The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-03

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tne Democrs. Gwip, there was some attsc-
sa'lon OF denying i but Lo real Denial
OF Mexico have been coded TO France in
the way OF security for her Endorsement Of
haxim-lian'a loans, has all the air end
dcl!comstanoes Of probability. Between
Inns French sharper and his stool pigeon,
! Mexico 10 to be 2lunde-si ant then div;.
aeo mp 70 pay the ,o5bers, the lion's share
| ,aillng OF course, TO the French chief
The Jecker bonds which 80 French En-.
E'eror inaGo his Srs. lresaxl ior demand
! on Mexico, are swin6le. r1ey were is.
snad tc :. French aayentu,e- hy. rebel
sssDeral who die NOT receive oyer five dol
lars n hundred of 'heic Zee. The Max
.liil.an loans, kindly sndoxa.s anil pago-
! ;ia,ed by t.,e French Emperor. sro OF like
sorl. By his manipulation hiayiMiiian
receives bu, little more than halt The face
OF Six per cent. bonds with the French IL
faorseinent, whereas French three per ceul
bonds are negotiated at near par. The
game is evidently to emharrass Mexican
lin ances, in order to make an OCCASION for
| more cessicps OF territory.
What is the duty Of the United States in
| this matter? Can we stand by and see a
ne'ghhoring republic plundsred and par
:eAed oat by foreign coma ueSt, With al! this
| evidence tina. we are looked upon as sub
ljec,s for the same treatment whenever our
! ~e6hAess shall furnish nE opportunity, or
any foreign alliance eau be made strong
enough to carry II opt. "A calamity which
weak ems our powe. at once exposes our
peighbor republics to European invasion.
Foreign powers Thus recognize the Ameri-
can Republics az protectors OF each other.
They LOOK upon .be downfall Of one as the
opening OF all 70 their conquest. This COM
pvis us TO view it in the sane way, and to
accep. their judgment that the safety OF
eeasa Of the American Republics is bound
up ia the integrity Of oil.
Facts have established The wisdom OF that
declaration o. An American system which
was drawn By 1oLn Quincy Adams and
promulgated under Mr.. MoDroe's Admin.
istrItion, and which is termed the Monroe
Doctrine, which is, substantially, that
American States which have estabiished
+! their Independence shal, not be subjects
| for foreign conquest, and that any attempt
20 reduce them to q colonial condition will
| DO regarded Is unf,isndly 10 this Republic
This attempt to kuhjpgate Mexico was
svowediy unfriendly 10 this Republic. It
| menaeea our safety. 1t Stimulates foreign
| ysaacity, and e1eites each power 10 rival
the other IL aggressions upon America, aud
| then D4nds them together in maintaining
:heir conouests.
| Let 4s freely ACCEPT the position which
4IlxoNS 4oSo5ulAes ds Ou~S- tlAt Vi kIOSeC-
sor OF the American Republics. Let us
scoep: tho American sys.em of politics ss
EAsope has recognized it-ihRt the Ame.i.
can Republics are bound together for the
| G ,mEon defense against European con.
quest. Let us accept ihei, view that the
downfall Of one is tins exposure Of all their
aggressions. lie: the first use Of restored
power be to re- e-establish the protection it
| gave our sister Repp bic. Mexico must be
relieved from Fren ch invasion ard French
| financial swindlers. All these have been
Imposed on ne. during our troubles, and
under tie conviction that our power t. in
terposs was e:fectually destroyed. Per-
haps the moral effect of our restoration
and determination, backed by the material
be sufficient to effect the liberation of Mex.
| leo. II not, and we are compelled to use
force, the Nephew of his Uncle will proba-
bly, ind his Moscow in Mexico. In pro.
viding for cur own security by relieving
Mexico from foreign yoke, we shall do
an act whose justice the world viii ap-
plaud, ii its justice is tainted by no pro-
! jects CT conquest or annexation on our
part. II i, snail be, it will plant the seeds
OF calamity 70 .h.s nation.-Csn. Gas.
4 PHlIOSoPHIC DARKEY.--A Corre5pOu- :
dent otlhe Cincinnati gazette writing from,
the Cumberland river, gives tho following
numerous accocnt Of oolsuQUy with phi
losophic darkey:
an elderly darkey with very philosophi-
cal and retrospective cast Of countenance,
squat,ed upon his bundle toasting his shins
agnins. the chimney, and apparently piung-
ed into U state Of profound meditation. =
Finding upon inquiry that he belonged to
the Ninth Illinois, one OF the most gallant
ly behaved and heavy losing regiments.
rpk1 r
iuterrogate him upon the subject. His
philosophy was SO much in the Falstaftia
vein that will give his views in his own
| worda, as near as my memory serves me:
"Were you in the tieht7''
.Had litLle taste OF it, sa."
''ttood your ground, did you7"
mo. "a, runs"
run a. the first Ere, did you7"
"Yes,-sa, and would hah run soona, had
lIknowd /. war coming"
"Whs, shat wssnt very creditAble to
! your courage"
"Da. isn's in my limo. aa--cootin's my
perienshun."
"we,l, bu: have you no regard f,r your
reputati0n?"
@Reputa.lon's rufin to me by tho side OBJ
liFe.''
"Do you consider your lifo worth more
than Other people's3'
Its worth more to me, sn.''
Then you must value it very highly7"
eyes, se, l does-more dan all dis world
more dan 9 million OBJ dollars, 50, for
what would dat be wuth to man with
bref out of him? Self-prsserbsshum am
de fast law wid me-"
..But Why should you act upon differ
anent rule from other men 2"
| "Because different mon set different val
ues upon dar hves-mine II not in the
market"
"Bn. il you lost It. you would have tho
satisfaction Of knowing that you died for
your country"
.,Whs, satisfaction would dat b. 20 me
when de power of feelin' was gomez"
"Then patriotism and honor are nothing
to your
among Dc vsnities."
sIf our soldiers were liko you, traitors
might have broken mp tho Government
without resistance"
nYes. ga, dar would hab been no help for
it. I wouldn't put my life IN DO scale
,gsinst no gobernmenS dat eber existed,
for nc gooernment could replace de loss to
mo-"
"Do you think any Of your company
would have missed you If you had been