The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-28
Love for the Soldier.

The radicals love the soldier, if we can be-
lieve their protestations, with fervency
which trenches on idolatry. There Is no
high sounding title-no vigorous adjective in
the language-whicht they hesitate to give to
the soldier. They garland their brows with
the choicest flowers of rhetoric, and freely IN
vest them with all the wealth of the dictlon-
airy. In every stump speech they snshrine
their memories in the hearts OF the people,
and reiterate with sonorous emphasis the alb
solute mpossiblity OF ever paying the debt
of gratitude" But when 10 comes to taugl'
bic benefits your radical is not there. Cen
erous to fault with fair words, he Is excss-
sively stingy in the matter OF material bene.
fits. If one-armed soldier, incapscitated
from manual labor, asks the generous patri-
OTIS to elect him to Office, they don't do it
Realizing that the debt of gratitude can new
er be paid, they scoru to pay paitry install
ment and leave the debt with undiminished
principal and accumulsting interest, while
they settle in full with stsll-fed patriot by
electing him to the office which the one-arm
ed soldier wanted
The bill for the equalization of bountles,
and the adjustment Of sundry matters where
Injustice has been dons the gallant sol
diers who enlisted early in the war, has been
hanging fire in congress for long time. Ev-
=
should be DONE and one would think. If there
| were any such thing as truth In radical pro
testations, that this sill would have been one
of the first passed by congress. But no. 1t
does not secure any of ''tae fruits OF war,
and the radicals have no idea OF passing 1t
Mr. Fessendep, an eminent radical, ana one
who possesses Shs somewhat novel merit OF
frankness, probably speaks the true senti'
nent of his party, in speech which ne
made few days since. Hear him:
.In the house a bill was passed, which, if it be
| comes law, will take two hundred millions out
| ofthe treasury, confessedly on the pretence O.
| equalizing the bountes OF soldiers-thaf as to
say, paying debt ,rhich nerer contracted, nerer
| promised to pay, and nerer expected TO Pdy-ano II
| has passed the house with only two or three DIS
senting voices, as | understand. SereTGt Hsa1oeTs
of the house hare told that they Jrere e1ceedfngfy
ashamed Of at that If the question could hare been
taken tCithout reference to the pressure 6T0ught
from outside their minds they do not bei1ere thai
/ IL could hare got t1rentg rotes, though suppose
they were mistaken in that respect That bill, If II
ever passes the houses in my jud cement should
have new title, and that is, "A bill to pay the ex
| pensss Of electng senators and representatives o.
the United States out of the public treasury"
| The radicals look upon the equalization
bill as q fraud on the negro. 1t Is robbing the
negro OF two hundred millions, and to that
| extent endangering 'fhe fruits of the war. -
This two hundred millions, proposed to be
thrown away in doing justice to the men who
ENLISTED early in the war, might, If judicious-
| ly expended, materially aid In the elevation
of the negro, and in perpetuating the power
of New England. How many negro schoo
houses would this two hundred millions
build? How many branches of the bureau
would it organize? How much of 'ths
fruits" would it secure?
! We presume that Mr.. Fessenden speaks
the true sentiments of his party, and ~
thank him tor the bold avowal. We invite
the particular attention of soldiers to it, a
aHording an inside view of the workings 0
the party which processes especial solicitud
for their welfare. Let them read and pom
der