The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27

upon more heavily in proportion to p0pu-
latlon than those OF any other State in the
Confederacy, must ct all hazards, and at
any sacrifice, rush to the front.
III Gen. JOhnston's army is destroyed,
the Gulf States are thrown open to the en-
envy, and we are ruined"
There must, indeed, have been desperate
weakness when Georgia, and the Southern
cause with 1t, were 90 neglected that Lees
army might be made equal to the task Of
holding Grant to the Potomac or the Jamesl
and the people of the South are intelligent
enough to understand, and to appreciate
the fact, and they have lost heart accord
iogly. a
The following is from letter written by
one rebel to another, that accidentally fell
into the hands Of one Of my fellow-pris-
oners, and for the authenticity Of which
v0uch:
Every few persons are preparing to obey
mons will meet within response here. The
people are soul-sick, and heartily tired OF
this hateful. hopeless strife. They would
end 1t if they could; but our would-be ru-
lers will take good care that no oppOrtu-
nifty be given the people to vote against it.
BY lies. by fraud and by chicanery this
revolution was inaugurated; by force, by
tyranny and the suppression OF truth It is
sustained. It is nearly time that it should
end, and Of sheer depletion it must end be-
fore long. We have had enough of want
and of woe, enough of cruelty and carnage,
enough Of cripples and corpses. There is
an abundance of bereayed parents, weep
ing widows and orphaned children in the
land: II we can, let US not increase the
number. The men who, to asgrandize
themselves, or to crafty their own polit-
= peaceful and prosperous country, will
have to render q fearful account Of their
misdeeds to q wrOnged, robbed and out
ragged people. Earth has no punishment
sufficiently meet for their villainy here,
and hell win hardly be hot enough to
seattle them hereafter
There Is certainly no small proportion
of the Southern people despite the lying
declarations of their Journals, as we had
good occasion to learn that not only favor
the progress Of our arms, but that daily
pray that this externin2ting war may soon
be brought to fnality by our complete
and perfect success. They have had too
much of desp0tism-not enough of the tri-
umph promised them. Many intelligent
strong hopes of their ultimate independ-
ence, but such hope is not shared by the
masses. Disappointment from the frrs in
not having been acknowledged by foreign
Powers--lnore bitterly disappointed In
their general expectation that Northern
cowardice or dissension would secure their
ends-but q single chance remains, and
that is the result Of our acxt election for
President. Ii a Democrat succeeds to Mr..
Lincoln, they profess to feel sure of nego-
tiations, and sure also Of their Confedera-
cy. They believe Democrat will be cleo
ted. In Mr.. Lincoln's reelection they see
only subjugation, humiliation, for the war
must then continue, aud continuance is
their failure and ruin.
Tn ilifa u{Y is o~oolIou< -,,1,
never to do what tho enemy desires-is it
not equally true in politics.? Certain it is
that the only remaining hope of the South
Ties in the defeat Of 1fr. Lincoln.
Now, am not enough of q politician to
know whether the election OF u Democrat
can result as favorably to the South as it
The wish alone may be the
parent Of their belief. Rut assured ali who
that belief, that the North, as a
mass, is AZ united as the South-that no
Democrat could be elected on a peace plat
form-and that any President who would
inaugurate any measure leading to peace
on the basis Of Southern independence,
would be promptly hung, by loyal accla-
nation, to the lamp-posts in front OF his
own Presidential. mansion.
However that may be, if we are but true
to ourselves there can be but one result.
What ace nO,D need is men-only men-not
or hirelings who go forth for
anv motive but the countrys good, and
produce but little beyond depreciaung our
MEN-such ns really constitute
the State, and boast Of being reemen and
the sons Of freemen. If these fail to sup
port their country's cause in her hour Of
peril, they are unworthy of continuing
freemen, and should blush ever to exercise
. freeman's privilege.
But if bounties must be paid. let it be in
Southern land, not in Northern Gold; and
armies OF enigrants, whose sons may as
pire to even the rule Of the nation. will
cross the seas to win the broad acres that
disloyaltv hss forfeited to the State.
TO every Intelligent soldier who has
fought through all these indecisive CAM
paigns Oh almost nun beriass iu0eCisive
fields, the question constantly arises, with
touching force, why we do not overwhelm
our enemies?
TENS of thousands of lives are lost be-
cause our array Of strength il SO dispro-
portionably less than that against which
we battle. Everywhere we meet on nearly
equal terms, where we might we'll have
four to one. The cost to US in blood and
treasure, Of a prolonged war, can hardly be
foreseen-the economy Is infinite Of such
an effort as the glorious North should put
forth.
The South will fight rs long as the strur-
gle is equal; II soiN submit to such prepon-
derance as we should show in every field.
Glance at the summers campaign. II
Sherman had but 50. 900 or Is, 900 more n en-
near, the South would be lost. because
Hood would be annihilated. IfMeade had
moved in the spring with reserves Of rs, 900
to loo, 900 men, Lee would have been hope-
lessiy crushed. Even at this moment q
third column Of 1900 to $4,000, rightly
moved, would give unopposed blows 70 the
Confederacy from which she Guild never
rise.
What folly, then, to struggle on in this
way. when we can send to the field Ave
times the force already there. What weak
ness to think we cannot conquer the South.
Behind the James only boys and old men
are to be seen, while here men buy and sell
as in the old days Of quiet, and regiments
Of able bodied citizens crowd the streets OF
our cities.
There is but one course consistent with
safety or honor. Let the people /. u 8 ke 10 q
sense of their dignity and strength, and .
few montbs'of cnmparatiYe ly trifling ex-