The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-02

triumphant march toward it, that TIE
Ne.o York Times, Lincoln's organ, took
care to publish at length dismal account
of the bloody defeat inflicted on the Fed
erals on the Sd of June, and to express the
opinion that it was most disastrous affair.
This was true; but the Times did not state it
because it was true. The Times stated it,
Notwithstanding that it was true, in order
to lower Grants stock in the Convention,
Just IN the nick of time-aDd succeeded.
Our soldiers who on the Sd, strewed the
earth IN front ef their intrenchments with
$4,000 dead and wounded Yankees, then
and there secured the nomination of Lin
coin over Grant.
Lincoln, then, and his gang have been
lucky, as we said, 50 JGr. But to win his
election in November this indecisive work
ofthe Federal armies, neither triumphantly
victorious nor hopelessly cut to pieces
neither taking Richmond, nor taken by
Richmond-will not do at all. Grant and
Butler are now at liberty to achieve the
most brilliant success they can, and The
Me-, York Tines will not tell the truth any
more, when it is unfavOrable to them. In
fact, tie Lincoln party has been reconciled
to the delay in capturing Richmond by
this consideration, among others-that the
Fourth OF July approaches; and they are
aware OF the theory entertained iby their
old acquaintance, Pembeyton, now in high
favor at Richmond, and commanding the
1OA GlAIdIlJI5 VI tHC CITY, HdU0lys ludl TIC
Fourth Of July is the very best day to sur.
render place 20 a Yankee army, because,
in the warmth CT their qualification at Gel.
ebrating their anniversary with triumph,
they give good terms 1t is like approach
ing bon 0ipG,.t after dinner to ask him for
nation il now holding itself prepared TO
put on it's most gracious smiles and accord
to us the same tender consideration which
has been shown to the citizens Of VickB.
burg. Let them only haul down our flag
on that auspicious morning, and read their
Declaration Of Independence on our CApi-
tol Square, and Lincoln is already elected
President. In this stage Of the business
also, however, our army has voice; and
If 1t shall continue to battle, repulse, and
cut up the Federal forces, and finally
drive them from the soil Of Virginia, as We
ferveptly trust, then this Baltimore NOM
ination will not gain Lincoln single vote
in November.
In that case who will be the next Presi.
dent in the enemy's country? Not FREE
mont with his radical abolition" The
era for that school OF politics will be past
But there remains another party-the
Democrats: they being also divided At
present into war democrats and peace dem.
ocrats, but who would all be peace demo-
Gratis in the event tsupposed-that is, in the
event of afailEre OF the Federal campaign
OF 1864. Now the very latest intelligence
brought us from that country by a special
channel informs US of these two further
facts: that the popular mind became at
once violently agitated on the announce
ment Of this Baltimore nomination; and
that in Maryland, especially, disturbance
was apprehended. In fact, the Democrats
of the north, who have waited four years,
not too patiently, trusting to regain the
power and profit which they but lately
held to be Democratic Inheritance, must
be provoked beyond endurance
at this audacious attempt of Lincoln and
Seward to ride roughshod over them four
years more. We learn that the Democrats
are now universally turning their thoughts
to Franklin Pierce and the Connecticut
Seymour as their nominees for President
and Vice-President. To give them the
least chance of eleeting those two advo-
Gates of peace, Grant must be defeated. tho
invasion must collapse and die out, and the
very name of war must become a word Of
horror, uttered with loathing and execra-
tion. Therefore, it is the interest Of the
Democrats to do their very uttermost to
weaken the federal army, Giscredit federal
finance, in short, to extinguish the war al.
together, in order to extinguish the party
which invented the war and governs It and
lives by it.
The last significant fact. which comes to
us by special advices, is that Immediately
on the Baltimore nomination, gold rose to
one hundred and ninety-seven. Gold Is q
sensitive substance, and i feels another
shiver, and shrinks back vet little more
into its crypts, at the idea of another four
years of Lincoln and Chase, and those
dreadful paper mills and steam presses,
the smoke OF whose fatal machinery as
cendeth up for ever and ever.
Here, then, are elements OF trouble and
storm, which happily threatens to inter-
fere, not only with Lincoln's election, but
with the peace of Yankee society. Before
November the whole North may De with.
ing in intestestine conyuision: her brute
mass now pressing us so heavily may be
flung of, and this Confederacy may be
standing erect redeemed, radiant, tri.
umphant, shaking her invincib!e locks in
the sun.
For all this we look to the Confederate
Army. Lee. Beauregard and Johnston
can both give the Yankees President and
make US well rid OF them and their Presi.
dents for e7er.-Richnond Examiner, 18Th.
In discussing the subject Of newspapers,
the public are not apt TO discriminate be-
tween the news and editorial department
OF paper. The main feature OF public
journal in England aud on the Continent
is the editorial writing; in America the
most successful journal are those which pay
special attention to news. No one can de.
ny that the New York Herald owes its
success to the diligence with which ii col.
lects news, and the manner in which it
places it before its readers. And yet it's
editorials are little better than SO much
dish-water. The talent which makes q
great newspaper is entirely different from
a. L.. A.