The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-08-11

the Yankees ?" II tlnks dey's mighty
nice iellars, least wise dey neber did me
no harm" Well, Uncle Rufus, they are
very bad men," You bleb dat, Massa
Jones" "Yes, l know it." How
you know dat, Massa Jones ?" ooh
they tell you they make you free, and all
this very bad talk for colored folks to
hear, puts the devil in their heads"
(" Yes, Massa Jones, dey do dat, dey's
done put de debble in Uncle Rufus head
dis time, shoor. You tink de Yankees
bad men. When dey come here you
run away in de woode, stay mof six
monts. Desc Yankees, dey tell us mighty
fine tings, dey use us mighty well too,
den you come back and try to kick it all
ODER, l tells you what, Massa Jones,
yous los a heap O. time, dey's promised
me my liberty, Massa Jones, and Use
guine to have it, and ifany man tries TO
stop me, I don't car if he's minister,
Use gwine to shoot him. Use gwine to
help put down dis 'bellion, and Use here
Teller soldiers, and Use gwine to fight.
Now if there is man here as won't fight
for his freedom an de freedom of his
wife an chil'en, | wants him to stand
out dar, wants TO see how he lock.
Does We know what I'd do wild such a
man? I'll tell ye what I'd do wild him
if | had de power: I'd send him to hell
where he b'longs. We don't want him
here and dey hain't got no use for him
in heaben. Soldiers, Use an old man,
can't JOY much liberty if l gets it, but ]
can joy dying for it, My wife and chill
en- can joy it. you can JOY it, dar's lots
down Souf can joy it yet, if you'll only
fight to take it TO DEM
Such is his style, and such is almost
word for word part of his speech. Now
if there is not the germ of true eloquence,
if there is not the ring of lofty patriotism
in it, tell me where you find it, Cor
NTH presents the usual monotony ofcamp
life. Standing guard, drilling, cooking
and eating, playing cards and sleeping,
make up the main part of a soldiers camp
life. AT present we are all jubilant over
the news Of the last three weeks from our
army and navy. But while we rejoice
at the signal victories Of those, who, with
high and holy patriotism, have thrown
their manly forms between their loved
country and those who seek her destruc-
ton, we shrink back with horror, and
cry out in tones Of wrath that shall get be
needed, against that other class who in
the peaceful precincts Of home, with
hearts reeking in black treason, have
stirred up feeling of opposition to the
war measures Of the Administration un
I'll it has eliminated in the awful riots oil
New York City, and elsewhere. They
tell us they are in favor of the war, yet
by night and by day they have not fail
ed TO call it an unnecessary war that
might have been saved by concession
and compromise. They profess a vii
lngness to carry on the war by consti
tuional means. They have repeatedly
stigmatized the means used by the Pres
dent as unconstitutional, while | never
yet have known them to hint even at a
constitutional basis upon which it could
be conducted. They profess holy hor-
ror for treason yet have curses only loi
the black abolilonists who would arm
the black man TO put down that treason
Do they think they can pursue such a
course and be innocent? The language
of the southern press shows how thank
full are the traitors for the aid and com.
fort they thus receive. They say thai
Opposition to the CONSUMPTION law has
triumphed over the Government in .
three days battle" That they have blu
to persevere in their determined resist.
ance "yet little while" and this oppo
sition to the Government will make the
I" Northern half of the old American Tn.
ion desert of blood soaked askes." The
man who in the public press will de.
nounce the war as an abolition war gives
aid and comfort TO the enemies Of the
Union. The man who in public meet
ing and on the street corners denounces
Abraham Lincoln as a "grealer despoI
than ever sat upon throne in Europe"
does so for the express purpose of feed
ing the opposition, which, says the Rich,
mond Enquirer, shall make the North
ern half of that old American Union q
desert of blood soaked ashes" The
man who clothed in the sacred garb Of
religion will consort with such speaker
or sit in the presidents chair at meet
ing where such sentiments are uttered,
is guilty of endorsing the doctrine
They give aid and ccmfor; to The enemy