The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10
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cannot claim mere mention Of its possibil
lty. therefore pass on to the condition
for the construction of this Union OF tn
future.
CONDITIONS OF THE NEW UNION.
| Leaving to the separate Confederacies-
use the term in its generic sense-th'
| right to manage their domestic affairs u
they may choose, they are to be bound t
fensive. Such questions as affect the inter
l eets Of AL are to be considered by sort o.
general council, composed Of represents.
tives from each Confederacy, more anala-
gous to our present Cabinet or Senate than
the House Of Representatives. There are
to be no restrictions of any kind upon in.
ter-Confederate trade or tiavel. In word,
It will be one grand Confederation of Con-
federacies, bound ia. each other by bonds Of
commercial union, each independent Of the
other, yet having share and an interest
in the control Of affairs affecting the COM
mon welfare Of all. -
1T will readily occur to the minds Of
your readers that this plan is nearly iden-
tical in its essential features with the we'll
known Zoll-verein, or Customs Union OF
the German States.
THE NEW CONFEDERATION AND THE DE-
A i MOCRACY.
This project, hardly need add, receiv-
ed the Endorsement of the leaders of the
Democratic party, and by them was inter-
woven with the action Of the Chicago Con-
vention. 1t is understood that Hon. Au-
gust Belmont was the first to develop the
plan; probably because Of his intimate ac-
quaintance with the Government of the
German States. At first it was received
with surprise; but the more it was discuss
ed, the more favor it obtained, until at last
It was decided to incorporate the idea with
the proceedings of the Democratic Conven-
ton. More than that, undoubted evidence
was received that the plan is Agreeable TO
the views of JEFF. Davis, though, for Obvi
Gus reasons, he would refrain for the
present from divulging it to the Southern
the restoration Of the old Union, the South
ern leaders TO whom this project was
broached at once assented to it, and are
now desirOus for the election Of the Chicago
candidate, in the hope that it may result in
reconstruction Of the Union on basis
satisfactory and honorable alike to the
North and the South. s
"Of course, it was not deemed prudent to
make all this apparent in the debates Of
the Convention, still less in the platform it
adopted; but you may rely upon il that
the leaders were well informed of it, and
are pledged to carry it into execution in the
event of the success of the Democratic par
" at the polls in November. Time and
circumstances will doubtless cause certain
changes in the minor details of this scheme
but they will not alter Its important fea-
lures"
Mr.. vallandigham, it viii be remem-
bered, submitted this plan in substance to
Congress during the Winter Of 1860 u, and
the germs Of 1t may be found in some of
Mr.. Calhoun's later writings and speeches.
Essentially and theoretically, it il basedo on
this propOsiti0n-zAe Federal Constellation
i0as q mistake. and sOe ought to 90 back to
the old Confederation.
We do not care now to argue the point;
but We give fair notice that this scheme
will not answer. The American people
will never consent to surrender their Ma
tionality, and relapse into the impotence
and chronic anarchy Of German Confed-
Grafton. Since Time was. Confederacies
have been the favorite arenas of foreign
intrigue and bribery. Bavaria fights for
France against the Fatherland on many q
bloody field; the rivalries of Austria and
Prussia cover the whole empire with
corpees and ruins; German bayonets bear
on the conQuering French dag by turns to
the steeples of Vienna and Berlin. OF all
political contrivances for the increase and
diffusion Of human misery, Confederacies
have proved the worst. The Old World
has nearly outgrown them; the bloody con-
sequences Of false assumption that this
Nation is . mere confederacy are all around
us; and whatever changes in our political
system impend will be made in the direc.
ton Of Nationality, not in that of State
Sovereignty. This new Democratic project
ID 't1ectionalism" run mad. The loyal
Millions regard it with instinctive distrust
and abhorrence.-N. 7. Tribune.