The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-10

0tfalSoI IOrWaIU pain IOlKS. HIS talk Il
the rebels is just right. IL the rebels ar,
tired oftbe war and want peace they only
have - stop lighting aud thus stop tn,
war. That is not hard to do.
-O
THE WATERMAN" ny Ira C. MI7cH.
KLL.-Ws have received the first number
of a new paper called The Watcdman, prin-
ted al Oskaloosa, by Mr.. Mitchell, late op.
position tthis is the mildest term we can
use. J candidate for Congress in the 4th Dis
trict. We notice the paper because Mr..
Mitchell is proved to be representative
man, from the fact of his nomination for
Congress, and because in his address to
the public he says:
while discussing candidly and earnest
~ al subjects that properly come before
the pa bic, we shall endeavOr to do 80 in a
high-soned and dignitied manner, avoiding
those unpleasant personalities aud yiruient
abuse that too often lind their way into the
columns Of cur public prints
In the same address and same column
from which we cut the above, this candid.
high-:oned: dignitiej, and as be pretsnds,
loyal and honorable Mitchell says:
1--WE have Away regarded. the Abolition
party as revolutionary one, whose priu-
ciplss if not the aims and objects OF its
leaders, threatened the exisiance of our
form Of Government and the subyersion
of civil and religious liberty for the white
man under the pretext OF freeing the black
man. We have not changed our opiu,On
OF them since they have increased in NUN.
bers and acquired power in our Govern
ment. On the contrary, the open and avow-
ed violations Of the Constitution they were
sworn 20 support have, in our estimation.
added 10 the viiiAinies we apprehended
from them, that OF perjury, while their in.
human persistence In u devastating and
ruincus civil war without an effort for con-
Citation, leaves VA no other conclusion
IMAM that they intend az any cost OF blood
or treasure to destroy our system of Gov.
ernnea;, and establish . centralized MON
archy, limited or absolute, upon its ruins"
This candid gentleman gives US beau
tisul sample OF his quality in the above
paragraph. The Abolition party, and ali
are Abolitiouists who support Mr.. Lincoln.
are trying to subvert our Government and
take away the liberties of the white man
under pretence Of freeing the black man!
But in addition to this and ali other vii
iainies he always suspected them OF and
which suspicion the facts have justified.
the Lincolnites have added that OF perjury.
and civil war-inhuman, devastating and
ruinous-leaviug the virtuous Mitchell no
other alternative bat to believe that they
intend, At any cost of blood and treasure to
destroy our system of Government and es-
tablish centralized monarchy, limited or
absolute, upon it, ruinsl The country, in
this emergency, has no defence against
these monarchical Linconites aud their
revolutionary schemes, except in the wis.
dom Of Mitchell and his associates and the
army OF Jefferson Davis! They are the
only Champions OF Democratic Ipstitu.
tons: But for Davis aud his army and
such self sacrificing patriots rs this man
Mitchell, Lincoln and his revolutionary
party would no doubt long since have sue
ceedsd in their Internal .'villainies,' turn
ed this Republic into limited or unlimited
monarchy and perhaps compelled eyerv
Democrat to take 4 wife OF African decent.
But even with the hest efforts of Jefferson
Davis, backed by Mr.. Mitchell. il seems
tina, lincoln has about done the business
for Republication in America. This OBJ.
servant sharp-eyed Waterman says:
To-day no State in the Union has any
more Independence or power than had the
provences OF France under the old regime.
er the counties Of England under Queen
Victoria"
Is it not strange. passing strange, that q
man supposed to have intelligence, to
know something Of public affairs, should
get OF such stuff q this? That he should
come before the people In the character OF
public instructor, pretending to dignity,
propristy, high toned chivalry and truth,
and yet every line and every utterance OF
his first issue self-evident, dwelling shall
low falsehoods. Tho appearance of his pa
per = the best possible refutation of every
thing he says.
But Mr.. Mitchell informs his readers
what Democracy really is and gives us his
Interpretation Of the spirit of our Institu.
tions. He believes the Constitution and
Union a compact depending fer existence
entirely upon the will of the States. Tia!
whenever any of the States become dissa,.
is6ed and rebel, convention should be
called, and II. the refractory membe,
will not be reconciIed aud come back. she
must be permitted to 60, for 1--WE quotel
Fighting for Onion has.always appeared
to us TO involve an absurd confusion O
terms.r
But Mitchell probably sees nothing
wrong In fighting the Lincoln despotism--
in organizing and arming the Sons of Lib
erty. in numbering U. S. Marshals-i,
killing Observation-Disclosures burning north
ern cities-in hanging Southern Unionists-.
n starving and shooting:our brave soldier