The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-09


view. Nor has this Government any rea
son to be disappointed with the results
The country has sustained very destruc
tive war for the period Of three years. Ye
IL 10 not here that national resources OF
credit fails. Il r. not here that patriots are
wanting to defend the country OF theil
birth or their choice; nor IL 1t here that mi.
ners, farmers, merchants, artisans, and Ia
borers lack either subsistence or employ
mont, with abundant rewards. The mum.
Der of slaves 10 rapidly diminishing. and
the number of freemen continues to aug
ment, even during the convulsi0ns OF do
n1estic war, more rapidly than ever free
population advanced in any other country,
or even in our own. ~ es,trf.Ti
Respectfully submitted.
A SHOCKING PICTURE DRAWN FROM
L1FE.-[E Extract from letter written by .
soldier ia the 10th Pennsylvania volun-
teers, and dated near Richmond, Va,
June Is, 1S64.1
When last wrote you believe we were
near Fredericksburg. Since then the re-
bells have been 'sturned'' out of position
after position, and have bsen driven across
every river from the Rapidan 10 the James.
Grants tactics are entirely strange to see.
As rebel prisoner expressed 1t, HE
TANKS NJ on the left, and fights US on the
right" The entire practicability Of the
overland route to Richmond, which the
McClellanites 50 vehemently denounced,
has been fully demonstrated. Those ter.
rible atious-impregnable they said
which covered every plain and lined ev-
cry crest from fredericksburg to Rich
mond. have been successfully turned, and
the "intersecting rivers have been used
70 complete the process. And, instead of
finding hostile country, We found thou
sands Of friends who have been long look
ing for us, and who rejoiced ct our coming.
The poor negroes; It would have done your
heart good to see them at every plantation,
with their bundles and children, weiting
to join the train. The. wagon trains alone
picked up about three thousand Of these
dent! / wish some Of the PrO-Slavery
people of the North would come out here
and see how this system of Slavery has
been carried on in this State, the stock
raising State of the Confederacy.
remember about four miles north OF
the Pamunkey River we were met by q
delegation of Uncle Toms hardy black
fellows, who wanted to emigrate to the
Yankee land Of promise. They said they
represented $50 slaves, the property Of Mr..
Anderson Scott, who owned these Guilt
waited fields tor miles. They wanted to get
their children carried in our transpOrta-
ton wagons to White House landing, from
which place they had been assured Uncle
Sam would take them North. Our wagons
being full, we could accommodate but few.
However, anything was preferable to being
slaves; SO they determined to come along
any way. About a mile further, we came
to the mansion Of this rich slave lord, Mr..
Scott. A broad avenue, lined with broad
spreading magnOlias in full bloom, led up
70 the house, which was the usual style Of
Southern plantation houses. On one side
Of his house, and in the rear, stood very
neat and tidy little slave hut. Everything
trimmed and swept, the door step scrubbed
to an astoning degree of wilderness, every
thing, in fact, denoting the careful and
ekillful hOuse-keeper,
Around the door were three women and
and about half q dozen children, from the
wee baby to the young girl of Is or 49,
Two of the women were about shade
children were white. The third woman
was apparently pure white; her eyes were
blue, her hair was brown and straight; her
features were entirely American-nothin
to denote particle of negro blood. In heI
arms she had q beauti full little boy, about
four years old, with fair hair and blue eyes
This woman was crying bitterly when we
rode up; Thinking that she was : mem.
Der of the family, we tried to console hel
by assuring her that the Yankees made
war upon men and not upon women. Car
you imagine how shocked we were when
we were told that this white woman and
child were slaves, and that the degraded
mother was weeping for shame at her deg
redation! Lieut.. Wren, Quartermaster Of
bOlted into the house, and his sword rat.
tied and his spurs jfngled with his impe.
tuosity a. he strobe along the halls il
search OF the old sc0undrel Scott.
asked one Of the women why she did
not bundle up and come along, now thai
she had = chance, with the rest. She said
she had m idiotic son in the house who
was sick, and they could not 90 without
him. I asked this woman II she was the
daughter Of the owner Of the plantation
Hhe said she was! We went into the hut
and upon clean bed there sat this pool
idiot boy, white a. am, with brown hair
About this time Mr.. Scott came in, the
lord and owner Of all these Uhite people
whittier than himself. He il an old, shriv.
eled up, nigger-faced, crooked-backed little
specimen Of Southern chivaly-aristocratis
as king, and .'virginian born by Gawd.'
saked the mother Of this boy II Mr.. Scott
was his father. You should have seen hel
blush ~ she answered ssYee." The incest
uous old beast! This idiot son-the child o
his own dGmgheer-father and grand tathe,
to his oUn children.
Now, send down your Pro-Slavery par.
tisans and Copperheads Of the North 70 looh
upon this. Talk to me Of the divinity o
Slavery! The horrible barbarity and crime.
of this institution can never be told il
the North. They must be seen to be be
lieved. IL it possible that any nation car
live or stand, that has for its cornerstone
this crime? go on with renewed and
firmer faith, if possible, in the absolute Jus
tioe of our cause. consider this war a.
marvellous blessing. We are roofing on
the dragons teeth that We have sown, ani
In their stead drop the precious seed offFee
dom for all. have an impression tina
amounts to conviction, that this war vii
not terminate until Slavery, the essence o
crime and 1.-The sum Of villainies," il ies
troyed completely and irretrievabiy. Hea
ven grant that SO it may be. Z Do youknov
how these skin aristocrats rave over tn,
aew theory of miscegessati0a or the mixtur
of the races. Here we have q practical il
lustration Of their duplicity and inconsis
tency In the very worst form Of miscegena
ltion-incestuOus amalgamation.
All the rest Of the old mans slaves float
ing. capital) passed by It this time will