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

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essentially azistoc1atis. Jaokson's var
WIN tho National Bank WAS throughout
Justified By him u An attack on . nov ar
'stoczScy. and he hated Biddle, The Bank
president, % the representative q power
essentially undem0crssic. SO vel was
this understood, chat Seba Smith, in The
Iextraordinary ser3es of satires, called Ma
Ijor Downings Leeters"-which a.ve
which 20 nearly changed the course Of the
American Government that Jackson. on
bis death bed excepted the author from his
general forgiveness to mankind-uead his
Wit chiefly . prove that powerful -nen
were not dangerous 70 tho republic. Jack.
BON abolished them none the less, and Mr..
Johnson evidently shares his ieelieg.
zee. % an ''asrarian," and though b. exc
pressly and repeatedly denies that charge.
he, nevertheless regards great prope es.es,
entails and land "monOpolies," win =
rooted dtstsust. snd when accum uiaisd
orsoi the profits of tlave labor, With q fse!-
ing net easily to be distinguished e.a,a
hata. II atm no aquarium" he said; az ~ sh
30 see secured to every man, ricn or l~cor.
the fruits Of his honest industry, effor. Or
toll. I want each man to feal that what ht.
has gained. BY bis own skill, or talent, or
exer,lon. 10 rightfully his, and bis alone
Blu: Il, through IN Ubiquitous system. u
vast amount Of wealth has been accu,nu-
msn. then that result is wrong. and the
sooner We can right it, the better for all
concerned. It 10 wrong that Mack Cock
rill and @. w. Harding, BY means Of forced
and unpaid labor, sh0uld have monopO-
lizsd 20 large . share Of the lands and
wealth Of Tennessee; and cay If their
immense plantations were divided up and
parceled out among number Of free, in
dustrious and honest farmers, Il would
give more good citizens 70 the common
wealth, increase the wages Of our mechan-
les. enrich the markets Of our city, eniiyen
MI the arteries Of trade, improve society,
and add TO the glory Of the STATE"
properties are to be divided among an au-
dience then and there listening, L., for .
Governor, q strong measure, but Mr.. John-
son repeated his theory In his farewell
speech. Then, - now, be affirmed thst
the "lsading rebels, not the rank and fle,"
the Intelligent, conscious rebels" must
! suffer tho penalty Of death, and the lands
, Of the crest planters be 10 distributed that
they should contribute TO restore to the
thousands Of suffering poor the little SUBJ
stance they have lost by the devastations
and burnings of this war" This II, doubt
less, the policy 70 which be adherss IN bis
speech, Of the 18th Of April, to the depu,a-
has induced him TO stop tho sales OF con-
| iscsted land in South Carolina until he
| has made up hie mimi how the estates
should b re.distf 1butsd.
Els HATRED CF sLAvERY.
We should fail by mere extracts to give
our readers the fall impression these
speeches have made on We, and must CON-
tent ourselves with stating the conviction
left on Onr min0s that Mr.. johnson does
ciety of which slaveholding il the extreme
form: society with violent chasms let ween
classes, and excessive disparisies Of condi-
ton. We should not even WOndar 80
strong do We believe this feeling TO to, if it
influenced the system Of taxation to % ul-
tima,ely adopted BY the Union, and sns-
geeted great development of that extrx-
one day be felt on the price Of labor :hro'.
out the world, the Homestead Law. As
for slavery, the President will make 40
terms with il whatever; will evidently root
il out absolutely and finally, making it q
condition Of peace tina: the States shall
tenn. and granting 20 far as We gather, no
manner Of compensation. Indeed, it is not
hard to trace in these speeches, q distinct
plan for the completion Of the work still
remaining to he done, n which tie Presi-
dent, who 10 palpably inflexible except on
details. will Ia the main adhere. This plan
is to secure two changes in the National
Constitution, the first making slavery for
ever illegal and abo!ishing distinctions Of
color, the second declaring the Union Re-
p bile, one and indiv;sible. In ever State,
rs it is subdued by the troops, . ccrven-
ton will be called To insert unconditional
freedom to ali men among the clauses Of
Oh SfnH "A ehns,
cation act will 10 worked 30 as 10 allow Of
the subdivision Of the larger plantations
among the poor whites and colOreS men,.
society will then, he believes, he reTolu-
tionised from the foundation, aud ss he
himself says 10 one place, 10 which we have
created which can have No interest sa Sc Ira
freedom Of labor, -..a,.
Slavery, in fact, tpsteat: 81 dying easily.
as /: might under Mr.. Lincoln, VII be
stamped into powder By, 4 strong Mar who
holds that the poruiar will il the ultimate
constitution, and who, With his rcd terden-
cies and oyer irppk personal Maye, ls ,n1e
= have g g hs bs;s t s al
Wilkes Bolaly VIII ssSfk "a terrible resribu-.
ton upon that, system Of society from
which, as appears fro,a hls recently pub
lished letter, it WAS perpeeeated. For the
rest, it SCENE clear tba. Mr.. J hu0cr, while
likely to be haugheisy American in his fore
eign policy. h*s ne NJ Y. Lincoln. At heart
Sir F. bruce, in which he declared the am.
tity az the two countries essential to civili-
zatt0D, being . little more than a eIesition
Of his speech Of January. when still only
Governor Of Tennessee. ne thon made an
admission not frequent with American
was in its essence popular, THAT the fresh
inft,sion Of r,Opular it1eaa kent II ccr,finr,.,