The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-30

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peae Ind Honorable. We needn't humil.
iate Ourselves through fear of what human
kind can do to Us. IF the radicals intend to
conhscate US the7 viii do It, and no accep-
1Ance ef Shernsfs bill MA prevent it. I'll
they want our cshbages, they are going to
have 'em. If they ride over one law, they
will ride over anothsrv~-f they disregard
Mr.. Johnson's great argument, they'll disre-
gard anything. don't know how it is gen.
orally, but there amt an unpardoned rebel in
this county, and if they confiscate they have
got to declare the pardohs alfvoid. Nobody
knows what they wont do, or when they will
quit doing Il, and my advice is, to sr.ter and
be strong endure everything Esnd accept
nothine. AL is lost, save honor. HOldsup
your manhood Don't lick the hand that's
raised to strike the blow. Joe Browns han
ner says '-all is lost save honor, and that is
only tolerable l thank you, it grows puny
and weak.p He says we can have represen-
| tation ir congress. Who by A man who
takes the test oath, and can control the Niger
vote? Who wants such representation? How
| long would it be before he would jine the
| radicals and go in for confscation? If he
controlled the niger vote he'd promise EN-
| land or something else. Demagogues have
always. controlled the ignorant whites, and
L
Who controls the niger influence in Ten
| nessee ?-why, Brownlow and his party
| Tennessee has done just what Joe Brown
wants us to do, and now look, at her and
weepl-a niger candidate running for gov
ernor. -sy4-
But suppose we had represe ntation, and
had elected all good men, fair men, what
could they do for us? Just nothing at all.
With the present radical majority all our
votes wouldn't undo anything that has been
done, and with radical president they could
do as much more as they pleased. just let
4 'em alone, give 'em rope, more rope; history
4 is repeating itself, the crisis will come some
time, tyranny and oppression must run their
l course, and Joe Browns programme won't
sstop it.. II zafoa
One of his resolutions made my head
swim. / felt like taking chloroform. He
| would make the whole yankee nation believe
1 we loved 'em like brothers, and wanted 'em
to come out south, and let us hug 'em. Well,
all that sorter, stuffis played out. There amt
| hundred men in the state that has any
more respect for radical than hyena, and
knows our hearts, and how fondly we cling
to those moderate men of the north who
would save us from the humiliation that awaits
us. Let kind word be spoken to a subju-
gated reb and the warm blood quickens in
the veins. Het- Js-a
Oh, but here are the Union Leagues, some.
body says, what are they going to do with
US? 2 Never mind, my friends, the Union
Leagues amt going to hurt nobody. They
are made of flesh and blood like we are, and
they are citizens, and their fate will be ouI
fate. They are as much disguised at Sher
mans bill as ANYBODY They are our neigh
bors and our friends, and if there is some
bad men among 'em there is enough of the
good to make 'em do right. So keep quiei
and be easy, and the Union Leaguers are
not going to trouble you. If they want t.
| save their own, it don't follow that they wan
T to steal yours.
But Joseph is afraid we can't stand mil
itary government. Well, | know its humlia
ting, whitening, crushing; but we have stood
it, and can try It awhile longer. We can dc
Lit till we can do better. Military govern
ment aint the cause of our poverty and dis
| tress. Its a government higher than Thoma!
| or Sherman or Sheridan. Its the loss o
crops, the want of rain. The military never
stopped the corn from CROWN, and there's jus
as much rain in one platform as the other
| IF the good Lord will only bless us witt
abundant harvests, everything viii go OF
smooth enough with the humble and homes
people who drive the pillow and hoe the corn
If they prosper, everybody else will too, i
they mind their own business. We viii have
to quit talking SO much, and quit writing al
together-muzzled lips and a gagged press
| I've done took warnin myself, and quit. Had
my life insured In the Knickerbocker, anc
the policy don't allow me 10 expose myself
to jump into unnecessary peril. The military
can out-wit us anyhow. Folks say the per
| Is NIGH than the sword, but you put EN-
both together, and they'll flank man out o
his liberty, and may be his life, in double
Ieuick The Mayor of this town had little
billet doin with Gen. Thomas the other day
and came out second best. ! thought, myself
that q order must be hoax, got up by Bricl
Pomeroy, or somebody, and was lookin fo1
the general to come out in a card denyin o
it, but soon found that it was a jenuine Rob
esperan document. / still think his posterity
will deny it some 20 years hence.
| Well, / was mighty mad. ] would have
lgiven hundred dollars to have played Van
toan with him for one hour, just&to have
been turned loose in the papers, all free, nj
gag, no Jail, no barracks, no bayonets, ne
guard / would have got such grin OF
him for the next six months as would have
made everybody except Brick Pomeroy for
get that Beast Butler stole spoons. ''Livin
on their magnanimity y i tell you that go
me, that burnt me, when knew there WASH
enough magnanimity in ship load of al
such to support a poor reb twenty -four hours
Magnanimityl My opinion is they've lost the
seed, and don't know now what the commo
dity is I was as full of epitaph as Brown
low is of pison. Language comes to me
spontaneous regular hidelifters, that woult
have peeled the bark from a mans carcas.
} like skinnin' an alligator. But you see
was in a cautious state, and had to smother
my feelings. ] think i should have gone W
with spontaneous combustion if my wife
hadn't broke the spell with her comicl
scenes She is an amusin' and interestin
woman but much given to music in thes,
days of numerous and lively offspring; bu
! Jest as soon as order Il came out she hunted
5 up the ''gray jacket" the conquered ban
ner," and jest such a solo soiree / have q
/ times week, was never heard in Big Shant,
| before. She seems to take a delight in let
| tin the rebel flag on the title page "see the
light" and "flaunts it about in my face be
E cause l call myself aUnion man. She says
5 that part of the order about Gen. Hanson's
remains was founded on scripture, and SC
was Phil. Sheridan's about Gen. Johnston's
tor Solomon says in Elecesiastes, "that a
5 iivin' dog is better than a dead lion" NV
: opinion is that it will be impossible to harm
/; onize these women during this century,
i Such orders as Il will cut off all hope of it.
think if Gen. Thomas hadn't been a Viz
gilman, he wouldn't have issued it. / no
tice that when Virginian falls, he falls
|, heavy and fur. He gifts further over on the