New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-02-26
THE REAL REVOLUTION.
from the London Standard

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The Federal organs in this country
commenced the New Year with p:o
fame imitation of psalmody to gler'fy
whatever of the W ashington power had
been established in Virginia. They
forgot, however, one topic of self-con
graduation. They omitted, in their
sympathy with the negro, who is hang
ed on lamp-irons in New York and
whipped to death by the Emancipa-
tionists of Norfolk, to describe the real
revolution which has taken place in
America the revolution which would
degrade the white women of that coun-
try to level with the most miserable
of slaves. Formerly it was boast of
Americans, and one not cntircl y urjus-
titled, that women in the States occu-
pied a high position, coull travel alone
unmolestcd, could venture to the thea
ter without escort, and, whatever their
manners might be, we're held in gen.
eral respect. Even Mr.. Charles Dick.
ems and Mrs. Trollope conceded so
much. Alexander Mackay and Lord
Carlisle reiterated the ST. temcnt, and
Miss Martlneau, although deploring
their ,,poli.ical non existence" allowed
that American women enjoyed the
guardianship Of a certain everyday
chiv.lry.
We beg the admirers # Federal au-
thoritv, however, and the enthusiasts
who prefer black before white, to glance
at picture of Federal rule in Virginia
painted by resident, and exhibited
in another column. There they may
study the result Of that
alliance to which the desperation of the
North has drlvn it with African Saw
agery. The Negro Terror in Norfolk
is only prac'ical prediction Of all We
must anticipate wero it possible that
the South should ever be subdued.
Gangs of armed and drilled ruffians
parade the streets, occupying all the
pavements and elbowing ladies and
children into the kennels. Foul and
filthy language assail young girls as
they pass to and fro. White teachers
and their pupils are turned out Of their
school rooms into the streets. Threats
of massacre and spoil emanate constant
ly from the heads Of the black battal-
ions. Oaths the most monstrous are
imposed under the most inhuman ptrl-
alties in case OF refusal. ,,Horse oaths
wagon oaths," ,,cattle oaths g ,,cart
oaths," ,.property oaths," ,prot ection-
from.insult oaths," until the universal
swearing has become moral incubus;
and wherever the Fedora, influence ex.
tends, Virginia lies beneath repulsive
and oppressive nightmare.
The negro raids, in fact, arc organi-
zed expeditions of pillage; the land is
devastated; con6scation sweeps off
whatever fire does not destroy; farm
houses and yards are plundered unmer
cifully, but these are the milder
aspects of the work that the new
friends of the African have engaged
him to do. There was six citizens who
last mouth, were accused of guerrilla
practices, and lay in concealment.
Two women, however, were suspected
of knowing the place of their asylum,
and were accordingly arrested by the
black marauders of the Federal service
They were stripped naked by these
Yahoos in the pay of President Lincoln;
they were whipped, Of course, in pres
cnce of a brutal crowd; they were left
all night unclothed, in spite of the bit
ter season, and this under the sanction
of a Government which appeals to the
championship of heaven. Let Mrs.
Beecher Stowe now write about ,,bru-
tai exposure and shameful correction"
and apply her own anathemas to her
Northe rn proselytes. The cowhlde
and the hick ory rod have fallen, it ap
pears into Abolitionist hands.
The paddle and the lash, the cobbing-
ladle and the sings, are made free use
of by the ph,la nthropist Of Federal