col. North,
the New York state agent, going on At
Washington, and with every prospect OIL
conviction. gsss... i
- Twenty-four counties in California
give Lincoln = majeeity Of Il. 2o6. and full
returns viii give him 20 900 or 2, 900. The
three republican coA1resmeu are elected.