The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-29
LORD HAwLEY BEARS FALSE WITNESS.

The most shameful, outrageous and bare
faced misre presentation Of the position OF
Seymour and Blair was made by Mr.. Haw.
ley, in Darts Hall, he attempting to show
that they had threatened to get up another
war-that they wished to produce reyolu,
ton by civil war. As regards Gov. Sey
mour, the only evidence he offered was an
extract from his letter Of acceptance, which
he wholly perverted and falsely represented.
We say Mr.. Hawley falsely represented the
purport of Gov. Seymour's letter, and he
knows he falsely represented 1t. Gov Sey'
mour, in his letter of acceptance, dated Aug.
/. had stated, at considerable length, the
aggressive, lawlcss and unconstitutional
course of the republican party, and the ex.
cesses to which that party, by reason Of its
large majority in congress and the fanatlcsl
course Of its leaders, had committed aud
then he said
"Mauy republicans. have heretofore chung to
their party who have regretted tho extremes Of
| violence to which it has run. They have cher
ishcd faith that, while the action Of their pOlt.
cal friends had been mistaken, their motives had
been good, They must now see that the republi-
can party is in that condition that it cannot car
ry out peaceful policy, wha ever its motives
| may be- 1t is q misfortune. not only to cOun-
try but to IL governing party itself, when its ac-
ton is unchecked by tiny form Of opposition. II
has been the misfortune OF the republican party
that the events Of the past few years have given II
so much power that it has been able to shacklC
the executive, TO trammel the judiciary, and car
| ry out the views OF the most unwlse anu Vlolen
| Of its members When this state Of things exist
in any party, il has ever been found that tbs
judgement of its ablest leaders does not control
| There is hardly able man who has helped to
build up the republican organization VINO ha'
not, within the past three years, warned Il
against its excuses; who has not been borne
down and forced to give up his convictions o
what the interests Of the country call for; or
too patriotic TO do this, who has not been driver
from its ranks If this has been the case hereto
FORE what will be its action with this new infusion
ofmen who, without a decent respect for tn
views of those who had just given them thell
positions. begin their legislative career with call
for arms, and demands that states shall be re
Earded as in a condition of civil war, and
= declaration that they ready and anxious T.
a degrade the President Of the United State
, whenever they can persuade or force congress &
Il bring forward new articles Of impeachment. Tn
republican party rs well as We are interested il
putting some check upon this violence. 1t mus
a be clear to every thinking man that n disp lace
r. ment Of this political power will tend to checl
the violence OF party action, and assure the peac
Il and good order OF the country, The election
u o democratic executive, and majority Of demo
cratic members to the house OF representative
s. would not give to that party organization pow,
is to make sudden or violent changes, but woul
,e serve to check those extreme measures which hay
r been deplOred by the best men OF both organiIl
'e tons. The result would most certainly lead
i that peaceful restoration of the Union and II
,r re-establishment of fraterna relationship whiC
II the country desires. am sure the best men
st the republican party deplore, as deeply rs d
the spirit OF violence shown by those men recen
ly admitted TO seats in congress from the soutl
&c crn states. The condition of civil war whic
it they contemplate must be abhorrent to ever
q right-thinking man.
. And yet, out OF this extract, only pc
b. ton of which he reed, Mr.. Hawley attenp
2 ed to draw authority for saying that Go
= Seymour was in favor of aud advocate
~ another civil war The infamous falsehoo
W should have choked him before he could u
re- re- ter it. He knew it was false and he pr,
IN sumes too much upon the forbearance {
a. democrats ifhe supposes he can utter sue
is falsehoods uurebuked.
s. In regard to Mr. Blair's opinions, Hav
:, ley found, in Gen. Biair's letter of June q
D to Col. Broadhead, some strong expression
Il relative to the unconstitutionalty of tn
!, reconstruction acts, but careful examin,
;, ton of that letter alone only shows that N,
i Blair advocated the same doctrine Of Tha
Il Stevens, concerning the reconstruction act
i viz: that they are all unconstitutional -
II enacted "outside the constitution and Nj
le Blair adds that the oath of the Presider
is compels him 10 so treat them.
= But Mr.. Hawley knew he was misreI
resenting the opinions of Gen. Blair, as we
b as those Of Gov. Seymour, for Gen, Blsir,