The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-09
ANOTHER RADICAL. HEAD OFF

We have reliable information that Mr..
Howell, the post master at keokuk, Iowa,
has lust been removed, and a friend of john
son and Benton appointed in his place
Howell is editor of the keokuk Gate city,
q radical negro-sutfrage-M aine-law paper
same style of the Davenport Gazette. This
removal shows President Johnson's opinion
OF radicals shows that he is in favor of the
election of Benton and the soldiers ticket,
and opposed to Stone and all the republican
negro equality schemes.
The negro suffrage and Maine law paper,
in this city, the UniOn. tries to persuade it
self that Russell was removed because of his
action in changing the location of the post
office That matter had no more to do with
his removal than had the breaking of the
telegraph cable. Russell was removed be-
cause of his radical negro-equality doctrines
and his opposition to the presidents policies.
And so was Howell. And so will be every 9TH
er federal Office holder, by and by. So make
your election, gentlemen-chooSe whom you
will serve. You can't carry water on both
shoulders. You must go in for Johnson and
the democratic union and administration
ticket, or against him-One way or the other,
Our advice to federal Office holders is TO be
open, frank and outspOken in their opinions.
The sly, non mmittal game won't VIM
The president wants TO know who his friends
are, and he says there is no better way of
showing where they stand than by voting for
his friends and sustaining his policies. We
know, by authority which cannot be success
fully contradicted, that Andrew Johnson was
asked, by q New York conservative repub-
lican, the other day, which of the two tickets
in New York ought 70 be elected, aud he re-
piled: 'The democratic ticket, Of COURSE
ii ought tc be elected eueryUhere." The radi-
Gals can put that in their pipes and smoke it.
We have the evidence Of it's truth.
1t is perfectly plain that all the conservat-
i've men of the country must act together in
support OF johnson. And it is also perfectly
plain that the radicals will oppose him, and
thus parties will be divided.
Who are the conservative men of the coun-
try? All democrats who sustain the consti-
soso@ 'HO1iAOAiS'Oc u thSli p6Iss jill 10
publicans who are opposed to negro-sufrage,
negro equality and all the radical negro poll
cies. These are the men-and they cOnsti-
tute at least seYen-e ghths OF the whole coun.
try, if not nine-tenths. Il don't matter
whether you call them the democratic party,
or the administration party, or the democrat
ic union aud administration party--it 10 al
the same they compose the party that sus-
tains Andrew johnson and constitutional
measures.
Who are the radicals ? They are the peo-
pie who follow Sumner, Yates, Greeley,
Chandler, Wilson & Co., and the 1ridunes
and such newspapers, in opposition to Presi-
dent Johnson, and in favor of negro equality
in favor of excluding the south from the
Union until the people of that section do
what Connecticut has just refused to do
Now, we ask the reasonable, intelligent,
conservative republicans where they are 60
ing. Which of these parties are you going
with? Your vote for county officers, on the
9TH of November will tell