The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-17


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- One Of the planks Of the Chicago
kAtform wherein Little Mac has at last
pleUted himself, declares that Tin. the f1-
ture, as il he past, We win adhere with I'M
sveryipg fidelity to the Union, &c. How
have the .Demecracy'' adhered to the I'm
ion .in The past s''a Let Us see. Eleven Of
the fteen Sateswhich gave Democratic
majorities at the last Presidential election,
immediately secsded from tho Union, took
up arms against it, and have since that
time waged desperate war to ensure the
destruction Of the Union. The Governors
Of all these States were Democrats, and the
act Of secession in each Of these States was
the act-o of the Democracy Besides these
the authorities of Missouri, Kentucky and
Maryland, bang likewise Democrats y
sought to carry these States oat with the
others, and, acting with the massa Of those
who call themselves Democrats, did actu-
ally, in Missouri and Kentucky, declare
these States part of the ssCo0federacy," by
means Of bogus conventions. They ere
both now represented In the ssConfederate
Congress" a
Now the Democracy" have alw~ys told
o. that their principles and purposes,
North and Soath; were identical. And 20
fA1 - tier lea6ers arc concerned, they told
the truth Even IN this matter of seces.
sion and rsbellioa, the leaders OF the North
srn wing have pertinactously asserted that
the rebels were IN the right, have stroye
tom the beginning to aid and sssist the
reasonable design, and have q last suc-
ceeded IN organizing faction and nomi.
mating candidates upon platform which
con. sdss tothe rebels all they have de-
manded or possibly can exact. ST.
These facts show xoS the sDemocraty.,
have adhered 70 the Union ''iin eRe ipds,.''-
As they only promise to adhAre in the
same way aud with the same fidelity s.in
thefuture," It IL very easy, to see exactly
what their adherence to the Union means
This rebellion Is exclusively the work O
men whocall thea6seltes "Democrats'' and
OF those who hAye always controlled Ii,
party 20 called. When they say they vii
adhere to the .Unton az in the past, the,
mean that they VIII make the rebellion sue
cessful 1t III events. .,s
We suppose dat few people Jet rec
ognize what stupsndous campaign Ger
Sherman has ct MT conducted 20 gloriou
issue. II We are mol mistaken, 1t win "a
b recognized - ono, of the most magniH
con. in the annals sof war. gCommsncin
1t Chattanooga in Nay, with = great an
desperate army in his front, supported b
apparently impregnAble natural fortresse.
he has conducted his army, by ipesssau
connictss and strategic movements. .tri
umphantly to its destination at Atlanta. :
He not only overcams al the seeminel
impregnahle obstructions In his way. br
has probably destroyed and made uselel
to the rebels - many men as they At Ii
outset arrayed against him. Both armie
were constantly receiving reinforcement
from the outset. A Sherman'sr line Va
heightened, hs required more and mol
men to keep his communication intact
The rebels were driven back on their line
and all their additions strengthened the
front. But in spite Of all, they we're cor
stantly beaten, until, at Last, Sherma
forced them out Of Atlanta and reaped tn
rich reward Of all his efforts. It was
most glorious campaign. Its results car
not fail Of proving important to the couu
try. In . merely military view, THROWN
out OF view its effect upon the future Of th
couptry, we think Il the most brilliant q
which there Is record In modern times.