The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-04

Renew his heart reform his life,
Without such change its nay belief
~ This poor OLD Bach viii die OF grief.
THE NEGRO SoLDIERa.-Judge Bramb-
lettc, the Union candidate for Governor OF
Kentucky, made speech the other day al
Carlisle, in that state. The Judge is no
abolitionist IN any sense, but he talks as
follows about the employment of negroes
rs soldiers:
You object TO negro soldiers. Who be-
gan this business? Who raised the first
negro regiment: DID Lincolns Don't YOU
know that i'll the beginning OF this STRIFE. in
New Orleans, they heralded il abroad that
they had already organized two negro regi-
ments TO fight with the I&nkeess Don't
you know that the first act in the Tonnes
see rebel Legislature was to authorize the
organization OF free negro regiments p
Don you know II TO be a TACT, furthermore
that they have regiments of Indians in their
service, 10 tomanawil and scalp our wo-
men and children? AnG We; not one of
you here assembled, ] VIII venture to saw.
have heard these constitutional Union gen
uemen object to Their using negro regi-
ments TO light Us With. You never heard
one OF them object to Cu!iSting the Indians
against us. Why is it that you have grown
so terribly repugnant TO negro aid? You
are willing it should be employed against
us, but now that il is being employed to
help as you are terribly disturbed. The
reason seems irresistible, that then thew
were fighting on the side you were anxious
should win; bu; as soon as they are en-
p!oycd against that side you object. lAp-
plause.
TO illustrate the force OF this objection,
must tell how a Michigan Captain whom !
met answered il. l was passing through
Taylor county III a coach with the CAPTAIN
when three young ladies entered, two Of
whom were seceSsionists. Strange as it
may seem, there are some of the fair sex
who are indebted, more than any other
class, TO the Government FOR protecting
their homes and securing the peace and
prosperity which heretofore have made if
unnecessary for their husbands and sons to
be torn nom then-who turn against their
best friend. And what a change it makes
IN their character! care not how beauti-
ful and graceful a lady may have been be-
FORE lei her abandon the cause OF the Union,
which embraces ali else that is good in So
ciety, and from that hour you can notice a
most marked change in her countenance
and bearing. Her features assume q sin
lister expression, and her motions scorn-
full character. II is unnatural for a woman
to oppose Government which protects
and shelters her husband, her father, her
brother, or her lover; and when she does
1t, her whole a,urenust undergoa change.
Indeed, can tell a butternut almost as far
rs | can see one, whether a man or a wo-
man. As soon as the ladies got into the
coach, they discovered the Shoulder-strap
of the Captain, and they of the butternut
persuasion 1T once betrayed the effect ii had
upon their character. They refused TO sit
next him, and piled their perf0med hand !
kerchiets to their faces, until one of them !
could contain her indignation no longer, |
and turningher head contelnptuously back, |
she asked Of the Captain
What do you think of niger regi-
ments?"
/ had known the lady before, but she |
would not have thus boldly and sneering-
iy spoken to Il stranger then. The Cap
tain was an educated gentleman, and didn't
get offended Al the insult. bat very pleas
antly replied:
Miss, do you really desireto know my
opinion?'
"Yes, | would Ike TO know what YOU
think of them" She answered CURLY,
W ell, the Captain replied 'when they
first came up was il Virginia, and was
0ieiioed ~ lhe iuea, and perhaps swore u
little. | knew then, a, know now, that
there were plenty OF loyal white men to
kill the last secessionisls il the United
States, and then all that England and
France may send in addition, and didn't
want any such help. But since then. ! have
been aconSlderahie time III Virginia, and
some time in kentuck y and have observed
this one particular thing in all rebel mon
and women. They seem TO worship tbn
negro; they are willing 10 give and s,,ffar
everything for him. The husband will
leave his wife, the father his child; the son
will leave his mother and sister, the vounp
man his sweetheart, and al go Off to fight
for the negro. And the women are Will
ling TO give up their husbands to fight for
the negro; the sister is willing to give upI
her brother, and the young lady her be-
trothed, in order to save the negro And
they tell me, that when all the mon are
killed that the women themselves, will |
turn out and fight us. Now, when found
this to be the feeling, thought better of
my opposition, and that il would be a wise
order calculated 10 save human life, TO
bring out the negro regiments; for as all
sece5sionists are so careful and tender of
the negro, they would not outrage their
feelings and sense of property by lighting
them. II we were 10 place them in the
front of our lines of battle, the rebel seces-
sionists would at once throw down thei,
arms in holy horror and abandon the con
test!'
The young lady hadn't a word TO reply,
nut only piled her musk the more yehe-
Cently and 4 rnppluIn1 tho /