The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-14
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Address Of f.. w. CAN'T to the
Arkansas Rebels.


Address Of f. W. Can't 10 the
Arkansas Rebels.
Mr.. CAN'T is a well known citizen OF
Arkansas and an original Secessionist-has
served in the rebel army, and been twice
. prisoner in our hands. This address is
remarkable document in all respects. We
regret that we cannot spare room ior the
whole of it. We omit the first half OF 1t
which is taken up with an expose OF the
mismanagement Of the rebel cause west OF
the Mississippi. The following gives us
faint idea of the tender mercies OF the reb-
el Government in Arkansas, as admins
tered by Hindman: t-r e
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS WHEN H1NDMAS
CAME HERE-HIs OBJECTS AND ACTS.
When Hindman came here wehad no ar
my on our soil. Nor, indeed, any hostile
army threatening US. The pollcy OF the
Confederate authorities had been announ-
ced. 1t was. that no more regiments sho'd
be organized, but that all men liable to
military duty, should be enrolled in Fegi-
ments then existing. This policy was in
the way of Hindman's building up tor
himself and the Johnson's great array OF
satellites, by the appointing power
Therefore, in the teeth of this policy, and
disregarding authority, he organized and
officered some forty regiments. Inc poor
soldier could not choose his own officer
He might not choose what would be regar-
ded as Johnson-Hindman material. But
the creation and continued existence of an
officer as such, depended upon Hindman's
breath alone. 1t remained now to be seen
what one who had crawled in the dirt be-
fore the people, when he wanted place,
would do when he held supreme power.
- III low Moy
tial Law all over the State, and to appoint
patrols of ten, with Captain, in each
township-a new military organization OF
his own creation. Among their duties was
to assist in arresting and imprisoning,
without charge or complaint, the suspected
freemen of Arkansas. And many poor
creature, thus torn from home and family,
died in loathsome prison, or perished by
the way-side! Would you believe, my
fellow-citizens, that two or three lines from
Hindman or one of his subordinates, have
been all the commitment upon which re-
spectacle citizens, with their heads shorn
have fingered year in the Penitentlary
treated as ordinary conyicts? The records
are in the city of Little Rock.
But this is not all. He plundered oui
people most mercilessly. Anarchy anC
despotism We'd in their reign. His Com
missary Department was so miserablv con
Quoted that, with an abundant country t.
neglected that, am told, in many !nstan
ces, he took bread from the mouths o
helpless women and children, whose onl.
stay and support had perished by diseas
or the bayonet. He assumed 10 regulat
prices. By this arbitrary and tyrannlca
means, he caused great suffering, and a!
forded increased facilities for the growth c
fraud and crime, while all honest me
were well nigh impoverished. he ordere
cotton to be burned in regions remote frol
navigation, and where an army, will neve
tread, and where, if it should come,
could not more than transport supplies
much less haul cotton. And he sent brr
tai, rough men to execute these orders.
citizen complained, he was snubbet
plundered, or imprisoned! Ottener, all {
these things. OF all these things JET. Dc
ais apdS duty INFO, med.
When long absence and tales OF diStres
coming from the plundered homes of toi
worn soldiers, impelled them, from impu
ses not to be despised, to force their wa
home to stop the cries Of suffering babe
and soothe the sorrow OF heart-broke
wives, with the intention OF again return
ing to their commands, he has NOT waite
their return, but treated them as deSerter
had them hunted with negro dogs, an
when caught. executed with a nendis
ness alike cruel and shocking to humanlt
He has, / am told, appointed Militia
Commissions, which should keep no I
cords, and from their midnight recess
spoken away the lives of citizens and Sc
diers. In one instance, this mysterio,
and worse than Jesuitical tribunal, co
demned to six months Imprisonment a
tizen of our State. With stroke OF
pen, he raised the penalty to capital .pu
ishment and the victim was accoroinS
executed. What the supposed offend
did-what he was accused of doing, the
is no written record left. Voltaire sa,
that in Africa, tyrants who execute w
their own hands, criminals condemned
death, are justly called barbarians.
would be puzzled for name for the
rant in this instant.
In other cases, he is said to have caus
men to be executed without trial, and ev
IN have witnessed their execution. In o.
ers again, he is said to have seized citize
and put them on trial before military
bunals and had them executed. In {
instance, the offense being Unionism,
was ascertained after trlai ana senten
that the supposed offender was &C
Southern man. A pardon from Hindn
was started, but the bearer only reacl
there in time to see the lifeless form of
murdered man being borne from the dc
Grated spot of his execution. " aH
things Jefferson Davis aras duty INFORMED
AFTER repeated remonstrances agai
Hindman's cruelties, expressions and +
berries. after sending Pike to Richm'
to plead for bis removal, Davis at last
avowed Hiudmans Administration as
legal-he was in command without
thority-sent Holmes to take his place.
ouR PEOPLE Observation-Disclosures
CONDUCT OF MIR. DAVIS.
Our people, after these reverses, "
more disheartenedt than ever. lhey cii
ored for Hindman's removal ana IRA
to richmond in person to prosecute tn
But Mr.. Davis smuggled Hindman b
on the other side of the river, and
him the dignified and appropriate posi'
of President of the Court of Inquiry,
investigate the conduct OF one, one otner ,,ee Pc pc
pioriouslv surrendered New Orlear
Commencing in Louisiana what Hindn