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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-30
A DIsUNION CONVENTION.

A convention is about to be holden ut
Philadelphia to contrive means and meas
ures to keep the Union devided. 1t is nam
ed the Southern Union Convention" but ia
TO be held in the north, for the reason that
q bakers dozen of persons cannot be found In
the south who favor the radical dlsunion
scheme Of Stevens, Sumner Co. The radi-
Gals use the names of Stokes, of Tennessee !;
Hamilton, of Texas Gaunt, of Arkansas );
aud Hahn, OF Louisiana, to get up the meet
ing, which will be run by northern radicals
and called southern union convention ~
Stokes was a furious secesslonist and rebel !;
Jack Hamilton, the Houston Telegraph in
forms US, "from 1858 to 1858, was most
violent secessionist, insisting on the RECESSION
of the articles of annexation of Texas to the
Union. and seeking support for public Office
on that platform. He was thus IN favor of
secession, by separate state action before
anybody else in the south was, in conse-
quence Of northern aggressiOns upon the in
stitution of slavery. Abou: the same time
he was openly and earnestly an advocate Of
the re-opening of the African slave trade
And last of all, after the war commenced, he
applied to leading merchant IN Galveston
for money to raise g company for confederate
service" Gaun.-the great southern union.
lst and radical orator-held a commission in
the rebel army and said the way they served
Yankees, when they caught them, was to
hang them to the first tree. Hahn held q
r
ment, and so on. There is scarcely man
among these puerists who was not seces-
sionists sometime during the rebslion-who
either encouraged it's commencement or sue
tanned it afterward.
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"My Pelicy.o

Among the many traps used by the enc
mics of our devoted president TO catch the I'M.
weary thinker, is the very frequent use OF
perhaps one of Mr.. Johnson's expressions,
made probably, in familiar conversation on
the state of the country, viz: my policy:
( Yes, brave Andrew johnson, 50 thoroughly
wound up, mind and body, in the best inter
ests of your beloved country, that you In,
stinctively account the best policy to forward
those interests to be your own policy, the enc
mics of your country even stoop to use your
very devotedness against you
The reiteration of "my pot'cy' over and
over again, by the radicals, Is no proof ina,
it is not the right one, but 1T rs proof thai
those who copy the phrase, either for the pur
pose ofinslnuating an idea of dictation on the
part of Mr.. johnson, or for the purpose Of
ridicule, can find no argument to sustain tneh
| enmity to him.
Mr. Johnson's policy is to prevent the rad
icsls from doing what our soldiers fough
agains.-DIVIDING THE UNION. "My
policv'' means UNION, PROSPERITY, AM
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONSIl
| TUITION OF THE UNITED STATES, ant
| every thinking patriot will support my pott
| en- and make it OUR POLICY, till radica
| defeat and hypocritical ambition is deteate'
and shown up "Ny policy" has been thu
policy of our armies in the field, and m
policy is the right policy to support at tn
ballot box-St. Louis Dispatch.
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The disunion radicals say that, although
John Il. Logan was In favor of the south at
the beginning of the war, he changed his
opinions afterwards and took sides with the
north. We are now asked to believe in his
sincerity, becaused he has changed and yet,
when southern men frankly come forward
and renounce the doctrine of secession, and
declare that they accept, in all sincerity, the
results of the war and the situation il has
wrought out, the radicals reply that they are
not to be trusted. They ask the people to
believe and accept Logans repentance as
sincere, though he now goes with the radi-
ais, against restoration of the Union but
thew say that it will not do to believe in the
sincerity of southern men, who are now ar
IDENTIFY desirous that the Union should be re-
stored. It is evident that the radicals, if they
ever pray at all, have expungsd that portion
Of the Lords prayer which is petition for
forgiveness on the ground that the petitioner
exercises charity: "Forgive US our trespasses,
as ~e forgaoe those who trespass against u.s."
They and Logan want their trespasses forgiv-
en-, while they swear they won't forgive the
south single trespass. The practical YER
sion of their prayer is: "Ol Lord! Forgive us
our trespasses, but give all other tresp assers
hel."-Quincy Herald,
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DESCRIPTION OF A yyELL-TAXED
COUNTRY.

