The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-23
Wanted by the PeOple-AnSwers to the Fol
lowing Questions.

!. If negro suffrage is according to radI'
cal theory, an inaljcnabIe privilege, why are
the negroes Of the north forbidden to vote?
2. Why does the republican platform TO.
cogniZe the difference, when it says the he.
groes Of the south shall, and the negroes of
the north may not, have the right TO vote :
B. Why are the hundred thousand negroes
who served the rebellion against the Union,
allowed to vote, and why are the thousands
of negro soldiers who fought for the Union
not allowed to yOte2
/. Are kid gloves aud corkscrews station.
cry 2 The representatives at Washington
have used several hundred pairs Of the for.
mer under that head: With the latter they
opened probably only ink bottles.
5. What use did the representatives at
Washington have for 2,7s6 penknives, for
which the people had S. $40 TO pay. Was
there so much trimming to do?
G. Now, we get to the humanity logic
which is very strong point with radical or
ators. Are emigrants, who are not five
years in the country yet, and youths of Is,
10, and 20 years humans?
7. If political ncompetency is the objec.
ton, we hope that no one can Justly main
tain that foreigners who are here but two OF
three years, or young men Of Is or 20 years,
are less capable to understand the duties OF
citizens than ignorant plantation negroes,
many of whom had, at the last elections, for
gotten the names By which they had been
registered.
8. Why did our present government spend
and squander during these three years OF
peace, more money than the expenses of the
government amounted to in q years before
the war?
g. During the four years preceding March
| 4th, 1861, the yearly expenses of the gov.
eminent were but $G2,OOO,000. In the last
year Of peace, from the lst of June, 1867, to
the LIST OF July, 1868, the expenses Of the
government have been $437,O00OOO. A
difference of 375 millions. Is this the econ.
omy promised at Chicago?
10. II the 18th amendment as congress
maintains--is valid act Of the constitution,
with what right does the Florida legislature
prohibit the citizens Of that state from voting
for presidential electors, and yet claim req
| resentation in congress. .r
IL. Does the constitution of the United
States not decree as follows: "The powers
not delegated to the United States By the
constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
states, are reserved to tho states respective.
ly, or to the people ?" No power is delega-
ted to congress over the question of suf.
fraee, and, in the face Of this fact, why has
congress forced negro sugrage upon the
people of the south.
r. Is it just towards the laboring classes
to tax every article they buy, every note they
may hold, and all they own, every year
aud let the rich mans bond, on which he
draws per cent interest in gold, go free Of
taxP
49, Why does the rich man get his inter.
est in gold, and the crippled soldier his pen.
sion in greenbacks?
II. Is it not likely that by prudent poll,
cy of Cancellation, peace and fraternity could
sooner be restored than by a policy Of force
10 Is it true that the politicians are rob
bling the public treasures, and causing real
y the discomfort themselves, by their nfsm
mstory speeches; is there no way to elect
honest and patriotic men2 nix
rs. If war of races, brought on by ia
natical miScegenists, and aided by secret
foreign enemies, breaks forth in the south
thus entailng unnumbered woes to our
country and to our race, will not the unre
lenting radical palicy be held accountable
Cape Girdrdcau Adrertiser.