The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-10
! n,vidsd sourh...Jefc. Davis
Reaping the Whirlwind.
WIS SEEKING TO MAKE
% hI.' DICTATOR.

fereSt. which concerns our ea1ety as PeV
nle-to- wit: the eecfet sessions or Congress.
There u 70 much that To- dangerous % t "
liberties Of the people and 50 unjust 10 me
that it,has become absolutely necessary 70
use all available opposition 70 prevee!i !Se
offensive practice. That there - notnlnG
advantageous TO the country galneo ~ oEr
Congress leHiylating Ia secret session lsev;-
dent in. the fact that the enemy. WIN Snetr
perfect system Of espionage, quickly learn
Ill the plans thar are proposed, anus "
thew have and viii continue TO apply 1t to
our detrin1ens. Our internal enemies. tne
harpies and heartless spectators OF the
land. annaexe to discover the legislation o.
secr.f .eexsionss and thus are furnished with
: basis OF knowledge with which they en-.
rich themselves and ruin the nasses:F
Many radical changes will be asi!sted ~
the next Congress. and az that oooy =
chiefly made up of men who have decided
military predictions, which they haveaO-
sorbed during their military career, we
fear they will essay to make strong GOV.
erument. and cast round tbs structure OF
our Coniederacy q great and powerf0t cen.
trail despotism, which Will seek 70 olsPense
with all trammels that have h-therto Deem
the safeguards of onr freedom, ana IN
vested with republican beauty the simple
structure on which our pa1lAolum 81 lao
xlrsady the alarm has been sounded that
unwiee men are on the battsenlentS OF our
Confederate halls Of legislation. They
threaten to destroy not only the rights and
liberties Of the citizens, but privileges Of
the soldier. We have been the sport OF
military domination 80 long that legisis.e
tors anticipate snccess and the plaudits OF
the army ii their attacks upon civil liber-
ty. They presnms- that, by ipjsring the
public mind 70 constant. sncroschments,l
small In Themselves, but imnente and In
calculably dangerous in the aggregate. the
people win become familiarlzed TO the
despotism they hope to establish IN the
femple We are erecting. Already the In
has intimated the course they have dete--
mined upon. Some, by insinuation, and
others in unmistskxble sentences, have
said that dictator IL needed for 'the'eoun-
try and that the rehabilitation OF power
under spch ahead 10 q foregcne eoncln-
A DICTATOR, then, is the frst and all alb
sorb:lK object Of these men. They have
touched the matter lightly during the past
lie tone. By famiiiarizing the people to it
graduKify if1s uirusleuCf much Of its ter
rible hideousness. BY manipulating with
the mystery Of secret sessions on the sub
ject they hope to still the voice Of the peo-
pie, and By the sudden display Of foisting 2
military dictator upon, the country they
expect 10 overwhelm all opposition and
Il accomplished, presu1ning that they will
succpmb ~ they did to the ontrages Of the
conscription act. This species Of legisla-
ton cannot; be submitted 20. The vital In
terests Of the Confederacy are MT in the
hands Of safe men and wide senator's, when
such treason to the civil liberties Of the
republic h perpetrated; therefore IL Il q
matter Of serious interest to the people thai
this question Of deepotic government es-
sions. where men dare 10 perpetrate deeds
the preliminary discussion Of which they
fta before the people. S
We beseech bur auihortties at Richmond
not to be TOO grasping in their demands
for power and dominion, and we warn OuI
Congreesmsn not to be too hasty IN thus
surren1eFing the rights and liberties o
military power. If there be any who real.
~ favor such q policy, they certainly have
not weighed well the consequences Of Il
for if .euch policy shall prove successful
il will not require the pen Of prophet e
predict that in the event Of ,McClellan'a
election, the Chicago platform will very
soon muster very strong, il not predomi.
Much iisanection has already been bro.
duced BY the extra-constitutional leoisla.
ton ofGongress and the harsh manner il
which its laws have been executed by mil.
itary officials, and we can assure the Presi.
dent and his Secretary that 1hev are bu,
playing into the hands Of Mr.. Boyce and
his followers by their continued eraspins
after despo}ic power, The germs Of dissen
sion are already too painfully visible. anc
Ne can bat deprecate the adoption Of any
policy like this that can but hasten then
into i1lQ fruition. s.ss%eS1
Under the inhuman and barbarous man
ner ID which Lincoln has waged the wa,
upon 10, the people have submitted with
out murm1r 70 much from their owr
government that would have met with Re
sistance nnder other circumstances; and
they will doubtless continue to bear mp I'M
der whatever burdens may be impoael
upon Them In the event AZ the recollection
OF the Apes but We almost tremble for tn,
1hte that awaits divided South, II the nm
wise Recommendations Of Mr.. Seldom shall
become Q Law upon the hsels Of AcClsl
lan's success. F. 80
DAVIS wHorEsArf coyscR1pr1oS a nov
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