The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-14
TIE JEFF DAVIS EDITORIAL.
Prenarfns the South for AN Eu'
r0ue6n PrO4ect0r0tes

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rom a remarked le editorial co2fa neu ID
| -he Richmond Sentinel, but i = OF 81 q
General ar q great interest tla. sse plDlasn
{, below IN full, Secretary Seward las
deemed /. Of such importance, ant. 50 lfI
" representing the condition OF me SCUM
and JEFF. Davis own Intentions, lnaI ~
has ordered copies Of 1t to be sent 20 our
| To~e;pn ministers, 10 show that me repei
government is admitted, by tnei. own lead
ers 10 re failure, and tina. already ex-
heY,stea AID worn ont, they are seeking FOR
some port Of refuge, and TINS pelns Inc
case. that they be no longer considered as
.!bellicerenss. Those most familiar win
JEFF. Davis and his WRITINGS eAec1"fe LIS -
be from bis pen:
1t become s us coo,ly and calmly % lock
into the circumstances OF oar corGHlon,
and adopt with !irEress and Grey sucn
policy as wisdom may point oct anc oar
| necessity coustrain. 1t IS childish ID WINNIE
under misfortune. X is cowarcly 70 sink
UnCer it. 1t is absurd % be ea;ee5led ny
II il. brave man strGgglics Win aaversl-
ty is worthy of special aatuirati9n-a spec
tace for gods and men.
| PREPARING FOR SACRIFICES.
| We think that our late reve-ses nave
done much toward preparing, the minds 81
os.r people for the most extreme sacrifices,
| if they Shall be adjudyed necessary 70 the
| success Of our cause. And in truth they
with our situation. If snhiugated i is
question simply whether we shall give for
our own uses, or whether tho Yankees shall
take for theirs. Subj legation means eInan-
c;pa!ion and conf;scation.
! All our servants and al oar property
yielded up 70 assist in the defense OF oar
| country would mean no more uat i would
be far more glorious 10 devote our means
10 our success than 20 lose them ~ spolls
| to the enemy. Our situation, ;co, stripped
| Of our property, but master of.he Govern
ment, would be infinitely better than If
despo:led by the enemy and wearing his
bonds.
THE wATcEwoT0
These views have long received the the
| oretical assen. Of our people. They are
! now our practical, realizing conviction. A
! thousand p-ejuaices, a Thousand consecra-
| ted dog,nas are now ready 70 be yielded a..
the bidding Of necessity. Any sacrifice Of
opinion and sacrifice Of property, any sur
render of prejudice, If necessary 10 the de-
feat Of our enemies, is now the watchword
and rep,y. Suhuga.ion is a horror thai
EN- braces all other horrors, and adds enor-
mons calanities CT rs ow:. The people
see this. They have vivid perception Of
it. They a~e ready on their par; for the
duties il implies. Now our authorities,
State and Confederate, rise % the level Of
| he g-ea. occasion.
| TROUBLESOME TINES
Arc upon Us. Great exigeucies snrrorna
us. We need al oar strength and GLE Wis
dom. Let here be q conference o. all orr
wise men. Lei there ba q calm invest ga
ton CT our wants and a catalogue q oar
resources. Then oy common consent, let
all obstacles 10 tie employment, of these
resources DE removed. So long IS we nays
q man or o dollar, and the man or dollar
be needed, let tie call be ionored.
ALL RESOURCES TO M EXHAUSTED.
! We must not raise difficulties; il is no
time for that. Shall we withhold oar sons
and thus reserve them as servants tor me
Yankees? Shall we send oar sons and de-
ny our negroes Shall we spend our blood
and refuse our money? Shall we withhold
any thing from cur country when we shoe
be but sewing il for our foe? 1t IS q Dis
grace for a garrison 10 Surrender before Is
ammunition is eX hausied.
Itwould be adding disgrace 70 orr mis-
cry, ii we We're overcome without having
{ first exhausted every resource of deieus 2.
It would be doubly Infamous 10 Is, because
with cOntri buttons 10 our defense equal C.
the spolia.ions We should safer II con-
ruerpd, our success should be assured
We should come out Of tne contest at leas.
with that which woala be worth more than
t all the rest, or liberties ana our country
, # we had thrown overheard the cargo We
, shoald thereby have saved the ship.
EVERY THING TO y, USED Up.
Let the Government determine what !;
wants and what j. CO Use, and II i be oui
lands, Cur houses, our neg oes, Our horses
, our money, ourselves, It aust have them
Strange tia. we should cling most .enac..
ously 20 what IS OF least moment. Strange
that we should give ourselves AMI grudg;
our property, Oar patriotism mus. ley
aside 81 eh sefshness.
LoATHIEG or TEE YANKEES.
1St bsA .nll al h~ a
: Our authorities mast do more. They mus
take care, whatever befa!l us, 10 save us
from TIE Yankees. If adverse gales anc
devouring pillows should constrain Oul
storm-tossed ship 10 some port, let il be rt
} Yankee port. II an unpropiiioas Provi
dence should condemn us TO a master, lie
it not be- a Yankee master. OF all the peo
pie on earth, we should have most reason
TO loathe and dread THEa. Any terms
, with any other " ouid be preferable to sub
Ijugation TO them.
, This is the sentiment Of or people. This
is their conviction, and it is a wise convic
ton. Let our rulers remember it and heet
it. Our Constitution was made as the de
velopment of our national lite. 1t may no
, provide for all the various exi-ences o
+ war; questions of Slate may arise i'll on
experience, rs they have arisen in the ex
perience Of almost every other nation
when our best welfare will require OF on
l rulers Inc exercise Oh Il D0iu responsibility
5 ABOUT LOUISIANA.
The acquisition Of Louisiana in 1908, wa
q justified only as question of State, some
= thing over and above the Constitution.
in times of peace, statesmen have some
. times thus to throw themselves upon thu
:, Intelligence Of their countrymen. and seel
1 their advantage by irregular meth DDS, sucl
? occasions may well be presumed NOR
| likely to arise during struggle for life
with powerful, unscrupulous and fero
cious enemy.
NEW USES Or 81 alsMANsIIp.
The clouds that have thckened over u
r admonish us of the possibility that the tim
4 may come when craftsmanship, II 1t can no
j. deliver us, must at least secure to rs tn
: utmost paliation of our nisery. II II cal
Y not save, it must at least, save rs from To
h Yankees.
8 SURRENDER TO GREAT Britain eEorosEr
d We lately published from a thongh.tu
}. correspondent a suggestion tnat, IN ID
J even: - being unable TO sustain orr inde
: penaence, we should surrender it into tn
n hands OF those from whom, we wrested Q
G. purchased it, into the hands Of Britain
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