The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-28

il hs would allow him to inquire. the mama
Of tho writer Of the letter. Iverson replied,
ssIt il signed W. II. P, do not know who
the writer il, but the Senator can see the
hand writing. He then read the tract, it wai
headed:
"Sale Of a family Of SLAVES in Washing
ton City," and after stating the simple fact
that slaves are people held a. property, and
are sold as cows or horses it said that Wash
ington had in times past been one Of the
greatest slave markets in the world, and
then it gave description Of the sale, which
was no worse than what has actually hap
pened at the slave auctions of the South,
probably thousand times. 1t said that the
little boys Of Washington City had become
50 hardened at such scenes Of cruelty, that
when family was separated they madesport
of the bereayed mother; and it concluded
by asking the children how they would feel
if their fathers and mothers were sold from
each Of them, and saying to them that black
children :eel in such a case just as they
would. That black fathers and mothers
love their children just as their white fathers
and mothers loved them, that black bus
bands and wives love each other just as
white husbands and wives do, and that there
fore, it was just a. wicked to mako slaves OF
black people as of white people, and that
they should remember them that are in
bonds % bound with them. This il, Of
course, only synopsis of the tract, but it
any of my readers think that | have omit
ted to state any Of ito worst features
or that l have "set down aught in NAL
ice." Iwish they would get the tract which
they can easily do and read it for themselves.
Senator Iverson did not deny the state
ments contained in the tract; and l suppose
no southern man Of intelligence ,could.-
His denunciations of 1t then must have been
because it described the slave auction, and
taught our little Hawkeyes and other little
American freemen that black people can
feel as we'll a. whites and that it was right
to sympathize with them. If the institution
is such glorious thing as Iverson makes it
out to be, why should he object to descrlp-
ton of one of its most prominent, and OF
course one Of its most blessed features? II
black people do not love each other as white
people do, would like to know where
among all the various grades of color among
the slaves, the Hon. Senator would draw the
line of demarkation where natural affection
ceases, and the feeling which We look for in
every human breast have no existence
And, further, as regards the sympathy Of
tho white children for the little slaves, l
wonder if Iverson ever read that sublime
sentiment of the poet:
81 would not rank among my list OF friends,
Though polished with fine manners and good sense,
The who would need cssly set foot upon
The ,rorm that crawls at evening in his PATH
The feeling 10 the heart which would cause
q human being to step aside and let worm
live, in its higher phases, if unclaimed by
the accursed ethics Of policy, must and will
spontaneously 60 out in sympathy toward
the oppressed and suffering everywhere; and
thanks to the teachings Of Northern mothers,
the heart Of Young America is allowed to
develop, and expand, till it loves right and
hates wrong because they are right and
wrong. The Hon. Senator should 60 to
Iowa and visit our Sunday schools, and in
stead of the fanatical little cut throats which
the scholars appeared to be to his jaundiced
vision, he would see in them the future
men and women who are to build up and
perpetuate the great structure, whose found
alton stones are cemented by the blood and
prayers oil the fat hers and mothers of the
Revolution from Maine to Georgia. l sup
pose W. IL. P, of Burlington is proud in the
consciousness of having done great, a I'm
on-saving act. Oh, the poor, contemplate
fellow pity him, he had better get admit
ted to some Of the Burlington Sunday
schools or day schools, as soon as possible,
and learn common sense. Senator Green
commenced a speech yesterday, and will
probably finish to-day. Seward took his
seat Monday, looking well, after his Euro
pean and Egyptian tour. The annual session
of the National Agricultural Society, COM
mences o-day in this city, at the Smithso-
MAN Institute. | shall attend it; went
through the National Conservatory, on Fri
day last, and saw great many plants and
flowers that l had never seen before.
think there were hundred varieties of cac-
tus. The specimens Of tres cactus was no.
quarter as large as have seen in South
America, and among all, saw mono Of them
in the Mountains last summer. A very
slight description of half saw, would fill @
score Of letters, and l will mention only a
few among the most interesting Of the plants
and my readers can if they choose, look
them up in their books and get description
of them.
The Christmas flower, of Mexico; Coffee
tree, of Arabia; Norfolk Island pine, Austria
liza; Century plant, Mexico and South Amer.
lea, this plant and the Masuery and Pulque
plant, are all one and the same thing, and
|, tho natives of Mexico and South America
get an Intoxicating drink from it; the Tea
, plant, China, was in bloom, its flowers are
about as large as strawberry blossoms, and
pure white; Brazilian bell flower, also in
blossom Zebra plant, Brazil Rope plant.
S. America Pitcher plant, China; Bottle
} brush, New Holland, very singular look.
ing species of pine; New Zealand tea
Screw pine, of Guinea; St. Johns bread,
Palestine; Bunga Bunga, Moreton Bay
Cuckold tree, species of Acacia, Cuba
with spurs on it like a oster's the Papy-
rus, of Egypt, not differing very much in
appearance from some of our American
rushes; Wine Palm, or "Penasg Lawyer -
S. America and E. Indies don't know
what ever gave this tree its singular subri-
: quet, could not perceive that it looked any
sharper or more slippery than It's neighbors.
3 But the House is in session, and l must
close to 60 up and see what they are doing.