The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-15

marching under the stars and stripes. and
the question was, who was the best Union
man, and whose measures were best calcu-
lated to perpetuate the Government? "A
voice-"Ihat's what we are AFTER now.,1
| You are sensible man. And now let me
ask that old-line Democrat what difference
il there between you and the Republican
who stands on this platformp What il
Lincoln's PLATFORM It is the Union plat
form. That il enough; and when the I'm.
ion is saved, when treason and traitors are
1--WE want to divide about msss1q.s sne w.
can have parties again, but it is no time for
parties now. First save yonr nation. and
then you Will have country to quarrel in.
Laughter and cheers.l
1.-THE BooRIsH TAILOR
hold in my hands, from which / vish
10 read an extract or two, for the benefit of
some old Democrats, and young ones, TOO
q letter written by General Jackson him.
SELF, in his own handwriting, and in hand.
times Of 1880. When it was written and
published was young man or boy, at
work in my shop, and heard it read. And
this memory of being in INV shop calls to
mind what was said when Mr.. Lincoln was
nominated. He was called the rail-split-
ter, and saw to-day you were making
good use OF the idea. while the butternut
the Union never could De split. When the
recent nominations were made at Balti.
more, the tory papers of the country said !:
They have nominated rail.splitter and a
buffoon for the head Of the ticket, and sup.
on the tail they have q boorish tailor
The idea Il the bottom of all this opposi-
ton is, that the man who rises up from the
mass Of the people, the man who advocates
the doctrine that man is capable of self
government, and has virtue and intelli.
gence enough TO govern himself should be
repudiated. have nothing to regret that
my early life was spent in the shop.
never boast Of It in my canvasses, but
when it il brought up AZ q reproach, have
met it in the way it should be met, and he
who fights with such weapons is not emit.
tied to the respect OF anybody.
Yes. the "boorish tailor is put npon the
tail Of the ticket What an insult to the
aristocracy, who want reputation without
merit and without worth. Yes, / am tailor.
but I learned long since that if man does
not disgrace his profession II never disgra.
ces him. {Cheers.] And I may be per-
mitted TO say that when ! was tailor I
made some pretty close fits. Laughter. ]
My garments used to be right we'll proper
toned but I have seen tailors, ct their
own expense. too. make man out of very
scant material. used to be considered u
very good tailor, and got my work done
according to promise. Laughter and
cheers.] So much for the ''boorish tailor. -
Democracy is, and it Is republicanism, too,
that men should be rewarded according TO
merit. i is worth that makes the man,
and the want Of it the fellow.
JACKSON on THE CAUSE oFTHE REBELLION.
And now in reference to the letter of Gen.
eral jackson. am free to confess that it
was not with mere admiration that I re-
garded him il was almost veneration.
looked upon him as one Of the purest of
patriots. and when handle this letter,
written thirty years ago, and associate il
with him who lies slumbering in the tomb,
feel that am touching sacred thing. It
is q letter to Rev. A. ]. Crawford, of Ca,
dated May, 1888, and what does he say =
Were It possible to communicate intelli-
gence to the dead, and could that old states
man be made to understand what is now
transpiring, IL seems to me that when he
observed the doctrines Of Calhoun and his
associates swayine the public mind as they
now do, with the assassin hand lifted
against the life Of the nation, he would turn
over in his codin-yes, that he would rend
the lid asunder, and rising, shake of the
habiliments Of the tomb; that he would
lift that majestical arm Of his, stretch forth
his hand, and with that long finger erect,
re-utter the doctrine that "the Union Of
this your opinion years ago? Voices
Yes. yes.l What should prevent you and
I, and every other man who loves his
country, from coming forward and shaking
hands over the letter, and repeating the
same noble sentiments, that ''the Union
| must he preserved?'
The old hero and patriot thus speaks:
II have had . laborious task here but
notification is dead, and its actors and
courtiers will only be remembered by the
people, TO be execrxted for their wicked
designs to sever and destroy the only good
Government on the globe, and that pros
perity and happiness we enjoy over every
other portion OF the world. Haman's gal
lows ought to be the fate of all such ambi-
in civil war, and all the evil in it, train,
that they: might reign, and ride on ita
whirlwinds and direct the storm The
| free people Of these United States have
! spoken and consigned these demagoguea
10 their proper doom. Take care Of your
nul!ifiers You have amongst you. Let
them meet the indignant frowns Of every
man who loves his country The tariff, II
II now known, was mere pretext: Ita
burdens were on your coarse woolens
by the law Of July, 1892, coarse woolena
were reduced to five per cent. for the ben
EFT Of the South. Mr.. Clay's bill takes il
up, and closes it with woolens ut so pei
Cent? reduces IL gradually uOWu W - PEI
cent, and there It IL TO remain; and Ca
houn and all the nullifiers agree to the
principle. The cash duty and home valu-
alton will be equal TO fifteen per cent
more; after the year 1912, you pay or
coarse woolens IS per cent. II this Is mol
protection, I cannot understand. There.
| fore, the tariff was only the pretext, ana
dismnion and q Southern C0syederacy ~
real object. The nexs pretext will be the ne
gro or the slavery question"
The Tariff, General Jackson, said in his
day, was ''nsere pretext'' for overthrow.
ing the Government and establishing I
".Sontherm Obsfederacy" and the next pre-
text would be, what3 Will be 1.-THE negro
or the slavery question The only diff
erence is, the negro, instead Of being thu
pretext, has come to be the real cause
I Now, you who called yourselves Demo
Gratis in 1880, where do you stand to-day
You were for the Union, with jackson
and the host of patriots that founded tn
Government and were for continuing !
through all time. But now there are thos
calling themselves Democrats, who thinl
bv raliying under the old party name
and bindink themselves together, though
they make war upon every doctrine tho'