The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16
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| III gawA igews 81 August 9th 1852. 80
f. You win see thst the 11tk Regiment Is nov
| ct Bolivar, about so miles northwest Of Cor
Iinth; our camp is on the banks Of the Big
Hstchse; and Oh! the Psschss wstermslons,
TO-, the ike was never seen BY "Lincoln
horde" before. ~. gs5s.ags 81. .a,ols
made visit on Sunday week to the camp
Of the 9th miles below Corinth, and saw
Lieut., Col. Matthies, Mr.. Nelson and other
BnrliDgron people. found the Col. - ssy
and festive a. ever e % ~ a5teota Tsi
Y II seems the people ofthe North are begin
nine now to understand that there 10 War in
the land 4 when I told some Of our friends in
Burlington, (sbout year ago,) that there was
War, really War, and an awful War, that
would not only desolate the South but the
North too, they thought 1t only small breeze,
that would soon blow over. All the people in
the Southern Confederacy are under arms,
and all the people Of the United States will
have TO be so. The Southern army is . mil
lion Of men. The North must turn out two
-
millions. The slow process of volunteering
must be- abandoned, and all able-bodied men
ordered to the field; it win come to that, and
the sooner the better, 50 prepare for War! =
Shoulder your musket now all Of you and
come along Fall in! there's War! Isee Dun-i
ham is anxious to get in as private. 81
"a Thspresent army in the Southwest is pow
erless to move; it can go where it chooses, can
capture what and where it pleases, but the
difficulty is to hold il when taken and keep the
rear open for supplies. It would be Of little
advantage for the army to march to the Gulf.
when the rebels would concentrate behind us
threatening the North; we are here keeping
Them before US; when your new troops-the
The new draft-comes to hold the country, We
propose tomove on the way down towards
Southern Dixie's Border. So hurry up the
troops We want to be of. non faaasfs- N
iYoue had better postpone the Election, in
Iowa this Fall, and put your energies into the
Var. The time may come in the history of
his thing, that, some of our wise talking pstri-
ots mp in Iowa may find themselves required
70 defend their own homes and fresidee, Let
hem al 60 to war then Immediately. !
We have about 200 Negroes at work here on
The Notifications and the number daily in
sreasing, it would please You to see and hear
The happy Dsrkies work and sing. We are oil
Abolitionists This army is abolition! and
every day getting more and more abolition!
Talk about "Blsck Republicans" Why the arr
ny is dyed in the wool, old hsrd.shelled DEM
ocrats that have grown gray in the service IF
slavery are the loudest and bravest patriots in
The cause. An able-bodied young and active
sContraband" in the vicinity Of Bolivar, es-
pecially if his owner is . Secech, is at this
lime worth in clear cash about Ii cents.
1t is not proposed believe to let such prop
ertx attain higher value soon. It will not
be necessary for Congress to pass an emanci-
patton sot. Just hold it where it is-it works
to charm in our our locality.
Slavery is about played out.
Don't publish any Of this letter for - sake
asi Yours truly, ***
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