The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-25
For the Argus.
For the Argus.
JOHN WILSON ON WHIPPING PHA-
RA0H.
HIS "HEFTY" KNOWLEDGE OF LAW
AND GOSPELS

Mr.. EDITOR, Dear Sir Since writing my
first letter | have heard strong objections to
making @ mere county election a party cues
ton But this. Of all others, is not the time
to Law aside principles and vote for men,
merely because they are CLEVER fellows."-
The old democratic test lis he honest, is
he capable, is he faithful to the constitu-
ton - was never more vitality important than
at the present juncture Of public affairs
The two sections, through the animOsities en-
gendered by n bloody war, are sadly estrang-
cd, and nothing but Cancellation and kindly
feelings, on the part of the conquering sec
ton, can restore that harmony absolutely
necessary to re unite them in the bonds OF
affection.
That Mr.. Wilson is morally "honest" no
one will deny, and though the Moline Repub-
licaR asserts that he is "a man of talent and
OF the strictest integrity" ana well inform
ed in the law" some of his personal friends
question this claim for his legal acquire
meuts. At least, il is certain that he is not
by learning, reading law, and practical
knowledge, the superior, if he is the peer, of
the present incumbent.
But. "is he faithful to the constitution pr
Let Mr.. Wilson's letter, now published in
the Union, answer. He says:
''Our country is in commoton; every interest
we stop to enquire about the strict letter OF the
constitution before Selling traitor who is trying
10 cut our throats ?"
! answer geographically yes-for he
who knowingly violates the constitution il
guilty of official perjury, the most dangerous
form of that fearful crime, because he strikes
down, not the mere pecuniary interest of liti-
giants in the forum of justice, but the sole ba-
sis of all our laws, the only land mark of the
sacred rights of minorities, (under a constitu-
tional government) and the last hope for lib
erty.
The publication of Mr. Wilson's letter, in
the Union. shows that the revivlfed federal
party OF 1913, duly appreciate his utter con
nority and that be will obsequiously obey
the Court House Clique" in this city The
old "wheel horses" of the party need not
wonder at his nomination.
Gen'l Sheridan, in telegraphic dispatch
to the president, says:
81 have destroyed over two thousand barns filed
with wheat, hay, and farming implements, and
over seventy mills filled with -four and wheat; all
the houses within of FIVE miles have been
burned -
That this vaudal mode of warfare had the
appreciation of Mr., Wilson, 8 member of the
methodist church, is proven beyond all cavil
by his letter, for he says, in blunt Anglo Sax
on, 81 care not what the measure is, if il 1.-THE
measure becomes necessary to crush the re-
beilion; ;" and he appeals to holy writ for
authority. But how unfortunate is this ap-
peal. Hear him:
"When the Lord of Hosts commiss on ed naoses
to bring forth Israel and lchip Pharoah and the
Egyptians he did not caution the Hebrew leader
to be gentle with his enemies. He smote them
with stern hand. The first born child was not
'pared. Moses, the cpmmander-in-c chief, Iesorted
to every measure to deliver his people and punish
he Egyptisns."