The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-15

ton Of hostilities" are to be made with 9
view to an ultimate Convention OF all the
States. or other peaceable means, TO Inc
end that at the earliest possible moment
peace may be restored" and upon TINS loee
stump in the land where Copperheaos an {,
traitors can be got to listen, that II we VIZ
only<elect Mcclellan and Pendleton the
Uni0 and peace viii be restored, IN any
time you can name, from one mOntn up.
| Misses and laughter.] Ny frlen9s! y
there is anything cheap in the worlo y y
promises, particularly with those w
il, that old serpent, was full Of them 10 tne
garden OF Eden, when he betrayed our hrs,
mother and his American progeny 90 Nc
discredit to their great ancestor IN their Ell
forts to betray their country with lying
and empty promises. Laughter and
shouts This whole scheme Of Conven.
ton Of the States is stupendous cnes'
gather the weak, the cowardly, anc the
scrdid into the great Democratic drag-net,
wherein, as in the greatsheet in St. Peters
vision, 'iare all manner of wild beasts and
creeping things.'' Laughter and shouts.
Remember, my friends, that no convention
Of the States for amending the Constitu-
ton can be lawfully assembled. except I'm,
in the mode prescribed by it. Under the
Constitution what il necessary to the law
full converting of such bodyf lst, 1.-THE
application Of the Legislatures of two
thirds of the several States" and I'd. A.
ter such application, the passage by Con-
ress OF law calling the convention.
HAS THE SOUTH ASKED TT?
Mark, now, that the words 1.-THE several
States" include the whole thirty-four
States, Of which twenty-three are two
thirds. Does any sane man-did any man
in the Chicago Observation-Disclosures for one
moment that in the present circumstances
of the country, the Legislatures of twenty
| three States could be induced to apply for
the calling of convention? No; every
man there knew, and every sensible man
in the country now knows, that 1t would be
as impossible as to call q convention of the
stars to make peace with comet. The
South would reject it because it would be,
practically, an abandonment Of slavery,
and Of the empire Of slavery, for which
they inaugurated the war, and would:
moreover, subject them to the control OF
the majority, coming from the Northern
States; and did not JEFF. Davis declare that
| it was to throw off the rule Of that very
majority that the rebellion was precipita-
ted? Has the South ever proposed to sub
init to the arbitrament of such q conven-
ton? Never. Does this platform say that
the South is willing to 60 into such . con-
vention? Not at all. Has any Democratic
body else in the United States or in Cana
da, ventured to say that there has come
from any sovrce in the South, authoritative
or unauthoritative, the most distant init
nation that the rebels are willing even to
consider such propositions Not one.
WOULD THE NORTH AGREE TO lit
But suppose the South willing to come
into such q measure. do you believe it
would he possible, with all the experience
we have had OF their domineering imperi-
business and cold, calculating perfidy OF
Southern aristocrats. to induce q requisite
number Of Northern States to 60 into q con-
vention with them? II the whole sixteen
should apply for . convention, it would be
necessary for seven of the Northern States
to join in the application; and what seven
| Of them would do II? Would Ohio? No,
never. MANY voices, ''Never.") Nor
would a single other Northwestern State
nor would q single New England State
nor would New York or Pennsylvania,
State that suppose might do it-New Jer-
sey (Laughter;) and | will not SANDER
even her-politically miserable as she is, or
was-by affirming that she y0uld.
| WOULD THE FORMER SLAVE STATES?
| But would it be possible to induce the
whole sixteen former slave States to apply
for a convention? Let us see. West Vir-
ginia has prospectively abolished slavery,
Is loyal to the Union, and has no interest
in common with the South. Maryland is
in the act Of abolishing slavery immediate
", and SO is cut loose from the South. Del
aware IL, practically, a free State, and is
steadfast to the Union. Missouri has adOp-
Arl v1Nss~
take step forward, AMI wipe out the &C.
cursed institution instantly and forever
great applause;) and / promise you she
would not ask for a convention. Arkansas
and Louisiana have ordained new consti-
tutions abolishiDg slavery. and Tennessee
is marching on to the same glorious con.
summation. (Applause.) Here are seven
may safely be assumed, not one would join
in the application for convention. II the
other nine slave States asked IL, then you
must find fourteen free States to concuI
with them; and they could never be found.
| WOULD AMENDMENTS RI RATIFIED.
But suppose convention called, and
amendments of the Constitution adopted
by it, there il yet more to be done. Those
amendments would have to be ratified by
| the legislatures Of, or conventions called IL
three fourths, or twenty-six of the States
before they would be . part of the Consti-
tuition. And venture TO say that in the
present state of the country, no amend
ments could be devised which would be
ratified by that number Of States, except
that one, as sure to come a. Tomorrow
SUN, and like it to come in glory, which
shall declare slavery abolished and forever
prohibited in the United States Of Ameri-
ca. I0reat applause, repeated.]
/ THE PROPOSED CONVENTION A CHEAT.
| What, then, becomes OF the Chicago pro.
iect of q Convention The South rejects j,
with scorn ; the North rejects it from prin.
cipie, and there is not a human being on
earth who has the semblance of authority
from the South or North to propose it as .
measure Of peace. To propose it is there.
fore to propose An impossibility; and t.
propose an impossibility in the presen,
strained and anxious condition Of the pub.
lie mind, Is bold imposture, vile cheat