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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26

goods and munitions which they could have
got in no other way. But large part OF
British owners Of blockaders viii be in.
ined. These causes will account for q mp
id extension Of British commerce or1 q
speculative baths, and for the export Of a
mass Of bullion, which it has been very
difficult to get. The export Of bullion now
amounts to one hundred and Jftty millions
per annum.
Let the reader now observe that the en-.
tire production Of California and Australia
has not heretofore exceeded one hundred
millions per annum; he will see that Great
Britain has been obliged to gather up Hfty
millions per annum more than all these
sources produce. How long can any ma
ton carry on . commerce which makes
such demand AZ this.
We now see the causes Of the CONNER
cial difficulties under which England la
bors. There are several; but the main
great cause II that0f fovertrading-the COM
mon cause Of nearly all commercial over
throws.
We notice, for the purpose Of presenting
these phenomena more distinctly, the fluc-
tuations Of the Bank Of England. The fol-
lowing were the Bank rates Of interest at
AA
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26

Mr.. BEEcHER on THE REBEL ARMINa
OF SLAyEs.-We take the following from
the report Of Henry Ward Beecher's last
Sunday evenings discourse:
But. we are asked, what if the slave shall
be armed against US in this terrible war;
To arm the slaves is to destroy slavery,
and that is to destroy the fatal element in
Southern society-their aristocracy; and
with the destruction of this element wede-
stroy the cause of this rebellion. Let us
pray that they may arm their slaves. But
It can scarcely be. The very proposition is
a death symptom. It is not an argument
of coming strength but of present weak
ness. Many a desperate sickness might
be cured, If the patient had constitution
enough to ,ear up under it and withstand
the medic he takes; ard there is not
enough {, nina in the South to withstand
400, 900 bls TX soldiers in their midst.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26

The Bank OF England was never known
to undergo such rapid and great fuctua-
tions; nor was interest ever 50 high. Du.
ring the entire year the Bank Of England
has been trying to do what she has always
succeeded in doing. to keep doCn discount
by raising interest. But her device has
failed. The commercial relations of the
world-like its moral and political-are
anamalous. They cannot be guaged and
things, and the managers of the Bank of
England stand aghast at condition Of af.
fairs which they did not anticipate and can
not comprehend. But aside from O great
commercial as well as political revolution
silently but powerfully working its way
through the world, some Of the IDEAS Of
BritiAh political economy are radically
wrong. How could it be otherwise in q
nation whose whole social, political and
commercial system is artificial: the end
and result Of which was to make q little
island in the ocean dominate by commerce
alone over numerous colonies, vast terrific
rial possessions and hundreds of millions
Of people. England stands now in the
shoes of Tyre and Venice. She has more
territory than they had. But it stands on
the same foundation. England has stood
longer than any modern nation, but her
1t is probable the empire she has welded
will be transferred to America, and she be
gradually Topped Of her colonies and take
her place merely as an European State
Many OF her leading merchants will find
their home in India, others in Canada; and
her aristOcracy will be left to rule in their
native home, reduced in power, but still
maintaininga respectable stand among Eu-
ropean nations.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26

MUscUIA AR CERIsTIANITY.-The Salem
(Massach setts) Observer says that on Sam
day evening Rev. Mr.. Palmer, of the Tab
ernacle Church, in that city, was assaulted
by an Irishman three times while on his
way home from meeting, but he knocked
the fellow down each time, and at last se-
cured him, by the aid Of two other gentle
men,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26
BURLINGTON, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2e 1854

