The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-28
- -N-

federacy. Neither Of them were prot table
! "a q representative Republic. Freedom
! viii on.grow Slavery. Nations will out
grow States. Men, who w&rt 70 be STATES
men, who want Il legisia.e for mankind
mus. si.dy he condition q thei. own
country, ard legis,a.e tor their own age,
religion and civilization. They must no:
ask VIA. Greeks and Romans, English and
French do. TLsy belong 70 systems, o.
things fas. passing from the stage Of fu-
man action. The Scriptures say. .fIdge 40:
u appearances, oat gacge riGhteos;s rag
! rent. This IL a measure applicable 70 poll
itics. Let the statesmen Judge questions
Of national legs la,lon thea Oacm merits,
ard no: by the recorded follies and lgnor-
aEce Of other nations, except 10 use them
as oeace II lights Sc: 10 avoid the rocks and
quicksands.
The South held 10 politics OF barbarous
ages, ard like them, had much OF the mill
tary spirit. They argued, too, from appear
e,ces Hence their delusion. Cotton in
this country was mushroom growth |;
but they held il and controlled The world.
Their delusion amounted TO almost insan-
i!y. They said Cotton was King the for
e;gn nations would intervene, because
they must; that the North would bank
r,p. for wan; Of their resources; that their
courage aud chivalry were lar superior ;;
and other things OF this kind. No doubt
and that the South had thousands OF wiser
and better men than the Davises and
Yancevs; the Toembses and Wises the
Bepjamines and Bureguards. But what
availed it? They never cOmbatted these
delusions. They suffered their fair coun-
try to be Overrun like fire on the prairie,
with these wild decisions ill even Virgin
ia tie land OF Washington and Madison,
CAME 10 he the land Of dreams and delu-
sions. Bnt 10 all insanity there is one of
two conciusions. Either sanity will re-
turn, or death II ensue. From the signs
q. the times, we hope for the former. The
dayiigh. of reason If fas, returning in the
South. All bu, one Cf their delusions are
gone. Cotton has proved 10 item a lnere
.Cnls jd:s,1..
The idea Of foreign Intervention Is gone.
The idea Of Northern bankruptcy or party
sympathy Is gone. There only remains the
idea tha. ily reason oi tie grea: c--teM cf
their couptry. ana the ability they have
shown 70 raise food, they may by endU-
rance ard some fortunate circumstances,
eventually achieve Independence. At
least this has beer he idea at Richmond
held out hy Davis and his party; Ent prob
ably since the fall OF Savannah and. the
Forts a. Wilmington, even this is gone.
The great extent Of country would have
rendered our conquest OF the South impos-
sible: bu: for the All important fact, that
the nbie bodied n.en of the South are in a
great measure exhausted; and the equally
important one-that what remains are un
willing:O fight. There s little doubt they
will arm and EN- body the slaves as far as
possible. BUTT IS only temporary and
very inc tfioien: measure. The field hands
comprehend the great body OF negroes at
the South, and hey are for freedom and
Eaitn. Ofcourse they cannot be relied on
any further than they are under the con-
troll of white men, and that will he long.
In fine, the LelusionsS of the South are
passing away and If we judge from the
signs Of the times, tAe rebellion IS falling
INTO rattns. What shall follow it? Shall
we keep up Perpe;ualparty spirit? Shall
we follow i'm the path Of ancient nations,
leading to ruin? No. II Peace does not
return, FIVE restere our country TO peace
and unity, let as have an era of good feel
ing. flour erring aud wandering broth
ers, either North or South, are willing to
repent and let bygones he bygones, let us
| in the spirit Of Christian forgiveness and
Republican equity embrace and say !. Be
just and fear not. Let Us seek the love of
man and grace Of God - f.. D. NJ.
-f.tcta!lg.. id.(,sC,