The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-21

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mansiop were taksn By the surgeons for
hospital. Ths change which Nrs.
experienced was from afiluenoesto 49,
poverty, from power toaeddSA helpnsiD =
ness. - g ~ a.
Passing y pa u The negro cabins y
the estate, laws mid1b agsa solorsd
woman tacki19 ! bundle
"ArsFy0a Go11kto move ~ I said.
"Yes sir, Isgdng to follow the ar
my"
"'-.' fors~~ Where wiifyou s.''-.@.t..
" Eset to s. p Washington 10 find
MY hdBband. he ran away while ago,
md II u work ID WsShiseson.s T
f '"Do you think II right, aonEe, 70 have
your mattress who hA5 taken care Of you
SO long7' i
Isx.Shs.sb lad besn busy with her bundle,
but stopped now and stood erect before
me, her hands on her hips. Her black
eyes flashed. as's s. sefss vs. Il
"Taktn care Of me! What did she
lever do for me? Haven I been hcr cook
for rnors than thirty years! Haven't /
cooked every meal she ever ate 10 that
house? What has she done for me ii, re-
turn! She has sold my children down
South, one after another. She has whip
ped me when / cried for them. She has
treated me like bag, sir. Yes, sir, like
bag"
She resumed her work of preparation
for leaving. That night she and her re-
naming children joined the thousand or
more colored people who had slready taken
sudden leave of their masters.
Returning to the mansion to see the
| wounded, met Mrs. -- in the hail.
She evidently did not lily realize the
great change which had taken place in
her affairs. The change was not com.
plete at that moment. The steward was
there, hat in hand. obsequious, bowling
politely, and obeying all commands. A
half hour before. had seen him In the
cooks cabin, making arrangements for
leaving the premises.
II wish that had gone to Richmond, :"
said the lady. This is terrible, terrible!
They have taken all my provisions, all
my horses and cattle. My servants are
going. What shall l dor" She sank
upon the sofa, and for a moment gave
way to her feelings.
You are better of here than you would
be there, with the city full of wounded,
and scant supplies in the Market" l re-
marked.
"You are right, sir. What could l do
with my three little children there? Yet
how / am to live here / don't know
When will this terrible war come to an
end?
But enough Of this scene. I have To-
troduced it because it is real, and because
! tits but one of many There are hun
dreds OF Southern homes where the change
has been equally great. Secession is not
what they started it thought it would
be. Retribution for crime will most as.
suredly come. sooner or later The crime
of secession was great, the retribution is
terrible. It is going on, never with such
rapidity as now, aud it will so on. not
only in Virginia, but in every State which
has foresworn its fealty to the Union.
There is retributior, not only for the
crime of secession, but for all the wrong
done to the colored race. Gods scales
are correctly balanced. Sooner or later
He makes all things even. For every
groan, for every tear wrung from the slave
by injustice, for every broken heart, for
the weeping and waiting of mothers for
their babes sold to the far-off South, for
every wrong there is retribution.
Though the mills Of God grind slowly
Yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting
What exactness rrinis he all
CHARLES CARLTON Covvrx 4