sage, it is rich reward for faithful service
to turn negro wild. Slavery, then, in the
eyes OF Mr.. Davis. keeps the negro out Of
something which be has q capacity to en-.
which nature has given him the power to
attain; it hinders the development of his
faculties for good; it forbids his pursuit Of
happiness. If the case be so, then slavery is
originally, radically incurably wrong and
sinful, and the sum Of all barbarism. This
IS what Seward and Sumner say; and this
is what Mr.. Davis says after them. They
invoked the Federal Congress to discoul age
and discountenance slavery in the Terrific
ries; he invites the Confederate Congress to
consider the expediency of beginning to
abolish It in the States.
This will never do. The slightest coun-
tenance given to these unwholesome no.
tions may produce worse effects than can
be at once perceived. Not only our invad-
ing enemies, but those foreign nations
which are watching our struggle with keen
interest, will be greatly struck by the sug-
gestion Of the message, and will look on
curiOusly to see how Congress and the
country will deal with ito see whether
there was any real principle in our resis-
tance to Federal usurpation - to Judge
whether our zeal for State Rights, and our
theory OF the justice and benefcence Of sla-
very were nothing but q dishr nest sham al
the while; and whether the Northern peo-
pie and ourselves are not. in fact, after all
our fighting, one homogeneous people-one
In our principles, or want Of principle
one in our principle and social theories
one in our tricky ways-all slippery Yam
KEGS together.
Whatever respect for the Confederacy has
been impressed on the mind Of European
nations whatever desire nowexists among
the best Of their people to see US recogniz-
ed by the world, and to give our forms of
civilization fair play and open field to de-
velop what good may be in it-all such
feeling would be extinguished at once if the
theories Of the message should now be en-
tertained. ed.-Riehmond Whig.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26
Analysis OF the Late vote.

In 1860 there were polled 8, ,5S7 ,622 votes,
of which the Union parties received 1884
5o3, and the several Democratic candidates
got ~, ,O99. Mr.. Lincoln was defeated on
the popular vote in the States that voted at
the late election by LIS, ,7O4. Now he has q
majority somewhere between 10000 and
SOC, 900, but probably quite near the latter
figure. This is gain by Mr.. Lincoln Of
more than coz, 900 over his previous vote.
The aggregate of votes cast at the late
election is near 4, 900, 900, Of which Mr.. Linz
coin has received in whole numbers 2.
25O. 200, and Mcclellan ], ,75O, 200.
Itmight be both interesting and instruc-
tive to analyze this J. .75O, 900 votes that were
cast in the dark without any knowledge OF
the actual principles or intentions Of the
party.
In the first place if Mr.. vallandigham
said truly that he did not represent mi
nority in the Chicago Convention we may
make the first classification, viz:
Peace and DisuniOn On.................l.O 600 600
For war after ''exhausting the re-
sources Of statesmanship" in
............................ 5000
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26
Property holders. .........2.OOO. .OOO
Majority for Lincoln
10000
I.5OO.WNO

A box Of fine dry goods for Mrs. JEFF.
Davis was found on blockade runner,
captured and sent into Boston, and il is
now proposed to send them to Mrs. LIN
coin.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26

Majority for peace and disunion..... $4,000
The people, therefore. see the great eic.
niicance Of ftheir late determination to keen
power out of such hands.
Another analysis may not be ont ofplace.
There are in those States that recently
voted GOO, 900 adult people who cannot read
and write. OF these about 10000 are ma
tive Americans, being one to 100 of the
whole native population while about 272.-
600 were foreign Americans, being to less
than 20 OF the whole foreign poprlation.-
OF the 500, 900 who cannot read and write,
3OO,OOO We suppose voted; of whom there
For Mcclellan o5O. 900
For Lincoln ....,.... $1,000
Majority for Mcclellan ....... zoe. 900
Then, of the 4OOO, 900 who voted, about
l,500, 600 Of them are without property to
be taxed for the payment Of the ''ruinous'
war debt, and of these there voted
For Mcclellan. $50 600
For Lincoln. ............................. $4,000
Majority for Mcclellan lan............... l. OOO, 600
Carrying the analysis step further, we
Lincoln Mcclellan
Whole $50 900 1850, 600
Cant read and write. $4,000 $4,000
Majorities s............-...2, zoe, 600 10000
Majority for Lincoln who can read
ana 10O. .OOO
This gives the Union q handsome ma.
jority Of the intelligent portion of our peo.
pie!
Then as to property to be taxed:
Lincoln Mcclellan
Total 25O, 600 l,75O,OOO
Without property........ 250,O00 1,25O,OOO
Property holders. 2,OOO. 600 100000
Majority for Lincoln 500 900
This, again, is q very gratifying majority
OF those who will be compelled to pay the
war debt, seeing that the Copperhead press
ana orators constantly asserted that the
debt would amount to more than the whole
wealth Of the country! 1t shows one Of
two things, either that the prOperty-hold-
ers did not believe that assertion, or that
they did not put their hands into their
pockets to feel their patriotism.
As to the comparative intelligenceit NAV
be stated that our estimates show where
the strength Of the rebellion lies in the
North. As to the South, the proportion OF
native Americans who cannot read ayera-.
ges in 10 against to 100 in the North
This shows where the traitors get their
strength in the South as well as their sym-
pathizers in the North! Good speed to the
schoolmaster!
A box Of fine dry goode fore Mrs. JEFF.
hny ENNNU n L. - L.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26


