The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-16
Choice Extracts From the Radical Press


A MILITARY CANDIDATE A BLuNDER. J
During the existence Of this republic four a
military Presidents have been elected a
aud jackson, Harrison and I
TAYLOR. Two Of these men acquired popu' G
aritv and sustained their influence more by I
tallsctnal than martial renown; more on ,
,onplar measures and enlighted statesmen. {
hin than by tie humbug and detision Of s
military glory. The two other Presidents
GENERALS Harrison and Taylor, were sad
,luaders and incOnceiyable mist6kes--ex.
.mples Of the error Of taking military popu.
arity on trust without its subjects possess
ng the slightest qualifications for states.
uanship or governmental talents.-Nelo
York Herald, June I, 1852.
In the late election the wings not only
went to the army for their candidate, but
they took its commsning-general just return.
ed in triumph from successful war n
mere military reaOton ,oere as potent with the
people as is pretended by many, he Toutd
hare been chosen President. So utterly
poweress is an exalted military reputation
in securing political support to candidate
that this has been one Of the most Oper.
tchelmning defeats yet recorded in the hiSto'
tory Of the various struggles for the Presi. |
dencv Of the United States.-Ner York |
Eocning Post, NoUember 4, 1852.
MILITARY "rINsEL, TAGS AND FEATuERs.'
General Harrison was not elected because
| he was q soldier, but from the unpopuIarlty
which Martin Van Buren's financial opera
tons and the failure Of the state banks
| had brought upon the democrats. Nor was
the election of General Taylor a military
triumph. Had Mr.. Van Buren, been true to
the democratic standard instead Of splitting
the party, Mr.. Cass might have been success
| full. General Scots defeat is the third ex
ample OF the little real influence uhtch mill
tatg popularity possesses on Presidential
election, when it is unRccompanied by civil
capacity, or trammeled by the support Of an
obnoxious faction. 1t has become 80 much
the fashion to suppose that tie tinSeL repWte
of mHHarY ralor and tie tagS and feathers
ora soldier are all that is required to insure
the favor Of the people of the United States,
that few question the fact. We doubt how.
ever, whether in reality such claims to pop
ularity are feft outside the circle in which
military men are chief movers.-New York
HeraM, Norember t. 1852.
GRANTS BLUNDER AT BELMONT.
1t would be unjust to General Grant, in
the absence of more reliable information
concerning the affair, to crticise the Tack Of
qeneralship by which it seems to have been
marked If he knew the strength of the
l. 1 I vaY,{uaov Ia gsgL, IN n.
counter with him at the head Of force so
far inferior 1t would seem impossible,
moreover, that he should not have known
that the first discharge of artillery would
bring reiniorcements across the river where
the rebels were in full strength.-Neso York
Times, November 9, 1861.
"wHEY THE WINE IS IL" &c.
We have no heart to comment upon the
affair at Belmont, in which our troops up
pear to be badly served. The
organizer of the expedition has not been
able TO keep bis own secrets. Why,
we ask, have we continually to contend with
the disposition OF our commander to blab p
Chicago Tribune, Norcmter, 1851,
GRANTS yERACITY QUESTIONED.
The Presidents message and General
| Grants report on the condition Of affairs in
the rebel states, which we're read in the
senate today excite lively comment. They
we're received with some surprise, and it IS
doubted whether the Investigations to be in.
instituted by the committee on rcconstruc.
ton lciH bear out all the statements contain
cd Me,ein,-NeV York Tribune, December,
20, 1868.
THE RADICALS MUST BE DEFEATED,
The bate of the Union, be it always re-
membered, must now be fought on northern
ground, The danger to oar national eTiSt-
ence no longer comes from the southern pol
iticians aud soldiers, but from sectional pol
iticians among themselves. We are not re,
quired to fight theoretical secessionists, dis
ciples of Calhoun, but, instead, practical
diSuniOniStS undcr the guidance Of north
ein radicals. 1t is not struggle between
} sections, but q struggle between the Union
lists and disuujonists Of the same section,
aud that the northern. We of the north
are called upon to maintain the integrity OF
the Union and the supremacy of the const
tuition, and to do this effectually ace mast
erpeL the Radical diSuni0nistS from Con
gress aud elect unlonlsts rs their success
ors.--Netc York Times, august Is, 1866.
q EX.REBELs BETTER THAN RADICALS.
J.. Ex-Governor Perry would be safer man
in congress than nine.tenths of the mem
bers who obey the crack of Thad Stevens
10 whp.-Nao York Times august l6, 1866
- THE RADICALS FANEING THE EMBaRs.
n We submit to the judgement ofeyery can
did man whether the whole force and pow
er of the radical party is not devoted to the
. single object Of tanning the embers of sec
d tional hatred and again arraying the pas
9, sions Of the states and of races in deadly
:, hostility against each other.-Ner Tork
81 Times, September 8, 1866.
e How Congress Cares for Itself
The following interesting facts about con
b. gress, are from late speech of Hon. Dan
a. W. VOORHEES,
lie Another method Of spending your money
II. is also worthy of notice in this connection
Congress is in the habit of having lsrg,
number of special committees on every sub
u ject that ever entered the brain of man.
They are very expensive. 1t is made tn