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

ment, with abundant rewards. The mum.
Der of slaves 10 rapidly diminishing, and
the number Of freemen continues to aug
ment, even during the convulsions Of do
population advanced in any other country,
or even in our own.
Respectfully submitted.
A SHOCKING PICTURE DRAWN FROM
L1FE.-[Extract from letter written by q
soldier In the 10th Pennsylvania Volun-
teers, and dated near Richmond, Va,
June Is. 1891
When last wrote you believe we were
near Fredericksburg. Since then the re-
bells have been 'sturned'' out Of position
after position, and have been driven across
every river from the Rapidan TO the James.
As q rebel prisoner expressed It, HE
TANKS NJ on the left, and fights us on the
right" The entire practicability Of the
overland route to Richmond, which the
McClellanites 90 vehemently denounced,
has been fully demonstrated. Those ter
rible acknowledgements they said
cry crest from Fredericksbure to Rich
mond. have been successfully turned, and
the interesting rivers'' have been used
to complete the process. And, instead Of
finding q hostile country, We found thou.
sands Of friends who have been long look.
ing for us, and who rej0iced at our coming.
The poor negroes; It would have done your
heart good to see them ct every plantation,
to join the train. The wagon trains alone
picked up about three thousand Of these
freedmen-free now. God bless the Presi-
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.
the Pamunkey River we were met by q
Of Uncle Toms hardy black
fellows, who wanted to emigrate to the
Yankee land Of promise. They said they
represented 10 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 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
of his house, and in the rear, stood q very
neat and tidy little slave hut. Everything
was clean about. The little yard neatly
trimmed and swept, the door step scrubbed
to an astoning degree of wilderness, every
thing, in fact, denoting the careful and
skillful house keeper,
and about half dozen children, from the
wee baby to the young girl Of Is or 18.-
Two Of the women were about q shade
lighter than the quadroon, while all the
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 her
four years old, with fair hair and blue eyes.
This woman was crying bitterly when we
rode up. Thinking that she was men,
Der of the family, we tried to console her
by assuring her that the Yankees made
war upon men and not upon women. Can
you imagine how shocked we were when
we were told that this white woman and
mother was weeping for shame at her deg
redati0nl Lieut.. Wren, Quartermaster Of
the 6lst New York, was 20 excited that he
bolted into the house, and his sword rat.
tied and his spurs jingled with his impe-
tuosity ~ he strobe along the halls In
search Of the old scoundrel Scott.
asked one Of the women why she did
not bundle up and come along, now that
abe had . chance, with the rest. She said
she had IN idiotic son in The house who
was sick, and they could not 30 without
him. asked this woman IL she was the
daughter OF the owner Of the plantation.
6he said she wasl We went into the hut,
and upon . clean bed there sat this poor
idiot boy, white - am, with brown hair.
lord and owner Or all these vAite' people,
whittier than himself. He II IN old, shriv-
eled up, nigger.faced, crooked backed little
specimen Of Southern chivaly-aristOcrati
as king, and .svirginian born by Gawd."
saked the mother Of this boy II Mr.. Scott
was his father. You should have seen her
blush - she answered Yes" The incest
hss own daughter osher and grand father
Now, send down your Pro-Slavery par
tisans and Copperheads Of the North to look
upon this. Talk to me Of the divinity Of
Slavery! The horrible barbarity and crimes
Of this 1'institution'' can never be told in
the North. They must be seen to be be-
lieved. 10 it possible that any nation can
live or stand, that has for its cornerstone
thia crimef 60 on with renewed and
fiYmer faith, If possible, In the absolute JUS
tice Of our cause. / consider this war % .
marvellous blessing. We are roofing out
the dragons teeth that We have sown, and
in their stead drop the precious seed offree-
dom for al. have an impression that
amounts to conviction, that this war viii
not terminate until Slavery, the essence Of
crime and ''the sum Of villainies," n sies-
troyed completely and irretrisvably. Hes.
ven grant that 90 it may be. Do youknow
how these skin aristOcrats rave over the
nesO theory Of nsiscegessdti0a or the mixture
Of the races. Here we have practical IL
lustration of their duplicity and inconais-
tency In the very worst form Of miscegena.
ti0n-incestu0us amalgamation,
All the rest OF the old mans slaves (floAt-