The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-08

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IL 10 refreshing to read the a,.;.,.-.
mond papers which have been ;ns,; - t1e Rid
occupation OF Alexandra bv IN. aspIred byA.
The English language Ia put To h. s. .s troon
sion, and the more trucuient ad;aa..verest Tn.
fully "overgorked," to express ~ =; = are fer
horror, disgust anger, and ali N :. gnatiea
OF thing, felt by the editors and tha s.nole sE
they represent, over the invasion IS peopie shs
soil OF Virginia." The first wonds, s sue saerei
to be that the federal Government =. LUG seen
20 send troops into Virginia: And , ,S dan
that the world is allowed to stsnJ ia. sae seconi
to permit Virginia troops TO wine en-. s enough
lasting disgrace Of IL; and the tb;,d sae eve,
ground under Alexandra does MOI ~, mat ID.
the chivalry the trouble of fightipp M snd sa,s
mond Enquirer talks about .sbesos,ea me Kiet.
and Lincoln despotism,n and the Ers,.: aaaaes'
that Virginia is invaded BY shorde. " .e san
robbers and assassins in the nav os h'eyes
Lincoln and the Dispatch talks NJ ,h ao'ahar
OF the "myrmidons of federal povers %s'a
the good people Of Alexandra turn n. i. L'a
ses al the louaves, and think there s6oald ~
been regiment OF gentlemen sent in ,s"'1
place II offends them TO have a bod, - 's ssl
ty."
It Is useless, of course, to say anytba
intention Of the yalry to invade az
SOIL Oh Pennsy -sf De sacred soil CO.
city OF Washin sSVh-the property Of the No as
ted States OF America. 1t has been the ,. IN
OF the rebels from the first TO take wh.if ~
wanted, do what seemed best TO them and ,.4 7
great cutlery against the mildest prote., Tn sl
amiable people have been stealing. lvpcb;,.uass
lying ever since they commenced operat;o,s - 80
have howled at the very though. Of h.;ss
brought to account for it. But Of all ,E 9sAs
have had enough. 1t is Of the peculiar s.su
ness Of the soil of Virginia that we w,.b
word.
If to become the tail Of conspiraev of Ia,
South Carolina is the head, and the too, !, '.ea
bellon which originated in other interest,". - ne
her own, make her soil sacred, then il il ~. VIC
If TO grow weak, and poor, and mean H.
cial system which she hugs to herself "a -
grand source of wealth, make her soil -.
then it Is very sacred. II to hold in he, ~.
the tombs of Washington and a long lima 20
sidents of this Republic, and to trarnpe n.e'
their memories and curse and discard tbs ~
tutons which they bequeathed to her. nal. J TS
GINA soil sacred, then it is very sacred -
II to usGrp the authority Of the ueo,ls .a,
drive through secession vote at Ii. 49,. .AI
the bayonet, and sell out to paper e,r,.a."
cy, and voluntarily consent to make hen ..s
graveyard, gives Virginia the right to el,;r !.
culiar sacredness of soil, then sbe bs, r..
soil so exhausted by negroes to such an s,,.'.
that negro-breeding is more profitable thar :.
gro-labor, and SO profitable that black sesb !.
the leading article of export and income /. :.
cu,iarly sacred, then is Virginia soil neenI,..
| sacred. 1T State without common 49,!
without white labor, and with niggers AZ the g.
damcntal basis OF all gentility, with lazine.. !.
the rule of life, and whisky for steady S,,t
be peculiarly sacred, then Jerusalem and ~.
and all the holy places we read of are in "a r.
to be compared with Virginia for sacrednss
There are sensible men in Virginia a. ts,.
| acts nobly show, but we speak of the preco-.
| gentlemen who are responsible for the rebelE,-
| In that State. A State that is no, too soc,.,
| for Matching treason, and patronizinp nerr,r
and arming itself against Government Wb;.S
has never had anything but blessings for ber /.
not too sacred for the occupation Of sede,.;
troops. This sacred soil of Virginia, which
her miserable system of labor has exhausted h,
plenty of unoceupied, white spaces, where hi.
ors can be buried. 1t is indeed time that a,
arrogant fools in Virginia and elsewhere in h.
South have their mouths stopped, and learn th,,
the civilization which they fout, and, We dOubt
not, honestly despse, is the highest type Of ciy.
lization upon this continent. These Northern
hordes," these thieves, robbers and as.assins'
stirred by lofty patriotism, will teach them hOr
weak they are. Would to God there were son.
means by which these leather-heads could b
made to know how proud, used.up, vaporirr,
lazy, ignorant, Niger breeding State, stinks il
the nostrils of the civilized world The sscrsd
soil of Virginia! Bah !-ISpringfeld Rep