The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05

lucky would have been at peace. Thor..
pie Of every other Slave State would hhans
been ut peace. The plan offered was ra;S.
ted, and we are involved in war. Nov
me aoy to you that, being involved in -. ~
there II no way out of 1t excopt bv the cc,. 49,
plete suppression Of the Rebellion: NO ~
but this one way, unless wesAre prensrsS
to dismember the American Union. srS
we will fight forever before we viii do thai h..I
Great applause.) There is no such thin~
rely upon it, there is no such thing ~ 49,
suading our people TO give up their oons-
try. They will not consent 70 zee The =
cred, venerable form OF our country hset ~,
to pieces by Rebel swords. (Appiause1
so then, you may count as Certain H..
this country is to be preserved: and ~.
only question is, will we be unan;mor.
now: VIII We profit BY our past expert sds
coin is sure to be elected. Applause I.
it best for us to present the spectacle a. -
divided people? Will q vote aeainss n.
Lincoln do anything for the suppra..
sion Of this Rebellion? Everybody -.
it will not. Everybody knows il: ~.
ry Rebel sympathizer, every Rebd ~
serter, every man who wants the cars 'ee
the country to fall, stock. jobbers OF E.~
York, WHO speculates upon the necsaisi.
disloyal man of every shade Of dislorsy
man Of every shade Of disloyalty ~.
it. Hence, they are all against Mr. ~
coin. Now, then, il II worth while - l,
crease their number? 1t il MOT s.rst
deal better, inasmuch - Mr.. LiuOoln Z
sure 70 be elected, ills not great 1eallat.
ter, as matter Of mere common sense ana
calculation, to stand by him. and make IT,
rebels feel that this il . united peoplSI snd
~ n ~ss~A<
| shall finish the war which they beeaa. hv
| suppressing this Rebellion. fApplausl
Ask the men in the field; ask Grant. ~
tells you il the people will only b guiii
in this war, he will lind no trouble n H.
front. Ask Sherman, and he tells yuu ~
same thing. Ask nearly every odaoof IL
the army, and they will tell you "what .
want is = united people at the ballot-box.
We VIII take care Of the rebels i you vili
ballots tell and our bullets viii no: I'll :
Now, then, II men who conduct the var
are thus unanimous, II IL il plain. On.
mon-sense statement, that in union il
strength, safety and speedy peace. WV
should not Kentucky stand BY the Union.
and not merely by the Union, but By e.
only man through whom alone, under o.
isting circumstances, this Union can b
preserved? (Applause.) spsak q b
j
these things among yourselves. Dse9.
mine for yourselves whether or not Il i
not better, In every point Of view, for
Kentucky end Kentuckians to stand 10.
gether with their brethren Of Ohio, Of -.
diana, Of Pennsylvania, and Of ali othw
States which speak for the Union and
Freedom, to be established and socursd
through the election Of Mr.. Lincoln-a
great deal better than to 90 Oh into anop-
position where all they can do can anal
them nothing, just nothing (Applause.)
SINGULAR FREAK or A1YHuros.-Iu
the spring of 1851, when tho calls to patri-
young man in the third ward Of Chiea9p
named George w. Treyser, was soQeed
TO be married 10 . young lady who died
last week, In q western town, and NJ
buried in vicksburg. He enlisted, promis
ieing tO!.return - soon ~ the war as over,
and left his Alliance almost broken hearted
At the battle Of Wilson Greek be VA
killed. When the the news reached. tbs
| city. bis betrOthed went into fainting fin
and for two days her life was despaired Of
| She never recovered her reason entirely,
but lived N IL were, under. the shadow q
some impenetrable gloom. She selected .
chicken from brood, and took it eohef
room, where she made . p.sything Or .
| pet Of it. She gave II 8 name which IN
time 1t knew, and soon came at her call
| II would perch on her head n she would
crumbs from Or lips when she ssw dt to
feed il, and pick at her teeth - though
| they were kernels Of corn. She would pit
| for hours caressiBg the chicken, which
grew into - sleek and pretty rooster =
ever lived, and which formed an affection
for its mistress truly wonderful. Ard
thus the pair lived till three weeks aincs
/ s~,E q .n~ suH - hv IN
Since this time the girl grew lAnguid, nev-
ous. disheartened, and ut last died with .
broken heart. Such, in brief. IN an actual
| incident which thus passes into the history
OF the singular freaks OF a:fection.-CAica-
90 Tribune. sg
| REBEL PRISONERS IN THE TRENCH ~
EFFECT or BUFFERS ORDER--The corrss.
pendent of the New York Times IN Gene
| raj Buffers army gives the following &C.
| count ofthe manner in which the 0e0esals
retaliatory order, putting rebel priS0nen
I into the trenchee, was carried out:
A soon . this order was issued : iare
number Of prisoners, who had been pr
I! viOusly brought TO headquarters 70 sws1
under guard Of negroes, to do their can
| try service by digging In Dutch Gap CaA
i There were many lugubriOus countess.
ces among them, and an eager dispoetm
ON the part Of many To take the oath d 4
i le1iance, in order 70 escape the periDe troa
shot and shell, and the horrible drgdeg
ofexcavating. But they had refused toN
turn to their fealty when given the opper
ltunity before, and now repentancecamem e
late. Among the prisoners thus disp0A
! OF were the two old gentlemen -Messn
! Henly and McCrae-of whose accidents
wandering into our lines on Mondayni(A
last, have already written: On reachiY
: Dutch Gap, Mr.. McCrAe addressed bib ~
''[low-captives, stating that the retaliatio.,
was Just, y Of his own knowledge be coM