The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-06-17
THE RADICAL WARFARE ON PRES
IDENT JOHNSON.
The Coming Rupture.


Massachusetts radicals are gons w
their hand at "prsssure" on PRESIDENT 'onn
son,iust as they did on Lincoln. They,ii nno
candy" a hard nut to crack.
Charles Sumner, in . recent speech IN
Boston. said: "The colored suffrage is now
necessity" Congressman Boutwell,, declared
that che would never consent to the read
mission of state into the Union, unless I'M
der q constitution which gave the right OF
suffrage to black as well as to white. The
black man must vote, at all events, whether
the whites did or not" He suggested, also,
that. cat the next session of congress-, the
districts covered by the states OF South Caro-
lima and Florida should be organized as new
territories, and the colorsd people invited to
settle there, and build up states Of their own,
from which they might, in a lev years, send
black representatives to congress-"
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,, said,
"the legislature of Tennessee had passed,
through enc branch, law degrading the
free blacks of that state to the condition OF
serfs and he would tell the people of Ten
nssssee, Gov. Brownlow and President John
son, that the representatives of Tennessee
cannot be received in congress with that law
upon her statute books" The ballot he de-
clared, must be put in the hands of the black
man.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips is reported to have
said
'fHe contended that slavery was abolished, and
that the reconstruction policy of the administra-
ton, set forth in the proclamation for the re-
construction of North Carolina, was an absolute
surrender of the helm of the Union into the hands
of Alex. II. Stephens, and his co-workers. The
reconstruction on that basis was practical fraud
upon the north. Every life and every dollar that
had been spent had been stolen from them. There
was but one way in which the people could still
hold the helm of affairs, and that was a declara
sion of reputation of the entire war debt. Such
a party would have his voice and vote until God
called him hence. He would constantly oppose
every step of reconstruction that did not place the
negro upon all absolute equality and level with
the white man. There were but two parties in
the country-the sycophants of JEFF. Davis and the
lovers of liberty. Every man who supported the
North Carolina proclamation whas DAVIS syco-
plant. Better, far better would II have been ior
Grant to have surrendered to Lee, than for Presi
dent Johnson to have surrendered to North Caro-
lina.''
The National Anti-Slarery Standard has
a leading article, under the headline,
"The Fatal Step," in which the North Caro-
lima policy of the administration is thus as
sailed:
sEAnd the substance of the whole Is that SO far
as North Carolina is concerned, the administra-
ton has declared against negro suffrage. North
Carolina is handed over to the rule of merclless
aristocracy, created by the act of President john
son, and resolved not merely to exclude the negro
rom suffrage, but to make his new possession OF
freedom a mockery and a sham"
Nothing is more certain than that there
will be an open rupture between the radicals
and President johnson. They have already
opened their batteries on him. on the negro
suffrage question, and we hope the conserva-
tive sentiment of the country will rally Wig
orously to his support, for his bold faithful
ness is fully up to the Jackson Standard.
He has issued his proclamation sustaining
the action of the state of Tennessee and de
claring the relations of that state to the fed
eral government to be fully and completely
restored.
not confer the privilege of suffrage upon ne.
groes.
The issue, then, is made up between Pres
ident johnson and the negro worshippers.-
Tennessee Is a good state to try this issue
upon.
How are you, republicans of Rock Island
county, upon this question We stand by
Andrew johnson and his adm inistration.-
Do you oppose him and thsssby become
'copperhsads ?"