The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-04-13

Sournxsx Mons. 1T has for many years been
dangerous for such Of our citi1ens as have doubts
as to the divine right Of slavery to visit certain
portions Of the South; and since the secession
excitement began, even Northern men with no
convictions at all on the subject have been driv-
en- from the seeded States. On our FIRST page
today the reader win find number OF well au-
thenticatsd instances Of outrages BY Southern
mobs upon unonending Northern citizens: The
emineutly respectable planters Of the Cotton
States have always pretended that this was not
their fault, and that they were a. much shocked
as Northern men at such lawless violence. We
saw not long since letter from . prominent
citizen of South Carolina cautionirg friend in
New York not to come down on : promised
visit, because il was now quite impossible to re.
strain the violence Of the mob, which could not
bear the sight Of Northern men, and would wreak
its hatred Of the abolitionists on any unfortu.
nate who should fall into its hands.
With all this, however, shrewd observers have
remarked that these irrepressible Southern mobs
keep their hands off .Englishmen, who are almost
without exception the most nncompromising
abolitionists None of the numerous English
merchants Of New Orleans have yet fallen into
the hands Of Judge Lynch, though three months
ago it was thought necessary to drive out Of that
city o respectable Cincinnati merchant, who had
dangerous.
There is thus singular method in the South
ern madness. The Confederate mob is q reflect
ing mob; discriminating mob. Its noble breast
swells with rage only at the sight Of Northern
anti.slavery man; and it needs but the awe in.
spring knowledge that an abolitionist is also a
subject of Queen Victoria, to restrain its fury
and render it model of prudent decorum.
Mr.. VIM. 81. Russell, the correspondent Of the
London Times, leaves Washington to-day for the
Confederate States. If be were Northern man,
he would go at the peril of his life If BY shrewd
management he got as far as Charleston or Mont
gomery, we should read Of populations Of
Southern patriots" waiting upon him at his
hotel, arraying him in tar and feathers escorting
him, mounted on rail, to the next depot, and
making merit Of not hanging him to the near
est palmetto tree. As he is an Englishman, he
need not fear, even we're he ten times the aboli.
Zionist he is. The irrepressible Southern mob
will take the cue from its leaders, and treat him
to its best. The tar and the feathers, the rail
and the rope will be laid aside for another occa-
sion; ana for once newspaper correspondent
will be able to travel through the South, neither
denying his convictions nor endangering his
neck. 2S2 .s1a 1
If ever the Confederates should obtain their
ardent wish and become separate nation, they
will have to deny thems elves also the pleasure Of
lynching citizens of the United States. We have
long submitted to Southern violence, thinking it
duty to be patient with our countrymen. But
great nation like this will not fail to take
prompt vengeance on foreigners who wrong it's
citizens, whether these foreigners be confederate
pirates Of Algiers or confederate filibusters of
the Gulf.-N. Y. Post.