The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-22


relations to array one section against the
other TO prevent our becoming homoge'
neous aud united nation; and to avoid any
discussion Of the corruptions, extrAvAganc''
aud mal.administration Of the repnoilcS"
party--sn attempt to hide its shocking usur'
pations Of power and it's demonstrations en-
aetments, under the prejudices Of strlie
long since ended, the animosities OF when
| should be at once and forever buried
The speech was full of the most outrs'
geous misrepresentation, lodging every Is
sue ex lept two-,he payment OF the ponus
in gold and universal negro sutfrage-both
of which he plainly advocated
Among the amusing things OF his speech
was his statement that Chief Justice Chase
had decided that the 18th amendment had
been copsttutionally adopted, and then
trying to show that if the republicans lost
the election, the democrats would declare It
void fit has been consttutonally adopt.
ed. Mr. Hswley certainly is lawyer enough
to know that it cant DO set aside except by
,yothirds Of the whole number Of states
He did rather seem to see this, after founder.
ing over the thing for long time, and when
he did see It he quit, and went again to the
old tune of creating a hate of sections de.
clared that the people of the south to a man
we're united for Seymour and Blair, when
be knows that the founder Of the Anderson
vile prison pen Joe Brown was the
leading man in the Grant and Colfax con
vention, made the leading speech there,
which is now advertised in the Chicago
Tribune as a campaign document when be
knows that Longstreet and Roger Pryor are
members Of the radical party when he
knows that Gov Holden, Of North Carolina,
who wanted to raise men to hang Lincoln,
is leading supporter OF Grant and Cofax
when he knows that large numbers of the
worst rebels Of the south are active and in.
Auential members Of his own party. But
he kept on with the most fragrant misrePre'
sensations of well known facts, and closed
by declaring that the democrats Of the north
we're rebels and united with the rebels of the
south and that "the republicans must stand
together aud resist them until they we're all
dead ~ Then realizing the horrible senti.
ment he had uttered, he remarked that che
said it in no uukiud spiritw "Keep up the
animosities of the past; keep up the stand.
ing army; keep up the negro bureau; keep
up quarrel between the north and the south
till the democrats are all dead-but he said
it in no unkind spirit" That's the English
of his whole speech.
He said he would advocate the same doc.
trnes all over the district, which he sdvocat.
ed here former republican, coming out
Of the hail. remarked to US that he should
vote for Singleton, and that il HaWley made
that speech throughout the district he would
be beaten by more than 5000. Another
gentleman, formerly a republican, said to us,
that the speech would have done very well
four years ago, but that, for the present day
and generation, it was worse than useless
that Hawley seemed to have become fossil
lied and forgotten that new questions, con-
corning the commercial interests of our
whole people had arisen, and that the people
were going to act on these questions, and
not on the dead and gone issues of four years
ago. -oo,
wherever he goes. 1t lost him votes here
and, we believe, will lose him votes wher
ever he makes it.