The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-22

From the Leadon American, Feb. 20.
/ On Monday evening last Mr.. Train was
again challenged by the secessionists, on the
question, "What chance has the South to Oh.
! tain its Independences'
Mr.. TRAIN-Certainly comply with your
call, but more to state facts than make a
speech. The secession speaker sneers at the
Yankees-ridicules their industry, and ignores
their wonderful energy. 1t is time, Mr.. Chair
man, to stop this sneering at the North-this
Sam Sticking the word Yankees. Halliburton
an Englishmsn, wrote for an English audience
lin al English colony-and the English mind
being open 70 accept any thing that would sat-
irize Americans, takes Sam Slick for text
book, when we never use the language at all
which he ascribes to us. [Ohl1 Americans
never use the word Britisher and you should
know that when you sneer at the Yankee, you
sneer at your own people.
The pilgrims were Englishmen. When they
landed on the Western shore, the Indians ran
down to meet them crying, "Yengeese! Yen :
geese!" which is the Indian word for English;
and as Englishmen torture language to most
uncouth shapes, calling my lord-my lud-Der-
by-Darby, and persist in calling Cowper-
Cooper Laughter $50 the Indian word YEN
geese in time became Yengees-Y Yenkee-Y Tan
kee. Hear, near. Yankee meaning English
man-so remember in future when you sneer
at the word Yankee, you sneer at yourself and
your own countrymen. Applause. The
New Englander is proud of the name. You
compliment me sir, by the allusion, for it is the
Yankee who has raised the Flag of the Union
! on every mountain In Chrstendom and raised
its hallowed folds over every billow in all the
oceans. [Cheers. The secessionist in the
winter carries on his trade on Yankee capital,
and in the summer is obliged to go to Yankee
watering places for his vacation;spending PEN
MES in his meagre plantation fare where no.
body is looking on, but throwing away pounds
in Yankee land IN the bar-rooms, the gambling
can dazzle the unsuspecting with his bank
notes. Loud laughter.
The game Of Bragg is not always game Of
cards. Is there any game about here, asked
the young Englishman with bag and gun when
landing on the banks of the Mississippi Yes,
plenty, lisped the negro. What? Oh, prin-
cipally Poker Laughter. That is not Yam
kee game, or Yankee story. Laughter. The
South depends upon the Yankee for food and
raiment-for its redicines-its necessities and
its luxuries. The Yankee supplies the seces.
sionist with Bibles, though seldom called for,
and printing paper and ice and cofins.-
Laughter. The secession mother sends to
Yankee land for o Yankee schoolmistress to
sends his sons to Yankee West Points, Yam
kee naval schools, and Yankee colleges. Many
of to-day's traitors were taught truth, honor,
morality and religion at our Yankee Havard
University, only to return and lie and swear
and steal and breed treason. Hear. Re-
member again, sir, when you sneer. that Yam
kee means Englishman-or may be translated
as the true type of such Christian gentle
man. [Cheers.l
How can the honorable speaker quote Latin
wnen he konws that none of US understand it.
Laughter. Said the classic Sir James Gra-
ham to the honest old Sailor, Sir Charles Ma
pier, after warm argument regarding Cron-
stadt-"In medic tussissimus IBIS" Sir Charles.
under great excitement, responded, ''You are
another" Laughter. "Another what?''
"Just what you called me-" daughter But
even Latin won't do to make out a case for
Secession. He says as q rule, the attacked
party always deserves the most sympathy
intimating, in the face of what is not true that
| the North attacked the South, when we all
know that Beauregard fired the first shot at
Anderson. That's so. On that principle he
would have been with the Russians in the
Crimean war, against his own countrymen-
Hear and applause ]-or, with better analogy,
when discovering scamp maltreating o wo-
man, or committing burglary, he would side
with the desperate thief rather than the police
man whose duty it was to arres. him. Hear. !
He speaks again of Caro!inan chivalry!I am
tired of that now. Who ever heard of it until
Brooks brutally crept behind the back of Sena-
tor Sumner with a bludgeon in hand, with the
intention of assassnatng him in the Senate
Chamber, while his confederate Kett stood by
| with a loaded revolver to see fair play? (Shame I
The chivalry are no longer in Congress- and the
world can no longer witness there repetition
of such disgraceul secession blackgardsm i
Southern chivalry! Look at our armies within
| six miles of the chivalric Charleston Thank
God, am Puritan and no Cavaler-I am
Roundhead and no Pretender-I belong to the
| Cromwellian army, and pride myself on being
q. Yankee [Cheers.l The Secessionist &C.
fuses the North Of frauds, and says that from
the first to the last President there has been
nothing but robbery and corrupt:on. Now, as
have before provei that the South for seventy
years controlled the Government and was the
Treasurer of the nation, l am not surprised at
his statement. Loud cheers
| The Right Hon. Secessionist who Immediately
preceded me disputed my statement that the
| South robbed the North of fifty millions ster.
| ling private debts and fifty millions sterling
private property, and said that when the Se-
cessionist Commissioners went to Washington,
they offered to pay the Administration all
debts &c. Shades of reputation, project me |!
They pay! Why, gentlemen, an anecdote will
best show how ridiculous is that statement-
The first Secessonist, you know, was Satan =
| Laughter and chears He seeded from pu
rer world-hnd with inimitable cheek he took
our Saviour upon high mount, and offered all
the kingdoms round about if he would join his
secession party, when every state he had was
mortgaged, and the poor devil had not shil-
ling in the world. Loud cheers and renewed
laughter. He should have given Mr. Seward
credit for generosity in permitting the scamps
to return at ALL IOh!J You may comment,
but had OBrien, and Mitchell, and Meagher,
presented themselves to Lord John Russell at
Downing street in ls46, on similar errand, how
quickly they would have been incarcerated in
the Tower. Yes, and loud applause The
gentleman wants monarchy. During the next
few weeks he shall have all the military advan.
tages of such Government. THear.l
The game is up, and the hunters are starting
with the bugle Long before Mr.. Cowper gets
his drive through Hyde Park, or Sir Robert
Peel fights The O'Donoghue, our manikin traitors
will be no more. The Secessionist made one
statement about Southern courage which must
| rectlfy. This is the same old brag that one
Southerner is equal to three or four Yankees
be said that he himself was good any time for
two. Hear. Now, Mr.,Chairman, If have
weak point that is strong, that is the point
tlaughter1-and if you will suspend the rules
and send out for pair Of gloves, will soon
prove to you by facts-while he uses words
that there is one Northerner, at least who will
make as short work of him physically as he has
done Intellectually. Loud and continued cheers
and laughter.1
The challenged party became the challenger,
but Mr.. Trains proposition, however, was not
accepted; and, during the excitement created by
the novel offer, the question was adjourned until
| Wednesday.
The RECORD OF Brave MAS.-We have al
ready announced that among the wounded in the
terrible battle that was recently fought in Ar
kansas, was Capt. Henne, of this city. There is
something peculiarly romantic in this mans
history. He was q soldier in Germany, and in
fighting the battles of his native country lost his
left arm and two fingers from his right hand. On
the breaking ont of hostilites here, he was one
of the frst men to volunteer in defence of his
adopted country. He was First Lieutenant of
Capt VENTS company, but when they we're
mustered into service he was rejected on accO.,nt