The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-21

adopted in substance, despite the opposition
Of the slave mongers. Maryland, we be-
llieve, will soon wheel into line as Free
State, relieved Of the terrible incubus which
has hitherto retarded its progress, and cor
jrupted lie people. It looks 20. just now.
If themovement in suocsssful what hap.
| py thing for the Stste md for tho country
~ shsrman's advance seems to b em.
inently successful. Though the country
| in which he l. operating is one Of Natures
fastnesses, fpA Of bsryiers which no army
however bravs and numerous could carry
against = residue de3ense, YET sherman
finds his way around them and By nank
and rear movements oompels tho rebels ia
abandon them. Resaca, the last strong
hold taken, is nearly south Of Dalton, on
the railroad leading to Atlanta. tits some
little distance northeast Of Rome. I If Sher-
man follows the faflroads he win leave
Rome on hi4 right flank, Whether it ID
| his purpose 70. take Il before going further
towards Atlanta, We cannot guess. It has
been reported to 30 > considerable depot Of
military stores for the rebel army. How
the fact is We cannot say with certainty
But Judging from eher1an's past success.
and such accounts - have reached us, he
is strong enough to carry out his aims.
whatever @eyITes We suppose hsah al
ready beyond the greatest natural Difficult
1iss = The. way Of his progress. II John
son, could not maintain himself there, how
can he Do II in 2 more open country. 9oe7
bn -. The New York World claimssto
have been The victim of fflu6ss Snd for
gsEy, in it, publication Of what pnFpoFted
to b . proclamation of tho President 1t
wants us III 70 believe that It was entire
" innocent Of all design, and that the
Journal Of Commerce and the Herald we're
aho victimized by the same parties and
With equal afrnplicity. This II III fadge-
The pettons who have control Of these pa
psfs know very we'll whore these dispatch
- come ffom&alWays know whethsr. they
are genuine'or false: There b no possibil-
itEof their being deceived BY any legerde-
main between the Telegraph Office and their
ed BY forgery is simply 8 lie. The evil
purpose was accomplished. A fraudulent
document purporting to be signed by the
President, was printed insthree Of the New
York daily papers. Copies Of these pa
pers went to all parts of Europe, . few
hours subsequently,. That is what they
were wanted fof. That was the design Of
the forgery. 1t is remarkable that none
but Copperhead papers should be gnlled-
that they should be.so easily 'duped while
all the rest understood the thing at once
and refrained from printing it'll It may
probably be the casethat the steamer which
left on Wednesday, carrying 100000 in
gold, and this base forgery, carried also the
proof Of its falsity.s..' We hope this was the
case. If it did, no harm viii result If it
did not, we shall learn in q month or less,
where and how the thing was meant to OPP
crate. s4..,s,..-, me-
The harm was not in the pretended call
form men, but in the false statement
that Grants campaign was ended and was
altogether fAilure--the virtual confession
Of defeat and disaster in the whole tone Of
the simulated proclamation. That was the
trouble In r. Such a CONGESTION from the
President. if a, it could be- got I'M
|contradicted to Europe, would produce q
markedresult upon our interests in that
quarter. That was It's design, and despite
the pretended limo ence Of the World, we
have no doubt that it, and the other papers
which gave n original production, were
parties to the forgery No one ever knew
a forger to confess his crime while he had
hope thathis guilt could not b proved.
[f.< / ~. .us e---o ls-----Ts s-ftT, 81 s'sw
~ The State Constitutional Conven.
ton Of Lceisis6aI has adopted by vote 81
seventy t6 sixteen an article declaring that
''Slavery and involuntary servitpde are
hereby forever e6oHshed and prohibited in
the State. and the Legislature shall make
man." s,-.t<tf.,frvT r.. - o
J That WILL doyuntil the Constitution Of the
United states shall be madeto contain sub
|stantially the same provision. The last 10
what il demanded to .'clipch the nail, ana
make us nation Of 5yeemeY forever. And
teshalf have it, fitoo.' Trough the Cop,
Fperhesds In the North may block the road
to it. esslittle7 longer. they, cannot do it
always. The people have had snosgh Of
the internal thing. They're nolongsr in
clined to permit the SaccHtsed institution
which, has roauseds wpS and
baoodshsd; and which wages 80 horrible a
Warfare against liberty and repnb licsnism,
to defile our borders. 4 tis decreed that the
cause Of this civil var shallbe blotted out
Copperheads may as wellsthhdfrom I'M
der, The sooner The better for then, 1877 i..e d
IS Na- On last Saturday. Harlem railroad
stool, sold at the New York Exchange 1t
@g7S. per. share. On Friday Il sold at $40.
On Wednesday, Of this week, 1t Is reported
q &2so! Some people would like % know
how any railroad can manage to do bust
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