The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-07-22

| Inc InunlClpai law permits no uiool
der in the streets. Women breaking
are sent TO the calaboose. That is th
terrible order-no,hing more-nothih!
less-that arouses England and provoke
this debate. Lord Palmerston takes ad
vantage of it to have another fling at th
Americans, and Gregory and Walsh ar
mad with delight. Lord Carnarvon ais
brings out Earl Russell, and all the news
papers clap their hands in joy-and yo'
gentlemen, echo the sentiment Of tht
land. Do you remember a picture il
the Illustrated News during the Sepoy
revolution ? l do--and three features
were reprominent-cannon-English Off
GERS and Sepoy messengers bearing ;
flag of truce. The picture has another
side-the officers consult-the Sepoy.
are bound upon the muzzle of the gun:
and, with their flag of truce tieC
around, they were blown towards the
camp from whence they came.
Did Mr.. Seward get up in his place in
the Senate chamber, and protest agains
it in the name OF humanity ? The attro
cities of your soldiers in India were only
equalled in their brutality by Nena Sahit
himself. When a British officer enters a
Sepoy village and gives the order to his
regiment to ravish the Sepoy women, and
then level the houses TO the earth, hu.
manity shudders for civilization. Com.
pared with such fiends, Gen. Butler is a
scholar, a gentleman and christian
How forgetful Of the rights of civiliza.
tion, for our statesmen TO remain silent
without recording their Indignation at
such brutal acts England must feel
proud of those christian officers, and no
wonder she is indignant at Butler
Have You forgotten the siege of Lin.
erick ? Is it true that Engishmen raw
ished the women before butchering the
garrison and burning the town? ? Do
you remember the cold blooded slaughter
of the McDonalds Of Glencoe, under the
same dynasty? Verify, what a man
was Lord Byron -
You are the bestof cut -throats Do not start
The phrase is Slakspcarc's. and not misapplied
Wars . brains scattering windpipe Sitting art
Unless her cause by right be SaHciifed
If you have acted once generous part,
The world not the worlds masters, will decide
And shall be delighted to learn rrho,
Sdce yoa and yours hare gained at Waterloo
Davoust in Hamburg-Junot in Lis
bon-Malakoff in the Algerian caves
were guilty of acts-and Wellington at
ST. Sebastan-worthy of Russia in Po-
land or Haynau in Austria. Butler 5
ottense is words-Englan1s otlenso was
acts. Was Buffers motive good or bad ?
1t Is the motive, not the act, that black
ems the crime. England is not The land
TO give America examples as to the treat
ment of women. America is country
where lis youth are taught not to insult
an old man or an old woman, aud wo-
man, can SO through the entire country
without being insulted America is the
land whore education and religion gives
tone TO The morals Of our people. How
careful England is to fnd fault with our
Federal army.
Have you seen any questions in the
Parliamentary paper asking if thereports
are true regarding atrocities Of the Con,
lederate army =? Has the Federal power
no friend at court to ask those questions
Of Lord palmerston Is il true that
sayages, led on by eoafelera,es, scalped
our wounded soldiers at Pea Rid 4?
Is it true tLat Gov Sprague found some
OF bis aids, who were killed al Bull Run,
buried with their faces downward Is
il true that Federal wounded on the
ground at The battle Of Winchester, were
bayonoted by Confederate soldiers ? Is
il true that the ladies of a certain town
in Virginia invited one hundred Federals
10 their houses TO tea, and their brothers,
who were in ambush, rushed out and put
them all TO death
Surely America ought 10 have one
friend bold enough in Parliament, when
Gregory and lie Premier are hurting
their invectives against America, TO in-
quire ii it is true that the skull of n Fed
eral officer is bon bon for a rebel lady !.
that Madame Beauregard, who was treat,
ed with SO much pollteness by Gen. But,
Ter, wears cameo cut from the bone Of
a Federal Colonel that rebel ladies' wear
rings and brooches made out of the
skulls of our brave officers that the
proper thing for the rebel gentlemen AT
Richmond is 10 have aspitloon made out
of human head In conclusion. let me
ask if England controls Americas ao-
ton p? II England pays our Federal oili-
GERS ? Ii England must first be con-
suited before We declare martial law ? /
was not aware that Abraham Lincoln
was elected President of the powerful
American Republic by the bankrupt
monarchies Of Europe. Cheers and
applause.
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Tie tokens from Maryland are most
encouraging The tone of her press