The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24

0UnklNdlON WE
Faxfaeue,g Report.
The importance Of the victory Of Admi
tral FarTagut and his feet in Mobile BAL
entities the Official report Of the affair to ,
place in our columns and to the attention
Iof al our readers. There are many new
particulars in the report, and the public
viii also b glad to know the names o
those officers and men whose gallantry ant
meritofious services are deemed worthy o
special communication.
- Why is it that the rebelsare so anx.
ious for the defeat Of Mr.. Lincoln3 IL moi
the 6Yst and highest reason because his 70
election win be the declaration Of the loyal
people Of the North that they are una1ter.
ably resolved that the war nsGst so on un.
til they lay down their arms and submit t.
the authority Of the Constitution they have
sought TO overthrow and the laws they
have violated? IL there any other reason
likely to have the slightest influence with
the leaders who control the traitor popula-
tion7 They may have personal hatred
Of the President. Probably they do hate
him. But whyf Because they know that
he il in earnest in his purpose Of over
towering their revolt, because they are
Convinced that there il shadow Of turning
or change In his resolve, because it is
proved BY his acts and III his policy, be-
cause he 10 supported by those who are an
innated BY the Same resolve and purpose,
and because they know that If the people
shan sustain this purpose their fate 10 sealed
and their treason . failure forever. They
care nothing about Lincoln personally, ex-
cept that he is the representative Of the
Union men Of the North, and il his defeat
can be secured it 10 exactly the same thing
TO them ~ positive assurance that the OBJ
jsct df the Rebellion il accomplished
And why do they display 20 much anx-
iety for the success of the two Georges p
Does any one imagine that An earnest
Southern rebel has any feeling but su-
preme contempt for these candidates Of
their allies1 The very motives, passions
and aims which make the ''ChivalYy" trait
ors to the Union, compel them to look with
utter scorn upon Northern men who occupy
the position Of these candidates. The false
which induces them to call their
own treason patriotism, compels the can
viction on their minds that these Copper
heads are traitors quite willing, not to sus-
lain their own States, but to sell them out
Tor less than = "mess OF pottage," BY the
Of the Southern rebels, as well
~ by ours,-though entirely different, the |
peace man Of the North IL . traitor without
'ause or provocation nom natural base
asss and total depravity. And 20 he can
lot help despising men who, by their acts
md avowsd purposes, place themselves
wen beneath Southern niger"
They don't want Mcclellan elected. then
'ecause they have any regard for the man,
out simply because his election would b |
declaration Of the people against the |
nrther prosecution Of the war, because it |
sould - confession ON our part that the |
Far 10 Q, " failure" and ought to cease, and |
'ecause popular declaration Of that sort
1 once gives them that " separation and
ndendsnce" they havesought and still seek
y such atrocious means and agencies.
hey perceive that Mcclellan, il elected,
ssst unaveidably submit TO their demands.
'hersSore they want him elected. There
,re they want the Union candidates de-
rated. ess ss ,.@
What il the lesson this should teach us !?
. it not that just as much as the rebels de-
IKE the defeat Of Mr.. Lincoln should we de-
ire and labor for his and our success.
fore than this. Our efforts should not be
Measured by our hatred Of treason. They
hould be limited only by the, devotion
nd love we feel for our common country.
'ur purpose should not % much be to over
over the revolt a. to maintain and per-
etuate our Nationality and Union. That
the end we aim 1t, and We seek to sup
req the revolt because It ID imperative
hat We do that in order to maintain theI
Iational uuity. Can We possibly suppress
- revolt II We nfst declare that the effort
already . demonstrated "failure ~ I'll
70 do not s9ppress it, win It not succeed
dsstfpying the Unioni II II dossdestroy
10 Unisn where will We BE- r-what use
ill We have for = President what can
as North do after it - thus bound hand
nd foot and placed atthe mercy of the reb-
IL? We must elect Mr.. Lincoln because
9 represents the cause Of the Unicn. We
aust defeat McClellan because he repre-
ents The policy Of dis-sssiom.s. ~
The Democracy" made the war. They
aused all the scalamities resulting from
70 war. They are oilty u Ill the blood
hat has been shed In the civil strife; are
ae cause of our vast Expenditure Of means,
our public debt, Of the taxes we pay the
government, and the high prices we pay
y what We buy and consume. We say
- Democracy" are guilty Of the whole.
ecause the war was begun and has been
aged BY the leaders ofthat party, because
very State, save two, which cast Demo-
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