The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-11

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The ssOrgan'' of the Adminisspa.
ton ON the Peace MiOsl0a.
The followingis the leading article ofth
Washington Chronicle of Friday last ~
to have been written by Colonel Forua,
at the request of Cabinet officer whoSn
informed of the details of the peace uesI
tiations, and business OF the President
Fortress Monroe:
It is a fact that, whenever occasion ofsen
the two armies, Union and Confedersn
fraternize with peculiar enthusiasm. nm,
is this? Is it not because they are of -
same blood? Is it not because they hs,s
fought on the same battle fields? And i.
not this manifestation an exhibition of ar
mutual devotion to the old F0ge Thus n
find in the Richmond iSenfiacl of the AIT
OF January, that when Messrs. Stephsna
Hunter and Campbell passed through on
lines, on their way to Washington. tia
shouting along the lines was PROLONGED
and enthusiastic" And again ''Once
before the acclamations Of the army ven
united. When they lay confronted At
in succession Yankee Doodle" sshir;e y
and other national airs. These Were m.
propriately responded to by the two armies
alternately; but when the band struck up
"Home, Sweet Home" the opposite camps
forgot their hostilities, and united in yo-
citerOus tribute to the common sentiment.
And what is this comman sentiment? 4
is common sentiment of remembrance
and veneration for the glorious past. Iti
a common sentiment to be respected in this
significant hour. Yesterday it was an.
nounced that the President Of the United
States had started fo- Fortress Monroe
The mere rumor caused thrill in evegy
loyal American heart. 1t suggested that.
IN his sovereign capacity he had gone there
Tor the purpose OF concluding peace with
the Confederate authorities: tina. Mr.. Sew
ard had proceeded to consult with those
authorities was sufficiently known. We
have been overwhelmed with kilograms
and letters from friends who are anxious
to know whether these efforts to secure
peace between the established government
of the United States and the unfortunate
and misguided people assailing it haveany
ace hope these Efforts, arhe.aer coming from
private indiViauls or public persons, nay
succeed. FOROUR own PART, SLAy.
cry BEING PRACTICALLY AND
CONSTITUTIONAL ABOLISHED,
WE ARE READY TO CONCEDE Evs
ERITHlNG ELSE TO RECALL OUR
ERRING BRETHREN. On the subject
many OF the leading Republicans in Con-
gress object 10 the law, which has been
partially and Intellectually enforced? Who
does not know that those who have pur-
chased under this law in the city Of Wash
iugton and elsewhere, admit that thsy have
the frailest of titles? Why not, then, at
once give up law, for the sake Of perpetu-
al peace, which all nations in time Of war
have regarded as temporary? Next comes
the Amnesty Proclamation; with all its OK.
ceptions as to great offenders. Why not
make this general, without exception
Are We afraid of them.s Do we fear their
temperance At the Federal Capital: Are
we of the free North, every State OF which
is committed and sworn against slavely-
with West Virginia, Maryland, Nevada,
a0d the incoming free TerritOries-ars we
submitting to the Constitution and obeying
the laws, to all the privileges Of the Amer
lean Union? II we are, we are unworthy
OF the destiny which has been transmitted
to US by our fathers and theirs. Or shall
we send the rapidly demoralzing rebel ar-
my into Mexico? Shall we allow it to re-
inforce the minion OF Louis Napoleon,
OF France after the Revolution, when her
expa,riated nobility plotted the great con-
spiracies which undermined the First Con-
sui and contributed to his terrible and final
overthrow? Shall We allow the desperate
Men who may be expelled from the Unit
ed States, in the event OF sudden peace,
to intrigue against the country they once
dearly loved, or shall We take them back
to meet the free people Of the free States OF
America? Whatever Mr.. Lincolns policy
is, whether he is at Fortress Monroe or IL
the city Of Washington, we believe he pos
sesses the sublime attribute OF rewarding
the friends of the Union, and forgiving all
the enemies Of the Union who are ready 10
return to the old flag.
WHERE THE CoLp CONES FRoM.-OuI
observations of the cold terms for severA
years, show that the icy wave comes Gown
over the central portion Of this continent.
striking our Western States and passioe
over to the ocean in a Soutneasteriy ols1.
ton. the cold wave does not affect lae
Pacific shore; it comes down from tno
Arctic regions upon the Rocky Mountains,
and then turns eastward, so that the hrst
news We have Of it, days before 1t reaches
here, is from Minnesota, Nebraska ana
Utah. It follows the valleys and thecourse
of the waters, sud spends itself over tns
Gulf Stream, where il warns again. ana
rising as it expands, is waited back IN ING
upper atmosphere. This cold air current
is just the opposition to the warm water
current we call the Gulf Stream. Tnas
comes from the torrid zone westerly, ana
Is turned northward by the confiagratOn
of the lands, as the cold air wave Is east,
ward when it strikes the mountains, anu
thence runs along our coast affecting tae
climate near it, till it loses itself IN mo
Northern ocean and ice. So God has pro-
vided in nature for heat and cold mutually
to affect each other,