The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-21

Do you doubt it, Why no one wants the black
man to stay here and compete with the white
man. Everybody knows they cannot be social.
ly equal. The President says he wants to colo.
nize them. And if this j. done, you will have
room enough here for the white race to take
possession of all this country, and occupy it for
themselves. That 10 the Policy of the PRESS
dent. aE
Let me ask you question. Have you any
thing in this country equal to your govern
ment! Cries of, No, no, We have not.
Well then, If you have NO. you ought to be
willing to do anything for your government.
II there is nothing in the country equal to the
government, what do you think Of any man,
now the government is in peril, standing here
and talking about . nigger' Laughter and
Napoleon Bonaparts was great General.
When he went to fight the Austrians and the
Prussisns, did he only countthe Generals, and
the officers; how many cavalry! how msny Ia
fantry? how much artillery they had? Or did
he count the men that staid ct home, and rails.
ed supplies for their army, the farmers, and
the workmen that raised the produoe-the
grain and the beef, that fed their army! Why
he counted the whole of them. He had to
whip out the whole Of them; and he laid his
plans and made his arrangements accordingly.
Well now, if I can prove to you that the black
man supports the Southern army, is it not
clear that We must take care of him, - we'll -
Of the rebels! I tell you We have got to use
al the means which God has given US to put
down this rebellion. care not what the in.
strumsntalily isl care not whether it 10 can.
non balls, gunpowdsr, bayonets, or the black
man. ia man is fighting me, l don't care
what weapon he has, it 10 my duty to try to
disarm him. and if the assailsnt picks up .
big niger by the heels and attempts to club
me with the nigger, I must try to get the mig
ger disabled or released for my own protection.
Laughter and cheers. Blu. if you think
there is anything in this country better than
your government, have no time to waste
words with you. I4aeg
But must pass to another matter. You are
ready to enquire what is to be the result Of oil
this / do not know any more than you do
There are many good men Who are discouraged.
There are men who are active and talking about
things they would not have dared to talk about
six months ago. have heard that you have
passed resolutions In favor of cutting of New
England. don't have anything to do with your
resolutions I do not want to think Of anything
but Of preserving my country. But tell you,
Democratic, that if you attempt to drive New
England out of the Union, they will run the en-
CINE over you and grind you to pieces. Do you
think you can prejudice this people against New
England Why the sons Of New England are
scattered all through the West and they will
never su8er You 70 carry out your plans. There
ere loyal men in the West who respect New
England, who will not suffer you to do it l
voted for jackson 80 years ago, and for every
Democratic candidate for the Presidency since
and have been always taught to respect every
man, North or South, East or West But We
have modern Democracy in these days that
wants to prejudice you against every man in
Yankee land. That 10 new tangled Democra-
cy that I don't want to have anything to do
with. love every place in this country, ex-
cepting just one place, and that 10 just the place
rebel stands, North or Sosth. Laughter and
great applause.l But if . man lives 10 Yankee
land, l don't care where he lives, if he 10 cit-
zen Of this Government, be 10 my BROTHER
Why some time ago was at meeting, and enc
of these fellows vas speaking and be held up a
big boot, and what do you think he told the PEG
plss Why, he told them that the tine 10 com
ing when IL will take two loads of corn to buy
. pair of pegged boots from Yankeedom =
Laughter and cheers. 81. a--i.a a. Sc,
reepect New England. There never vas but
one traitor there, and I suppose that was te
show that the old Adam had some little influence
among the people of that country. love New
England. Her talents, her inventive genius, be,
influence, her industry ia everywhere. But yor
have modern Democracy out here that tries t.
prejudice you against New England. New Eng
land has its faults, but she has done much to.
ward making our country what it Is. And tel
you, you need not try to prejudice these people
agsinst New England. These people love bel
too much to allow you to succeed. sss III
But then you object to the tax law. Their,
never was more righteous tax law for thu
West than that. If You are loyal you want t.
pay your taxes to your government to support
this government. You used to talk good
deal about this law; but you have shut thai
up long ago. All this real sstste around her,
is not taxed. Some things ore taxed to b
sure. White whisky 10 taxed pretty heavily
believe. Laughter and cheers. And
cay that the man that will drink white whisky
thirty days old, ought to be taxed [Grea
Laughter and cheers But Whist does thil
bill tax? It taxes railroad corporations, and
insurance companies. and great capitalists
the men that have the money, and ought t.
pay the taxes; and you von't get the people t
denounce it. You had men 70 denounce thu
public debt ofthis country Well, what is tn,
puUnC ueUt COWp6IeU VIII LUG ROVerume0t
If man owes more than he can psy the in
|terest on his note is not worth much. is it? .
And If country owes more than it can pay
the interest on its stock Is not worth much
John Bull used to pay seven per cent on hi,
big debt; but he only pays three per cent now
Well At the close of this war if We cannot pay
ten per cent, may be We can pay six, or Eve o.
three You will pay this, and if you can't pay
this, you will pay what you can. Then Their,
is no fear about that. Look at the country VI
have to settle yet. Look at the vastly increas
ing wealth Of the land. Why, I tell you Goo
has buried enough gold in the mines of Cali
fornia and Pixies peak to pay the whole deb
and leave US pocket money to spare! [Immens,
cheering. And if you have man that goe.
round and whines about the taxes, you may
set it down that his heart is not right. GCriel
of That's it. Hit them again. But what i.
the result to be? Well, don't know; but
tell you one thing, there is schoolmastel
abroad; he is dear schoolmaster. He is cost
ing US valuable lives and great treasure. Blu
we shall get some good learning from him.
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