The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-13

MgWe met the gallant Col. Williamson,
of the Iowa 4th, yesterday. He returns
for a short time to sick wife, after an abb
sence Of two years, during which he has
been constantly in active service, Witness
ing the heroic valor OF our Iowa troops
upon many bloody fields. He says that
these brave men are not divided upon the
policy of the war. That the soldiers in the
field are to man in favor of arTning the
negroes and using every means TO whip the
Secesh, That anybody who thinks the ne
groes do not prize their freedom or nave
not heard of the Proclamation, should go
down into Dixie, and go with the advance
of the army on it's marches-see the ne
groes get down upon their knees and pray
and beg to be allowed to go with the army.
Scenes like these would move the heart OF a
stone. And the man who could see it all,
and who would then insist upon keeping
these simple blacks, loyal to the Govern
ment, blessing it's arms and praying for its
rulers. in eternal bondage to our bitterest
enemies, who are numbering our sons that
they may destroy the Government, upon the
contemplate bubble that their liberation
is a violation Of the Constitution, is as near
being devil incarnate as human beings
ever get to be.
This whining over the violated Constitu-
tional rights of men in arms against the
Constitution and the Government on the
part of Northern Copperheads, is the bas-
est exhibition Of moral treason, from the
inception of this internal conspiracy and
rebellion down to the present time. AS
heartily as we hate jeff. Davis and his CO.
laborers in their bloody work of revolu-
ton, we consider them honorable beside
these sniveling, dwelling, conservative
hypocrites who mask their treason under
pretended love for the Constitution.
There is no politics in our army. Col.
Williamson was a Democrat when we last
met. He is now a patriot with no purpose
except to put down the rebellion,
rs Lord Brougham lately declined pre-
siding at the last annual meeting OF the
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
The reason he gave for this refusal to do
what he has often done before, was "that
it would be inconsistent with the neutrality
which every one ought to observe in the
contest now going on in America.
1t would seem that the venerable es-
Chancellor, who attained eminence in
former years mainly through his advocacy
of liberal principles and protested regard
for human freedom, has lived too long for
his fame. Like some of the ''ancient men"
we wot of, he appears to have got new
revelation in relation to the rights of man,
Just as he is evidencing a return to infan-
tile intelligence. There really seems to be
a strange conference and consistency be-
tween the tyranny of childhood and decrep-
itude. We cannot account for Lord
Brougham's absurd abandonment of the
principles of his better years. He did not
formerly hesitate to denounce slavery in
this country. He did not forbear any in
yective of the ''institution" before the re-
bellion began, because it might offend any
one in this country. But now, when slave
nv is in process of extinction, he cannot
preside over an anti-slavery society! Is it
not apparent that he is more solicitous
now for theoverthrow of the Unionthan for
the extinction of slavery? Has he notde-
scended from the statesman and philanthro-
pist to the despicable position of misera-
blerpolitician? Good bye-to him and his
! past fame.
re- Candidates for the gallows are still
! to be found, scattered here and there
through the country. One Of these, put
ting in practice the morality of the Chicago
Times and it's Copperhead fraternity, shot
at and dangerously wounded an enrolling
officer at Lebanon, Dodge county, Wiscon-
sin, day or two since. Some of these