The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-03
THE BUG CATCHER TURNS POLfTI.
CLAN.

Some years ago Mr.. B. D. Walsh was a
regular Kansas shrieker and principal writer
for the snti-dsmocratic newspapers, which,
under various names, have been published
here. We thought that when he sunk ST.
500 on old John Brownism he had got
enough ofthst sort Of thing, and he really
gave evidence of attending to matters with
which he was better aoquainted-the natural
history of insects.
But he has broke out IN new place and
returned to his yomit, more virulent than
ever, and is again duly installed as principal
writer for the disunion newspaper.
He attempts review of Judge Thomp
sons speech, and we are really astonished
at the enormously stuped blunders he COM
mlts. His one-sided, prejudiced, partial,
bigosed John Bull mind won't let him see
anything that don't suit him, and tue result
is that he wholly misrepresents everybody
AMI everything.
We will not spend time and space with his
ridiculous report, except to show up one OF
his stupid blunders as fair sample of the
whole. Here is his "fourthly :"
oath, He asserted that during the first admins
tration of President Lincoln the state of Louisi-
ana was re-admitted by congress to its normal
relations with the Union and their senator's and
representatives duly installed into power at
Washington; whereupon he based the argument
that II Louisiana never had ceased to be in the
Union and voted in congress during the war;
surely the other rebel states ought TO vote in
congress after the war was over. Every man of
ordinary political intelligence knows that con-
DOsitIyeIy refused a ok vadp
as state in the Union on the occasion referred
TO. Indeed, if congress had done so Louisiana
would, during the last session of congress- have
had her representative and senators at Wash
ington, which was notoriously not the case
But the grOssest and most palpable falsehoods
are swallwed by democratic crowd, the ropues
liking them because they help the "good cause, ~
and the fools liking them because they dom t
know any better"
Passing over tho gross insult which Walsh
offers to the whole democratic party, we cal
his attention. to an extract, from page 1856 Of
q book entitled; "uissory of the Administra
tion OF President Lincoln, by Henry j. Ray
mond, New York, J. G.. Derby and N. C.
Miller 1864" as follows: a
1.-TWO members of Congress from the State o
Louisiana were admitted to seats in the House Of
Representatives under circumstances which madf
that action OF considerable Importance I'm
mediately after the occupation of New Orleans
by the national forces under General Butler. the
President had appointed General Sheplev mill
tary governor of the State of Louisiana. The
rebel forces were driven out from the city O
New Orleans, and some of the adjoining parish
es and when during the ensuing summer, tn.
people were invited to resume their allegiance t.
the Government of the United States, over so,
600 came forward, took the oath of allegiance
and were admitted to their rights as citizens.-
On the Sd of December General Shepley, acting
as military governor of the State, ordered al
election for members of Congress in the twt