The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-10

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tomorrow not to establish principle
But the lyceum welcomed all sorts of opin- |
ions, and there men and women, white or
black, could freely utter their views. This
doctrine is not only untrue, bnt Is an insult |
to the press, the pulpit and the politaeaans, |
either or all of which are better and more
consistent instructors than Wendell rnh.ps'
who overturned his own theory Dy sAy.ng
that "the New York Herald ana inc se"
York Tribune are more the government 'i"h
the machine at Washington. Ahe !ceu"-
Phillips's kind-does not PfoV'oe 'oF 'ne
presentation OF both sides OF qoestfon, ana
doesn't care for prineipie, SO II can MAKE
it pay" II always mas some money-"aking
scheme ct the oosfom /, 70 RAISE money 1or
han, or TOT DOCKS, or WORKS OF art, OF some
thing Oh tnat sort, ana womb welcome Lioyd
u ss', wendei II fhfiiPs OF Inc DeV,i
y u aooatd pdy-aiways prosiaing mat eacn
one OF these lecturers shou" ss0noer anu
abuse the democratic party.
In relation to the war ne SAID Mr.. Lineoin
called it "a big job" and we must not be IN
q hurry to allow the rebels to return. They
must be kept out to years; they were beat
en- but not convinced or converted; they
must have "Fann1 hall eranmed down their
throats," and stake our school marms, before
they are allowed to return. Constitutional
amendments and laws were so much waste
paper, utterly worthless. IF they were allowed
to come back they would control and govern
the countryi They must be made to believe
as we believe. They must be remoddeled
and reconstructed on the New England
plan, before they are allowed to come back.
That is the substance of his argument.
He seemed to take especial delight in viii
lifving and Safeguarding Gov. Seward,
President johnson, Henry Ward Beecher
I and Gen. Grant.
Gov. Seward, he SAID, had "lost his brains"
| and there were silly fools in the audience
| who thought this excessively funny and ap-
plauded it. ..
| President johnson, he said, had, within
| 80 days from the day he came into power
made written contract in black and white,
with the leaders of the south, signed with
his own hand, pledging himself to "save the
| oligarchy of the south from their hard fate; =
1 to reinstate the rebels in power; to make
the war failure, and cripple the declaration
Of independence in the SOUTH, He believed
that this contract wouldayet see the light of
day and become part of the history of the
country. .a.
The audience listened in establishment at
the audacity of the man, but neither ap-
plauded or censured.
| Then he pitched into Ward Beeeher, ex-
tolling him to the skies, but, because he
showed the heart of human being towards
the PROSTATE, bleeding, suffering people OF
the south he cast him aside as worthless
lumber, -., ....-
/ Ersh,Idan.a h,, tho s;,an oe bic ,d;anoe
com. Of ,vbo,, .,,r,,.ndoa h. .h,sa &c Cov
/ sav,ra ora al, of vho,, o,;i;a,,r endured his
Olaodo,s os R.oohor .nd pros;a.,. Joh,so,
.el.ohoa 80 d. oa, ,;,a;o,;uo "a
Il o,tr, ,,ao,, buso ,e ea,, f,r.n, we =. ve
o, Lo, "a e.,u, H. ,;naf NO, aeo,
d.no,,o;nx pu,;ao,. Ios,o, ...;,or
e,a.oo5 - Mo. - ras.,,,a uaha,, - no,ro,
and be,rov tho nor,b ;n,o tho hands - tba
sou,b ba-ho,a,v cbo-oea f,an Cor, with bo;, =
a marty 10 tho treason. that be WAS ,a+tv te
the New Orleans riots and balnad hattie he,
streets in loval blood that nv his counten
ance and nresence he be,ned mt tho co,s,;
tuition under the feet of rebels in Baltimore
and restore than tn u,wer /. that he was
quietly aiding johnson in treason, and e;tbe,
con,dp,t helm himself or f,if,n ;, wan, to do 90
/ :.
ha did, MON, 90 ho MOS .ra;..r. He sale
l.. he knew perfectlv well what he was saving
he felt his risks and his responsibility: h,
knew he was standing on hot ashes but il
view of all this he declared that Grant wa.
; letting treason hide behind him; that he wa
a piece Of CLAW; that he does not know hi
} own opinions or purposely conceals them
and that, to no such negative should tn,
next presidency of the nation be committed
This is the style of abuse heaped upon tn,
great soldier, and quietly listened to by
Rock Island audience, many of whom wer,
.. soldiers. If it was proper to applaud sen
q timent they approved, 1t was certainly a
proper to express dissent by kissing the eS
preston of sentiments which ought to rende