The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-05

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people Of Kansas to destroy and extermin-
ate these bushwhackers. I am willing to
take the issue Of vengeance for bloOd-de-
VISITATION for safety. The military, in my
opinion, will gladly accept our services. 1t
will cost the Government nothing, and it
most certainly viii grant US the privilege Of
recovering our property.
/ History can be searched in vain for a par
| allel to the Lawrence massacre.
/ The people felt secure; felt secure. Do
! you suppose your humble speaker would
have been asleep in his own home if had
believed there was danger? No; would
have had a company of men ready to whip
the murderers to their satisfaction, as soon
as they entered Kansas. We relied on the
military authorities for protection. don't
wish to blame anybody. do propose to
say, however, that the policy of Schofield
| brought on the massacre at Lawrence.
| What was Schofield doing while the
| lends were numbering the citizens of Law
renee? He was administering oaths of al
| iegiance to their companions in Missouri,
trying to 400 them back to their allegi-
ance, instead of killing them. Eighteen
months OF this war has been wasted by the
same system.
| Another thing desire to ask of you. 1
ask you to pass resolution, before you
field, and the placing of MAN of heart
and determination in his stead. When the
bushwhackers of Missouri claim to be the
leaders OF the conservative element in that
State, it is time for us to wake up. The
object of this policy is to restore slavery.
| declare myself in favor of the Union as
IL Is to be if free. If you wish a Senator
who will vote for peace while a shackle re-
mains upon the limb of a single slave, then
LOOK around for some one besides Jim.
Lane.
have lived forty-nine years. The Uni
TED states as it was was threatened from
South Carolina, but the traitors were
crushed beneath the iron heel of Andrew
jackson. Ever since that time we have
been the slaves of slavery. This is indeed
dreadful war. The close is desirable,
and Will soon come if we remain true
Sumter is crumbling-Charleston is burn
ing-Rosecrans is in Chattanooga-Grant
will soon be in Mobile-and soon we NAV
congratulate ourselves that we have peace
peace with freedom to all. In few DAYS
the Confederate army will be divided and
scattered. Men of sense ask how are we
to have peace if guerrillas can subsist and
live within our lines. They say it can't be
stopped. In my opinion the only way to
stop it is to devastate and lay waste every
foot of country which they infest.
| will tell you what want to see. want
to see every foot of ground in Jackson,
Cass and Bates counties burned over-eve-
lrything laid waste. Then we shall haveno
further trouble. The bushwhackers cam
not then remain in the county, for they
will have nobody to feed them-nobody to
harbor them-nobody to provide them with
| transpOrtation-no place to sleep in, and
will have to march thirty -five miles farther
before they can reach Kansas.
met friend from Platte county to-day.
He asked me what the people of Kansas
Il IL n hof Nv 7 m II INIT 1,n
citizens of that county must quit shooting
across the river, and stop rejoicing over the
| Lawrence massacre.
/ know what Platte county is. recol-
lect it's past history well. 1t will look to
me like kind of historic justice to devas-
Il tate it. Oh, how fiendish was the smile of
women, when they asked me in Missouri
the other day, how many people were kill
ed at Lawrence.
4 Kansas is the heart of this nation. Our
early history shows that Lawrence is the
heart of Kansas. Her citizens stood by
freedom-died byit. TWAS consistent and
natural for Platte City to rejoice, and for
Copperheads to be glad over the terrible
massacre Of the citizens of LAWRENCE
They are only sorry that Jim Lane es-
capped. .ses 80.
We mourn for the gallant dead, the
sighty-five widows and two hundred Or
phans, all sufferers for freedom. How
furnished one-third of her men to fight for
their country. More soldiers in proper
ton have gone from Kansas than any 9TH
er State, and yet, their families at home
are murdered, and their homes desolated.
Great God! what thought. Let me say
here, that / advise from my heart, all
who are able to bear arms to join some Or
ganiZation. Don't wait. Prepare for home
defence. And you, business men of Leav-
enworth, don't wait for the Government to
send you arms. Buy them and be ready
: to defend your city. Don't let the enemy
find you unprepared. Wait not a moment.
Il have been told here tonight that we
couldn't remove Schofield. We ought to
do it. If we can't remove him, we can
| give him a hard fight. .t-ie+.,..
have already spoken longer than 1 in
tended to. l ask you, if you pass my reso-
lutions, to stand by them. The safety of
Kansas demands the devastation of the
border for a distance of thirty-five miles
into Missouri. .r.- .... ~,
1t is also right that you should pass res
olution demanding the removal of SchO-
field, and requiring that good man be SUBJ
stituted. .e .uF IN "a. .5...,. 81. "a
1 thank you, citizens, for your
kind attention, and now bid you good
night.
LETTER FROM Col. J. A. WILLIAMSON.
Col. j. A. Williamson, of this city, COM
Luo kitlldIlb IT'LL AoNd y CAA
tered the army Democrat, and had been
a democratic leader in Central Iowa for
wears. In letter to Thos. F. Withrow,
Esqr., under the date of Scamp at Black
River Bridge, Miss, Aug. 18th, 1868" gives
his position and the reasons therefor. The
Colonel writes as soldier, and his words
afford a fair idea of the feelings of all Iowa
Soldiers. We make the following extract:
1.-THE Iowa Soldiers whom ! have seen
are sound upon the question of electing the
Republican Union ticket. II is only rea-
sonable that this should be the case in the
army, as no man who has been in earnest
can stultify and give the lie to every act Of
two years OF the best and most glorious
part ofhis life-the two years which many
of the regiments have been fighting Tor
their country-by voting any other ticket
than the one nominated on the 18th OF
June. If we should admit that the Con !:
vention which assembled at Des Moines ON
the 9Th of July wascomposed OF loyal men,
who represented loyal men "a we could ad not
after nominate without being recreant to
ourselves and to our country, for the rea-