The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10

HAW,k-EYE
- The Copperheads At Chicago ten
dered the soldiers in the field their Sym
pathy" and ''protection r. That is abou
1.-The richest example OF insolence we hav,
met with. What sympathy they have fol
the soldiers may b known by the terms
they usually apply to them. They hav,
told M, and daily tell us, that the soldier
are "mercenaries," Lincoln dogs" "hire
lings." II 10 manifested BY their leligh
over the misfortunes they have sometime.
encountered, by their scowls and regret al
our victories. What sort of "pr0tection'
they would get may be inferred from The
pains theyare at to murder them whenever
they can do 30 with safety. Yes, they have
vast deal of sympathy for the soldiers
but they are those Of JEFF. Davis They
would protect them, no doubt, If certain
that they fought against the Union,4 They
have evinced that sort of sympathy and
protection, but none other. We guess I'm.
ION soldiers can dispense with their sym.
pathy and are quite able to protect them.
selves.
What the rebels hope from the cleo.
ton Of . candidate on the .'peace platform
is evident enough. Allaaccounts from reb-
eldom concur in the statement that the
people there believe this to be the last cam
paign Of the war, that they are holding
ont merely to see the result Of the election
in the North. In fact; they have no hope
OF success unless their friends in the North
can secure power. In that case they know
they win be permitted to have their ovA
way. If the .Copperheads are beaten-as
they are sure to be-their last hope will be
blotted out, and they will be prepared to
submit. These are the facts. They are
deplorable ones, too, for they convict the
Northern Copperheads Of the murder Of
every soldier VINO dies for his country in
consequence Of the aid held out to the reb-
els. That is where the Copperheads stand.
They are guilty Of the blood shed in conse-
quence Of their encou9 cement to the trail
tors.
a-It is said that the ''peace sneaks''
were induced to agree to the nomination Of
Mcclellan on their platform, by private as
surAnces, that in case Of success, Horatio
Seymour should be Secretary of State,
Vallandigham, Of War, and that Cox,
voorhees,, and the other shining lights,
should be remembered and receive their
share Of "the spoils." g
What do the people think Of that pro-
grammes Wouldn't Seymour and vallan-
Cox and voorhees,, constitute q
nice Cabinet? Wouldn't it ensure ''peacef''
Wouldn't it conduce to the honor Of the
nation? How it would tickle Jen. Davis
and all the other traitors9
~We have not heard, a. yet that the
Chicago nominee has resigned his position
in the army. He still, 90 far as We know,
clings to his Major Generalship Is his only
MEANS Of support We are not sure but be
il wise in % doing. He can live pretty
comfortably on his pay, We should think;
and there il little danger Of his being called
upon TO do any service. It is not very
manly Or patriotic, it is true. But then no
one expects anything Of that sort from one
who il low enough down in the scale Of hu-
manity to become the candidate Of Copper
heads. But he may resign after all. We
hope 90. We will be quite resigned to
that, whom 1t happens.
~
- The idea Of the Chicago platforn1l
seems to be that 'sUncle Sam" il dead, and
the Cepperheads desire JefE Davis to adj |
minister upon his estate. II the idea be |
Irue, then the rebels killed him. And the |
desire the Chief OF the MUIR
lerers to be appointed executor! They |
admire the deed, approve the process. and
now propose to reward the criminal - |