The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24
JUNE, 1899


IDonossAenes - CeppsFhoaAism
Tive Th0uDo00o Years Age. 5.9
In the oraticn cn,the state Of the Cher
II would now glAdly lay before you the
whole conduct of certain politicians, but /
spare them. One thing only shall OBJ
serve: the monAent that Philip Ii mentions.
| ed, thereis still one ready % start mp and
cry, "What . ahappiness 70 live Ia peace!-
How 8rievous the maintenance or . great
the treasuryp Thus they delay their
resolutions, and give him foil liberty to at
a. he please; hence, you gain eaee and IA.
diligence for the present (which, fbar,
may at some time provetoo dear purchaset
and these men recommend themeelvee 70
your favor, and are ven paid for their ~.
vice" Y eHH #Eif ET Ha sH
This II . true picture of what would BE-
copperhead policy in thu country, II un.
der any false pretense6, they should
obtain power. But we pgsin quote Demos
..For my own part, Athsnians, am filled
with indign.tion when ilnd some persona
treaSures were exposed to pluhderers, and
yetutterly unaffected at the progress Of
Phillip, who IL successfully plundering
every State Of Greece; and this, that he
may at last fall with all his fury upon you.
Whist, then, can be the reason, Athenfans,
that. Notwithstanding al his manifest hos.
tilities, all his acts Of violence, all the
places he hath taken from us, these men
will not acknowledge that he II at war
with us, but accuse those ofemdroiling You
in q war who call 'enyou to oppose him and
to check bis progress9 sha!l tell you: -
from any diaagreeable circumstances with {
with which q war may be attended land it
is necessary, absolutely necessary, that a
war should be attended with many such
Ciisagreeable circumstances) they would
cast on your faithful counsellers, that you
posing Phillip; and then turn aecusers in.
stead Of meeting the punishment due to
their present practices''' ea
How pertinent are these criticisms to
passing events in America at this hour -
The following passage, from the same ora
ton, IL, If possible, more pointed:
"Was not Phocis. was not Thermopvlae.
were not our Thracian dominions, Dorsi-
cum, Serrium, and even our ally. Cherso-
blytes, all wrested from usr Is he not e
this time In possession Of Gambia? and does
he not avow II? Whence il It, say, that
cause ours il the only State where there is
allowed full liberty 10 plead the cause Of
an enemy; and the man who sells his
country may hArrAngue securely at the
very time that You are dsepoiled Of your
domini0ns." gag H Sss ~ g
'Demosthenes cannot touch upon the mo-
tives which actuated his unpatriotic coun.
[trymen, bot he excorjates the Americas
|C0pperheads. In his grafton for the liberty
Of the Rhodians, he says: A.
sAll Others have but one contest To main.
tain-that against thSir avowed enemies.-
When they have once conquered these,
they enjoy the fruits oftheir conquest With
ont further opposition. But you, Athen.
iane, have q double contest to support
Like others, you have your open enemiee.
but you have enemies still more dangerous
and alarming. You have those o7 your
own citizens to subdue, whe, in this -
a. thsir country; and as they are ever
strenuoussin their opposition to all useful
measures, tits 10 wonder that mauv OF Ouf.
designs are frustrated. Perhapsthose emol.s
uments which their coYruptors hold forth
TO tempt them may be the inducement to
many boldly TO aspire 10 the rank of min
listers and public councillors" ts-i
The following question, which Demos
! themes puts 10 tEschinee, would be very
hard TO answer by . great many American
demagogues in these days ofrejoicing over
| victories: sar @e ea' ~ 100 =
"And here would gladly ask Eschines
| this question Whether, In the course Of
these events, when the city was one scene
of unbounded joy and acclamation, he
took his part in our religious rites, and
shared in the general fsstivity, or shut
himself in his chamber, grieved, ahiicted
and provoked ct the success Of his countryF
! - y II he did not appear, is not that
man worthy Of thousand deaths who
looks with grief on those events which Ill
his countrymen with joys" ..Hsa -
! 4" NAILED TOfA DIsLo1AL AND DrsuNIoN
PLATFoRMs'-The Democratic party iss
nailed TO . disloyal and disunion platform,
which their candidate, Gen. Mcclellan, has
| been compelled to disown. The Chicago
Convention has resolved itself into revo-
lutionary body, subject to the orders Of
August Belmont. The Nevs, the organ Of
the Woods, calls upon Belmont TO summon
] that Convention together To make arlnfhAr