Sidney Smith's terrible picture Of his own
we'll taxed country will never be forgotten. -
What was then, and is STILL true true of Eng
land has been made too true of our country
by the wicked policy of sectional parties and
by the robberies and plundering which were
permitted in the prosecution of the war
Here is the picture:
Taxes were piled en- taxes, until they
reached every article which enters into the
mouth, or covers the back or is placed under
foot; taxes upon everything which it is pleas
ant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste taxes
upon warmth, light, and locomotion; taxes on
every thing ON earth and IN the waters under
the earth on Verything that comes from
abroad or is grown at home; taxes on the raw
material; taxes on fresh value that is added
to it by the industry of man taxes on the
source which pampers mans appetite, and
the drug which restores him to health; on
the ermine which decorates the Judge, and
the rope which hangs the criminal on the
poor mans salt and the rich mans spice on
the brass nails of the coffin and the ribbons
of the bride. At bed or board, couchant Or
levant, we must pay.
"The school boy whips his taxed top the
beardless youth manages his taxed horse with
u taxed bride, on a taxed road; and the dy-
ing EngIishmsn, pouring his medicine which
has paid seven per cent, into spoon that
has paid fifteen per cent, filings himself back
upon the chintz bed which has paid twenty
two per cent, makes his will ON an eight
pound stamp, and expires in the arms of on
apothecary, who has paid licsnse of hum
dred pounds fer the privilege of putting him
to death. His whole property Is then imme-
diatey taxed from two to ten per cent Be.
sides the probate, large fees are demanded
for burying him in the chancel his virtues
are handed down TO posterity on taxed mar
BILE; and he is then gathered to his fathers, to
be taxed no more"
England was hundreds of years in piling
up the debt which complied this taxation.-
We did an equal sob" in .to4r years. If we
shall prove as smart in paying as in accumu-
lating it, and thus speedily relieve our peo-
pie from its great burdens, we shall much
more exhibit our superiority to our English
ancestors, and In g much more favorable
light
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CHURCH BEILs.-The great bell of st. Peters
at Rome, weighs Is, 600 pounds; the bell at Err
furt, %, 900. "Great Tom" in Christ church,
Oxford, the largest bell in England, weighs II,
600 pounds; the great bell of Lincoln, 1884 ;
and the great bell of St. Paul's, London, $500.
The bell in Palez Vecchio, at Florence, suspend
ed 295 feet from the ground, weighs Il, 900
pounds But as large are these bells, they
shrink considerable when compared with those OF
Russia. The bell in the tower of st. Ivan, Mos
COW, weighs 100000 pounds; and the fallen
great bell which lies at the foot of the same tow
er, 443, 772 pounds Its height is over q feet,
and its diameter at the rim is % feet. The metal
in it is estimated to be worth about S350,000.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-30

Sheet ANDREW JACKSON. No,o tech
at IF you dar !"
jackson had ceased to be president nearly
a generation before, and had been in his
grave for many years, yet merely under his
would have defed presidents and courts, and
the very army and navy, confident Of an In
violabls protection to his home. IS
Andrew Johnson's name is scarcely less
potential, to-day. His wonderful frmness
and iron will is suppressing anarchy and
disorder throughout the land, and rapidly
teaching the radical disunion faction that
the constitution and the laws must be obeyed
He has made glorious mark upon the pol
icy of the country, and is writing page o.
history which will shine brighter and brighte,
to the end of time, placing his name high
among the proudest rulers of the world.
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i radical journal in Cincinnati states that
General Grant has declined to accompany
the presidential excursion 10 Chicago, and
regards the circumstance as indicating that
the general desires not to give occasion for
any further suppOsitiou that he approves of
the Philadelphia platform. Now as the tel
egraph announces that General Grant is on
the way to Chicago with the president, 1t
must follow, according to the Cincinnati log
loan. that General Grant aces desire to give
further Indication OF his approval of the
national union plstform.
All this surmise, however, is idle. That
General Grant does approve and is perfectly
willing to stand upon the Philadelphia plat.
form is o. fact, The radicals will not succeed
in their efforts to disprove this fact.
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THE POWER OF GEN. JACKsON's
SIGNATURE.

