The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-07

and debt. SensiDie PS0P'S 0'0 '0'
led that way any more. If a "cape'n'at
:, all the radical party have to offer th'
people by way Of reform and reduction o
expenses, it won't do.
Well, they marched up to the hotel anC
marched Col Bsno, who happened to be
here on business) down to the court house
where with the lamps, they had meeting
Of perhaps $50 or 200 people. Mr. Rosen
field evidently ashamed Of the serape he has
got into, didn't appear, and Mayor Murdock
presided
Col Bane was the speaker Some Il or
IS years ago, he was physician, down in
Adams county, aud democrat The demo-
Gratis sent him to the legislature, where be
enacted the role Of SickleS in the board OF
supervisors, viz bobbing up on every ques.
ton, and saying nothing of any sort Of i'm.
portance. The democrats didn't give him
any more offices, and he "jined the wide
awakeSr He is U. S. assessor for this
congressional district, and he wants to keep
the republican party in power so he can
keep his Office. 1t is very proper that he
should do so--if he can. He was introduced
and spoke two hours aud half. We have
not room tor his speech, although we have a
complete report of it. We therefore give =
brief synopsis as follows
am called upon to make a short speech
here this evening and it shall be very short
aud probably the more pleasing on that &C.
count. This is one of the first meetings
that have attended, one of the first tanner
club meetings. II revives in me the old
spirit, the old military spirit when enthusi.
asm was created to the overthrow Of the
country's enemies and now that you have
clothed it in peace will be none the less pow.
erful. Ia order for men to know just
how to vote it is necessary to know what
they vote for, II find my necktie close, e1.
cuse me if ] remove it, all interior or middle
parties, gentlemen, have been buried out Of
sight men can't be on the fence now as du
ring the war there can be no such thing rs
middle men. The democrats do not want
their record during the war discussed.
Nothing can equal the audacity Of the dem
cratic party no amount of daring impu.
dence on their part could sstonish me.
The democratic party has committed the
highest known crime TO any state, community,
or individual viz treason. 1.-THE Democrat
party is not red with treason no state, com.
munity, or individual is. The democratic
party to-day is in sympathy with Wade
Hampton and the lost cause. That man..
Gen. James W. Singleton, the present can
ddate for congress, said, in the presence of
an acquaintance of mine that, "lf he was a
Young man he wOnld be q revoulionist 10.
day and would ride into power on the wave
of revolution" Democrats are now trying
to ride into power on false financial ISSUES.
Ihe $40 bonds cant be paid in greenbacks
and the democrats know it. They are ma.
king this an issue that they may again re.
cover power. The real question that is agi-
Eating this country at present is the question
Of the resumption Of specie payments and
the party who accepts this as an issue and
whose platform tends in that direction will
receive the support Of the people. 1t is the
question there is no lodging it. There
never has been party who in their actions
Prd expressions Of opinion have set the con
sttution more to naught than the democrat.
ic party, who have brought more wretched.
ness upon the government by the support
Of those in armed rebellion against the gov.
eminent and they now would food it with
worthless paper.
I will not maintain there are not some
good men III the rank and file of the demo.
cratic party, some contentious men, but
they are not aware OF its dangers or the
fearful tendencies of the principles which
they espouse. myself was once member
Of the democratic party, in the good old
times when, If there was any particularly
hard fighting to do democratic knuckles
had to do it. Bnt the better portion Of the
democratic party have long since left it. 1t
was strange sight but one which was
nevertheless obvious to all men that all
the PRAYING men we're in favor Of war and
all the fighting men were in favor Of peace;
unless occasionally when Mr.. Seymour found
il necessary to call out his friends to de.
molish few orphan asyums.-
He said that, in power the democracy had
always been a war party on peace questions,
and out of power had always been peace
party on war questions, and that there was
no perceptibIe difference between demo.
crat and rebel--put musket in the hands
Of democrat and he became rebel and
place a ballot in the hands of rebel and he
became a democrat.
The above is sample of a q hours tir,
ade, interlarded with such stale clap.trap as
"copperhead," "rebel," JEFF. Davis" WADE
Hampton abuse of democratic candidates
and laudation of radical candidates &C., &c.
SO abusive was he of the democratic party
that, at one time about rs democrats left
the house, in n body.