The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-19

it is Biddle's Bank, and then Benton's hard
| currency is triumphant, Massachusetts tar
III and South Carolina's free trade, anti-li-
qnor, anti-rent and Know-Ncthing. each
by turn swearing in their bobby; Wilmot
provisO them Dred Scott decision, and last
to corne--and yet to last always--emanci-
patton. Poor, wild-eyed. closet-ridden ia
naticism. COnstituti0na.ly, pertinaciOnsly
despised ADolitionisln. Humanity driven
!, into corner, reduced to a seventy years
whisper, started to its ieet W the cannon Of
Davis, and foated by the 0loo.Eof both in
70 the hreside possession OF tiseFy slave
holder or bater in this serbia iesAed land.
Negotiation means nothing, ri !nless il
means independence out Of thQ, Q,Union. 1t
means foreign power built uxon the ru-
ms OF our domestic hAarthstO les, or the
whole republic, with the vital element Of
al! republicanism gone-obedience to the
Will OF the majority; Union, with the Prin-
ciple Of unity dissolved; and when that is
gone who will calm the jarring States?-
Who will give as dignity and consideration
abroad? Where, then, IS the great repub-
lie? What, then, do you mean Iy an Amer-
| lean citizen? Because one ph-ty favored
the African. must all parties } lie up tnis
beautiful Anglo-Saxon Amerrss- Because
the Constitution reserved 81 he States
powers no, necessary TO the 1, eneral Gov
ernment, shall those which are necessary,
and which it did delegate to the General
Government, be at the mercy OF the sOph-
istry or the iniquity OF any State which i'm
injure them? [Appiause.] What Go we
mean by State sovereignty? The States
are spontaneous communities, born of the
accidents of migration and settlement The
Unson is the deliberate &C. Of ali the States.
The national power is so much OF State
Rights surrendered to protect the rest; and
the States that strike at The nation strike at
1 a nf of Va "a n "a.
ton. a citizen is born in South Carolina.
raises cotton in Alabama, and dies IN Cali
fornia. -
! His cradle is rocked pcder one jurisdic-
ton, his poke. filed or emp.ied by an
other, and mis- eofln buried IN third: but
he is always IN the Union-that more con-
unuous. oversnadowing and connprehen-
sive hcme, into which reach his loftiest
pride Of empire, his deepest dreams Of pro-
gress, his more varied and interlacing pur-
suits Of business, ambition or pleasure
Which State did Jeff. Davis risk his neck
} for? Kentucky bore him, he studied !rea-
son all his life in Mississippi, commenced
TO practice it in Alabama. graduated q clas-
sic culprit in Virginia, ana is fast advRnc-
ing into that state Of dependency which Is
resuming its sovereignty over him. How
came the Democratic party to father so dec.
ina.ing q heresy? confess see nothing
80 attractive in the present position OF that
party to stand by il when Democracy Itself
) is perishiDg in their hands. Let US dis.in-
guish between the Democratic community
and the democratic organization. The
Democratic community are sincere, patri.
otic and credulous. IF they vote wrong
they mean right, if they follow kneves
! and demagogues, they believe them cham.
pions of the principles they love and cher.
ish. How Wen the Democratic organ Ia
tion knew Low 20 play on these patriotic
ofrHlfNF
''turncoat" ego with your party" che is q
black Republican," '.ssaud by tho Damoc.
: racy"-these are the magic phrases upon
} which they presume TO whip into line al
who would rebel against fraud, treaehery
!, imbecility and disanion. We know where
TO find the peace party. They are open and
| honest. Strong advocates for weak gov.
} ernments, thay banker for ruins as Eng.
lishmen do for tainted cheese. [Applause
and iaughter.] Muddled with Calhoun
! metaphysics about State sovereignty, il
the winter of our fortunes, they go south
. for their policies, as invalids for their
health. The larger and airo,ter wing have
no theories and no PRINCIPLES bat for pow.
er. They t9,k war for Northern votes tha,
, they may make peace Tor Southern votes
Lustirg for Southern support, they would
. legalize Southern treason and rob ths
J North of the right 10 81 stable government
bv turning this Union into the hall Goor O
q tenement house, w1ere States may go il
: and out and track their dirt as they please
} while we intend that it shall be hermeti.
cally sealed jar 20 preserve the fruits Of ouI
fathers from so destructive an atmosphere
charge the Dem ocratic leaders with act
; ing in this crisis without dignity, consis
J tepcy, common sense or courage. With
} increasing, through envy and disappoint.
. nent, the very evils they themselves help
! ed to produce, charge them with going Il
; the Charleston Convention III 1860, and witt
their numerical minority as voters, anC
their numerical majority as delegates, at
tempting to force on that convention can
, didate, who, by his part in disturbing tht
, Missouri Compromise, could not succeed
a: the North, and because Of his vote on thu
Lecom pton bill would fail ut the South
, Refusing ali compromise at that time, wher
: concession might have saved the party ant
, the country. and then denouncing the Re
publicans because they would NOT concili
, son, when such concessions would have
. been degrading and useless, I charge h,
> Democratic leaders and presses with pre-
II tending to advocate the war, stamping 'sths
) Union 1T all hazards on their banners, ,ant
. then nominating Peace candidates, who
, after being smuRgled through the ballot
boxes with the War cry, seat themselve.
. down in Congress to vote the soldiers IL
7 rags and the country in ruins. I charge
: them with trying to wean the people frOu
: a just war, by. artfully exaggerating it,
> faults, undertaking our resources, sneerinl
at our victories, and sending their Govern
> ors and ex-Governors whining around thu
country 70 twaddle about the :niseries ant
t expenses Of this conflict, as If all wero no
: miserable and expensive, until by hearty
. CO. operation, shoulder to shoulder, heart K
heart, we bring them to healthy conclu
} sion, / charge this Jacobin junta with try
, ing 10 drown the sound Of their own blows
> upon the country in the cries of liberty il
/ danger, shrieking against arbitrary arrest
f with the whole pack loose upon the land
, with attempting to bring the military anG
> civil power into collision, while derounc
+ ing taxation and high prices, as II h:gt
} prices did not bring high wages, with tll
> irexhaustible resources Of mines and land.
| would sink twice the debt to mere baga
} telle in few years. charge this beauti
!. full crowd with essaying TO degrade ths
: government and excite the prejudices o
) labor and races, BY calling this . war fol
, the negro, when they know that the whit,
.. mans republic depends for its life upon th,
! red blood that is spilled for it now.
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