The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-29
To White Soldiers.

40 SOluicrss
We ask those brave mea who have ven
tured their lives In defense of the starry flag
10 read aud remember the two extracts be-
low.
The first occurs In the recent speech of
| Wendell Philips:
''What is the negro Well say, in the tace
ofall prejudice that amid the galantry, the pa
thence, the herOIsm of this war the negro bears
the paim.' lApplause.l
The second somewhat milder ia tone, ap-
pears IN small country newspaper, u very
wsak disciple of Mr.. Phillips
''When called uoon by the war department To
rally 81 defense OF tae old flag they (the negroes
volunteered by the thousands, and no Drawer
more efficient or daring soldiers were TO be found
IL the army"
We beg the white soldiers nov Ia our
midst TO notice the point OF these woris and
appreciate them accordingly. You are hot
only Thought 10 be no better and Drawer men
than these blacks, bat told that throughout
the whole war, from Fort Sumter 10 the sur.
render Ut Lee, tha negro has been yUar supe-
rior IN "gaiiantry, patience and pAtrIo tism, ="
and In all these qualities bears rne palm !"
Ihls Is one OF the rewards prepared Tor YOU
10y that noble body Of stay III home heroes
who have lived well and mate moaey while
you were a. the front fighting the enemy
They tell you thnt the African has done mora
to rescue the country from the grasp OF irait
ors than nave white Americans and that yuu
ought 10 consider yourselves very fortunate
To be considered their equals. We hope yuu
ENJOY the com pIlmeat tO- II comes, not from
rebels and copperheads." but from strictly
loyal nen who never smeiled powder or saVs
hostile bayonet and never will. But thew
Intend to do Justice TO the negro" and use
Your shoulder a. stepping stone upon
IA ..ahs ~. L.
ballot box
Allow US, white soldiers of the Union
army, TO ask a few questions.
DO you not think the south could have
been conquered had there never been a single
negro In uniform?
Do yOu nOt believe you have bstter aud
Drawer blood In your VEINS than tue negro
and that 1t did nor need his assistance 10
cru. q the rebellion?
do you know OF single battle won hy ne.
gro troops?
Do you know of Il single defea. turned in
to victory by the assistance of negro troops
Did negro troops ever succeed where white
troops failed?
Dad negro troops win the day at Fort Dom
el-on did they carry the ramparts of
' icks burg did they conquer at Shiloh, !
Chattanooga, at Nashville, at Atlanta. at
Savannah or at Richmond?
Are you the heroes of this war, or do you |
confess your inferlority to the negro ALTON |
Democrat
The loyal" editor of the Rock Island |
U"on was colonel, in the United States |
service, and was dismissed in dispraee He
Is now the organ OF the republican negro
suffrage party in OK Island county, and he
'ontesses his inferiority in the following,
which we copy from his paper:
cit was only after two years of unsuccessful
\ ar had been waged and the government began
despair OF its ability to itself that the ne
roes were called IN to help us. . When we
came 10 the conclusion we could not save
elves without freeing and srming them, we freed
hem and put them into armIes.''
In palmer words-he contesses that the
var was failure until the negroes were
allied In that the white soldiers could not
Whip the rebels that the negro soldiers did
ne work /; that they are superior to the
White soldiers that they are the heroes of
his war; that amid the galantry. the patience
he heroism OF this war, the negro bears the
aim from the white soldiers. That ia the
ootrine of the republican negro suffrage
arty, in Rock Island county, and every
there else.
The practice now so common among radi.
ais, of depreciating the services of white,
nd exaltiug those of negro soldiers, is being /
ldulged in by Hon. Columbus Delano. of
MO, for long time in congress from that )
tate. aud a republican member elect to the
ext congress. In la's speech at Mt. Yer
on, he said
1.-The heroism OF negro troops has added lustre
our history, and, without the negroes aid, our r
mics would not have succeeded The negro L
is fought and conquered tor US, and deserves g
s reward. He has right to sit on jurIes to d
Did office, ard to vote freeman at the ballot q
ox.''