The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-30

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he ether day, Iwsnt aaeva 10 Aoconao
lsaia = sse The General Of tie Nacksrsl Brig
ade. Who had invited ne to Do present while
be made an offer Of bliss % . delegation Of that
oppressed race which has been tEe sole cause
81 this unnataral war, aad u, therefore ex-
emptsd from oil concern in it. 6
The general my BOY, WAS seated IN his ten.
porary room Of audience when arrived, exam.
ming map oftbe Border States through .
powerful! magnyfing.glass, and occasionally
looking into tumbler, % though hs expected
70 And something there. e5AN -
Jewell, obi Honesty, }" says I. aaably. "vhst
y our next scheme for the benefit Of the hu-
man race?" -.11l
He smiled raternally upon me, and says he,
!. ut 10 my purpose to settle the negro ques-
non IN accordance with the principles laid
down IN the book Of Exodus. Thunder!" says
the general With nagistsrial emphasis, ''if 10
90 not secure the pursuit Of happiness to the
Save, even, We violate the Constitution, and
become obnoxious to the border communities. !"
Was rejecting upon this remark, my boy,
and wondering what the Constitution had to
do with the book Of Exodus, when the delega-
ton made their appearance, and caused the
room todarken perceptibly. Not to lose time,
the General waved his hand for the visitors to
be seated, and says he: aes5
"You and We are different races; and for
this reason it must DO evident to you, % we'll
as to myself that it is better you should be yol~
UNFAIRLY compelled 10 colonize to some dis
tant salubrious shore. There 10 . wide differ
ence between our races, much wider, perhaps,
than that which exists between any other
two races. Your race suffers greatly, and eur
rsce suffers in suffering your race to suffer. In
. word We both suffer, which establishes .
reason Why our race should not suffer your
race to remain here any longer. You Who are
here are ell present, suppose"
perhaps you have not been here oil your
lives. Your race is suffering, the greatest
wroAg that ever Was; but when you cease to
suffer, your sufferings are still far from IN
equality with our sufferings. Our white men
are now changing their base Of operations
daily, and often taking Malvern Hills. This
10 on your account. You ore the cause Of it.
How you have caused it win not attempt to
explain, for I do not know: but it is better for
10 both to be separated, and it is vilely selfish
in you Il do not speak unkindly) to wish to
Zembla. The fact that We have always op-
pressed you renders you still more blamable,
especially when We reflect upon the fact that
you have never shown resistance. A trip on
your part to Nova Zembla will benefit both
races. cannot promise you much bliss right
away. You may starve ct first, or die on the
passage; but in the Revolutionary War Gen.
Washington lived exclusively on the future
He was benefting his race; and though do
not see much similarity between his case and
yours you had better 60 to Nova Zembla-
You may think that VOW could live in Wash
ipgton, perhaps more 30 than you could on q
foreign shore. This is mistake. None but
white army contractors and brigadiers on fur
Tough can live here - go t3ss-sio e9>.f
The festive isle Of Nova Zembla has been in
existence for some time aud is larger than any
smaller place l know of. Many Of the origin.
al settlers have died, but their offspring would
still be living had they lived long enough to
become accustomed to the climate. You may
object to 60, on account Of your affection for
your race, but it does not strike me that there
are any cogent reasons for such affection. So
you had better go to Nova Zembls. The par
tioulsr place have in view for your colinisa.
ton is the great highway between the North
Pole and Sir John Franklin's supposed grave
It is popular route Of travel, being much fire.
quented BY the facetious penguin and the
flowing seal. It has great resources for ice.
water, and you will be able to have ice.cream
every day, provided yon supply yourselves
with the essence of lemon and patent freezers.
As to other food can promise you nothing -
There are fine harbors on all sides of this place,
and though you may see no ships there, it will
be still some satisfaction to know that you have
such admirable harbors. Again there is evil
dence Of very rich bear limiting. When you
take your wives to place where there is
no food, nor any ground to be cultivated, nor
any place to live in, the human mind would as
naturally turn to bear hunting as anything
else. But if you should die Of starvation at
the outset, even bear hunting may dwindle in-
to insignifcsnce. Why attach so much i'm
portance to bear hunting is, it will afford you
an opportunity to die more easily than BY fam
inc and exposure. Bear hunting is the best
thing knSw of under such circumstances.
Yop are intelligent, and know that human
life depends as much upon those who possess it
As any body else. And much viii depend upon
yourselves if you 60 to Nova Zembls. Az to
the bear hunting, think see the means avail
able for engaging you in that very soon with
out injury to ourselves. wish to spend lit
tie money to get you there, and may possibly
lose it all; but We cannot expect to succeed in
any thing unless We are successful in 1t.
The political affairs Of Nova Zembla are not
in quite so good condition % could wish,
the bears having occasional fights there. over
the body Of the last Esquimaux governor; but
these bearsare more generous than We are.-
They have no objection to dining upon the
colored race. -, ~ siisy
Besides, would endeavor to have you made
equals, and have the best assurance that you
should be equals of the best. The practical
thing want to Ascertain is, whether can get
. certain nnmber, of able bodied men to send to
place offering such encouragement snd at
fractions. Could get . hundred tolersbly
intelligent men, with their wives and children
to partaks of oil this blissi Can have 6fsyi
II / had twenty five able bodied men, properly
seasoned With women and children, Icould
make commencement. These are subjects
Of very greatimportance, and worthy months
study Of the paternsl offer I have made you.-
II you have NO consideration for yourselves, q
least consider the bears, and endesvor to REQ
oncile yourselves to the beautiful and pleasing