writer in the New York Eoening Post,
with reference to land Office matters at Wnsh-
ington, relates the following:
It sometimes happens that a uatent is de.
livsred prematurely or enormously. In such
cases there is no power to compel surrender
of it. and it is the practice to issue another,
or otherwise give a standing in court to the
person really entitled, and allow the two
claimants to settle the title before the local
judiciary. 1t is usual, however, for the com.
missioner in all such cases first to demand,
by letter to the patentes, the surrender of the
liberal patent. Some years ago it was dis.
covered that patent which had been issued
thirty years before to man in Alabama,
was irregular. The reply was from the pat,
entee, a man of more vigor than culture. II
ran as follows: s.9ss
You think you are go'n to git my paytent.
! reckon not. | am not afeard of you. My
paysen Is sinsd mere he drew an enormous
Iuoe limitation of the characteristic sigma
'ure' displaying it from side to side of the
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-30
DRUG AND GROCERY STORE.

TENHE undersigned have just opened, in Il
Z linois City, a store for the sale of Drugs,
Med icines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuhs, and Groceries
all kinds, and they respectfully solicit share
OF public patronage.
They guarantee to sell goods as low as they can
be bought IN Rock Island Muscatine, and war
rant everything to be precisely what 1t is repre-
scented.
&ss- Cash paid for first class butter, eggs, and
hides.
NIB. One of the firm tDr. Skelton) being a
practciGg physician, and both being practical
druggists, they feel confident they give satIs-
faction in regard to medicines and prescriptions.
J. N. SKELTCN,
LEONARD MANNING.
Illinois City, Aug. Is, wtf.
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e.. The following is from the Brooklyn Eagle
and Is we'll put. It says:
We quote the following enumeration Of
grievances from the Declaration of Indepen
dence, and so far as the south is concerned
they are as true to day, as against congress
as they were ninety years ago as agains,
George the Third:
''He has refused to pass other laws for the ac-
commodston Oflarge districts OF people, unless
those people would relInqulsh the right of repre-.
sentatIon in the legislature; right inessmable to
them, and formidable to tyrants only. (See pro-
posed amendment to the constItution.)
CHE has erected multitude of new Offices, and
sent hither swarms of officers to arass people
and eat out their substance. (Congres attempts to
do so und er the Freedmen's Bureau bili.)
'&Ke has kept among us, IN time OF peace, stand
ing armies, without the consent of the legislature
(Ths congressional pollcy.)
ssHe has affected to render the military indie
pendent Of and superior to the civil power (Con-
gress has done so, under the civil rights and freed
mems bureau bills.)
s'For imposing taxes without our consent
CThe south has voice vote in congress)
ssFor taking away our charters, aboshing our
most valuable laws and altering, fundamentally y,
the powers OF our governments. (The congfes
slonal poiicy.)
ssFor suspending our own legislatures and de-
clarng themselves invested with power for in
ali whatsoever. Congress makes claim to
this poverty -
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The Only Disunion Party.

The radicals are now in the country. The
secessionists of the south are now extinct as a
party and as an organization. They and their
efforts to dissolve the Union passed into his
tory as things of the past but the dsunion radi-
Gals are living, active, vindietve organization,
striving to perpetuate their power, and working,
with unfagging zeal, to keen the Union asunder.
All the southern states were represented in the
Philadelphia convention and there, in that
great and patriotic body, composed of the first
intellects of the country, those southern repre-
sentatves solemnly renowned the doctrine OF
secession gave in their adhesion and their ale
glance to the constitution of the United States
as the paramount law of the land, proclaimed
| their fixed determination to sustain the union Of
| the states, and pledged themselves and their
constituents of every effort to re-establish and
perpetuate that union. This action, on Their
| part, so solemnly performed, under circumstan
| ces so imposing and impressive, from voluntary
| impulse alone, clears up the political skies sc
| that all who are not wilfully blind may see. Il
| leaves but one dsunion party in the country
| and that is the radical party, whose leading
| spirits are Sumner and Stevens Wade and Viii
| son, and others like them, with their deludet
| and misguided followers. But one party no
| stands out, before the country, in opposition t.
| an immediate restoration of the Union, and the
| complete return of concord, fraternity anc
| peace and that party is the radical party. Thu
| is the great logical fact, evolved by the march
| of great events. While the great heart of tbs
| people everywhere, east, west, north and south
beats high with hope and yearns for reunion
fraternity and concord, the radical party, will
| accidental majority in congress, stands out il
| bold and hateful opposition, splenetic and re
vengeful, Infatuated by malice and tremulou
with rage. Soon, however, these passions will
be succeeded by apprehension and dismay. TIN
hand writing On the wall was not more terribl
to Balshszar, than is the glad spirit of the peopl
at the reconciliation inaugurated at Philadelphia
to radicasm. The elections this fall will sea
the fate of radicalism, and it will pass into his
| tory, thing to be remembered only to be hated
- Quincg Herald
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Colonel T. Lyle Dickey has been nominated for
congressman at large.
General Jesse l.. Phillips, of Montgomery
county, has been nominated for treasurer by nc
clamatiOn.
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OLD SOLDIERS,

