The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-11
FeuP Years...March lS6l...MaFch


owned half North America. and didn't
want to lose i.-she wanted bread, and
couldn't get i without the United States.
Shes had thousands OF merchant vetels, |
which in a war with us us would be Ues-
troyed. France could not afford to go to
war alone with q country much more pow
erful than she is ON the ocean. Neither of
them could afford to zee Russia seize Con-
stantinople, while we we're giving 1ull em- |
ployment to their navies. So our exul. |
ta6t friends in Europe have been obliged !
t0grit their teeth and bear il, while we
sion. It was a hard case. All they could
do was to wear At as, and they have done |
ttNt with a vigor and constancy equal 70 |
that Of the cele brated army In F1anders.-I
The vocabulary Q. blackguardism is the!
most extensive among the rebels. That is |
their forss.- Euts the vocabulary Of envy,
ignorance and mal;gnity in the London
Times, Herald, and similar journals, has
never been exceeded, by anything on
earth. According to them We have been
beaten, corrupted, undermined and de-
stfoyed by al the rules Of war, commerce
science and government, twenty times
oyers but still, rhat--'I "a
Flag Of the seasw
danrts its colors on every ocean, and
dare any. nation Of the world to strike It
Still, me great Kepublic stands the hope OF
nations, the defense Of the free.
Near the 4ih OF March, 1861, Mr.. Lincoln |
had to steal through Baltimore. in mid-
night train 20 avoid assassination. Why
shoald be b assassinated? The answer is |
North Carolina, who says it is totally un-
bearable that the chivalry should be ruled
over by q common, low bred, Illinois law
yer. The people Of the United States chose
Mr.. Lincoln for the very fact that he was
an honest inooEruptahle Republican, q, who,
the very instincts Of his nature, and the
principles Of his life, would use every con.
sti.utional barrier possible against slavery.
When hs WA iEangnrated, all the small
bodvof tfoop6 which could b gotten to-
cether by the veteran Scott, were placed 80
as to guard the President 1t the inaugura-
ton. Batteries were placed facing Penn
Ssnssi, ssayS1 ,asl men ssid I tSeis sssasss, and
felt, when the ceremony. was over, that
they mad escaped agres. danger. No man
knew whom TO trust, and four-dfths OF the
officers Of the Government were ram pant
rebels, and j: took a year TO get the Depart
ments-bpth civil and ilisa{y-ipto good
at the state Of things on the Atm Of March,
1860. and ifthere is a drop of homes. Amer
ican blood in him, he will thank God that
his rouftry Kas eecdred such egreat and
blacxening dangers.
A few weeks later and the streets Of Bal
.imore run with the blood Of Massachu-
dtts volunteers, going TO defend 4he Cs pi.
"a. oocurredo0e of those hundliat-
ing scenes which, we trust, may never
auair occur in the history of this country
NJ. Lincoln, with desire to conciliate
MaryIand, directed the Volunteer regi-
ments Of Massachusetts, and New York
then coming on by thousands-to DO sent
round hv Annapolis. This was amicable,
and no doubt in.a iChri1tiRn apirits bat il
was not the way 10 oonduct var. The ar
NV should have been marched through
Baltimpse, if it burnt every house, and left
not one stone upon another. Such was the
conduct of Baltimore in the beginning Of
more one Of the greatest cities upon earth.
II did oxscfly whAts Was neceeeaxy to her
prosperity. It destroyed slavery. Il Will
re.organize and make prosperous AL that
large country south Of her, whose trade
viii come exc.usively TO Baltimore: bnt
let ID hasten. The. battle Of Bull Kun
came, and (what was equal to two Bun
Runs) The commandership Of Mcclellan.
These events were most unfortunate 70 tho
rebels in one sense-that they prolonged
the war, and qusdrupled the loss Of blood,
Of property, snd fortune, and strength,
which they nuss bear. IL another senae
IL will prove most fortunate for them. The
nroloneation os the war destroys slavery;
8pstroys false political ideas; revolutioni.
zes society, aud oompeas it, total Ie-orean-
ixaticn. In that Reorganization, labor, gem
lbs, industry, and enterprize viii come u
To huild up new Institutions, and the South
win flouriah and prosper, - it never pros
uered before.
Z The An Of March has come again, aud
the plain Illinois lawyer II again inaugu-
ratasl in that off ee, which in spite Of all re-
heI}fon. ie eth the proudest and nobieet
Of the earth. He 10 now surrounded by no
small Ruard, tremb bling with fear. He has
stolen ihrongh no midnight trains to avoid
asaeseinS. He stands amidst no 1towning
1raitora. He il threatened by 10 chivAlry.
HumhIv. We trust, in the presence OF his
God. but proudly 40 the head OF mighty
peop,e. he stands on CapitoGne Hill, lead.
Ing glorious armies, triumphing over a!
enemies. defying the armed oppreesions OF
the world. and holding out the nope OF Tree
dom 70 every struggling man on, the iace
of the earth. BY the grace Of God, the re-
public has triumphed!
LIE. us glance q moment af the historicai
picture presented THEN and now. In lSSl
The rebel troops were on the fotomac, Inc
Ohio, the Missouri, the Cumberiano, Ine
Tennessee and the Mississippi. Ihey were
bombarding Fort Pickens, they were ngnt-
! 1ng ct Bnll Pun, and their base nag was
flying over Nashville, Memphis, Vlcxs-
burg, New Orleans, Savannah, Charieston,
Beaufort, Wilmington, Newbern ana nor
folk. They we're claiming the alllsnc0 2,
Europe, boasting their independence, ano
threatening the very existence OF our gov
ernment. Davis, Benjamin, Toombs, Wle-
fall, Hunter. 1verson, johnson and others
United 70 50 in all the triumph Of success