The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-12
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE

In q speech delivered recently at Phila
delphia, Henry Ward Beecher thus COM
pares the two men who administer the at.
fairs Of the two Governments-Na National
and insurgent
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Davis was formed by aristOcratic institu-
tons. All his ideas Of society aud Of gov
eminent are aristocratic, for the South was
but ROmnally republican. Kimselfa man
of experience in public affairs, of great ad-
ministrative talent, with quick eye and
firm hand. with great will power, sell
power, with nothing substracted from it to
the credit Of conscence's sake Llaughterl
he has Just that kind OF ability which is
called sharp, keen. He is an adrot man.
He is a cunning statesman. Now, at the
beginning, almost every one admired and
envied him. We grant that the best side
had only dull, honest man, and the
worst side such a keen, shrewd manager
and it was often said in the first year Let
us have their President, and give them
ours, and we'll whip them in three
MONTHS But, think, no man has heard
that said within the last year. Laughter
and applause. Who believes now in
Davis sagacty, in his craftsmanship. His
cunning has ruined him. Men laugh at
the outcoming of those very projects which
they admire in their conception. There
was never in civil annals so gigantic a
blunder as Southern statemen have made.
They have irretrievably ruined themselves
by their moves, and inflicted vast evil OF
their countrymen, and unreasonable
damage on their States, and this is what
they have to show for cunning statesman
ship-cunning and not wise
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Mr.. Lincoln is not cunning but he is
wise and wisdom tells in the long run.
[Great applause Mr.. Lincoln is man of
the people. He was formed by the Democ-
racy into Democrat. He believed in it
didn't know there was anything else in
the world. He came to the Presidency by
one Of those strange happenings which
men call chance, and Christians Providence,
without one single gift which poetry and
aristocracy associate with the supreme
leader Of a nation.
jeff Davis could teach him nothing Zap
plausel while on the other hand President
Lincoln could teach Davis many things;
[applausel among others, that honest prin-
ciples, bravely adhered 10, are better states
manship always than tricky expedients.--
Mr.. Lincoln is the homeiy Presiden,
of homely people. He is honest, con-
scientious, single minded, disinterestedly
seeking the welfare Of the nation first, the
party next, and Of himself not at all. APP
plause.1 He has been faithful to the great
political truths Of our American system,
and has shown 10 the world that success
full government is not the mystery, is not
the thing 50 rare that only privileged few
can enact It, but that the good administra-
ton Of a Government requires only good
common sense and uncommon honesty
RI 10 al Tn.
stead ofrequiring genius, instead of requir-
ing rare and extraordinary qualities, it re-
quires just those qualities which most pol
iticians sacrifice in order to get govern
ment-cOmmOn sense and common
honesty. (Applause.] Now, that is so, we
would not have had our President any
other.
REPRESENTATIVES, PREsIDENTs.
Hereafter it cannot be said that the De-
mocracy OF the North was not guided by
Democratic President, or that the aristocra-
cy Of the South was not guided by an aris-
tocratic President. This great conflict,
then. was between aristOcratic and Demo-
cratic Presidents, which represented the
two sections Of the country. They had,
throughout all their history, carried outthe
respective natures Of aristOcrat and Demo-
Graf. Let them ponder that. Victory is
sure on this side, and we are coming to il
month by month. We will come to il if it
takes years longer yet. The progress Of
the Democracy may be slow, and it may be
some generations before it shall be victori-
Gus, but victorious it will be. The people
are stronger than any leaders, and the
world will yet find i OUT IApplause.l
~ N. D. Conway, in letter to the
Boston Commonwealth, thus shows one OF
the many forms Of court etiquette, which
restrict the will and affections Of the Eng
lish princess:
learn that there was quite q rebellion
at Windsor Castle. The Princess vehe-
mently opposed having wet nurse, and
the Prince took her side, and could not see
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