The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-17

ssd ID. JUNE, 1888
gia, ON the 18th Of Nay, 1850. in which :
warned them Of tho insidious scheme t.
/ again met the Convention in Baltimore
and took my seat. but was fnriously
nSasa aseoa s g doing sy ss sss
bolted It Charleston. That Convention.
as You all know, ended ito laboEs by the
nominating Of Mr.. Douglas as while the
boilers, atded by such men ~ Caleb Cush-
ing and B. +. Butler, nominated j. C.
Breckenridge. Ihus you sec the monster
secession was conceived in sin at Charles
ton, and brought forth in iniguity at Bal
more.
On my return home I was placed on the
Douglas electoral ticket, and stumped the
seEthern portion Of the State, and cried
aloud from the hill top and the yailey.
warning the people Of the iniquitouc
schemes to destroy the Union. I was hiss.
ed and insulted ON different occasions
while speaking in behalf OF Douglas and
the Union. was informed that was shot
in e@gy In Savannah; shot and burned in
efhgy In Waynesboro, Georgia; abused
and tnsulted In my own county, and on
one occasion received violent blow from
one OF the loud m0uthed secession bullios.
~
sAcA'sloS rnINclkLks AffLlkD 10 RUIN
1As OoN1kok1AcY.
Az soon ~ the Presidential campaignw was
over, and Mr.. Lincoln elected. secession
Was claimed BY the Breckinridge party, as
! mad warned the people would be the case.
two candidates for the Convention which
put the State out ofthe Union.
Al the request OF my Union friends be-
came q candidate also, and published IN
ADDRESS TO the people In the Savannah Re.
publican on the 10th day OF December, 1850,
ana otner papers OF about that date. IN
which WAS exposed the frauds and false
hoods which had been and were likely 10
~ - =, Sa.S ,sSaya asx HRon .nem tnc secession.
.h~ 'n....Hs.~n ~. sRkoSA :" Au'oke Issue u
I VA deSssted Tor ths r.onr.r+,c, hv .hA
grossest fraud and deception: ,he Conyysn. ~ ~.
lion ynat and fooE ~ Ss.1s 49, - e 81 ~.
ion. and eetsbiished : Governmsrt M ~ ~ n.esS ~
10 vhich m 0nnonsnt. 49, horra ' - ~
nit. Seaine "a Vida snr.sS 1s.oi..in
and min and deafh vhish nj. secs.~;ss
eovernment hsd hronrhs and ~ h-;s.' ~.
in1 unon the oonnfrv. snil hsvin~ M hoye.
Of feconciliation 81 settlement Vhiie ~
hald nnase1 Sinn ~ th~ 1iovarnrare
.,,cnrsteS : r.sytv - - 80" r,.tSc.s SI.e.s .n.
thst "a shonlf vnsn fnr M mn - ofs.s
who had heen "A orieinal sacessinmi.t. thst
"a vonld ~ an consfifn,ionsi snd rssce' -
ahla meana, fmrn nnf ~ o1sce eva-v se~.ss
sionisf. nom M Governnr dnvr .rd ~,
IN their niaoes Union men. and vhcn % -
ahould ~ nosaeasion nf the S,s,a I3over~s
ment. ve vnnld settla and maha nescsCi1N
the 0enersl Governmenf. or. IN snch nfhsr
means a michf ~ nressntca ~he, 49, ~
Tina arrirad' "'e' W
G~.es.;cn 49,, r.,o,,.. ..-.,. -
vss liEe mai in~ acc.o,tsknh,. y; n-r Sy,;,. -
~ cnm nendine Ia rsc;.nreS ch.S,.. y e'.hs -
Nns ~ tha "ac.s.icnis, Az thes, hsd os... ~ ~
sr1 w.re - nrscs;~sr. ~. Isk, Il .ssss..s1
ssyns nrincin,s ~ hsd shs ,;.S, ~ npa .acsss "a
from ~ nsI 'AeS-'s -
- baf
1A1 UNION fA111 ~ 1A1 o1oAo1A Ln0-
AsAAAaUk1. 'gauta
This party Wao tnauSuratod just tprevio0D
70 tho fall elections Of 1865, In the Second
Senatorial District, the ooCoooioniste Of
that District having previously nominated
rabtd traitor % represent the district
Upon the assembling 0f the Union Con.
ventlon, though there Was an independent
can0idate, who claimed to be Union man,
yet was unanimously nominated againDt
my consent, desiring the nomination o1
The resultoi the election which followed
was that received more votes than both,
my opponents put together, and took my.
seal IN ice Senate, but the political conn
plexion WAS such that I could make no
move in the direction of the platform upo0
which I was elected, until the called $685.
'oH 10 March 1ast, Wneh oneTeo reoolu.
saeo.,.;s ~ ;neu.., ~ sne psoP'ec y.
-. g.. ~ 80 ec..:a.,t!!a spyHe ~ ~
snnnprs wern;nr .se nse,,,a - =. H. ..seii aei1
dar vh,ch wss nnon III. .hap rs. the So s rSsol,' csn
,;ons racs;v"S ih;nr hn. e;eht s.v wotes
Hod M comrsals a,.n nr"n.;,eS
van,;on yonld have heer rron,n,Iv caiie1 Ia
and ,ha n.cnia .,on,a me- ~ nror n,,s, 49, ~
t,r,a "a - tko;r siioe;.n"o .pS ~ Gc..s.,
NJ; ,o.as, 10 ~ .ha en,,.i;tio ~ ~ oS. ~.
ns,;caI 1aeiers ~ .acass;nr raf"sa,, 'ne -. ~
lou tho n..cn,a - assanrh,a IN oer,,ae,;e.. ~
fearing thas thew might return To- to the .si. In.