The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-04-26

The Negro Question Handed b. Ken.
euok1am.
Col. Leonidss Metcalf recently made speech
at Carlisle, Nicholson county, Kentucky, o
which We make the following extract. Had b,
made this speech in portions of Iowa he woult
have been denounced - an Abolitionist at least
and perhaps worse
bad started 70 pay my respects 10 theapig
ger lovers Of TIE South. There has been n,
election since / can remember but the cry O
niger VAS raised. A constable, coroner, Judge o.
president could not be nominated but tho sam,
old tune was ground. Law after law was pas
sed to tighten the tenure by which we held them
State laws fugitive laws, territorial legislature!
might leRislate white man to the devil II the,
chose, il he had mary Niger; but laws wer'
passed to prevent them from legislasing on tn
subject Of niger A Republican Congress
passed laws to prevent themselves from legisla
ting on negroes in the territories, still the CT!
was more security, more concessions, until they
require all to kneel to Gesser's cap. or else they
are not the Simon pure, or at least they are MOI
the Simon Buckner pure. They swear that it Il
Gods institution, and that in his sublime wis
dom he instigated the trader to the pious call
ing of catching and claiming the wild African il
the hold OF some gloomy ship to transport hin
from his native hills where his soul is in danger
to the cotton fields Of America all for the glory
Of God and the increase of his kingdom; that
their pursuits and pleasures 10 Africa are loath
some to God; but when they are transported tc
the cotton fields and learned to raise six bales Il
the hand, great is his reward for he now pleasetf
the Lord and shall have seat 10 heaven; while
traitors who have SO long.bee protected in ma
king black angels, quietly pocket the proceeds
of the cotton. To all this you must solemnly
promise and swear or you are an AbOliti0nist. -
And some of these traitors are helping to
populate heaven with angels only half black.
This is no Joke; all this Mas been preached from
the pulpit by the said sooty winged niger sat
elites They 90 not stop at insulting man, but
blsspheme God with their obsequious dallying
and pandering to Q set OF corrupt, hy-bl0wn
jackasses, who cannot see any other aim or OBJ
ject on earth through which pleasure or happi-
ness can be secured but niger; no other argu.
ment in politics but Niger; no other road to
heaven but on nigger's back. They must
have the Missouri Compromise, or they will
break up the Government. Then the Missouri
Compromise must be repealed, it amt fair, or
they will knock all the underpinnings from un-
der Uncle Samuel
Kansas must be allowed to do as she pleases-
no Intervention. Our sweet scented Beriah who
lives in the Governors palace and don't rule the
destinies Of Kentucky exactly as he would wish
to, made speech in our county town when he
was a candidate, in which he said that Congress
han no power to legislste on Slavery, and must
not intervene in Kansas affairs; that he would
draw his sword and fight, before he would ask
Congress to pass pro slavery or anti-slavery
law for Kansas, for that would be setting the
example that Congress had the right to inter-
vene, and it might hereafter pass some law that
We did not like, and if we complained they would
tell US we must put up with it, because we asked
them to open the door of intervention, and the
point was settled; but. behold when Kansas
herself attempts to settle her own business, they
shift round and attempt to force her to be
slave State against her will. They are as un.
as baby with a toy; cry if you give
it to them, cry if you don't give it to them; and
ike the spoiled child, they must now be spank.
ed and put to rest. l have heard it preached
ever since can remember, that all we asked
vas to let US manage our own State affairs as
we pleased, particularly our own peculiar insti.
tuition; that the North wanted to take them
away from US without compensation; that if the
North would only acknowledge that there is
such thing as property in man, we would be
satisfied; now the President offers to US, to let
us do Just as we please. Buy our negroes if we
wish to sell, and if We do not want to sell, why.
keep them and that is tie end of it," and we will
be protected with them, thereby acknowledging
that they are property, aud thereby offering to
defeat the abolitionists, in taking them with.
out compensation; and also spelling the grand
argument of the disunionists, that Lincoln and
his yankee hordes would take our negroes from
US. They are mad at Lincoln for letting us do
as we please; some of them denying the rebel.
lion having anything to do with niger, and
therefore, Lincoln is an abolitionist for bringing
in the sacred name of niger at this time. And
some Union men are very hard to be pleased
with anything the Government does, and such
men rarely complain at the iniquity beng enac
ted by the rebels. If JEFF. Davis had come out
with the same message, they would have pro
nounced it the most liberia, fair, impartial
statesmanlike document that was ever offered
for the consideration of people of common
sense Oh! consistency, thou art a jewel, made
of gum elastic, and can be stretched to suit the
conscience.
The cry of Abolitionist is the whip that il
continually held up to scare the ignorant into
the Democratic, and now the Secession ranks
If you look at things with common sense, 20,
are an Abolitioniss. If you are for your coun
try, and for the majority ruling, you are an Alb
olitionist 1t is time we put stop to these in
suits. They cannot listen to reason. The onl,
thing you can beat common sense into then
with is green sycamore club that will no
bounce, or a bullet. A few wholesome truths ma,
be bitter, but nevertheless true. The accuse
ton is very common that the North favors ANAL
gamation Now, to tell the TRUTH and sham,
old Nick, it is practiced to fearful exten
throughout the South and Kentucky Go int,
any of our towns and see the different shades
and colors.
Jet black, buff. and brown
Mongrei, puppy, whelp and hound.
But we will not speak loud on this Some
body might be listening. You can know ever,
traitor in the land as plainly as you can you
hogs by the ear marks. They have pass
word. by which you can know them as we'll il
the night as in the day time--that word is, ALI
oltionist That is the sum total of all their ar
gument
will relate an snecdote that shows a Vir
ginan's ideas en- the bigger question, and it il
true. l heard it. Travelling in Virginia,
stopped at night at house where they wer,
holding a meeting, and any one seemed to have
a right to tell what he knew. spry youns
man took the pulpit, and let out on the cruel
fxion, as follows: "My brethren how meel
was our Saviour-they crucifed him; they pu
a crown of thorns on his head; they stuck spea
in his side, and they drove nails through hi
hands, aad he never said word bit more thar
it he had been niger"
Fellow citizens You all know that niger il
the raw head ami bloody bones, the scarecrow
that is continually held up to your view, never
ceasiug agitation. You must stand sentinel al
night, you must stand sentinel all day, will
your musket, over your darling black angels
while they work in the field, to keep somebo
dy from stealing them. And you must stani
watch to keep down nsurrection-eternal cisi
lance is the price Of migser All of this hue and
cry is kept up when there is not the slightest dan
ger.
Well, gentlemen, does not all of this SUCCESS
to your mind CLEAN Of common seases Doei
not the weary sentinel begin to ask himself
when will the relief come around? But no re
lief ever comes All, me! when or how shall
ever find time to enjoy myself with my loved
oness Where is that happiness this sacred in
stitution is to produce? When shall rests-
Now see this never ending clamor has at last
beat it into my head that, had better take the
value of these gems from Afric's burning sands
and invest in something that will not forever dis
turb my peace, use the musket on traitors, and
take the hoe myself. Niger and cotton ha:
produced this rebellion, and should be made to
foot the BILL There is big niger scare still on
our Congress. They shrink, afraid to take the
hull by the horns: il is not lust that Ioyal mon