The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-29


what shah be Dene with Captsret
gtss What shall be donewith slaves in the sccede,
States, captured by as. or which come within
our lines, and are thus, according to law an,
precedent, absolutely ours The Federal Gov
eminent would never dream Of restoring cannon
shells, or horses, to the Rebels, which came int
i IL possession under like circumstances. X
make any discrimination in favor Of their Negro
properly, taken in war, would bring down upor
our heads the scorn Of the civilized world, ant
the contempt even of the Confederate Conspira
tors. What, then, shall be done with these cap
tarcd slaves? First, let the Government con6s
cate them, Is it would 60 many columhiads. =
Secondly, let il employ them 60 far as il car
make them useful; and, having regard to thei'
dual nature. as man--properly, pay them fairly
for their labor. Thirdly, when It has done witt
them, or they become too numerous to be usefu
in the camp, let it not disgrace itself by disre
| garding the laws of nations for the benefit O.
traitors, but walk up to the line of duty in thu
light OF its own precedents, and let the negroe.
go where they list. jackson, Gaines, Taylor and
Jessup acted Thus, in analogous instances in the
| war with Great Britain in 1928, and in the
more recent war with the Indians in Florida
Texas aud the West. The Administration Their
IN power approved their acts, and Congress re
peatedly refused to compensate owners for slaves
lost or confscated, and set free in these wars
In meeting the dread issue which treason and rebel
lion have precipitated upon us, the Loyal
States do not ask that any discrimination be
made against slavery. Law. precedent, the en-
\ Iiphtppod NJ nd
self-respect, demand that none be made in it,
favor.-fN. Y. Tribune.
PoLITIcs IN I0wA.-A Governor, Lieut.. Gov
ernor, one Judge of the Supreme Court, and
members of the Legislature, are to be chosen in
Iowa, in the October, and the Democrats have
led Oft in inviting canvass of political issues,
which they propose to open, also, by nomina.
tons in advance of the ied The Democratic
Convention is called at Des Moines, Wednesday,
July 10th, and the State Committee recite as
| chief among the reasons for maintaining their
old party organization that the Federal Govern
ment ia suffering from the lawless conduct of
certain people at the South on the one hand, and
from the efforts of Abe Lincoln to establish a
| military despotism on the other, and that it is
| therefore the sacred mission of the Democratic
party to interfere and thus preserve our consti-
tutional liberties The Republicans had desired
1t to be otherwise, but all their overtures being
met with contempt no alternative consistent
with self-respect was left them than to accept
the challenge, which they have now done, calling
their own Convention at Des Mones two weeks
after the other 1t is to be deplored that party
issues could not be surrendered, at least for the
moment But Democracy in Iowa is poor stuff,
and the coquetries Of certain Republicans of dis
appointed ambition in their own party, have not
improved their temper for an open, fair and
manly cessation of hostilites The Republi.
cans have washed their hands of any response
biity, and will 60 into the canvass with clear
conscience, clean ticket, and successful BAN
ners. The dodge of Union" milk and water
ticket which the Democrats will probably at
tempt, is a weak device which will cheat nobody
but Chicago Tribune.
FRUITS OF SECESSION IN CnARLEsToN.-A gen.
tleman recently from Charleston communicates
some facts to the Boston Journal, which that pa
per says may be depended upon as the results of
the blockade of that section. He says that
trade is perfectly FRUSTRATED specie scarce, "pa-
per currency in the shape of pssteboard tickets
common" butter seventy-five cents per pound,
coffee thirty-tive cents, and other things in pro-
portion. The custom house officers having moth.
ing to do, petition has been circulated
amongst the inhabitants that their salaries '.be
diminished one halt" and that part of the force be
dismissed. They also say that ''events have
turned out very differently from what they ex-
pected; that they never thought it would come
to this, and reiterate Mr. Davis desire for peace"
"lf they will only let have peace, it is all we
ask" they say very meekly. 1t appears too, that
there Is at least one Union man left even in
Charleston, in the person Of Judge Pettigrew-
that ''he still holds to his love for the Union"
and can afford to do so, as his "high position Sc
cures him the right to his own opinion" Some un-
easness is felt at SO many troops being allowed
to leave the State, and Gov. Pckens has declar-
ed that no more shall be allowed to leave.
Buffers FINEssE-The parents of the rebel
prisoner Whiting, who was taken with arms in
his hands, in the house at little Bethel, from
which shots were fred on our troops, and which
was thercupon burnt, came to the fortress yes-
terday to ask for his release. OF course such a
request could not be listened to for moment
much less granted by General Butler, who as
sured the distressed parents that everything ne
cessary TO the comfort of the prisoner would
be done. 1t isl usual when men are caught firing
from houses on marching troops, to dispatch
them instantly. Prisoners are seldom taken
under such circumstances, and our troops were
merciful in not disposng of the assassin at
the time.
Colonel Magruder had previously made an eff
fort to procure the release of Whiting. In the
correspondence which ne held with Gen. Butler
through the messenger who came with the flag
OF truce, the other day, relating to exchange of
prisoners. Col. Magruder demanded lis release
| on the ground that he was not soldier, but
citizen, ard consequently could not be held a
prisoner of war. Gen. Butler promptly respond
ed that if he was not to be treated as a prisoner
of war he must be dealt with as an assassin, in
which case he would be disposed of in the short
est possible time, and that Colonel Magruder
could hang the case on whichever horn of the
dilemma he chose. The Colonel has not since
been heard from on the subject. If General
Butler uses his sword rs well as he does the
pen we need not fear for the result Cor. of
Tribune.
The CAPTURED PIRATES "A question is like
ly to be raised, of no little Importance, in the
case OF the pirates who managed the Savannah.
Where and how shall they be tried? Our law
of piracy provides that the pirate shall be taken
before Circuit Court of the United States in
the district where he shall be brought or found
This must mean the district within which he
shall be brought first, after his capture. Now,
the crew of the Savannah were taken in the Min
nesota to Hampton Roads, and there transferred
to the Harriet Lane. Is this to be considered
as bringing them within the district, and, if so,
can Circuit Court be created there by the Pre-
sident, there being none there at present? Gen.
Butler, whose experience as a criminal lawyer
has familiarized him with the statutes on this
head, and who finds time to discuss such ques-
lions. has in his dispatches taken this point, and
suggested that Court be instituted at Fort
Monroe to meet this and similar exigencies.
IN. Y. Tribune.
ACCIDENT AND ALARM AT THE Court HOUSE,
ST. LouIs.-At about 2 o'clock yesterday after.
noon, a sudden, tremendous noise reverberated
through the extensive halls of the Court House
causing the occupants instantly to apprehend
that the dome had fallen The rush from the
offices and entrances was in the most precipitate
style of stampede. 1t proved that not the mag
nificent dome but a certain iron pillar, some &c
feet long, which the workmen were hosting to
the cupola, to serve as support there had fall
len. The mass was about half way up when its
weight became too much for the appliances used
and it came down making very quick time. Nc
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