The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-26

age, but there are comparatively few whose
courage 10 directed by such clear head and
quick intellect % displayed by Col. Hovey.
The terror of the enemy was not confined to
the z, 900 men who were go admirably whipped;
but every rebel force in the vicinity instantly
reiterated, so that when We reached Clarendon
their forces had abandoned Duval's Bluff, and
there was not an armed rebel nearer than Little
Rock, which also was being abandoned as fast
Is possible to the expected army of the Union.
9. E. LIpPINcorT.
FROM GEN. BUELL'S DEPARTMKNT.
From the Cincinnati 9azette.)
NELSON'S DIVISION, ARMY OF TIE ONO,
ATHENS, Ala, July IL. !
THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
| This Is one OF the enactments which the rep.
resentatives of oQr Government require GER
tain parties to observe before protection, milf
tary or civil, is granted. l have seen it enfor-
ced in more than hundred instances, and
conscientiously believe, and as conscientlously
make the assertion that in each case it was Pu-
rifed perjury. When the solemn declaration
is afirmatively agreed, and the promise .'be :
fore God" to support the Constitution and the
laws of the United States .,soribed to, no
idea of being governed by its moral and loyal
provisions is entertained. The oath is taken
to be broken, and instead of binding obligs-
| ton is regarded as q farcical transaction by
those who resort to it, as they would to any
measure freeing them from military surveil.
lance. Let me illustrate this by an incident
that occurred here. One Of the Athenean
merchants wished to get an invoice of goods
from Nashville, but did not understand the
modus operandi. He called on the Provost Mar
shall and found that the preliminary step was
taking the oath Of allegiance. The merchant
at first demurred, but afterward submitted to
the required RECITATION. with the remark ''that
rather than not have the goods he would swear
to anything This exhibits the true feeling
of nine tenths Of the people, who cling to the
ideas of secession, with an iLfatuation that is
characterized by neither intelligence nor COM
mon sense; but blind devotion to God
cursed cause, they seek by every devise and
through every channel, to prolong its vitality.
Taking the oath of allegiance is a tscit under
standing between the agents of the Govern
ment and the people, that they-the people
are constitutionally absolved from what crimes
they may have committed, and under its shell.
ter they are secretly doing more injury than
they who have the manhood to openly avoW
themselves secessionists.
"Some guard these traitors to the block Of
death, ~.s
Treason's true bed, and yielder up of breath,
Guerrilla parties are hard at work in this sec
ton of the country, each day developing some
new and holder outrage. Last Thursday night
party of cavalry, said to be portion Of Bough
toms Mississippi Squadron, visited the line o.
the Memphis and Charleston road, tore up the
track near CORTLAND station, destroyed severa
culverts, burned lot of cotton and cut the
telegraph wire. Yesterday morning, a portion
of the same band approached to within eight
miles Of Decatur, and burned several watel
stations, and later in the day stopped Govern
ment train Of sixty wagons, between huntsville
and Shelbyville, and appropriated the contents
Messrs. Marienthal & Lehman, of Cincinnati
had several wagon loads Of goods accompanying
the same train, which we're carried off, and, q
am informed, ten thousand dollars in gold
which n. 4 L. we're sending to Huntsville in
payment of cotton. General Buell. has wide
expanse OF territory to watch, extending from
Grand Junction 10 the West, to Chattanooga in
the East, and, besides preparing for offensive
movements, must guard the hundred approaches
from the South over any one of which q small
body OF mounted men can come, commit depre
dations, and secure their escape. He lie making
his dispositions with Jealous care, and guerrii
! Ia inroads will soon become less successful a
well as less frequent aaaaa aal sa3
Facts prove that outrsges of the above char
acter are not committed by organised bands o.
soldiers but by the people, who have better op
portunities to practice the nefarious bushes:
than the soldiery. In order to avoid suspicion
it is given out that the deeds are done BY rebe
cavalry; but the statement of negroes, that thei
} masters leave home at night and return in tn,
day time, is . strong confirmation Of who th,
! guilty parties are. Individual warfare is no
, recognized, as am aware, in military science
and most stringent policy must be inauguratet
for its suppression. Hang and shoot with . lib
| eral discrimination, and those who cheat th
, galows or the bullet will be wary of their free
{ booting encroachments. as5 s. ~ Be- p.
1t is essentially necessary for the very exist
| ence of troops that vigorous measures sgsins
guerrillss be instituted. Removed to remot
f portion of country our supplies can only be re
ceived over one road (the T. L A. C unles
the line from Memphis east can be protects
against any possible contingency. The larg
number Of troops massed here and hereabout
require many, many Thousands of rations eac
day, and the present means Of transportation
! scarcely more than meets the demand.
, The Preslaents Appeal % the Border
States.
From the National Intelligeneer.
The Representatives and Senators of tn
Border Slave holding States having by speeds