The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-30

An ENoLlsHMAx's Op,rror
editor Of the Montreal Witnes.. an 8. =! !:
telling biz recent experience q ~. =
states in series Of. letters, touoh..
follows upon . matter beRippinr = g
earnestly DISCUSSED: - %
"The over tasked slaves ~ -,
poor master may be known even u %
upon the road Sullen and do,a nss
al the savage depicted in their conssa
ances and in the 81 cam of THAR 80"
they glance furtivsly At the -. I,
wild - the native African, and th.;.
urai cunning increased BY their coo 49,.
with the white man, whose vioes ~.
hsve learnt, without having scopi,.S
besn able TO acquire, any Of bis v;,,s. e
woe 70 the day, should it ever 49,
when these men are let loose to vori ~:
willupon their oppressorsl Il bas h., ' ~,
BY Englsnd and Englishmen: Mali . ~
. war of emancipation, and We an -. .s
You heart and soul" They ino, ~. IN
what they say who speak thus. ana !.
we'll the = North cannot listen II r ,o.n !.
If em;ssariss from the North vere ~:
bly, to make their appearance, in arm. "a
personally to declare the immediats g."
dom OF the slaves Of the South, an i.S;.
criminats massacre Of every Whit. m..
woman aud child in the south. voniI =,
the result. 1t would be second .a;.;ss
Of the massacre Of St Domingo. Itvs,.
folly 70 speak Of the restraint vh;.s
would be exercised by the educated ,sS
we'll disposed among the neeroes-,bs..
would be overpowered, or drawn into n.
army ofavengers against their will Thar.
were many wcll-disposed, faithful neo,os.
amongst the Haytians. Ofwhat ,e1,;.s
were they? In all revolts whether anon.
civilized or savage men, some le.a;nss
spirit is sure to arise and assume comm.nS
aud in case Of forcible emancipation
second Touissant POuverturs vould ls.J
the negroes of the South to veueeanc. :.
did the veritable Touissant lead Ii, foi,o-. m
ems to the massacre of their French m.. !
tiers. Which ever way this struggle NAV
turn out, however, in my humble opinion.
the death blow has been given TO slavery:
but its extinction must be gradual, and
must be managed by the South ITSELF
No one-not the bitterest foe to ths
South-none but an insane zealot would
wish to bring upon that unhappy section
of the country the horrors that would fol.
low sudden, forced emancipation Of tie
slaves. Meanwhile great dread of An
outbreak prevails over large portion Of
the South, particularly where the whit.
male inhabitants have been generally call.
ed away to serve in the army. The nepm
quarters in many plantations are most VIC.
ilantly guarded At night, and the masten
and mistresss sleep-if sleep tbey can
with FIRE arms beneath their pillowsp'
BOUND TO STAY WITH H1M-Rev n,
Henries, Chaplain of the 9th Maine reo;.
ment, writes to the Bangor Wing, that
he Joined in marriage, on board ship Bel.
videre of the Naval Expedition, in Hamp.
ton Roads, Mr.. Robert B. Wassou. Of
Kent, Maine, of Co. B, Captain witch.
el) and Miss Helen Stone, Of Little Falls
N. B. The above young lady, only Is
years of age left her home Sept. Sd, came
the whole di'tance, about 1900 miles,
alone, walking 96 miles to Presque Isle,
then taking the stage to Mattaxamkeag,
thence walked to Belfast, and thence BY
boat to Boston and New York. She was
sent back to Boston, and went with the
10th regiment to Baltimore, at last arriv.
ing at Annapolis about fhe 18th of Octo-
Der, where she found the object Of her
affections. She ssid she did not expect
she should marry him at present, but she
desired to be with him. Gen. Viele said
she should not 60 with the regiment
She burst into tears and said she should
go, and that was the end Of it.