The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-13
Southern Opinions OF Men and Things.
FROM the New York Courier and ENQUIRER.

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Southern Opinions Of Men and Things.
From the New York Courier and Enquirer.
Southern journal thus puffs the several
Southern statesmen whom it considers reliable
in "these times Of trouble and anxiety" Green
OF Missouri, it describes ~ = young Senator
who has suddenly burst upon the public mind
like comet of the first magnitude, sweeping in
its celestial circuit cohesive bodies, grinding to
powder mOon-like satellites, and engulphing
'Little Giants" jefferson Davis, it says, Is
"ths Polar star Of the cotton armament, and
upon his shoulders rests the fulcrum Of strict
construction construed" 1t rushes another
Senator into fame in the following rushing man.
ner: "Hon. James N. Hammond Of s. c.. with
one bold stroke of Senatorial cloquence, bounds
like the chamois over the rugged and slippery
sleeps Of trudging sentimentality and political
trickery, and leaps into the almost inaccessible
niche occupied by Calhoun" Toombs, Of Ca,
it says, Is ''the Mwrat Of the Senate-the i'm.
petuous and nervous declaimer-a profound
thinker-the imprisoned orator-the brilliant
meteor and modern Saladin" Benjamin, Of
Louisiana, it calls the "dssector ofSewardism,"
and Stephens, Of Georgia, the ''antipode Of
demagoguism." Taken in bunch, it looks upon
them all as eliminating stars in the twilight Of
befogged elements" The South ought to be
The N. o. Delts commenting upon Senator
Hammond's mud-sill speech says:
"There must be mental class in all social
systems. The social system OF the South would
limit this class to natural and ackno " lodged
inferiority. Black
Slavery becomes the most conservative element Of
Democracy; and, this moment, the Democratic
masses OF the North have no truer friends tt an
Nhn SuarNh A~s Uln AA~(x1 4 -
auxiliaries than the Southern slaves This il
an immense fact, which it is time those same
Democratic Masses should learn and act upon,
before they are plunged into anarchy, or trod-
den down by despotism. By giving up their
opposition to the SOuth-by Matchmaking negro
staverv-by removing all restrictions upon the
supply of negro SLAVES from abroad-by making
Black Slavery, in q word, the mud sill, !" as SEN
ator Hammond aptly characterizes it, "of soci-
ETY. and political government" in that way they
could possibiy save the Union, save themselves
from submitting to calling degradation or re-
sorting to revolution, aud saving their section
from the danger which it would be in of draft.
ing back under English dominion.
BRUrAL OUTRAGE IN WARRIcK Co.-OSE Hun.
DRIED AND FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD FOR TIKI Ar.
REST OF THE PERPErRAroRs.-A correspondent
writing from Tay louisville, Warrck County, gives
us the particulars Of iiendsh outrage perpetra-
ted in the vicinity Of that place last week. An
drew Spradlcy, Q man about twenty years Of
age, persuaded yosng lady living near Taylors.
vile to elope with him, under promise Of mar
rage at the first convenient point. The man
having enticed her from her fathers house, led
her into the woods near by, where he was Join
ed by three others, Loard Spradley, Robert
Marshall and J. II. Robinson, all married men.
The four villains then violated the person Of the
girl, and left her, where she was afterwards
found, in critical state. The life of the unfor-
tunate woman was for time despaired Of, but
she is now slowly recovering. The villains left
the neighborhood Immediately, and have not
yet been apprehended.
We have never, as journalists, been called on
TO chronicle u more brutal and fendish crime
than this. The people in the vicinity Of Tay.
louisville have offered . reward of 81 so for the
apprehension of these men. Below we give .
description Of them, and hope that every paper
in the State will publish this statement Ii there
is any punishment too severe for this outrage.
we know not what it is, and it will be passing
strange if they are not detected. We under.
sta nd that there is a settled determination upon
the part of large majority of the citizens Of
Taylorsville to hang the wretches if they are
ever brought back. If Lynch law is ever ex-
cusable, it certainly should be in this instance.
Vhe ioilOwlng IL the
DESCRIPTION OF THE FUGIrIvEs
Andrew Spradley, . single man, aged about
twenty years, medium size, black hair and dark
skin.
Loard Spradley, married man, aged about
twenty five years, medium size, heavy set,
would weigh about l75 pounds, dark skin, black
hair and whiskers, and has one of his thumbs
shot of
Robert Marshall, Q married man, rather tall.
but slender and delicate, dark skin, and about
twenty eight years of age.
J. d. Robinson, = married man, about nine.
teen years Of age, black hair, fair skin, and
would weigh about 1870 pounds.
1t is thought by many that these men are in
this city. We hope that every officer will be
vigilsnt in his search for them, and in addition
to the reward offered BY the citizens of Taylors-
vile, they will receive, il successful, the thanks
Of every law-abiding citizen.-Evansville Jour.
nal, Sd.