sideration'' to their own business; and
their most pressing business now is to exc
cute and enforce the military laws they
already have, to use the powers wherewith
they arealready entrusted, in order to keep
the ranks Of the army filled up with white
men and free citizens, who ought to need
no stimulus to faithful service, and whose
single and sufficient reward will be the
glorious independence Of their native
land.
We have been accustomed to think in this
Southern country that the best friends Of
the negroes were their own masters, and
that we were bound to stand the cruel phi
lanthropy of Yankee craftsmanship, not
only by constitutional principle and State
pride, but also by our own duty toward
those creatures who grew up under our
care. The sad destiny Of those slaves,
whom Yankees have stolen, or otherwise
"llberated,' has satisfied us still more
clearly that common humanity required
us to stand between our negro population
and the tender mercies, which are cruel, Of
their false and perilous Northern friends.
Most Southern men too had flatteTed them
selves that it was blessing to the used-up
and worn -out negro, at the end of his faith
full service, to have kind master to take
care of him. But now the President of the
Confederate States opens quite another
view Of the matter. According to his mes
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

Tie Woria has Baltimore correspondent
whose talk Of the Union armies as our forces ;
does not half conceal his devotion to the Rebel
cause--a devotion so palpsble that even The
Worid is constrained TO dsclaim all sympathy
with his feelings and opinions. This sagacious
Druid" in his last performance, grayoly says:
eft ia believed q, Richmond that Gen Grant will be
unable 10 maintain his position the Weldon Railroad
south OF Petersburg but will have tn contract his line
again farther the east. The Rebel leaders will no,
permit Gem Grant b. occupy that position without
making one moro effort 10 disodeo him. with even
greater force than they used the 2Gh aud that at
Jack only rcpulSed "ith great loss, and ofer dies
perato battle.
However It Is believed that Gen. Grant can DO dii,
lodged from that position by the Confederate force now
AT Petersburg and that after that Gen Grant can nc
complsh nothing either ugans. that place or Rich.
mond IfGcn Grant, however should abandon Pete r.
bnrg move his army over 70 Deep Bottom and begin "a
vigorous and rial attack Richmond lIo that point
AZ his base il would be necessary for the Rebels 10
call not Early alone but every Rebel soldier IN VIZ.
siLia for the defense Of their capital"
Grant evidently don't see it. How ran he,
when this same wise and loyal counselor tells
him that the Rebel chief will be obliged TO make
Zone more effort to drive him from his strong
earthworks across tho Weldon Railroad
Would ne it be great generaship TO abandon
strong works that tho Rebels must assault u
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01
GENERAL NEWS.

Public opinion seems to be changed in Neya-
da as 70 the proprety Of adopting State Constitution.
1t may now be adopted got rid OF the obnoxious ter
rtorial oflccrs-
We are assured that the reported resignation
Of Collector Barney and Surveyor Andrews and the
appointment Of successor contained In The World yes
terday morning is not true.
The steamer John Swassoy, bound to st. Lou
L. without cargo. struck snag at Devils Island on
.as Mississippi River. on Sunday night No hres vert
lat.
ga One of the locks in che Schoharie Cana
Aqueduct gave out on Sunday night This will stof
boats the Erie Canal from coming east Of ths brsas
fur perhaps four days.
A. b. Smith, President and General Superin'
tendent Of the Wisconsin State and Minnesota Tee
graph lines, died at Saratoga few days ago AFTER q
brief illness.
The Congressional excurionists havo con-
inded their long and pleasant ramblo and dispersed
yesterday Of Portland.
The Supreme Court of New Hampshire fully
,afrps thu oonstitutlonsity Of the Sodisrs' Voting
i1Aw.
r.. There were heavy earthquake shocks In the
oantAips Of California about the middle Of this month
Sandwich Island dates to July 25th, report
eow progress Of tae Constitutional CoaVeltlol Much
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

