The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-27
Washington itself Again
GROANS OF THE WOUNDED.

The Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Republican,, under date of Oct l4th
says:
washington is itself again. The city looks
as if Mr.. Lincoln had never existed, and as if we
were still in the times of Pierce or Buchanan
Free state influence has again been suddenly
wiped out Slavery politicians are once more
in the ascendant.
'1t is no use arguing at Washington about
millions slain and millions wasted in war, and
about other trihes of the kind. True enough
the armies of the shareholders rebellion have
been vanqushed. But the feeling that culmina-
ted in the war Is as rampant and pernicious
as ever. Any one who doubts this need only
spend a few weeks at Wizards and this convic-
ton will soon force itself upon his mind The
southerners are as smart as ever. They get par
doned first, cooperate with the democrats next
and look upon Andrew johnson as exclusively
their president,ju just much as ever Pierce or Blu
chanan was.
ut Is the old story of these copperhead pres,
dents all over again, with that fatal difference
that those who were then foremost in their oppo-
sition TO sham-democracy, are now feeble and ex-
hausted.
at seems to me that nothing can
from this false and perous position except intiu-
entail and powerful Populations from all parts of
the free states rushing to Washington in 1865 as
they Gid in 1850, to open the eyes of the chief
magistrate 10 tue real 1eellngS OF the hasses VI
the people"
The foregoing 'howl" shows who is hurt.
The sectional agitators can't run the mach
inc" any longer. They see that Presiden
Johuson is going to be president of the whole
country that's what's the matter"
The Washington correspondent of the Chi
cage Times, under the same date says:
1.-The radicals and negro suffrage men boil
ing over with rage at President johnson for his
speech to the negro regiment few days ago,
and those who do not dare openly to condemn
him, are damning him with faint praise Per-
hap5 the presidents motive, in making the
speech, has not been understood. He probably
wished to set at rest, forever all speculatlons III
regard to his policy towards the negroes, both IN
the northern and southern states He accordingly
told these negroes, very plainly. that he under
stood the negro character thoroughly, and what
the leading characteristics of that character
were He gave them plainly to understand that
if they did not break off their notorious habits
of unbridled Righteousness, they would result III
the determination of their race. He told them
that liberty for them, ment liberty to work and
his remarks implied, plainly enough, that he
doubted whether the white race and black race
could live together on footing of equality; and
that, if the experiment proved failure, the ne
groes would have to be colonized in some other
country. He did not give them the least encour-
agement to hope that the right of voting would
ever be extended TO them in this country, and 1t
might be fairly inferred from his remarks that he
doubted the capacity of the negro race to fill any
OTTER than the very lowest position IN the social
scale"