The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-04

be no nation. The theoretic subordinatfon
- now real, and will be felt to be 80 in the
entire hereafter of the nation. The effect
OF this oentrali1atiOn Of power will be
greater upon the national character than
We can now foretell. We have no ques-
ton that the nation IL to be more thorough
~ Americanized through it than through
any other influence. -
There il another point in which great
revelation is in progress, viz: in the social,
moral and political position of the negro
and his master. The rebellion commenced
with four millions of Africans held by
Southern whites. When it began, the hold
ers Of these slaves were the recognized ar
! istocracy of the nation. They had, for half
century, given the law to the fashiona BILE
society OF Washington. The fashionable
society of all the great northern cities was
affiliated with the negro whipping nabobs.
They lorded it with the grossest inselence
wherever they Went. They reigned at
Saratoga and Newport, as really as at
Washington and Charleston. 1t is unuues-
tionable that, with what was called the
Iirst society, a man lost caste who did not
bow low to the slaves master, or who had
a word 10 say Oh behalf of the master :
slave. These nabobs had the com merciai
| classes OF the commercial cities of the
NORTH under their thumbs, as truly as they
had the fashionable Classes, so that wher-
ever fashion and commerce had vote to
give, they gave it uniformly to slavery
The policy Of the nation was, and always
has been, essentiallya a pro-slayery policy,
partly through subserviency to slave
holders, as a class, and partly through "A
sense OF constitutional Obligation. The
government may not have been a propaga-
tor of slavery willingly, but it has been
really, and IL has always been its protec-
Tor. Here there is great revolution. The
| slave owner is in disgrace, socially, NOR
| ally, and politically, and the negro has
| risen, socially, morally and politically,
just as rapidly as his master has fallen
The master is despised as tyrant and q
parricide. The system Of slavery is in dis
has cost the country too much. Ii has cos:
the politicians too much. No great party
can be found weak Or wicked enough to do
| il reverence The policy Of the goyern-
ment IS entirely revolutionized. It now
aims at the destruction and not the protec-
| ton OF slavery-a fact which redeems the
politics Of the nation from their greatest
| curse.
We have noticed only few Of the points
IL, which the nation is already revolution
| lied. There are others quite as important.
The revolution which The war is effecting
in the fortunes, habits, position and opin-
| ions OF the rebeliious states themselves is
one OF the most extraordinary character,
and its effect upon the nation at large can
not possibly be measured. The introduc-
ton Of military men into politics-an in
evitable consequence of the war is, or
/ will be, essentially revolutionary. If we
are to choose between politicians by trade,
and trained military men, with military
Ideas of business and personal honor, We
take the latter heartily, and thank God for
them. But we have said enough to show
| h0 IN ifS 70 iS will no
essentially revolutionary, and that there
can be no restoration OF the old order Of
things. History Las closed one Of its leaves
| and opened another. On this, revolu-
| tionized and renewed nation is TO leave the
record Of its life. God grant that it may
be fairer than the last.-Sprinafela Repu6.
ARREST OF THE n NEeRo WHO ATTEMPTED
AN OUTRAGE on WHITE GIRL-nis-
GRACEFUL PRoCEEDING--AN EXCITED Mon
TAKE HIM PROM TIE OFFICERS AND AL
| MOST KILL HIM.-We briefly noticed in
yesterdays issue the arrest Of the negro
| who attempted an outrage on the daughter
| of Mr. Satterthwaite, in the outskirts of
| the city, last Sunday. He was oyertaken
near Burlington, on Wednesday evening,
| by Messrs. Scudder and Bell Of New Bos-
Whipple, about II O'Clock Thursday night,
and lodged in Jail. Yesterday he was
brought out for preliminary examination
| before Mayor Funck. Henry O'Connor
appeared for the prosecution and Thomas
| Hanna for the defense. Miss Satterthwaite,
! though still suffering from injuries on her
neck, appeared aud clearly identified the
| accused. On motion of his counsel, fur
ther examination was waived till the next
session Of the District Court, and the negro
was ordered to he returned to Jail. In the
| meantime large crowd had collected, and
the officers deeming it imprudent to take
the prisoner on the street, locked him uI
in room near the Mayors Office. The
crowd finally woke open the door and took
the prisoner out upon the pavement, where
Marshal James and Deputy Sheriff Connol
again succeeded in getting him into lheil
custody. They proceeded some listance
towards the Jail, followed by the crowd
when ne WAS again seized and rOp<
placed over hrs head, at each end Of which
excited men pulled Justify, tightening tn
knot around his neck till the blood gushet
from bis mouth. He was then dragged
4 face downwards, across the street In from
Of the residences of w. H. Stewart, till hi,
tOrmenters thought he was dead, wheI
they suffered the officers to take charge o
him. He soon after revived and was car
ried to jail. - W a9.s
i We regret to record this lawless and bar
barous proceeding. The accused is doub bt
less guilty of attempting the most heinou
and aggravating crime in the catalogue
but he was in the hands Of officers Of tn,
law, handcuffed, and not at all likely 4
escape the just punishment which the Law
4 provides. This fact should have suffered
more temperate counsels to prevail. Shoot
ing Instantly or hanging TO the neares
lamp post would have been a more cfviliz
ed mode Of punisbD Dient than that adOptet
4 on this occasion. Men may sometimes b.
Justified in making short shrift Of notori
Gus offenders, but torture is brutal and In
excusable under any circumstances, an,
mob violence is always to be deplored.
The negro gave his name as John Eng
[lish, and says he has family at Fort Mad
ison. He acknowledges having been dis
charged from steamer at this place las
Sunday, but denies the crime charged upol
him. When arrested he had neither ha
nor coat, and says he lost them while swim
ming slough. Mxscatihe Journal. Il
!, No man and no woman is safe who ha
nS,co fnrynofA tho habit Of Ink inc tn 6rinl