When the Republican National Convention
in 1860 nominated Candidates for President and
vice-President who both resided in tho Free
States, vehement cutlery was raised by their
opponents as though such action were in Ga.
grant defiance Of the Constitution. Now, the
Democrats, holding their Convention at Chi.
caso, have done that came thing, bu! We hope
no one will complain fit. If any ono thinls
there is any harm in such choice, let Pendls-
ton, because Of his principles, be located IN
South Carolina, and 30 make all straight.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

GEORGE Fl. PESDLEros, tho Democratic Gen.
didate for Vice-President, Is . gentleman Of Do.
cided ability. liberal requirements, and N
stained private reputation. But he Is an anti
war Copperhead Of the intensest shade, and biz
votes in Congress have rarely differed from
those of vallandigbam and Ben. Harris. Pen.
dleton was first chosen to Congress in 1856
and has been thrice !!SSss.!ssstad from the II
(Cincnnsti) District. He differs In location,
"a: 1eet Il principle,) from Jefferson Davis
Robert f.. Lee, and John Morgan.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01
FERNANDO WOOD ON PEACE.

Gently Wondering towards Chicago, the ex-
ccllent and eloquent Fernando stopped Of Day
ton on the sd inst, aud made speech, in
which, by way OF q good, spicy beginning. he
said that "his heart beat deeply in unison with
that Of Valandgham. whose society he bad
been enjoying exceedingly. Tearing himself
from tho contemplation Of his VallSndigham
ideal, he discussed with his usual deep philo-
sophical acumen "tho nature Of our Govern
ment" Many great men have heretofore given
thoir opinions upon this point. and now Mr..
Fernando Wood who is II very great man in.
Decd has given US his. He regards it. IA he told
tho wondering population Of Dayton. las o
confederation which tho State might secede
from az will, aud possessing no power Of
coercion" That is +. VS. opinion; and what
is it WORTH If man had SlO0, 600 pending on
q Constitutional question, what would he give
for L. WIS opinion' Particularly if it hap
pened to differ from tho opinion Of Alexander
Hamilton, or Chief-Justice Marshall We
must cite once more, for Fernando's especial
benefit, the famous passage in the Federast,
No. 81. al q number of political societies"
says Hamilton, "entcr into larger political
society, the laws which the latter may enact,
pursuant TO the powers entrusted 10 it by
it, constitution, must necessarily bc supreme
over those societies, and the individuals Of
whom they are composed. icoaH Otherwise be
a mare treaty dependent upon The good jsM Of par
ties, AND NOT \ GovERsMESr. which is ouly
another word for political power and suprcm-
acy." Here il Hamilton against Wood. ISL
premacy" would secm TO most minds t. include
"power Of coercon;" but while Hamilton
argues for tho supremacy" Fernando denies
"the power Of coercion We have no hcsita
ton in siding with the Oldest Of these disagree
inc doctors. As between Alexander Hamilton
and Fernando Wood, we are for the former.
After such a display of constitutional law it
is not strange to find our excellent EI-MGyor
quite as brilliant in his history. He told tho
DaytonanJ then and there assembled, that
Shays's Rebellion was settled by cancellation. and
that, therefore, this should be! The concila-
ton exhibited in Shays's Rebellion, consisted in
marching against tho insurgents suiIcient bOdy
Of Militiamen under tho Gblest general in
Massachusetts Qincoln) and, when the re-
doubtablo Captain and his men heard of the sd-
vance Of these, they took 20 their heels with
great wisdom md velocity. There was no con
citation until the instruction waa thoroughly
pot down-then the ringleadors certainly did
experience the Executive lenity.
Pray, what did this gentle eS-Maycr mean by
" ooncilstion1" L. the President OF the United
BATS " receive with 6milki. AID bows. and
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

