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

SUS. PER COLL.
The Charleston Mercury, with that charming
suavity which characterixes Man-StealiDg Civil
ization, calls loudly upon the Nsgnates Of the
Insurrection, summarily to hang al those Union
officers who may be captured while in command
OF Black Regiments. There is spice here of
the old ferocity which Whlom tar-feathered
Northern travellers, and ravaged the portnan-
teaus Of Yankee school-mistresses. It ia Gu
rious philosophical fact, that the Shareholder al.
ways connects energy and murder. he has no
idea Of any effectual action without homicide.
He takes it for granted, in constructing his
scheme of public ethics or Of police regulation,
that there is no virtue except in violence, and
that the readiest way to convince man Of his
error is to put him to death. The fires Of the In-
QUESTION have long since been quenched; thumb.
screws and iron boots have long rusted in the
museums Of antiquaries; the cannibal has ceased
o satiate his revenge by first grilling ard then
gohbling bis adversary; and only the Chinese,
of all nations the most averse to change, unite
with Confederates in continuing to practice the
revolving barbarities Of war. But this is not
wonderful; for Slavery is legslized, continuous
and concentrated violence depending for its very
existence upon the ferocity Of the few and the
fears of the many. The discipline of the plan
tation naturally falls to a low leye. of coarse
cruelty and the imbruted Slave has bis revenge
10 brutifed Master. TIE Patriarch neither
attempts nor cares for any other ratiociration
than that which he fnds in the HES of the
scourge, the bark Of the pistol, and the clash
of the bowie-knife. In some departments Of
human economy, contact with beings less san
culinary than himself may, to q limited extent,
have Moderated his manners but liz all points
of character which touch his relations to his
Slaves, he is hardly more human than the blood.
hounds which yelp in his kennel. He is the
Nero, the Caligula, the Domitian of few acres
responsible to no earthly tribunal for the ex-
cesses into which his animal rage may betray
him. His experience has taught him in his own
little hell upon earth, the efficacy Of unlimited
swearing and truculent threats and because he
can scare . score or two Of helpless, trembling,
covering creatures into dumb obedience, he
fancies that the universe is to be inundated in
the same way. Moreover, he has SO often bull
lied the North into az unnanly acouiescence, no
matter how absurdly outrageous might be bis
demands, that be imagines the force of swagger.
ing yet ene1pended; and go he erects his scare
crow gallows, announces his intention of hang-
ing his prisoners Of war, and fully believes that
he can thus intillidate US into conduct of the
war which will be agreeable to his feelings and
accommodated 20 his peculiar necessities. he
would thus nullify the acts Of a Congress which
he has deserted, and still control a Government
which be has disowaed. 1g -. ...-
Under these circumstances, it nay be profit
able for the Insurgents to consider that there
are still several large cordage factories al work
in the Northern States, turning out, among other
ropes, those which we!l.enough suit the purpose
of the execusioner Should any white cons
mander of a Black Regiment in the service of
the United States be hanged, according to the
threat of the Charleston paper above quoted, our
impression is that ropes will be Immediately re.
sorted to in these parts; and, whatever may be
the skili of the Confederate ketch, We have con
fdence in our ability to produce az artist of
equal accomplishments. We do not believe that
our Rebel prisoners bear a charmed life
Beastly as they are, they were born of woman,
and have vertebIa and wind pipes and the mus.
c!es adjacent thereto formed quite after the
fashion of our own; and, should the uncivlized
threat of the Charleston paper be carried into
execution, sundry caevaliers may also be
carried up to execution, to the great grief of
their surviving compatriots in Secessia. This
game of numbering prisoners would be highly
if it were like solitaire at cards;
but when both sides betake themselves to the
amusement. our impression is that it will be
speedily abandoned.
/ The subterfuge of the South, that we are in
citing. the Blacks to insurrection, with all its
traditional horrors, is the sheevess and falsest
By all the laws Of war, we have a
perfect right to employ the Slaves against their
Masters. Caius Marius did it, and he was es,
teemed tolerable soldier in his day and Ma.
poleon, at st. Helena, regretted that he did not
do it in Russia; the English did it during our
War; but we never have read
that Washington threatened to hang English
prisoners upon tina. account. The General who
should refuse the se,v vices Of Eaf or more than
half Of the population of country which he
was endeavoring to subjugate, would rot deserve
\ Court Martial, merely because be would de-
serve to be shot without one. It is all very
well for this Charleston editor il the security OF
bis sanctum to howl for hempen vengeance; but
Davis, who scre!y needs the good opinion Of the
world, which may not prove very apt at dis
eliminating between White and Black Regi.
nents, will hardly consent to place his new Re.
Bile in position Of unnecessary ignomiuy.
The natural scorn with which he must inevitably
be regarded by al good Christians is, 10 all
enough for even shareholders sto.
usch.-N. Z. Tribune.
A REBEL COLONEL CAPTURED AND SENT TO
FoRr LArAYErrE.-The U. S. Marshal on Fri.
lay made an important capture, the prisoner
being no less parsonage than Col Tslcott,
who occupied the position of Colonel in the En-
yineer Corps of the Rebel army. 1t appears
that last Monday the Marshal learned that
ralcott was in this city, having come from
and intending to 60 to Europe. He
'et detectives on his track, and found that he
Was living at the house No. LA Wes. Twenty.
fourth street. g-sr.ea
The officers watched him night and day, and
yesterday four Of them were in the school house
opposite to where Taioott had taken up bis res
dence. He was seen to come out with young
ady his daughter when two of the officers
ollowed them down town. Ee left the lady,
md the officers shortly afteTward took him into
custody. Meanwhile, the other two officers
vent into the house and examined his papere,
discovering some Of much importance. Tai
;ott's wife was there, and she appeared much
roubled ct the proceedings. Marshal Muir.
sy took the prisoner to Gen. Wool, who re
luested him (the MarshaD to transfer him to
joI. burks, which was accordingly done, and