Remember, i'll. G. CoNNELLY, late
of the 14th Cavalry, continues MAX
ing application for Bounty under the
late law. Office over the Post Office,
Rock Island. 4
Pass the word along the line, Boys
Rock Island, Aug. IS, 1866, dwlm.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
SINGERS LETTER "a"
Family Swing Machine.

This splendid machine combines all the good
qualities OF DOR well known manufacturing ma
chimes, with many new and valuable improve
ments. II is swift, quiet and positive in its oper-
alton sews the very finest and coarsost materi-
ais, and anything betu cen the two extremes, a
beautiful and gu bstantai manner. 1t Hens, FEELS,
Cords, Braids, Tucks Gathers, Stitches, ETC., and
will do a greater range of work than any m &c hne
heretofore offered to the public. We especially
invite all in want of E @ "a
superior Family Sewing Machine
To pay US a visit. Every machine warranted, land
full instructions given BY competent and courteous
attendants.
w. T. NORRIS, Agent tor Rock Island county.
Over Blanding's Croekery Store, adjoining Bah
cocks Hall. may29dwtf.
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ROARDING HOUSE.

'ENHE subscriber has opened u regular
u boarding house, in the brick block on
the north side of UnIon Square, where permanent,
transient, or day-boarders can be accommodated
Meals furnished at regular hours.
Jzsr- A few good boarders can find rooms and
board at 81 per week it application ID made soon.
A Ii. OSBORN.
Rock Island, Aug. 2l-dtt
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NATIVE PEARL VERSUS Observation-Disclosures g
ware il poor substitute for natures. Let
those who so believe use the Sozodont, which, if
daily applied, will prevent all necessity for false
teeth by keeping the real ones sound and heal
thy
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stand Aside, White Soldiers

We have time and again published re-
arks, publicly made by leading radicals
going to place the black troops above the
white ones, not only as respects superior
Il ghting qualities, buG in ardent patrio,iem
We have few more specimens of like char
acter from their radical leaders at the recent
meeting at New Orleans, just preceding the
late murderous riots.
A Mr. Judd was one of the radical orators
He said. I'VE were whipped at Bull Run !;
we were whipped at hundreds of other pla-
ces; we were whipped all the time until the
heroic negro was enlisted In our cause. -
The white soldiers were poor white trash, iu-
capable of fighting, and getting whipped all
the time, until the negroes came to their aid =
So the radicals believe and say. Every
white soldier aud officer knows that is untrue,
and is piece of unmitigated humbuggery.
Until the negroes came 20 their aid Their
valor and endurance, and will and enthusi-
asm, were Infused into tho whites, and vic
tories followed, where before were nothing
but defeats! That may do to tell the blacks,
but not the whites, who know better, and
who will repel the base SANDER becomes
them.
Michael Hahn-formerly military COVER
nor OF Loulsiana-was another speaker. he
was president OF the meeting. Among other
things he said: "As President Lincoln and
the union army were unable to restore the
union until the colorsd men came to their
aid, the old story again, 80 the union men
of this state (Louisisna) feel that they can
not maintain the principle of the union Of
the states, without the aid of the patriotic
colored men," As we could not have sue
cseded in crushing the rebellion without the
aid of the fighting qualities of the blacks, SO
now the restoration of the union cannot be
accomplished without the aid of the intellec-
tual and heightened, moral and patriotic
qualities of the same race! The white man
had better stand sside, as unfit, by himself,
to accomplish anything great, and let the
negro try his superior gifts in bringing the
country back to peace and order.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
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FEATHERS FOR SALE.

