The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-04

TH1 END At HAND-AM EN0I1eH VIEW.
--"Aiidwinter," says the London Daily
the shocks and hurry OF war in the Amer
lean campaign" and the same paper
# the North s,ill remains able IS keep
up its armies to ct least their present stand
ard, while The south cannot renew Its reg
ular forces, nor rouse the patriotism Of it's
members to further sacrifices, it is evident
sight. It must moi, indeed, be looked for
sud denly. A great and tried army like
Lees cannot be suddenly disposed or by
|aEy opponent less than Napoleon. Even
Hood may rally 3 portion Of his force, and
make stout FIGHT still in the strong posi-
|tions on the Tennessee. Bat, on the other
hand, it is Impossible not 10 see IN the ao-
conntseof the fighting that now reach us,
that q knowledge Of their fate has, greatly
altered the morals Of the ccnten5ing forces.
There is at once dash and STUBBORN en-
ergy ia the attacks Of the FeGerals which
were not traceable In their first encounters,
while the Southerners, whose " tlder man
death, and whose skin as shots gays them
ia the opening Of the war a distinct supe-
riority, now fight as brave men do who are
ashamed to yield, but who yet know they
Fight in vain. And those who are still
with Hood or Lee are, ]; must re1nem-
bered, the heartiest who are Jeff. They
are those who doubt not OF success, and
who shrank not from the dangers and suf-
ferings necessary 10 ensureit. When these
begin to doubt the end must be approach
But the facts We have reviewed not only
show as the end Of the war, bat they open
to US happier prospect Of what will be
after the war. The theory advanced by
some Of our contemporaries that the North
~ x1~ tor sRS,
ISou.hern armies are beaten from The field,
is plainly untenable. Thefery spirits will
he gone, and those who We're too lndifter-
ent TO fight will certainly not have energy
to resist when the fight is over. Il g to be
kept in view that there is, after all, no diff
| ference Of race, or speech, or law, 10 main
tain feeling Of hostility. There is moth,
| ing 70 prevent Northern settlers from
amalgamating with Southern residents.
The negro question being settled, there
| will be nothing to maintain distinction
between the two sections. Engaged IN the
same pursuits, reso.ting to the same iegis-
lature, there viii be nothing in this case
resembling those in which nation is over
run and deprived of it's rights by an alien
power. southerners will recover their
rights by submission, they will stand on q
footing Of perfect equality with the yictors.
We all know how rapidly, when the High
landers Of Scotland had been disarmed,
they became among the most loyal OF
their fellow subjects. Yet their case was
one in which there were fundamental dis
lnction between them and their subjuga-
tors not to be found between Federais and
Confederates. No doubt there vii. be an
intervening period in which military law
must prevail till perfect order is restored.
Those who make the pretense OF acting as
guerrillas after the regular war is oyer an
excuse for numbering and plundering,
must be repressed by the firm rules which
in every country, and under every system
| of law, punYSh individual crime. This will
be an Inevitable coneom;tant Of the period
Of transition from war 10 legality. But
when the foul dream Of building up a
slave empire is over, there will he nothing
nothing 10 maintain dissension about, and
who are in the enjoyment Of common
rights, common liberties, com mon privil-
eges, will speedily unite;o put down those
whose disorders viii be only common
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