The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10

the country-courage and GOOD cheer! 4
Il crown OF victory is now falling through tn
AIR which will in due time alight upon on
panner!-N 7. Independent.
The CoppeFhead Convention and
/ ftD Candidate.
There is an ancient story that a noun.
tain once labored and brought forth 3
mouse. There is also an ancient fable thai
mouse gnawed the net in which iou
was taken till he got out. The Chicago
Convention have realized the first perform.
ance, and most devoutly hope for the sec.
ono. they have nominated the mouse,
with the hope that he aUiU gna,O the mel
rosnd the rebels till the lion gets ont. There
are TWO things they should have recollect-
ed. that the mouse cannot gnaw the net till
ne eets an opportunity, and that there is
no record that the lion showed any graft
tude when he got out. On the contrary.
the lion treated the mouse with supreme
contempt, and left the poor little fellow to
wonder at the ingratitude Of beasts as well
as men.
The hero Of defeats was nominated a,
Chicago. and we never have doubted that
ne ne would Oe. 1t was the necessity Of events.
Inc Copperhead party has no statesman. II
1t had been disposed to trust to any. and il
would have trusted no such man. if he had
been found. The best nomination they
could have made would have been Fill
more and probably he would have received
the most votes. He had received the con-
| fidence Of large bodies of men: he had a
wide experience in public affairs, and he
had just little enough principle to suit eli
ther Of the factions into which the Conven-
ton was divided. He would have suited
Harris, the SecessiOnist, Vallandigham the
Peace man, or Belmont the Copperhead.-
But II was well. Many men in the country
would have felt some inclination to vote
Tor Fillmore, who will feel none for Nc
| Clellan.
The Chicago Convention met under one
OF those great decisions which have so re-
markably characterized the recent politics
of this country. The demagogues who got
II up knew there was much dissatisfaction
with the Administration that Fremont, q
popular name, had been nominated that
wade and Davis, staunch men in the Re.
publican party, had issued manifesto Of
| dissatisfaction, and that there were sour
and discontinued men in the Union ranks.
All this, they concluded, was decisive Of
division, and IF division) Of their good OPP
portunity, II not success. 1t was very
natural delusion. They had seen such
! ties in times past. But they forget that
times have changed that the great major
ity OF the people can no longer be governed
by party edicts, and that the miserable
faction, which has usurped the name
Of Democracy 1t Chicago have no longer
the prestige Of popular men, Of venerable
names, and Of public confidence, which
once gave dignity and success to the DEM
ocratic party. Jackson-which in the ears
Of Democrats, is . venerable and noble
name, was for the Union against all par
ties, and al nations. and would have
hanged every traitor if he could; Douglas
is dead. giving his dying testimony 70 the
defense ofthe Union against all rebels, and
one after another all the lights of Democ-
racy gave out. till Chicago exhibits nothing
but the smoky, Pickering doubtful blaze Of
q dying candle, under the delusion that
patriots can forget their duty, and divide
in their hour of battle. Their parti-colored
Gopvention Of cast of politicians was nu-
merous, and very likely hopeful. But,
the signal-like the fiery cross Of Rhode
rick Dhu-to summon every man to his
duty. Patriots, Unionists. Democrats of
the jackson school, every man who loves
his country, will lay aside all divisions, all
personal dislikes, all disappointments, and
once more rally round the tag, From the
quoddy to the Pacific, friends, countrymen
and neighbors, le: US rally round the flag
Let no little mouse eat through the net
which now confines the lion. He is now
at his last grasp. Let him perish!
OF the candidate and platform at Chica-
go we shall have ample time to speak. We
shall now say something Of what every
man in that Convention thought more Of
than he did Of allthe candidates, platforms
and countries in the world. That is of the
probable result. We have no knowledge
of the future, but in the long sequences Of
dependent events. The knowledge Of an.
tecedents leads to probable conclusions a.
to the future. What has been the course
e. 1~~H ~
give two or three significant facts, which
will be thoroughly understood and felt by
intelligent politicians: First was there q
man in the Chicago Convention, whose
name YOU ever heard Of, who did not op-
pose Lincoln in 1860 with all his might
Was there man in that Conservative Con-
vention who did not? Where was Hunt
and the residue Of the gangin 1860? Where
were Seymour and Belmont, vallandig-
ham and Voorhees,. Richardson and Ryn.
ders drunk or sober, in 1860? Who were
the ranting orators, filling the air with out
cries, but exactly the same men who did
the same thing in 1902 The Vallandig-
ham Convention OF 1862 was composed Of
the same sort Of people, and, some of them
the same men. Is there anything very
hopeful in thisf Look on the other side
Where are the thousands Of the honest
Democrats who rallied under Douglas
Where is Dix and Butler, Tod, Dorsey and
Brough and Grpsbeck, with tens Of thou
sands of the BEST men in the Democracy
All for their country; some dying on the
battle field, some holding posts of trust,
all rallying aroundthe flag and there they
will be till the last rebel is snbdued. When
that is done, it will be time enough for
them or others to consider what may be
their duty in other and different circum- |
stances. Notc there is nothing to be con-
sidered but their country. This contrast
between the supporters and opposers OIL
Chicago may be Instructive to some, who