The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24

~Tha Issue before the people for their
decision in November lie. we take it, pretty
we'll understood. Thanks 70 the Copper!
heads, they have made their reasonable
designs % apparent that noAoyal man can
fail to see and recognize, and consequently
to oppose them. About the Chicago plat-
form and its meaning there is no room for
CONTROVERSY. Itjaa plain pledge of the
Democracy toa peace based upon sepa-,
ration Of the Union, acknowledgment Of
the '.Confederacy," deliberate sacrifice of
all we have accomplished. It is, in faets a
plain bill of sale Of the rights and liberties
Of great people to traitors inarms against
them. It was intended to be just that
The rebel emissaries of jeff. Davis would
have accepted nothing less. .s
Z And no one can, fail to see, if he looks
with his eyes open, that the effort of Me-
Clellan to make his position better one is
b mere subterfuge, made necessary by
events subsequent to his nominations If
he had any real objection to the platform,
it would not have required ten dayA for
him to fnd'it out. II he did not, mean to
carry it out to the letter, he would have re-
pndiated both platform and nomination to-
gether. If the leaders Of the party do not
know be would carry it out, they would ~
pudiate him. They are quite willing he
should say and do anything which may, a.
they hope, increase their prospects Of sue
cess, But they mean to hold him to his
contract, and whatever happens they will
do it. asasess k59 j I ',1.,, { IL
But they overlook the fact that McClel-
lAn's revision. of the platform would turn
out to he the heaviest burden Of the CAM
paign, That u q declaration, by their cam
didate, that the position taken by the par
ty is q dialoyal and dangerous ONE. The
effect Of that admission cannot fail to tell
terribly in their own ranks. It is warn
ing wrung from their own leader, and will
admonish all who really desire to sustain
the integrity OF the Nation that it Is shout
tinae they were getting out Of the bed COM
pany they have been in. They will compre-
bend that the party which permits candi-
date to assume to change the principles
aud policy it had so recently declared would
not do so with honest purposes or If its
real designs were just. They might no.
have had their eyes opened, had Mcclellan
not sought to throw q veil of loyalty over
the peace programme. The attempt to do
that is 80 plain confession Of bad faith
and evil purposes that no one will fail to
perceive and aceNpon il, If he means to be
loyal aud patriotic himself. The causes
f,rfh;a uftosovtod cborro &c ~-or.~
ere so paipable, the per6dy by which it is
is 50 evident, that instead Of
McClellan's prospects OF sue
CESS, it blasts them forever. Men will not
support candidate who tAus says to the
world,-l am soynl. an for sodr ard the
Union, though the party which nominated a.e.
I regret to say, is a peace party aud means
to make the Union Impossible. Such talk
as that is not inviting. @ 80 9.
W. Nothing is so necessary just now rs
that all men should know what they are
doing with absolute certainty. If w4rg iveI
our support to the Union party we Anjoy
this certainty. We know precissiy what it !
means TO- do, Itinsists upon implicit SUBJ |
mission Of the rebels to the authority OF the
Union-to the lays OF the land. It afirms
that rebellion is wrong, that treason Is
wrong, and thacthere is only one method
Of putting down revolt, and that is by |
arms. It has acted on these ideas for three
years. and has nearly accomplished the |
work. It proposes to fcomplest The Job,
and it has no doubt about its competency
10 do It. aY.4
But suppose . man votes with the Cop
perheads, could he tell what they would do |
L they should succeed, Wit be vote with |
hem because b wants pence ana disufson,
or war for the Union! Will he 70 in for |
he Chicago platform, which pronouncea
he war a failure" or viii he accept Of |
letter asa declaration ef. war |
against the rebels untiithey lay down their |
arms and cease to be rebels! viii he be |
= favor Of cessation Of hostilities' with |
he men Of Chicago monstrosity, or will hs !
be for "avigorous prosecutions ofthe war ~ |
We have no doubt about what would fol- |
ow the success Of Mcclellan; but il any
'ne thinks .Mac'' differs from the plat
orm. is it not apparent to him that the beat |
"a
result of that difference is merely to make !
uncertain what ought to be az clea, as |
sunbeam?
THE DRAFr-QUoTAs.-L OF gu b-dis- !
rlcts that are deficient under the present |
all and the number of men reQu ired 70 ell !
heir quota. Townships having a. excess |
ire omitted: 48 ~. -
LEE COUNTY. Sd f8e
~. IL n n noAn
Harrison Ii Cedar -g I'll
Jefferson - Marion u
Pleasant Ridge West Point 10
Green Bay 6 FRANKLIN OIL
W ashington L.
Id VAN BUREN COUNTY.
ehrmington 4 Chequest II
Zee Moines 4 Lick Creek, 81
Bpnapaxts q Cedar al
u Arlington 6 jackson M
@s DAVIS COUNTY.
Greene 6 Fabius 81
I&0aCn0 Mev;cr 81