The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-25

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TIE SoUTH8RN PREss.-The steady and
gradual dimunition of the territory under
control o. the rebellion, t. perhaps, = d1s
newspaper - BY any one fact. When hos
al'tles commenced, and intcrcommunica-
ton between the insurgent and loyal States
was suspended. We suddenly missed the
accustomed daily visits of the Nashville,
Memphis, Natchez, Vicksburg, New Or
leans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston and
Richmond journals. Now and then Q stray
into the hands Of our correspondents ut the
front, aud were forwarded 70 US, and occa-
sionally regular files reached % through
the same source. But they no longer re-
sembled the papers We had been familiar
with, ante quo bellxns. Printed ON dingy,
dirty brown paper, with poor ink, and from
thrifty appearances. and indicated in their
advertising columns, that the days Of pros
perity were over, and that ''hard times"
had fallen on them in their evil ways
These examples of secession literature
were regarded - curiosities, and after be-
ing scissored, the scraps were handed over
TO relic hunters. doubtless to be 6eld away
and preserved, - ephemera Of the great
rebellion, and - warning to all journal
lists, Of the dangers they will encounter
hereafter, in fomenting and encouraging
sedition.
As the war went on, however, and city
after city fell into the hands Of the FEEDER
als, these newspapers, purged Of treason,
first fruits Of our victories. We now have
daily exchanges with newspapers In Nash-
Vile, Chattanooga, Memphis, Vicksburg.
Little Rock, New Orleans, Savannah, and
Charleston, and, before many weeks pass,
expect the pleasure Of increasing the list
by adding 70 il the Daily Mobile Adverti-
EnQ1irer, Sentinel, and Dispatch. Grant
and Sherman will cast out the devils that
rend them, and, In political sense, give
them Q pure heart and clean hands. With
the evil spirits now possessing them will
pass away the musty and dingy "old clc's''
in which they are invested, aud they VIII
put on the garments Of loyalty, bright,
clean face, clear type, and COED white pa
per.
It is curious 70 observe how secession af-
fects the complexion in Dixie, Everything
takes on shade Of butternut, more or lees
intense in color. The brooches and the
newspapers take Q dirty brown hue, . II
ja1ndice was an epidemic, and the invari-
treason; and what 10 remarkable about It
the same hue in proportion 20 the intensitv
Of their sympathy with rebellion. The
Chicago Times 10, of all, perhaps, the most
thoroughly in harmony with the Richmond
Journale, and more nearly represents then
in the shade of the paper on which 1t IL
printed than any newspaper published in
the free States. The Richmond Ek0nstssr
and the Chicago Times look % though tho
paper used in printing them had common
origin. II this were tho only resemblance
between them We should be- gratided, for
the Times 10 an able paper, and mischisv.
There is another notable fact to be con-
sidered. In no city, w1ested from the In
surgents, has q paper in the interest Of the
ever appeared after the moment
the stars and bars were lowered from the
flag. stat, aud the old flag Of the Union UNI
furled to the sun and the breeze. The con-
changes wrought In the appearxnce and
spirit of tho newspapers have been radical.
The New Orleans Pcavvne. the Deltu. and
the True Delta, retaining their familiar
names and forms, give no indication Of
ever having passed through such trouble
some times, save that they are now une-
slavery Sentiments. Tneif column, are
filed with advertisements, a. Of old. The
paper on which they are printed IL white
and their Typography clear. They bear
the evidence Of former prosperity, which
We are sure they will epioy az long a thev
are protected by the flag Of the Union
Even the Charleston oOarser, under the
Of loyal men, looks more
IKE its former self than at any time since
the bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1851.
and the Savannah Repsblican. having en-.
ist, ana WI so0n teem wisn aavertise-
!HeHts, Wnicn are TUG AnoAcauons Vi !esuln-
anG co.nme1clM ano 1noossf1a! acav1ty.
. ~. newsp:Pels are Polucal agencies
IA .ne gleas .ociM anu Pon..cA fevo!utlon
going on ~ the o0C0oeO STATES. Vhe arm