The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE

BURLINGTON WEI
become stencil In tho nostrils ofan whose
senses ase In their normal condition. WI
such mon only take time 70 think WHITTIER
they are tsndiugs viii they. in the name
Of Democracy" aid in destroying De-
mocrscy forsver9 Ifthey don't eAiSk now.
before long It will be too Iute.
~ To-day Is the 25,h Of August. Ten
DAYS remain to the public within which 70
All their several district quotas. great
deal can be done in ten days If the people
set about doing It with zeal and resolution.
II any locality does not want the draft. they
have only one mode Of avoiding it. Ifthey
desire it, all they have to do is to wait, and
It viii surely come. We would be glad to
see the quota filled without draft, but If
others are indisposed to make the exertions
and adopt the means required to secure ex-
empt;on We will not quarrel with them
about it. It is matter for their own deser-
mination. But, having made their choice,
they will, we trust, cheerfully abide by It.
When the draft is made, and some OF them
are called upon to 60, we don't want to SEQ
them making wry faces over their LOT.
They must not tell rs then that they had no
idea there would be q draft-that they
thought the whole thing-a sham-that they
supposed the State quota would be filled,
&c. These excuses for inaction Will DO us
no good then, and only demonstrate their
own folly. The quota is not full. Itwon't
be unless the people labor tofill 1t. II any
one wants it filled, he must do something
towards filling it, sosO.
&NFernando Wood was on visit to
vallandigham on Monday last. Mr.. Gar
rett Davis, of kentucky, was also there q
few days since, and the papers have men
toned quite number Of other distinguish
ed individuals Of the Copperhead persua-
sion who have also been heralded asmaking
pilgrimages to the Mecca ofall the traitors.
All of which seems to indicate that VAL
landighsm has suddenly grown into i'm
portance among the SNAKES"
We have no doubt this is the fact. Val.
is desperate. He intends to adopt desper-
ate means to control the Chicago Conven-
ton and compel it to adopt his reasonable
position. And we think he will do it. We
have no doubt the american Knights"
will be there in force. Delegates who are
not inclined to 60 as far as he, will be boot
ed out Of the ring, and the desperadoes will
attain their purpose. The game thus far
played foreshadows that result. If it is
played out to the end a heretofore, we
shall see it adopt . disunion platform and
candidate. That will be delightful spec
tacle for the country and the world
Won't IT,
@-vallandighsm and Wood, tits said,
have agreed that If q "War man. is nomi-
mated 1t Chicago, they and their faction
will bolt. BY war man they mean Nc
Clellan. There is to much war about him,
it seems, for these two chief Copperheads.
What do the friends Of "Little Mac"
think about this. Are they willing to 60
into Convention with men who declare in
advance that they will have their way or
''beltf" II that exactly fart Isn't it, in
fact, doing just what the traitors have done
-avowing the purpose in advance to "rule
or ruin 2" It looks so to US. But then it
il not our kettle of fish that is to be cooked.
If it is agreeable to the parties concerned.
We have no objection.
~T The papers now say that it is untrue
that Gen. Burnside has been relieved-that
the Court Of Inquiry has not been able 70
do anything in the examination Of the
questions raised by the failure after mining
the rebel fort, that Burnside. because of
his difference with Gen. Meade rendered
his resignation, which Grant refused to
accept, refusing also to relieve him, and
then gave him leave of absence for twenty
days, which he is spending at Providence,
Rhode Island. So We have not got to the
bottom Of that miscnance - yet, perhaps
We never shall. Some one was in fault We
have no doubt, but it does not seem likely
that the fault was anything worse than .
misunderstanding. It was . sad and cost
~ blunder nevertheless.
~ The Copperhead editor and propri-
etor Of the Metropolitan Record and New
York Vindicator, has got himself into
trouble. He has been publishing articles
resistance to the dram. The
District Attorney Of the United States has
filed . complaint against him before U. s.
Osborne, Of New York City,
who thereupon issued q warrant for the
pestilent fellew who IL named Mullaly.-l
We have not heard whether or not the
Aarshal had succeeded in finding him.
0ooD FOR THE OLD SoLDIER.-C0l. G.,
the Road Master Of the B. & NJ. r.. stand
Ing In . group to hear Cop express him.
self In regard to tho number that would
b II Chicago on Monday, Cop said Illinois
would furnish 700 900 alone.
Col. g. asked Copif he knew the real
object Of 30 many going to Chicago. Cop
said no, unless it was to show that the
Democrats were not all dead men.
Col. @. told Kim ha WA wrong therA aur0