The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-25
"LEr US HAVE PEACE.

The radicals place the negro over the
white man at the polls, and say, "Lct US
have peace They put the negro astrde
the white mans shoulders with his black fin
gers in thei white mans hair, and exclaim
"Let us have peace They set the negro
fiat and long heeled foot spou the white
mans neck, and shout, "Let US have peace
Illustrations Of the Jacobin method OF
letting us have peace seem to be very COM
mon in the south In New Orleans, on
Tuesday evening, while procession Of ne.
negroes and blackaud.tanners was passing,
some one among the spectators cried, "lIur'
rah for seymour Instantly from a thous.
and sable threats arose the Jacobin war.cry,
"Let US have peace |" In the arior Of their
desire to have peace, the Philippians seized
whatever weapon came to hand, and "chased
the person who cheered into a confectionery
store "Some indscriminate firing took
place The negroes fled but soon returned
with reinforcements bowling and fouTishing
weapons in their eager desire to let some
democrat have peace. After letting dem
ocratic. torchlight procession have peace by
pelting it with briokbats, the Ethiopian
peacemakers proceeded to let New Orleans
have some more peace by demoIshing win.
dows and attempting to Are building occu.
pied by democratic white men. "Let US
have peace
Here is one Of the speeches made by the
radical negroes south. It was made in Gret.
ma, La, by one Sandy Parker, and is fair
sample Of them all. Parker commenced his
harangue by calling the planters of that sec.
ton scoundres, Williams and id rebels,
who were trying to get the colored people to
vote the democratic ticket merely to cnslave
them aud put them under the lash again.
He said that the radicals we're determined to
elect Grant if no, by the ballot.box, at the
end Of the bayouct; that the colorcd people
of Louisiana had the whites under their feet,
and intended to keep them there; that the
torches were ready, and if a single radical
were killed by II democrat they would not
wait to know why and wherefore, for every
radical knew his post, and every house
would be fired, and the city would be one
sheet Of flame. "Let US have peace"
In the legislature Of Georgia, a radical
member recently offered a bill suppressiug
all the democratic papers in the state. Free
rarions for negroes, but not free speech
for white men, is the motto Of the radical
! party. "Let MS have peace
The democrats Of Indiana held monster
democratic meeting at Indianapolis, on
Wednesday. Speeches were made by Geo.
II. Pendeton, +. p, Blair, and many other
distinguished democrats. I'm the evening
they had 10000 torches in procession, aul
while the procession was passing the radIca
adquartcrs a most dastarily attempt wa,
made to assassinate Maj. John Kilgour, Of
the White Boys in Blue. Some of the radi'
Gals were raising quarrel with the White
BOYS in Blue, when Mai. Kilgour went to
the sidewalk to get the latter away. With.
out the slightest provocation, one Of the das
tardly assassns struck Kilgour in the face
with Ratchet, emitting his nose through and
aud disfguring him for life. After commit
ting tkis dastariy deed upon a peaceful and
unolTcnding gentleman, who was trying to
preserve the peace, the assassin fled inside
the hall, and the doors were barred By his
companions; aud it is to the credit Of the
. White Boys that they did not burst the
door and hang the scoundrel to the frs
! lamp post. Let us have peace
The previous night, at Sulphur Springs
Henry county, democrat was murdered il
cold blood, by radical rulian. \ party 0
democrats were on their way to Anderson
to take the ears for Indianapolis, when Thu
radical shot and killed one of them withou
proyocatiou. lie was arrested and lodged
in jail. "Let us have peace
At Springfield, H., on Tuesday night, al
unknown man was knocked down and beat
en- to insenSjbjlity by some negroes who haC
been celebrating their emancipation. lie
US have peace"