The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-21
BURLINGTON SATURDAY, NoyENBER q 186a

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affairs, thereupon proffering them certain
snare OF the proceeds Of his crop-is it not
certain that the greater portion OF the ne
sroes thus given the choice to remain at
tnelr old homes would have stayed-until
otner iabor, at least, could have been
p9rouSht IN !elsurely to supply the place of
'hat becoming less and less to be depend
ed upon? Instead of this, however-the
lilost obviously wise course left the planter
-.ie iasC chance except to enlist his ne
groes-what did the planting interest think
wise 10 90? What but to adopt more
stringent rules to prevent the exodus of the
slaye population, doubling it's "patro,s. -
ana lirlng on the fleeing contrabands as
,hey were detected in making their escape
anu remembering that the negroes have n
telegraph system of their own. reaching
from plantation to plantation, and general,
~ worked OF nights, despite all vigilance
uu .rL uie par1 OF thelr masters-rememberin
that the owners knew this, they vet had
the supreme folly, under such circum-
stances, to try to dam the flood, to turn
back the gathering tide of emigration. nm
tli becoming stronger and more uneoyern-
able, it was in a fair way forthwith to de-
populate the State of its slaves, with no
snow OF compensation.
But here the Government stems in and
recognizing the imminence of the case. Il
comes forward once more with proffer of
compensation" 1t wanted soldiers. and
IL offered compensation in the shape Of q
bounty to loyal owners, which, as the mat
ter now stands, is liberal enough in it's
terms. And the result is that, convinced,
at length, that the last futile effort has been
made to hold the contraband. his owner
hastens to the nearest recruiting officer,
| lenders his negro, and receiving the Gov
ernment receipt for his value, takes leave
OF so much Of the institution as he has left
at his disposal. The result, then, as all see,
Is the final breaking up Of the institution,
even without much formal action in con-
vention being needed on the part of the peo-
pie of the State. :.
Again: brief period ago. and those most
earnestly concerned in the welfare of the
State and its interests-who were supposed
to be so, at least-by the presence of ne
groes here, bond Or free-were greatly ex-
ercised at the prospect of having the me-
groes emancipated, to remain among u.s.
But that problem, too, is in process Of solu-
ton. The negro, enlisted, goes wherever
the Government has occasion for his servi-
ces, and so deportation is a thing of course,
and the probability is, that both free and
slave being enlisted, Maryland, even on
the score OF freedom from black population
OF any Kind, viii soon, by the mere course
OF inevitable events, come to rival Penn
sylvania or any other Of her neighbors in
that direction.
Such arc few of the startling and-urs
gular phases the question of slavery and its
duration here have undergone within the
past few months; and convinced, as all
must be by the mere recital OF the facts,
that little remains for any to do but to re-
cognize its demise here-this to be done at
the proper time by the convention let us
n bn I, Oh
set out. How are changes so great to be
met SO as to prejudice as little us possible
the planting interests of the State during
the coming month?
Well, to our apprehens. on, there seems
but one course for the planting interest to
pursue. 1t is this: Let the leading farmers
in point of magnitude in their farming
operations-get together in the counties
suffering or most likely to suffer from scar
city OF labor, and making an estimate of
how many laborers are needful to supply
the places of those missing, club together
and send intelligent and reliable agents to
Philadelphia, New York, and other centers
OF Immigration, to procure the required
assistance. If such agents could be the
fellow countrymen of the newly arrived
foreigners upon our shores-if they were
men whose declarations as to the advan-
tages of a residence here could be implicit
ly relied upon-who doubts but that the
results would be of the happiest5kind, and
that speedily we should have the places of
the missing laborers filled up; and that by
such course, promptly resolved and acted
upon, Maryland, in the matter of Il change
Of labor, would scarcely be a sufferer at
all comparatively.
Let us remember, finally, that the immi-
grafton to this country the past year reach
ed the enormous number Of one hundred
and sixty thousand souls; and that hither-
| 10 % ~,
others of our neighbors, Offering every in.
ducement otherwise to settlement-the
great bulk of this labor has at once sought
the West and Northwest, building up
Stalcs there in few years, gigantic in re-
sources and population, as has been Won
derfully illustrated by the events of the
war. Knowing this, why should our peo-
pie stand all the day idle, suffering them
selves to be dumfounded and almost para
lyzed by what is taking place? Slavery is
gone-is gone past recall; and the next
thing to do is to supply its place with some
thing better as soon as possible. And if
the planters of the State are too much stun
ned and bewildered by what has happened
to do their duty in the premises, let this
city-the commercial metropolis of the
State-at once take active measures to sup
ply all deficiencies. Thousands here rely
upon the crops Of tobacco, wheat and other
produce, for their business profits in the
future; but if the man who worked forty
or fifty negroes last year is likely-as mat
ters now stand-to work only his vegetable
garden, his sweet potato patch, it behooves
our merchants and shippers to come to the
rescue, and, by forming ''Emigrant Aid
Societies. set the ball of free labor in mo-
ton. Shall it not be done, and done quick
| ly? Already the season is well advanced
to make preparations for coming crops, and
| if men-not producers-want no commits
sions on tobacco, let them at least look to
it, that they are likely to have enough to
eat. We have given these few hints-it is
for those deeply concerned to act.-Bali-
| more american.
HORRIBLE ATTEMPT OF MURDER AND
ROBBERY AT PELLA.-As well known
citizen, Mr.. Ware, was returning to his
home from the city, at about nine o'clock
in the evening of the ninth inst, he was
sprung upon, knocked down, beaten, his
| face and lips horribly cut, his tongue split
to prevent his making noise, and robbed
of his pocket book, containing some forty
dollars. He was known to have money.
but who the the villains were that perpe,
trated so daring deed, before his very
door, and in the a thickly settled part Of