The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-07

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| SLAVERY IN TENNEssEE.-Ask Union
STAKEHOLDER what he thinks of the prospects
OF slavery in Tennessee, and he will reply
that he regards it as doomed institution,
and will soon be thing of the past. Ask
Secessionist the same question, and he
Will reply CURLY that he thinks slavery is
going to the devil. The only difference be-
tween the opinions of the two men is, that
| the latter does not make the admission as
cheerfully. or with as good grace as the
former, who is ready to submit to any Pc
cuniarv sacrifice for the sake of his coun-
try. We think, then, if shareholders will
calmly survey the field, and watch the ir-
resistable march ofevents, they must con-
clude that slavery has ceased to be profita-
bic in this State, and can henceforward be
regarded only as burden and a continual
source of irritation and peril. We know
that these will be unpleasant reflections to
men whe are reluctant to give up the SEM
blance Of that power, which they have long
enjoyed in reality. The possession Of
slaves frequently brings many comforts
and Injuries to their possessor, at the ex-
pense, however, of the growth, prosperity,
and intelligence of the Commonwealth. II
the poets axiom be true, that "men, high
minded men, constitute State,' far better
would 1t be to supply the places of hun
dred ignorant, degraded negroes, with
hundred intelligent white laborers. In the
place of one customer, in the person of the
slave-owner, the merchant, the printer, the
shoemaker, physician, bookseller, tailor,
and blacksmith, would have a hundred
customersfn the white laborers. The day
has passed. however, when slaves possess
any real value with us. They are the emp
ty shadows of wealth and power, the reali-
of which they represent as poorly as the
straw-crown and fanciful rags of Lear, the
lunatic, represent the pomp and splendor
of Lear, the king. These, we say, may be
unpleasant reflections; but they are neces-
sary ones, which we cannot avoid: and the
great question comes up, whether it is our
duty, our interest, to squander our treas
ure and best blood for system which is
now both worthless and perilous, or shall
we prepare to remove it from our midst?-
Nashville Union:
ATLANTA.-Atlanta is really the heart of
the Southern States, and therefore the most
vital point in the so-called Confederate
States. The towns Of Rome and Marietta,
which would also fall, manufacture one
third of the horse-shoes, guns and NUM-
tons of war made in the South. The ma
chinery for the production of small arms
has been taken to Atlanta, which place has
several extensive foundries. All the ma
chinery from the foundries at Chattanooga
has likewise been shipped to Atlanta. Be-
sides, it is tiourishing city, an important
railway centre, and an extensive depot for
Confederate cOmmissary stores. Atlanta
to the South is like Chicago to the North
west, and its occupation by the soldiers of
the Union would be virtually swapping the
backbone Of the rebellion.
A GOLD HoAx.-As an instance of the
canards used by the gold gamblers of New
York to affect the market, the following is
good one. The bears got together and
concocted q dispatch stating that mob in
Richmond liberated all the Union prison.
ers, hoisted the stars and stripes, and drove
the rebel troops out of the earthworks.-
Lee was marching on Richmond to queu
the disturbance, and our forces were NOV
ing down toward Richmond via Peters,
burg. The report, however, failed to have
any effect, although it reached Boston and
Philadelphia. This is a sample of opera
tons in the gold market-the great faro
bank of Wall street. ~ Ga
The man Is Ounce who believes that
freedom will diminish the wages of the
laborer. Undery what despotism is labor
more literally rewarded than in a free
that the reward of manual toll rises just
in proportion as justice and liberty adj
vance? This is the law on that subject,
and slavery, instead of keeping up the
price of labor in the free States, has kept
it below what it would have been ;; and if
mains Of despotism in our country, labor
North, South, and every where in our
broad land will be greatly benetited.-Cf
Gazette, .. ....1...- H..
A clergyman in Vermont having been
accused by the Brennan Free Press of kick
ing his wife and whipping her eighteen
times within year, corrected the state
ment through the same channel. He has
whipped his wife bat fifteen times in three
o,>l oh 1ol,N fln
ion that he has ever kicked her, it is be-
cause she occasionally runs against his up
lifted foot.
In the battle of Gettysburg, among the
reported killed on our side was a young
man from Birmingham, Pa. His parents
sought, and, as they supposed, found his
body, and taking it home had it decently
buried. Judge of their surprise when a
few days since their son returned alive and
well. They had. buried a rebel bearing a
striking resemblance to their own son.
A CoPPERHEAD OFFICIAL IN TROUBLE
A brother of VIM. Fleming, late Sheriff Of
Allen county, Indiana, andnow Clerk, was
a part of the delegation shipped from Fort
Wayne for the purpose of voting for VAL
Fleming went to Taledo and
swore in his vote, but while III the act was
arrested for illegal voting and put into Jail.
His Copperhead friends are III great con-
anu are UeNl>lng ways ana
means to get him released. We hope the
extremity of the law will be administered.
A NEW REBEL IDEA.-The Mobile Req
lister of a recent date declared that 1.-The ne
gro is no longer an object of small talk in
the South. The people of the South have
place for them, and that is i'll the army
There should be no distinction IN color when
a man is willing to fight for his home and
MASTER This is as bad as the Abolition
its; it's putting the negro on an equality
with the white man, isn't it? What more
would Wendell Phillips do? Aboiishing
distinction in color, and giving the negro
his personal rights and freehold, are
among the latest propositions fthe South
ern Abolitionists. 1t must be very shock
ing to our conservative friends, who cling
to their old idea about the negros unfit
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