The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

MORE OF IT.-The author of s'Among the
Pines,' gives the following account of 6
conversation he had with Col. Brewer. 3
prisoner at Nashville, Tenn, and formerly
a leading lawyer of that city. The Colonel
it seems, did not hesitate to declare that
Republican institutions are failure. y
and that he, at least, had been fighting fol-
title of nobility to be "perpetuated in his
own family
The writer, after showing how he chanc-
ed to visit the Colonel, and describing the
room he occupied, goes on:
| Its then occupant was man of about
thirty-tive and of decidedly prepossessing
appearance. He had fine. intellectua|
face, and long, brown hair, as soft and CLOS
| sy as woman's S; buta full, dark eve wide.
strong jaws, and firmlycut mouth, show
| ed him possessed of a manly, determined
character. L saw at glance he was no
common man. He was dressed in the Con
federate uniform, and as he lay On the out
side OF his cot, in half recumbent attitude,
he every now and then moved uneasily. as
ltsln pain. Seeing this, said:
''Are you weunded?''
YES; your boys gave me a pill when
they captured me. The ball entered here -
opening his shirt, and showing large scar
just below his heart. ''The flesh has heal
ed, but the ribs are not yet well knit to-
gether. 1t bothers me some to keep an EASY
position. But, tell me, what is your name.
and where do you live?"
I told him.
"And do you know gentleman of your
name-iet me see, what is his first name d?
-, 1 think"
II can't say that know him. but I ought
to. I'm the man himself
You are" and raising himself on his
elbow he shook me again warmly by the
hand. I'm delighted to know YOU. I've
heard Dick - speak often of you.'
~ know him well; we were intimate
friends for twenty years."
$50 he's told me. We've been all thro'
the war together. He's prince of a fellow.
Davis has just made him General. But
he says you We turned Abolitonist."
Not exactly that; but 1 go for putting
you Rebels down, and / think it can't be
done without taking away your slaves
but you can't put us down, he replied,
good-humoredly; you Ii have to crush our
military power before you reach the dark
les, and you ought TO know YOU can't do
that
Il don't know it. It's mere question of
time and numbers: three against one are
sure to conquer in the long run
when the three have brains; but, you
see, your tnree maven t.
Il know your Generals have thus far
SHOWN more ability than ours; but occa-
slons are sure to develop men, though il
may take time. How long was it before
the English Revolution produced Cro,n-
well, and the French Napoleon
"a long time, L know. But Generals are
not what you want. You have them now.
You have Rosecrans, and Banks, and Grant
and little Phil. Sheridan down there at
thnr 8
Tor any leader we have, and Rosecrans is
mead and shoulders above any General ON
this continent. He has great organizing.
military mind. He never makes a mis-
take. He check-mated Lee so handsomely
IN Western Virginia that Lee himselfisn't
ashamed to own it. If soe had him we'd
whip you in ninety days; but you shut him
up, without supplies or horses, where he
can do nothing, and where our cavalry can
walk round him, as clown walks round
the pole at a circus. 1t is not Generals you
want. You want an Administration,
but we think we have one,, answer
ed, laughing; "slow, it may be, but sure.
ana as honest as the times will allow"
-! IT'S true, it's slow; but-honest! Talk
oi lts being honest, with Stanton in it! a
M nnun as corrupt as sin, and as venal as q
aom9s lawyer! Why, Sir, he's as ignorant
as darky; and yet you trust the manage.
LIZ OF great war to him. But, it suits
us exactly. 1t convinces me the Almighty
means we shall be free"
hut you are not, and never will be. freq
aoar government is despotism already
anu Whatever may be said of ours, our liz,
critics are safe with it, o't iio-
uioertles! There sn awful amoupt of
f ssal ABOUT that word. Our people are as
lree as people should be. This idea of mi
We rsai suiirage-making a small sovereign
Vi e'ery ignorant clodhopper who comes