The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-21
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The soalswipg eloquent feuarks II VIM
tsr Davis cf Maryland in Congress, present
- intnr1a6tuv sannmhry Of the 1CouTue Of
events, durisg the last two years:
Mr.. SPEAKER. il 1t b said that . time
nav come when the question Of reoognix-
iI1R the southern oOnfederacy will have to
be answered, I admit il; and it is answer
gentlenen on the other aide can present. I
admit il q When = democrat shau darken
the white house and the land; when a
democratic majority here shall proclaim
that freedom Of speech secures impunity
to treason and del1arai recognition better
than extermination Of traitors; when Nc
Clellan and Fits John Porter shall have
eight Of WaShinGton city and the success
str OF James Buchanan shall withdraw
our armies from the unconstitutional in
vasion Of Virginia 70 the north OF the Po.
t6mac; when the exultant rebels shall
sweep over the .ifortihcations and their
of the capitol; when thousands through,
ont Pennsylvania shall seek refuge on the
shores or Lake Erie from the, rebel inva-
sion, cheered and.welcomed by the oppon-
ents Of extermination when Vallandig-
ham shall be governor OF Ohio and Bright
governor.of Indiana, and Woodward gov
srnor q e rcennsyi,yania, a9q Seymour SCI p gov
nor Of New Jersey, and the gentleman
from New York city sit in Seymour seat
and thus, possessed of power over the great
center Of the cPpntry; they shall do what
they attempted in vain before in the midst
Of rebel triumphs- TO array the authorities
States 70 oppose the militia to the. army
Of the United States: 70 invoke the habeds
corpus TO discharge conhhed traitors 70
deny the government the benefit
Of the isws Of war, lest i extermi-
nate its suemies when the Demo-
cfats, as in the fall Of 1ses, shall again, with
DE of the country that TIE. war should not
bewaged till the integrity Of the territory OF
the Union is restored, cost what it might,
but that such war violates the spirit of
ffee' e'iustitutions, which those who advocate
it wish TO overthrow, 1t should stop, for the
benefit nof the Democratic party, some
there be no room for q compromise; when
gentlemen Of that party in New York shall
again, as in November, 1852, hold Illegal
and criminal negotiations with Lord Ly-
dns,, and avow their purposes to him, the
representative Of . ibreigh and unffiendly
Power, and urge him TO arrange the time
Of prohefing meoiation with q view TO
their Possession of power and their pre-
paration Of the minds Of the people 70 Sc
ceive suggestions from abroad; and when
mediation shah appear, by the event, TO
u the hrst step toward foreign interven-
ton, swiftly and surely followed by FOR
eign armed enemies upon our shores to
join the domestic ensmiesi when the war
ip the cara shall begin, which was me-
naced ut the outbreak of the rebellion, and
the friends Of Seymour shall make the
streets Of New York run with blood, on
the. eve Of another Gettysburg less dam
aging to their hopes; when the people. ex.
hausied by taxation, weary Of sacrihcee,
drained Of blood, betrayed by their rulers,
dsluded by demagogues into believing that
peace is the way to union and submission
the path Of victory, shall throw down their
arms before the advancing foe; when vast
chasms across every State shall make ap-
parent to every eye, when too late TO reme-
dy it, that division from the South is in
auguration of anarchy at the North, and
that peace without union is the end of the
Republic-THEN the Independence Of the
South will be an accomplished fact, and
gentlemen may, without treason to the
dead Republic, rise in this migratory
House. wherever il may then be in Ameri-
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their masters at the South rather than ex-
terminating them! Until that day, in the
name of the American nation; in the name
of every house in the land where there is
one dead for the holy cause; in the name OF
those who stand before US in the ranks Of
battle; in the name Of the liberty our an
aestors have confided TO us, devote to
eternal execration the name Of him who
shall propose to destroy this blessed land
rather than its enemies. .
But until that time arrive, it is the judg-
ment of the American people there shall
be no compromise; that ruin to ourselves
or ruin to the southern rebels are the only
alternatives It is only by resolutions Of
this kind that nations can rise above great
dangers and overcome them in crises like
this. It was only by turning France into q
camp. resolved that Europe might exter-
inmate. but should not subjugate her. that
France is the leading Empire Of Europe
American people coercing q reluctant Gov
ernment to draw the sword and stake the
national existence on the integrity of the
Republic. are now anything but the frag-
ments Of nation before the world, the
scorn and hiss Of every petty tyrant. 1t is
because the people Of the United States,
rising to the height Of the occasion, dedica-
tea this generation to the sword, and pour
ing out the blood Of their children g Of no
account. and avowing before high Heaven
that there should be no end to this conflict
but ruin absolute or absolute triumph, that
We now are what We are; that the banner
ofthe Republic still pointing onward doats
proundly in the face Of the enemy, that
vast regions are reduced to obedience tc
the laws, and that q great host In armed
array now presses with steady step into
the dark regions of the rebellion. It 10 on
ly by the earnest and abiding reaolutlOn OF
the people that whatever shall be our fate,
it shall be grand % the American nation,
worthy Of that Republic which first trod
under @ % the bpe bappner. .no of dc vctorv " thst the
American people will survive In history !.
And that will save US. We shall succeed
and not fail. have an abiding confidence
in the firmness, the patience, the endur-
ance of the American people; and, having
resolved to stand in history, on ths great
resolve to accept of nothing but victory or
ruin, victory is ours: -olgtss.ae. orr
Tho first man, X illoN in thu lafo conflict