The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-06

EDITOR dAWK.EYE.-A AuOW AOC .noO
your columns are open to the oommgnica-
in YOUR paper Of Aug. 1st, with the sigma
turel OF IA Soldiers Wife}2 my indigna-
tion at the fragrant insults offered to that
rather 10 be honored class Of females, be-
c0ines insuferable,i and 1 have resolved "
give vent to the detestation 1ffeel for those
contemptible towards. who are 90 nAeo
vriti1 The nauseous scent Of treason, - 70
ren13er them unfit for the association q. the
naost sable SON ofAfrica, (wh0m they AFFECT
iy,ph perfect horror fbr,) and who ara, TOO
cowarGlly and too deeply in love with Sne
almiohtv dollar. to place thcMsscfucs where
fheir principles class them-in the ranks o.
rebels, IL say give vent (but only feeblys) D.
to myiudignatio the publication q whcn'
: hold that "Soldier's Wife, did aNrOng
to the public, in not giving the name q the
merShant referred to, that he might.oe
hranded with the insignia Of treason WHOM
Mn Internationally, lunpatriotic cOnducts0
Justly merits. No gentleman, no lover OF
the Government could find 1t, in the most
obscure recess Of his heart, to treat thug
the wife Of one nobly standing up in the
stand between US and the envanomed foe,
warding of the blows, not only directed
10 the heart of our dear old Repn bile, but 70
our homes. and to the hearts Of those dear
er to m than our own lives. No, verify.
Ar I look at our dear, proudly floating OLD.
banner. / o1ten wonder why its folds do NOT
shrink m cowardly traitors creep beneath
them for prOtection. am no soldiers wife
but am q country-l0ving woman. scorning
traason in its fullest forms, and who feels
patriotic pride thrilling every fiber OF her
being, because of the many friends VINO
have sealed their devotion 70 their country
with their hearts blood, and many more
who stand ready upon the altar, to cement
anew the walls of our Republic. One who
regards neither the feelings nor opinions Of
traitors, and one who will jOyously well
come the hour when the success Of our
marshalled hosts in the field will herald
the approach of the traitors doom who
turks in the rear.
Sava the admirable Bridgman, "All the
great landmarks Of modern freedOm-Mag-
na Charta, Reformation Protests, Declare.
ton of Rights, Declaration Of Independence
have been sealed with blood. Philoe0.
ply and science have pinned in dungeons,
and bled under the axe before putting on
their immortal robes., So have our sol
diers bled, 20 have they pinned in dungeons
and loathesome prisons, and their blood
cries from earth upon those tgnominaous
traitors who have accepted their lives ~ q
shield from danger, and yet offer words Of
insult 70 those friends whom the soldier has
left behind-torn himself from-to 60 forth
to battle for the rights Of 'the dear 0nes at
home," as well asthose Of our Government
Should this be tolerated? Have mot the
soldiers wives q higher claim upon the
sympathies and respect Of the public, no
matter whether abe halls from America,
Germany, ireland or Africa? hold she
has. All patriots hold the same views, and
Heaven speed the day and hour when these
very appropriately called Copperheads will
stand 6eneath the feet Of the lOwliest SAN
DIAL Of their dearly.loved % African breth-
rem, and the soldiers and their families be
crowned with the laurel wreath Of fame
Mt. Pleasant, Aug. 2 ANENoNE. Il