The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-31

fGrOAn0 and counter CHEERS, anu voioos
"Go home" There was at this point an
the pnllery. who was removed It has been
said very often in my hearing, and oftener
I have read it since have been in England
the last reading had of it was from the
pen of Lord Brougham|[hisses, and cries
of "Chair, Chair and disorder, which con-
tinued for some time. Mr.. Beecher sat
down. When it had somewhat subsidized he
continued.
IT is said that the North is fighting for the
Union. and not for the Emancipation OF the
African. Why are we fighting for the I'm
ion. but because we believe that the Union
and it's Government administered now by
Northern men will work out the emancipa-
ton of every living being. cloud cheer
ring.) If it be meant that the North wentinto
this war with the immediate object OF the
Emancipation Of the slaves, 1t never pro-
fessed to do it; but it went into war for the
Union with the distinct understanding on
both sides that if the Union was maintain
ed Slavery could not live long. Cheers. ]
Do you suppose that it is wise to separate
the interest of the slave from the interest of
the other people on the Continent, and to
inaugurate policy which took in him on
ly? He has got to stand or fall with all OF
us [hear, hearl, and the only sound policy
for the North is that policy which shall be
for the benefit of the North, of the South, OF
the blacks and Of the whites Icheersl, and
we hold that the maintenance of the Union
the fundamental principles which are
contained in the Declaration of Jndepend-
ence and the Constitution-that this is the
way to secure to the African ultimately his
rights and his best estate. So that in this
way the North did come into this conflict
with the prayer, the hope, rather than, I
had almost said, the expectation that God
would bless their endeaYor to theperfection
of liberty over all our continent. Loud
cheers.] The condition of the North was
that OF ship carrying passengers tempest
tossed, and while the sailors were laboring
and the captain and officers directing, some
grumblers would come up from among the
passengers and say, :" GU are all the time
working to save the ship, but you don't
care to save the passengers" should like
to know how you would save the passen-
gers so well as by taking care Of the ship.
AT this point the Chairman read to the
meeting thetelegram. relative to the seizure
Of the rams at Liverpool. The effect was
startling; the whole audience rose to their
feet, while cheer after cheer was giyen.]
Mr.. Beecher continued-Allow 1neto say
of the conduct of the colored people, our
citizens (for in New York the colored peo-
pie vote, as they do also in Massachusetts,
and in several other Northern States, Mr..
| Warncliffe-Lord Warncli1fe, l beg his
pardon, to the contrary Notwithstanding
that it is 4 subject of universal remark
that no man'on either side have carried
themselves more CALAMITY, more bravely,
| than the colored regiments that have been
fighting for their government and their
| liberty. My own youngest brother is
Colonel of one Of those regiments, and
from him / learn some of the most inter-
esting facts concerning them. The son OF
one of the most estimable and endeared OF
my friends in my congregation was the
Colonel of that regiment that charged at
Fort Wagner. He fell at the head of his
men-hundreds fell-and when inquest
was made for his body, it was reported by
the men in the fort that he had been buried
with his niggers, and on his gravestone yet
it shall be written the man that dared tc
lead the poor and the oppressed out Of
their oppression died with them and fol
them, and was buried with Them
[Cheers.l On the Mississippi the conduct
of the colored regiments is so good that
; although many Of the officers who com
mand them are Southern men, and until
recently had the strongest Southern preju.
dices, those prejudices are almost entirely
broken down, and there is no difficulty
whatever in finding officers, Northern OF
Southern, to take command of just as many
of these regiments as can be raised. 1t is
an honorable testimony to the good conduct
and courage of these long-abuse men, whom
God is now bringing by the Red Sea of wal
out of the land Of Egypt and into the land
| of pr0miSo TChaars l