The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-04
Army Correspondence.
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advance of the mail. The more intelligent ana
better portion 81 oar army consider It just the
thipx-think the President did not take this
step one moment too soon, % the South could
have done II sooner or later, which would have
secured the assistance Of its slaves and the sym.
patty of al Europe. After the Chicago Times
arrived, the shoulder-hitters and BLACKBOARD
portion Of the army sent up bowls, long, dismal
and usearthly. The readers of that delectasle
sheet seem to sneeze whenever it takes snuff ~
Its yepng minions remained as mute as mice
until the mail arrived and they had heard from
the old dog Then every little whelp sprang to
his feet and joined in the canine chorus, - fol.
follows: q "Adrift upon shoreless sea-" 'Our
chart gone, our course lost and the maddened
voices of mutineers head amid the din Of the
tsmpest around U.s." 'Our glorious ship of state
drifting at the mercy Of the waves, to the
breakers that shall dash her to pieces" and much
more of the same kind from the columns of that
damnable concern. This awful condition, &C.
cording to the Times, has been brought upon the
country by the President signifying his determi-
nation to knock the "corner stone" from under
the Southern Conthieveracy unless it returns
to ito allegiance before the 6rst Of January next
The responsibility rests With the South and am
pie time is given for repentance Even Brown
ing, whose course in Congress the Times en-
dorssd, has said that The President had the pow.
er herein assumed. Then what is the Times
growing abouts It is manifestly sndeavoring
to bring about that "dashing to pieces" and
"mutiny" it speaks Of; .,..,,.,., -. ~.
Yancey often said that Slavery Was stronger
than the Union. The Times reiterates it. The
case is now to be put up on, trial. Slavery has
assailed the Union. The two are in deadly con.
dict One OF t,e other Wilt b destroyed. -
Those who give prominence to Slavery are enc.
mics to the Union. When Clagget, Steward
and others named their sreason.sympathizing
sheets, they meant slavery when they said "Con.
ssisution." The terms 'Conssitution and Union"
do not mean slavery but LIBERTY. The Fathers
who framed the Constitution had great deal
to say about Liberty and Freedom. They struck
out the words ''slave" and "servitude' from the
original fugitive clause because it savored Of
siavery. (See Madson's papers) The conspi.
rators at the head of the Southern Confederacy
adopted the original fugitive clause with the
obnoxious words in it, in forming their Consti-
tuition Then Why this great hellaballoo about
violating the Constitution when the freedom Of
slaves in the Rebel States is talked Of The
Southern Congress, did not believe that slavery
was safe under the old Constitution, else Why
did they make the change above spoken Of p
Slavery ia local institution, belonging to the
States Those States which have seeded and
rebelled have forfeited all their right to the
protection of this institution. This is as plain
as anything can be. Slavery caused the war
and is used as an element against US. 1t deals
with US at every step whether we wish to deal
with it or not. If Trimble sneeringly accused the
Arkansas army of stealing negroes and cotton ,,
1t shows he is q lopdemagogue, unworthy to hold
commission in that army. Slavery and cotton
are the main elements Of strength Of the merci.
less foe now endeavoring to destroy our country.
Cotton buys arms. ammunition and clothing in
foreign ports. Negroes dig trenches, drive
teams, and do all kinds of camp drudgery be
sides raising the food for the rebel army in the
field. Common sense teaches US that the enemy
is weaker by taking their assistance from them.
The only question is, what what shall we do with
these unfortunate ereatures Thousands of them
throng our camps some of them almost white
am often panied at seeing women lying about
: the depots and wagon yards. Something must
be done for them. Many are employed and work
willingly. They are invariably peaceable and
gentle. have often thought how Inconsistent
this nation is to send missionaries and teachers
to Foreign lands whilst one sixth of it's own pop.
ustion were denied an education and in the
language of Rev. Robert j. Breckinridge, "no
male is the husband of any woman in particular
and no woman is the wife of any particular hus-
band and their children are the offspring Of no
particular parents; and ali this in ''the most
enlightened nation earth, in the full blaze of
the glorious nineteenth century. You 9can
scarcely 60 to house in the country bu. what
you find slayes of all colors. Black woman and
black husband, but half their children copper.
e"ored Parents cell their own children and
grand children Isit wonder, then, that igno.
rance violence, and barbarism reign in this land?
we have been nurturing this barbar;sm clasping
- 70 our bosom, and now it turns upon us to de-:
sHoy ~ Like the chilled serpent which the
A'no hearted farmer warmed in bis bosom, it
now stings US to death. -
l once heard the Rev. Clay Dean (who some
''mes aus g'acss the Methodist pulpit boast in
poi'ca' speech that slavery had christianized
w0re negroes than all the missionaries in the
.of'd out be forgot to add that it had 6arbarised
ss0! millions Of whites in the South, and de-
'.ueneo and stulti6ed the minds of ten or twelve
-ND'ons more in the North. This seems to be
,'ner poor economy, even if all the slaves were
suiisVanized, which Is impossible as tho sepa.
''"oh OF families and absolute control of the
.Das'ef destroys virtue without which there can
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