The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-25

P4o ~ 4Ome Oy insane 0t5NOf1 and AOW10E
gortc1Ans M have proved utterly I'm vain.%
there IS net q particle of strength or spin
LEFT in the South. The only spifitief eftamonl
tnem consists OF lying and bfagging-anG
neither sorrow, disaster or calamity seems
TO have any power Of abating that. Suci
IS their situation. They will not yield, bn
grad ually disappear from the stage.
CINCINNATI, March IA. i e. d. NJ.
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The MeasaSe Of Govefno4 BroWn.
All the Richmond papers give the follow.
ing abstract of the recent message Of Gov
Brown, Of Georgia ~ 9@ 'fa p aaa
The message, OF Gov. Brown commences,
with defense of the State against the Ut.
tacks Of the press for permitting Sherman
to march unmolestec through the State.
He says she was abandoned to her fate
and neglected by the Confederate authefi.
ties, and while her able bodied sons were
held tor the defense Of other States, and
were denied the privilege Of striking an
honest blow for the protection Of theil
homes, Georgia was compelled to rely OH
~ upon q few old men and boys.
He claims that the golden opportunity
was lost for overthrowlng Sherman. Had
be been resisted from the start, forced to
hgh. and exhaust his ammunition, his sur.
-
He recommends the establishment Of q
militia system, 20 be in no case turned
over to the Confederate Government, bu,
retained for home defense. He says there
are only l.400 e1empis in the State, and
most OF these are over age.
He recommends the passage OF law au-
:hcr!zing the impressment OF provision 1n
the hands Of persons under bond to the
Confederate Govern ment who refuse to sell
fn0ip ry>t,Yg trN ko ND {os ~
soldiers. 3
he complains that Confederate agents
can lock up the corn-crihs and smoke
houses asains; the State par chasing agents.
Referring TO the Penitentiary, he says,
that more than half the cCnvicts released
to dgh. have since deserted. He recon-
mends the passage Of law prescrib bing
berry, horse stealing Or burglary.
Ae opposes .Ee arnicg Of the slaves, be-
iieyiKiE them % be more valuable as agri-
cultural laborers than they could be SOL
diers. They dc not wish to go into the Rr-
my, and the principal restraint now upon
them is the fear that If they leave the ene-
my will make them fight. Compel them
TO take up arms, and they will desert by
by thousands. As
Whatever may be our opinion of their
normal condition or interests, we cannot
expec. them to perform deeds Of heroism
when fighting 10 continue the enslavement
Of their wives and children, and it is not
reasonable to deInand it of them. When
ever We establish the fact that they are q
military people, We destroy our theory that
they are unit to be free. When We arm
the slaves we abandon Slavery. seq
Ee complains OF the usufpatiOns of the
ConfederateC Congress in levying dispropor-
tlonate taxation, and says that much OF the
most Objectionable legislation 10 imposed
upon the country by the votes of men who
act without. eeponaibility to constituencies
out OF the army. .H
He takes the Government to task for q
great variety Of alleged abuses, sEch az lie
legal impressmente, arrests of citizens
passport system. and the partialisy of the
Government TO men of wealth, who are
given nominal positions which keep them
out OF the army, while poor men and boys
are forced into the ranks. &E
eEe 0nimadvefts severely on h0Reneral-
ship Of the President, and traces his mill
tary career during the war. He says: Our
Govern mont is a military desp0tism, drift
ing into anarchy, and II the present policy
il persisted in il must terminate in recon
struction, with or without subjugation.
Gov. Brown states that he is utterly op.
posed to both but If he favored either be
would give his earnest support to the pol
icy Of the President, as the sufest mode OF
diminishing our armies exhausting our
restnrces, breaking the spirit Of our people,
and driving them in despair 70 seek ref.
uge from worse tyranny by placing them.
selves under .. Government they loathe
and cetest. s9ss 9Ss
For the cure Of existing evils he recon-.
mends the repeal Of the conscription act
and return TO the constitutional mode oi
raising troops, by acquisitions upon the
States, the Observance Of good faith with
the soldiers by paying them promptly, the
abandonment OF impressments and sscret
sessions Of Congress, no more representa-
tion without a constituency, and finally
taking from the President his power az
Commander-in.Ch Chief. @a
"He calls for Convention Of the States
to amend the Constitution, and closes in
the following language: my destiny
is linked with my country. II we sue
ceed am q free man. II by the obsti.
macy land weakness Of our rulers we fail,
. common ruin awaits us all. The night
IL dark the tempest h0wls; the ship ID
lashed with turbulent waves the helms.
man is steering to tho whirlpool; yet oul
remonstrancee are unheeded. We must
restrain MIN, or the crew must sink to.
gether, and all be buried in irSecoverable
Yuin.''
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