DOR SALE at c. P. Hengstler's Toba Geo Store
next door to Babcock's Hall, 1900 lbs
Feathers cheap, in quantities to suit.
Give me a call before buying elsewhere.
-~C e. P. HEHGSTLER.
Rock Island, Aug. 20-dwlm.
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CARD TO THE LADIES,

THOSE wishing a choice tomato for canning
&C., will please send IN their orders, only halt
the crop will have time TO riPen thls year.
JAMES b. JONES,
aup25d2w Mammoth Garden. y
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Whole number of delegates

The caucuses, when met, also requested to
choose township and school district committees,
and perfect the organization of the party IN each
township and school district.
M1~ 1t 10 earnestly requested that the conserv-
alive men of the several townships see to it that
these cacuses are fully attended and that men are
chosen who will be present, at the county conven-
tion, that every township may be fully repre-
scented.
J. B. DANFoRrH, JR., Rock Island.
IRA CRAWFORD, Hampton.
s. F. HARTMAN, Buffalo Prairie.
CHARLES M. OSBORN, Rock Island.
DAVID L. CUNKLE, Camden Mills.
County Central Committee
Rock Island, August OF, 1866.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALEs
TX GOOD BUILDING LOTS, in Geo.
LC DavenpOrt's addition to the city OF
Island. Price from 5000 to $3.50.
Z Ten Acre Out Lots, situated on the Candle
road, half mile from the city of Rock Island
well situated for gardening and residences.
Terms half cash and balance on time.
~ Acres known the Cushing Tract, situated
on the Camden road, two miles from the city OF
Rock Island, and is beautifully situated for ress
dences, Gardening, Fruit raisng-has good sprin-
&C., and is about half mile from the &c Rock
River Water Power" Price, per acre, $40, hal,
cash and the balance time.
Also a number OF lots in Davenport, Iowa City
and LeClare, and Farming Lands in Iowa and
Nebraska Territory.
Apply to GEO. L. DAVENPORT,
ch27dwtf atDavenport, lows
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FINE STOCK FARM ON BLUFF FOR
SALE,

[ CONTAINING eighty acres, thirty uader cult
" Walton, three hundred apple and pear trees
bearing frnit, house and well. and other
sary improvements, miles from Rock leland
For further particulars enquire of Henry Schroe-
der on the farm, or o. J. DIMlCK,
Real Estate Agent, Rock Island.
Aug2Odw3m
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TO THE FARMERS.
MEAL EXCHANGED FOR CORN.

FARMERS who wish to exchange theiI
Il corn for good corn meal can do so, on ress-
enable terms, at our mill. -...s 1851. ,r
Corn meal tor sale, at all times, and in AM
quantity desired.
N. B. Cash paid for corn.
BIDDISoN & GILMORE
Rock Island, July Il, wit.
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Eo-zlags Adrsrtisemsnss.
NOTICE..

A LIZ persons are hereby cautioned against
a purchasing any note or notes from L. s.
Knott, given by J. N. Howe, rs they were OBJ
tain ed through fraud and misrepresentation.
aug30d3t j. n. HOWE.
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FOR SALE.

THE subscribers offer for sale at their shop,
corner of Eagle and Mississippi Street,
One Tuxning Lathe, One Drilling Lathe, both in
complete order, having all the necessary tools,
which they will sell very cheap for cash.
For further particulars enquire of Keen and
Mckay, or J. r. johnston. -a--- "a
KEEN, LAWHEAD & co.
Rock Island, Aug 20. lS66-dIOt
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Democratic state Convention.
Special to Chicago Journal.

SPRINGFIELD, H., August 26-The democratic
state convention has not vet made 10, nomina-
tons. General J. A. McClernaud is permanent
president of the convention.