The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-06
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

EkLY HAWk-E1E.
- II the Copperheads, ~ any pdssibll-
lily, could elect . President, what would
they dor They say We are wrong IN at-
tempting to sustain the Union by arms,
that they want ..peace," and that on any
terms. 0fcourss the first thing they would
do would b to order our Generals to cease
attacking the rebels and withdraw their
armies out OF the ''Confederacy." They
would b compelled to retire, because 20
long % they renainsd the rsbsls would IT.
tack them and they would have either %
fight or be, captured. Sherman must fall
back fbr instance. But how fart The rsb-
els say Tennessee u part o. tie ssConfeder-
acy." OF course he could not stop there
without war. The rebels elatn Kentucky.
sherman could not stop within the limits
Of that 6tSte without waging war. he
would therefore be compelled 70 oroaS 4
theNorth Of the Ohio, or else there could
be no s'peace." asse5 si4 ~
So, too. the army Of the Potomac must
trace it, steps backward. But how fart
The rebels claim al Virginia. That army
could not remain on its ''sacred soil, )" with.
out fighting for its camping ground. Il
CROSSES the Potomac and enters Maryland.
But the rebels claim Maryland just o. pos
lively and tenaciously ~ they do South
Carolina. That army would have to getas
far north a. Pennsylvania, before 1t would
occupy ground unclaimed by the traitors,
OF for which they would not assault re-
treating army. II that army retreats to
Pennsylvania It leaves Washington, the
National Capital, In the hands Of the rob
els!
They also claim Missouri, and al the
States and territory on the Mississippi be-
low the Ohio, and Of course We must give
them up, Arkansas, Memphis, vicksburg,
New Orleans, Texas, and all the posts we
hold on the Cult, including Fort Pickens.
III that We hold in Florida, in South Caro-
lima, North Carolina, and all the fortified
islands and Forts occupied by us along
that coast, for all are claimed by the rebels,
and until we give them up absolutely. We
occupy what they ca1l their territory and
what they insist upon our giving up abso-
lutely. - H a4a4t
Until all this is done, there could be no
Of even a truce to the conflict
So long a. We should continue to hold I'll
foot Of the soil claimed by the rebels, nc
cording to their'notion, in which the Cop
perheads concur, we should be waging
war, and consequently there could be no
epeace."
How would it be be after that absolute
Would that give % '.peace!''
It might, il the concession Of Ill the TERRI
tory they claim would satisfy the traitors,1I
Il an absolute acknowledgement Of thei
'Confedsracy' and utter relinquishment
Of all the rights Of the Union would satis-
~ themY II they did not choose to prose-
cute tho war any further, the contest might
end. Alter giving up al this we should b
exactly whore we are now, In rslation to
the article Of s'peace' We could have II |
II the traitors should choose to permit 4, |
and not otherwise.
And what right have we to infer that they |
would vouchsafe that favor TO rs? Why I
should they not insist upon still other de- |
mandsa They say they have done no
wrong, that they had . right to secede, that
the war on our part is wrong and on theirs |
just, and the Copperheads concur. II the
were in power would the
rebels limit their demands to q mere con- |
cession Of their territorial Independence?
Would they not demand, as they have
already claimed, indemnity for the cost
Of the war? II they did, could the Cop
perheads deny it to them? five have no
right to wage the war, then the rebels have |
q perfect right 10 linden. nifty for ~
penses they have incurred. And Is the
sanction their view Of the |
right, they could not resist that demand, or
any other the rebels might choose to In |
sist upon. II they did choose to deny pay
ment while admitting The right, then the
rebels would undoubtedly refuse to permit !
q sspeace'' 50 long as there remained |
to be gained by the continuance
81 tostilities. They might insist, and with
rsasdh IL they are admitted to be in thej
right, that all the principal loyal men
Ia the North, should be surrendered |
up ID them, or be banished. or be dis
o. be reduced to ssrvitude, or
DO dealt with In any other way their ca
price or barbarity might require. And
whist reason have We to imagine they
would not push their demands to the utter
most, after the Copperheads IN power con-
cede the Justice Of their cause, and openly
proclaim their cowardice, and once consent
to the national dishonorf Would not the
rebels prove themselves precious set Of
fools if they did not insist upon the most
sxtravagant claims when the Copperheads,
being able to control, confess the most out
rageeus Of them to Be no more than their,
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