4 dispatch started irur before Atlanta
stating that Con. Fitzpatrick. during his recent
raid, had destroyed fourteen miles Of tho Macon
railroad, captured anl burned several trains
taking supplies 10 Hood in Atlanta, met and
totally defeated strong Rebel force, capturing
six cannon (Which he was obliged to abandou) },
and finally returned 10 Dalton with the loss q
ono hundred men. The words We have just
given in italics hsd somehow dropped ont before
tire dispatch crossed the Alleghauies so that IL
read in our papers Us If he had brought back put
n hundred Of his entire force. Such blunders
are, perhaps, unavoidable, but We wish they
wero less common.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

Total co-t OF the wsr

This is the money expense 10 the ccunr, OF tha cH-
qnlsi,e luxury. 4 Black Republican President Itmsy
be very sweet and delicious. bat can 10 afford ~
fWorlG.
Let us understand this: Suppose your party
carries the election Just before us, and ours
thercupon rcyolts, assumes to take eight or ten
Northern States ont Of tho Union. and com
meuccs Civil War. which lasts through your
Presidents term, costing tho country As much
in blood and treasure a. dis war has done, which
party will DO justly responsible for the cost OF
that war; Aud will such doings prove that the
country can't afford tho luxury Of Dcnocratie
presdent' Let us see you work your rule both
wnys!
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01
NEWS FROM EUROPE.

BY the arrival of the Europa, at Halifax, we
have three days later news from Europe
The fndsz of London, the organ of the Rebels,
maintains that the prospects ofspcedy peace were never
90 promising they at present. that the Democratic
Convention In Chicago would nominate Peace cand'
sdats for the Presidency and within three months there
after there would be peace 1t also predicts that the
twin conedoraces win quickly recover their vigcr and
that they viii 10 bound together BY common foreign
policy
The riots in Belfeer was not yet suppressed,
and other ctes like Cork have also become the scat Of
riots.
The recent difficulty at Alexandria, Egypt,
between the Amoriran Consel-Gener and the Egypt
ian General. viii be nInicably adjusted.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

Tie Chicago Times ostensstiously prodsirns
that the Democracy will this Fall have a FIR
election or free fight. The Tribune askS
whether they propose now. as in 1860. to have
the election first and commence the free fxh1
directly efterward
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01
TAs Daiiy N,,cs has Secesh correspondent at
4. IL. ,l.. - los

TAs Daily Nees hes Secesh correspondent at
Washington, who regularly delights its readers
with such profundity as the following:
"Wheiher tho Weldon Railroad Is racaptlred or not.
t-i ~, c tie last fctgcs fcsdIGs the capture ~
either pe;c shurg Richmond IL possession ~ oar
lrccs Is Of adrGrtggr "a ~ my more than It las
enabled Grant g. extend bis lines further -, nnd % Tue
eft Its l0a- IL ~ particular o0Rs'aHescs to the Con-
e.erus az they have other lines ~ railroad that were
far moro useful to them. Gen Grant IA mistaken III
saving thnt iho loss a; tia rad is blow to the enemy
that they cannot stand. as the event VIII prove bns
tLey have already recep'urrG portion of '.e ground
and tho indications that ney WI soen corpts "er
Grspf 70 abandon tAe ios grosa tG! r. -. iRs. az
sEcL Jti,fs1 cost-"
Isn't it odd that the Robcls should dash corps
after corps Of their scanty forces against our
solid and formidable ca!+hworks commanding
the Weldon Road. when It's loss makes no differ
ence 10 them, ard it, gain is no advantage 70
us l. Loo iDs.nel
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

There were at least one thousand more LIN.
coin votes in this city yesterday, after ths
Chicago Democratic Platform had been read,
than there were the day before. A friend
dropped into store where sat five partners. Oh
Democrats, of whom not Gre would vots fos
Mcclellan or any one else on that platform.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-01

armies. We do not know whether MoClellaa b
now billoted on New. York. New Jersey or ssus
other State; nor is it at all material. Tia
President and Vice-President must not be red.
dents of the same State, but there Ia no ruis
which forbids adozen defeated candidates bsins
In the same house II they choose.