The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05

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. gang Of guerrillas made raid on tbe
Louisville and Nashville Railroad yester-
day, striking II ut Cave City. Several ne
gro soldiers were captured a1d killed. The
after the preparation of this
outrage retreated from the road IN great
haste.
THE NEGRO PLAYED OUr.-The rebels
are asking earnestly what they can do
most edectually to help the peace party Of
the North in the election. The attempts
10 win victories in its behalf have proved
sad failures. Early's achievements all
tell the wrong way: Hoods splurge in
and he is trying to get back by long and
devious path through Alabama. But III
military adventures OF the rebels IA behalf
Of their northern allies have proved dis
astrous, and so tell against them, their
talk about arming the slaves Is still
worse Fnux pas. It has completely 81.
fenced the loudest OF the democratic thun-
ders. just now they were "goingit with
. rush. against the abolition policy. Old
Abe had united the South and divided the
North by freeing negroes and letting them
fight; it would De impossible to succeed
in the war, or If the whole South should be
subjugsted the Union never could be re-
drawn; in fact, the negro soldier was the
great obstacle, both TO war and peace, and
there was mo use lighting" unless al the
lighting could be done by white men. The
democrats we're really making handsome
thing, - they thought, Of this great anti
negro issue, when MI at once the southern
wing Of the party kicks up and the fat -
all in the fire." OfcOurse there Is nothing
more to be said about ''this abolition war
and the "cussed Niger" II the rebels
think it well to arm the negro to tight
against the Cni0n-and all their papers 90
in for it strong-shau a northern demo-
crat object to the neyro's sighting for the
the Union: So here we are again; the
great issue Of the campaign smashed and
used up by those hot-headed southern
democrats, and nothing left for the north
ern brethren to vail over but their own
wrongs, such as their gagged liberty Of
speech and their lost and gone freedom Of
the press. Alas!
Perhaps We are . little TOO fast "a conaid-
| BY the act Of the southern brethren. "Ne-
ceasity il the mother Of invention,' and
here comes the ever ready Albany Argus
With fresh discovery to break the force
Of the stubborn fact. II is this-the rebels
would never have thought of setting the
negroes to tight II Old Abe had not put il
into their heads; be began it; and now
the largest balance OF negroes in hand, Of
course they will have the best Of the
4 gAme:-
"If 10000 negro troops are added to tbs
/ armies of the South. = war Of nOrternh in
vasion will follow. An inglorious peac'
will follow that; for Lincoln, in the hand,
81 the abolitionists. will yield 10 peace o
separation, rather than carry on war o
! emancipation against negro troops"
This is indeed almost alarming. Blu
J there is further possi bility in the case, ii
which the Argus and all other good negro
|. hating democrats may find consolation
and hope if the able.bodied negroes al
10 to war, the white democrats may hav
the satisfaction OF looking on while the
exterminate each other, and when the las
NEGRO falls the grand national quarrel wi
Iperish with him, and thenceIo.th theI
will be no sacred Institution Of slavery I
!. compromise or fght abou. to AL geaers
J tons. Surely with such prospect Il
4 democratic heart should rest satisfied An
r content, even il so great Gisappointnlel
0 rs the defeat of the peace and war tick
lshould befall on the S.h OF Novem bsr..
Springfield Republican. -5.
Ex-Secretary Chase soberly and score!
: ingly addressed the people of Kentucky
Z = Union meeting 1t Coyingson on toe eY
J, ming of the l4th inst.
q Nov, what want to impress upon &c
+ Kentuckians here tonight is this: Fo'
9 years ago I pointed out plan which
y think all now admit would, If adopte
= have fed to peace. I! it had not been I
y the insane discrimination Of the slave O
y garchy 70 impose the Institution cf Slavel
not merely upon the Statcs in which y g
J. lated, but upon all the Territories q 4