The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-04-13
BURIING sAIU RDA- VI AT'TM Is, 1861.

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sd' 70 Mater HaSgixinsss BxpeESence.o-ir q
] MAJOR Hawkins, an account of whose mission
10 Illinois, in search Of corn for The starving
people Of his State Of .Missi.sippi, returning
home, was severely attacked by the Secession
ists, and in reply to them prints defence, from
which We make the follo2ing extracts g,
!9d.l ID, uTxavlEw WIN sLlscoIM In 81 ~
T. reached there {Springfeld,l u on Saturday
night, and as the cars did rot lsage on Sunday,
went to the Baptist Church on Sunday and got
acquainted With the Minister, Brother Minor,
who took me home With, him, and, treated me
like friend and q brother Next morning was
INTRODUCED toiAbe Lincoln, in his law Office, and
had some conversation with him. 4 told him
was native snd long resident of North Carroll
ma, and for theq last sixteen years a citizen q
Mississippi that had called to eee him not be-
cause had any anxiety to see him. but because
his friends insisted should call aud see him, as
/ had never seen : President in my life, . that
looked upon him as an enemy TO me, and r. the
institutions Of the South He turned his face -
me and looked me steadily in the eye, and said,
mn. Hawkins, You are mistakes" = and continued
the conversation some time. 1t IS useless 70 say
that he did not convert me TO- his creed Ildid
not become corrupted, II think, by talking 70
him. In the house Of bI other Minor, sister Whi-
ting gave me q likeness Of Abe Lincoln, ard !
brought it home with me as a. curiosity to show
| the people, and because some Of them had said
he was nigger. I,suppose good deal has been
said about my hating Lincoln's picture; but 4
cannot feel that did anything wrong about il.
| If l did. it was done ignorantly. ssa eri
LINCOLN DID xor GIVE ANY CORN .tls
When in Springfield. a gentleman from Han
| cock county told me that if the people in my
county needed it, every sack that would be sent
| up there would, be filled without money and
without price, and the same was told me by many
| members of the Legislature, who had heard Of
| our drouth, and inquired Of me about it. But
did not feel willing at that time to take donated
corn. They treated me kindly and friendly, and
l have no cause 10 complainIof them, Iwill say
| that Lincoln did not give me any corn, or pro-
pose to giveime any for the, poor; and reckon
is about as far from il as good many big men
down here that abusing me- Ys.i5 s.3 ism
When he reached home he told the people Of
the land of plenty, and the cleverness Of the
people. He says: 5-. ..ff, - r.s,3 "a,
WHAT He TOLD THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI ID,
1 told the people what had seen and heard,
and published q letter in the Brandon Republi-
can for the information Of all. My house isas
crowdsd day aud night wi people aoso snanted corn
and needed it. A public meeting was held at my
mill, and the proceedings published in that pa
per. At that meeting there we're several who
stated that they could noteven pay freight, to
say nothing about paying for the corn. y 1t was
supposed by US all that We could get corn on q
credit, as we'll as get corn given to the poor and
needy, and many of the needy werc willing to
take it, and glad of the chance, as IL gift, let it
| m frou, -hor ,n;oh "A WI raised nv
the subscribers, each one stating how much he
wanted to be paid torin the fall and pay freight;
and list of those who could not pay freight,
and were willing to accept donated corn.o "A
cent on the bushel was paid by the subscribers,
to pay my expenses, charging nothing for my
time and trouble. / took every mans name that
wanted corn, not stopping to ask who they were,
being willing to oblige stranger as well as nc
quantance, and did not refuse to help my enc.
mics as well as my friends. i had names on the
subscribers list from Brandon, Mo.tnn, Pela.
hatchie, Raleigh, &C., which list will be publish
ed, leaving out the names of the needy, who do
not care to have their names ypublshed---but If
they see proper they can give certificates them
selves.
|. He details the arrangement that he made for
the cheap transportation of corn; He says:
HIS SECOND VISIT TO SPRINGFIELD. a'
Iwent from St Louis to Springfield and show.
ed all my papers to one of the best lawyers in
the city, and he pronounced them genuine. A
public meeting was then called and was called
upon to make statement, which did told
them that there srus a d.sitution u, THIS section of
tie State By dro,th; that many poor families had
nothing to eat: That Ihad diuied my mill corr, nth
families aat had no bread: that they needed help;
that there were many citizens Of property that
had no corn and no money to buy it with; that
they could not make crop without it, that some
conld not feed their horses so as to start their
plows; that they would be able to pay for corn
in the fall, if they had corn to make crops with;
that the subscribers were mostly solvent men,
and could fix up good notes for what they want
ed; and that they were, in fact, as good men as
we had, and did not want corn given to them. l
told them that many would take it as gift and
be glad to get it, for they had no money or ere
dit. Committees we're appointed to receive do.
nations and to make purchases. ! suppose about
! 300 bushels we're raised; the most of it has al
ready been sent to Morton and Brandon.
contract was made by a committee with Davis
& Rigney for 1o,O 900 bushels for the responsible
subscribers, at % cents bushel, if the sacks
were found and if not, the cost of sacks added
in, to be paid for in the fall, with 10 per cent.
interest; and if responsible names were sent on,
10000 more could be had on the same terms.
wrote down to Brandon for subscribers to send
sacks and directed how to send them. They
promised to send them on, and 25 cents on the
bushel has been paid by many Of the subscribers
to meet the freight, etc, at vicksburg, but the
corn has not, as yet come through. sa' -
THE INTERFERENCE OF soUrHERNERs WITH THE
WORK OF CHARITY.
Ierpect Il uiu If the enemies in the undertaking
do not succeed in bursting II up. When it does
come the subscribers will getit on giving their
notes payable to the agents at the different de-
pots for Davis & Rgny with 10 per cent. inter
est from date. This closes up the Springfield
corn. ..stf s-..s, - s.
He went to Jacksonville, ILL.,, where they raised
20 600 bushels of corn and good many pota-
toes. He addressed meeting at Elmwood, and
in his account of affairs there, he says: s-,i..
a" A man came in that told me he had seen a
man in St. Louis from Brandon, and I asked his
name, and he said it was George Langford, who
told him that he had $4,000 to buy corn and
-four for the Richardson House in Brandon, and
that he d like to see me and shame me out of
the mission was on, for there was no distress
| in this county about provisions. Il then had an
order in my pocket, and have it now to buy TO-.
600 bushels of corn for Mr.. Ed Richardson, on
time giving me reference to St. Louis, but when
/ heard that, concluded that / would not fill
| the ORDER" g w5E sBI .a,ois ~ 49, M
He gives further details of his travels in the
land Of plenty, of the enormous crops Of corn,
the liberality of the people, and the excellent
| treatment which he received. He says:l -lsfr
81 never was treated better in my life than
| by the people wherever went i did not 60
there to talk politics, and heard but little said
about it by the substantial corn men of the
country but there like it is here, there is gang
Of blabmouthed fellows that love to be casing
about things they don't know much about, and
abusing honest people to get themselves into
notice. % 19Eu. : .iz I,3aJ-t5a a4i lagsa Gi ID
| am accused of saying the people in this
| State are dissatisfied. Not so When asked, a.
often was, 1 told them that there was respec.
| table minority in favor of the Union, aud that
in some counties the Union men had majority,
and repeat here ,naat 1 said asere, and dare any
man to deny II. ) ssJj o.& - al ..ita
II am accused of going on a mission of beg
ging. Not SO. went just as have stated,
and when called upon, told the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth. I told them
that many were in want and had neither money
nor credit to buy, and it is a fact sa .aoue i
'4' REFERENCE GIVEN. ~
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