The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-20

WEEKLY HAWK-EYE
j IAsorEsi-The Ooppefhesds have formed
IN organization which they style "Angela
Tor Peace" The Angels, We presume, an
Ike those who preferred birthstone die
~ hell, rather than acknowledge the an.
fnority Of we'll established government
t Lnc,ier and bis imPs are angels Of : certain
latter angels will yet have their wing
soorched in some Of their reasonable
flights. 10.
q Missouri Railroad will reduce tho wa9el
q the men engaged In grading to d, IS pei
DAY: The Company has only Is miles 81
work under contract, and will not under.
take any more until the present high prices
oflabor and material como down.
BroAnY.-Dr. Ferrard, the celebrated
Spanish Physician. who has been minis
tertng to the AFFLICTED In this city occasion
ally, got himself into trouble ~ partaking
OF double dose Of matrimony. About !
year since be married > young lady or Fort
madison, and ever since Numbering 70
ner every desire with liberal hand-the
sea OF life has been to them unrufaed BY !
single storm. until yesterday, Mrs. Fer
rard No. I, q lady he had welded some
time prior to his marriage to his present
vile, sailed into bis domestic haven and
raised breeze il the family. The conse-
quences of her visit are that the Doctor was
arrested at Fort Madison and bound over
70 appear at the. District Court under
charge OF bigamy.-Keoknk Constitution,
18th.
A Mr., and Mrs. Johnson, young mar
rled pair, were brought from Grinnell and
lodged in Jail in this city one day last week.
They are charged with stealing several
hundred dollars worth Of dry goods.
Johnson was employed as . night watch
by the Railroad company, and BY means
Of false keys went into and carried away
the goods he wanted. Mrs. johnson took
some OF the stolen calico and made for her
self dress, and this led to their detection
and arrest. Quite an amount Of goods
were found in their drawers and about
their house, they having taken but little
pains to secrete them.-Oskaloosa Herald.
At the railroad meeting on last Saturday
it was decided to make another effort to
secure the building OF branch of the Des
Moines Valley Railroad to Oskaloosa. A
committee consisting Of the Board of Di.
rectOrs Of the Mahaska County Railroad
Company aud H. Fl. Prime, w. III. Sewers
ana requested to confer with Des Moines
Valley company in relation to the matter.
-Oshdioosa Herald.
An UDjust RepFoach.
The World has at last obtained some
knowledge of the Swiss meeting and ad.
dress in behalf Of Union and Emancipa.
ton, but seems very badly informed With
regard to them. It assumes that the Swiss
have undertaken to reproach or lecture ~
with regard to slavery, when in fact they
have only rejoiced over and congratulated
US upon the notorious fact that we are ii
last hopefully struggling to rid ourselves
of that horrible wrong and evil. Nc
thought Of lecturing or reproving our past
tnhdelity to principle and duty ever en-
tered the heads Of our true and noble Swiss
friends: yet they are, abused a. boorish,
uncivil, impertinent, Ac., ~ though they
had actually committed some gross and
rude improperly. Nay: they are further
accused ofcompelling polite, refined Amer.
lea to hold its nose by introducing the Of.
fensive topic Of niggers! Listen to the in
culpation!
'Only say negro, and there is class oil
this community upon whom the word hal
the effect of catnip on the feline speciee.-
j They wriggle, they smirk. they roll over,
they NEW, they purr, they fondle, they
stick out their claws, curve their backs,
and twist and gyrate in every conceivable
form Of delight. According to them. this
| 6l0ot AuAUI ACA0 RcOplc, Sulo 8IotG COuStAtu.
tional system, the present and the future
life, health, and property, are Of no account
in comparison with the possible elevation
| Of race which has been slave since the
beginning Of creation" tH
/ Just think Of this from a journal whose
editor has proclaimed himself an Adolf.
ZIONIST within the last four yearsi How
fearful is the effect Of evil communica.
tions
Assuming that such baleful consequences
result from '.saving negro" one would
suppose that the experiment would be for.
borne or hazarded asinfreluently as posi-.
Bile. Yet The World and its clan not only
persist In Saying negro" but 10 fact say
very little else. That is their staple afgu.
ment, their stock In trade, their main reli.
ance for vaulting into power. Bereft Of it
they would be dumb. impotent, hopeless
It is not true that any trace" ''has been
i slave from the beginning Of creation;" j,
is true that some blacks have been onslave]
leitenest By other blacks) from time imme.
mortal; Whites were likewise enslaved
ern period. Anglo-Saxon Slavery died on,
four or live centuries ago, while Russian
only ceased within the last four years.
But the Swiss are unjustly accused
They have not been sssaying negro" They
leave that impropriety to their assailants,
They do not seem to have considered the
IdCJ Iu6lSTldl (IIOE - ~ Gu0G tuc VICllW0 o.
our tyranny were black. They are not %
much solicitous for s'the possible elevation
OF race as shocked and scandalixed thai
the greatest and proudest Of Christian Re
publics should treat men and women like
beasts Of the field, stripping them Of every
human right, dogging their naked packs
forcibly separating families. selling them
at auction, &C., &c. And even Of al this
they say nothing by way Of reproach, but
only rejoice with US that We are trying tc
put an end to IL. Where, then, Is the
boorishness, with them or with their a..
sailants Ny
In fact, this business of Saying negro
has always been mainly confined to the
chan pions of legalized iniQuity and op-
preston. We on the contrary part have
rather rvoided it For instance: 4