The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-10-23

radicals meant to do it, were habitually
slighted, ill-treatad, insulted. They were
called copperheads, knaves, fools, villains,
rebels, traitors. They were annoyed, insulteds
and injured IN every possible way. N
1t newspaper doubted that they. would
keep the states in the Union, it wa speedily
mobbed, its presses broken, its type thrown
out of doors, its furniture burned BY ruffians,
superintended by re,y respectable radicals in
the background. Or else they indicted the
editor by Jury of dirt-eaters, and then re-
fused him trial.
To keep the states in the Union immense
armies were raised. There was ealisting-7
there was volunteering-there was con-
scription-there was drafting. Nothing was
heard bnt the din of arms. Steamers and
trains carried men to the front and brought
back corpses for four years.
To keep the states in the Union, IS they
said, money was raised by the thousand
millions. Bonds were sold. Greenbacks
we're made. Honest men were made poor.
Knaves gotrich.
For four years this fair and heretofore
happy land was made a hell on earth-to
keep the states all in the Union!
At last the rebels yielded, and surrendered
one day under an apple tree at Appotamax
Court House-acknowledged that they
couldn't get out!
They acknowledged that secession was
beaten out of them-that rebellion was no
more-that the confederacy had gone up,
They scere aciling to stay in the Union!
Wasn't the question settled then? Settled
that the Union was kept together? I'd
Oh, no! The radicals in congress said
the war had been glorious--had been bril-
liant in achievement-had been wonderful
| in resnlt-but, after all, the states HAD GOT
| ourl The rebels had accomplished thei,
| objectl The Union was not perpetual! Il
| could be dissolved
The people of the south sent US senators
and representatives-union men--men who
had never believed in secession-soldierl
who had been in the federal army. Con
gress didn't know themi Congress said theil
| states had gone out, and must stay Out
| WHAT sPECTACLEl
| A half million of men in their graves who
died to keep these states in! Hundreds o
thousands manned for life, in efforts to kee.
the states inl The country filed with mourn
ers. ravaged by war, impoverished by taxes
| loaded with debit AND THE UNION Nor
| sAvEDi
| More than that. The men who persecuteG
those who could not believe that they in
| tended to keep the states in the Union, ar,
now equally vindictive toward those who in
sist that the states are still legally in it. Dix
they dare, there would be again mobbing o
men-there would be tarring and feathering
there would be shooting. Men would b,
again imprisoned. Printing Offices would
be again sacked, and malicious prosecution.
commenced against editors. They do VIVA
they dare to, towards compelling men to b.
as false to professions as they have been
They hold the south by military rule. They
put ballots in the hands of blacks, who bur
lesque the ballot by their idiotic appearance
They override the constitution. The,
threaten the President. The man tina
themselves elected, they call traitor, an,
threaten to remove him!
And this party had the effrontery to ssl
the people to vote it their confidence! Ate
having kept the country four years in wal
awful, shocking, bloody wsr-it pushes re
bellion from its pedestal of secession, snt
placing itself thereon, proclaims secession t
have triumphed! And this to lengthen out
little power it has abused. This, that
may hope to rule a little longer an insulte,
and betrayed people.
Reader, we promised to tell you what tn
people voted on, and we will. 1t was TIL
RECORD OFTHFRAD7CALP PARTY
The above is but a part of it.