The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-27

himS0lf7 The AnAWeH 10 easy. oaO meUs
ambitious meu, bad hearted men. who 10
The puysui, Of their ambition, frat severed
the old national Democratic party. These
are men whom We have the right TO hold
responsible. Five years ago the people
were conten,ed, prosperous and happy.
The national name and 0sg were every
where respected aud our Government waeY
the most esteemed on earth.
l happened to have the honor Of seat 10
the Charleston Convention. was not
there one day before I saw it was the & red
intention of the secessionists u break up
the Government. congratulate myself
that was among their opponents. BY vi.
olence, by fraud, by firing the Southern
heart" they, alas, succeeded. The reeolu-
lions just adopted give but tircs-eye
view OF the atrocitiee COLE United on the
people Of the South. Prom States Rights
we passed to the most ultra consolidation,
while the habeas corpus WA suppressed
Al that day our people were devoted 70
slavery, though divided About It's intro
duction into the terri;oriess. lis oOntiEU.
apoe, The traitors promised, was involved
in the war. The result, on the contrary,
hes been that the institution has been eve
rywhere ex,inguiehed. II Lac gono BE-.
yond redeu: psion or resurrection. 70.
guiesce mos. cheerfully in the decision.
would no., il could, revive IL They
promised as also that tie contest would be
. common one tbs: GO partisan feeling
was longer 20 exist. Bat from the ou.eet,
in all the States, aud particularly in North
Carolina, no msn vac deemed Il; lnr pup
lie position unless be belonged 20 :be orig.
inal secese.n echoo.. All woo hAt been
marked az Union mAr were prescribed
They nigh: well have suspected oar s.dei
ity. They denied us participation in the
common government They bed Confsde-
rate off GERS, h0yonete anc SloOChound8 70
hu al dow1s Union men and pu: them in
tho from: ranks Of battle. while they them
selves si,u!kod into civii offices 70 es..ape
the confic. they had hrough: OF. Whom
did they CAL TO preside over the Contede-
racy: Jefferson Davis. And s,bo in the
name O: God was Jefferson Davis? re-
member that mas, twenty years ago, ~nen
he made speech IL Mississippi agsjnat
paying tie hores, deb, 81 his STATE. due
across the water. Ee has been Z rppudia-
tor OF 81 honesty and integrity ever since.
Wha, is he nowY Wba. has he no. done
70 cripple AID crush the liberties of the
people of the South? What has he not
done 70 crafty his wicked and insane 90,
not insane, he is not the leas: insane, be 10
standardization for powe17 Up To the
las, moment he cried war, and demanded
more blond. When that conference tool
place NJ Hampton Roads. be well knew the
hope!eesness OF his cause bat he was only
waiting 10 perfecs his plans 10, carrying off
the gold and silver Of his treasury. First,
a reputiatn-; second, - fomen,er OF dis
cora; third, = ee1ess.onist md traitor;
sixth, charged by Andrew Johnsor-and
truly, I thinE-wi:b completely in that
.anies. deed. t'ls assassination Of \ oraham
Lincoln. Su"h IL This record O! Jefferson
Davis bat be ~aa oa!y Tie sun around
which Lesser systen:s and satellites re-
volved. They acted under and obeyed
him. and are equally guilty win him. l
him. !hase No malice sga,ns. any one;
bu, TO oherist the strongest political re-
puenance to The man who involved THE
| country 10 war, and Continued that va. 20
the desoatiOn o. the country. believe,
with Andrew johnson. that while the
masses sh,'slid be treated 'eniens'y, the
leaders aud those who have been active
| war yner should % held 20 &c stYirt and
| condigL punishment ~ coules within the
powers OF tho Cnurte e; Washington. We
owe !, ID coming generations. Treason
must he made oGious'' to q, coming time.
In 1850, ,ron the moment the contest
commenced, watched xnc waited for the,
purpose OF preserving the Union. Zaoqui-
! essced in tho AZ: of separation IA all were
compeile'' to do. Unde. the circumstan.
Oes any eacape was phy sicasly and morally
impossible. AS o delegate I, In 1851, sign
ed tie ordinance Of attempted separation
IN that very hall pointing 70 the Capitol.}
I did it with . cad and strickened spirit
T. with feelings cannot now describe
Those fselings weSs shared by all the con-
servatives. All might see in COR oounte-
nanoes the difference between secessionists
and conservatives. On the passage OF the.
AIT they tossed their hats, tUllei the bells
and fired cannon 70 express their JOY; but
We moved about with heavy hearts aud
~lA n
gloom. But tine. which settles all things,
las settled between. ~. One Of the results
Of the war was the extinction of African
slavery. Regrets are in vain for what 10
past. Il RENAME for the people OF this
State, both in Convention and in the Leg.
! iaIature, 20 define tie status aud condition
Of this eI0ancipased race. have no app1e-
and forecast enough in the country 10 dis
! posO Of the question. ! am willing and
anxious, now that the var hae stricken tho
| shackles from the slave, that the alphabet,
the school book and the Bible be pl.vced in
! his hand. I am ready to recognize his
married relations; desire TO lift up the
| race and inspire It with q sense Of well
regulated freedom. would give tho no
gro Al! bis rights as q free,nan--to read his
eible anc 70 hold property; out beyond
tha: leave aim to the future action IF the
States themselves. This eIoancipatAd raoe
must hsve, TO largo ex,ent, the sympa-'
thy, ai6 ESQ sc ppott OF the white race, else
it viii be extiagu.shea ! am ready to OK
snna asl shsa sympathy, sid ana support.
IT~safy yeass ego Mr., Clay and other
statesmen, protected and advocated sys-
sapl Of coior,; za.ion, and their views ars
emitted 50 tie grEyeet consideration at this
lcrieis. The whole vas: continent ia des-
ltined 20 fall under tao control Of the An
$40 Saxon race-the governing and self
governing raf>e. look to the wisdom of
tne people in Convention 70 decide the re-
la.iors OF the two races. AS to the people
LOT North Carolina, Ne are financially ruin
ed. We owed seven millions Of dollars
before the war, and Va have contracted
forty milliOnalof dollars sinoo. believe
q. at al our banks will be compelled % fall
II payment Of speeie 10 demanded. By
death wounds and sickness, we havo lost
during the var city shcusand nen. A