The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-09-15


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The most hieh handed outrages have been Pc
petrated Ia the South west There violence b,
been repeatedly sanployed, Gad or peepls basel
murdered In Missouri, bands Of rulIlans hay
outrAees upon COR nlnsstses which hurried theI
q The grave, Wills the red hand Of murds
drenched with blood the grey locks Of q vene
able mao, loved BY al 1h6 knaw him, who,
| crime wae . warm attachment to the Methods
j Episcopal Church.
The high handed enosmitiee inflicted upon III
ministry end membefship Of our church in Kar
s.s need not be restated-shey have passed int
history. ,69A5fla s. F.Sl8l
ia Asksnsas, Bishop James Vas holding . se,
sion Of Conference. No mans rights had bee
invaded; no insarrection had been preached; N
slave had been melted to revolt In that Ger
terence there we're, no doubt, some Who vote
for Jalnes Buchanan 10 President Of the Unite
States. Yet, air, those men, with their wive
and children and friends, were surrounded Of
Gods holy day, while in the house Of worship
| by an armed mob, which demanded an instan
and unconditional abandonment Of their posi-
ton! HI. President, that outrage was perpe
trated since you have been our chief executive
What harm had they donel Had they lost th,
character Of American citizens, or is the nation
which can resent the outrages of Greytown o.
Paraguay, powerless before those Of pro-slaver,
mobs? -
Later still has come the word that in Northern
Texas, panic similar to that of Harper's Ferry
has been created. Nobocracy has triumphet
over Law. Mem suspected have been seized ant
executed. 40 ~ stas% .if
Among the victims of this reckless slaugh.e,
we read the name of A. Bewley. / knew tina
man. He was cautious, deliberate man, born
l believe, in Tennessee. He was no abolitionist
though an antislavery man of the Washington
and Jefferson school. Modest and peaceful, h,
n ever asserted all the rights mentioned by th,
author Of the bred Scott decision, quoted above
nor Was he accustomed to speak such words q.
HI. fancy announced himself prepared to utte
in the old court house in Frederick He wa
twice chosen . delegate to our highest ecclesias
teal council, and was esteemed for his unobtru
sive but genuine piety. r 2Ek6
A large family, one of which was blind
daughter, was dependent upon him. Yet without
fair trial, without . sworn jury, without coun
sssS ~ssNVue tOSus1 VI AAWs tuiD brave man, tnlf
good, gray-haired man, 10 murdered by mob
Tell not this. country that American citixenshir
ID . prouaea boast than Roman. We of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, who refuse sec
tional afix, are Utmost compelled to say it 10 .
cheat sham, something we pay dearly for, but
which brings US no protection. Have we, the
million of Methodists in this country, no rights
which Southern elaveholders and slavedrivers
are bound to res pect?
III. WHAT WE DEMAND OF QUE COUNTRY.
/. We insist upon protection in the ex ercise
Of our constitutional rights--liberty of con.
science. speech and press.
2. We insist upon it that our recorded senti-
ments on the subject Of slavery shall not work q
practical forfeiture of our citizenship. Why this
singing out OF the Methodist Episcopal Church!
Others have borne q strong testimony against
the evil-why this war upon US?
3. We demand the protection of the courts
II any Of our people offend the majesty Of the
law, there are courts Of justice, and officers of
the law, let there be full, impartial and fair
trial, and we will be centent We bow to the
laws. If unjust and oppressive, we will attempt
in all lawful ways to secure their repeal. 1t be-
comes, air, question just now of deep interest
Does, sNse~be'sAip in the Methodist Episcopal
Church expose to death at tie Aa,ds Of aa mnicensed
nog Are we to be hunted like Wild beastss Is
our blood to be shed like water to appease the
Unsuitable Moloch of slavery ~ [.six.
must add, sir, that at this time the question,
Can oar brethren be tuotectelS is assuming grave
importance. We are in the midst of the excite
ment preceding the Presidential election, inten-
sified by the character of the questions at ISSUE
Heretofore we have been divided in our votes.
Our clergy have been Of different parties, and SO
have been our laity. The Church periodicals,
with circulation told by hundreds Of thousands,
have been silent when the questions Of platforms
and candidates have been argued. Thus should
it be. God forbid that the day shall come when
our leading religious denominations shall stand
as integersn the computation Of political parties
But, sir, Oppression maketh wise man mad"
The murder Of Bewley has startled US, and the
question begins to rul through our million of
membership, Can an administration be found
scAich will protect the rights Of conscience and the
freedom Of ,corsA;ps l deprecate the existence
of such state OF things, but we are not respon-
sible. We love our brethren, and cannot con-
sent to see them slaughtered by gangs of desper-
ADDE'S without feeling, without determining SOL
EMMY and on our knees. and at the holy COM
munion, that they shall be protected A few more
such murders as that Of Bewley, and the church
will ask who viii give MS an administration
strong enough to uphold the rights dearest of all
others? and for that man, be he whom he may,
they will cast their united suffrage.
Sir. have written plainly and honestly, and
your DAYS may be calm and cloudless, and when
you 60 hence may it be in sure and certain hope
Of blissful immortality.
Yours respectfully, T. n. EDDY.
Chicago, Sept. Z, 1860.
Texas Exsltemsnt-81ore Hanging.
The Texas papers continue to be filled with
the Widest h0rrOrs Of panic-stricken rslmor.-
Nothing seems too extravagant to be told, be-
leved, or done. Letters Of the most horrible
character, and the most evident spmriousness,
and grayely published, and the grossest exagger-
ations manifestly pervades every statement -
One reports, large quantities of strychnine dis
covered in the possession Of negroes and white
Wen at Tennessee Colony, in Anderson county
and that two white devils, aboltionists, were
publicly hung ut the latter place, yesterday
The proof their completely was incontrOvertible,
and the wrctches we're Immediately strung up to
the nearest tree" Js =,at.s7- -. Fl,
Another SAYS: 1--WE have direct news from
Athens, in Henderson county, that one well was
poisoned in that place on Sunday night, and that
upon investigation, hundred bottles Of
styclnine were found in the possession of the me-
groes. After severe punishment, the latter
related the particulars Of the plot, which was to
poison all the public and private wells in the
town on Sunday night-to poison, as far as pos
sible, the family breakfast, and with the knife
and pistol with which they were well supplied
to complete the fiendish work. All the old wo
men and young children were to be murdered
and the young women were TO be taken a. wives
by the hell hounds" ss.- *
The Crockett Argus "learns that three white
men, one of whom was pretended minister, ant
three negroes, known to have been identified
with the insurrectioDary movement, were huns
in Georgetown, Williamson county,"
The citizens of Wood, Hopkins, and Titu!