The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-14
WHAT THE SOLDIERS SAY.

4 radical met a crippled soldier the other
day and asked him how he could support
the copperheads when the soldier replied,
that thing is played out when was south
fighting believed all that kind Of thing,
but when came back, it was democrats
who first met me with kind words, aud my
wife told me that when the government did
not pay me, and could not send her my
wages, that not one Of your extremely loyal
men would trust her for pound Of -four to
keep my children from starving, or. a load
of wood to keep them from freezing, but the
democrats-the men you and your party
call copperheads-would give anything she
needed, and said they were willing to wait
until the government paid me, for it, and be.
sides one Of your most blatant loyaists, and
would.be candidate for Legislative honors,
! never gave dollar toward alternating the
! distress Of the soldiers, or their families,
| though he made q nice thing by the war.
Besides, fought to maintain the Union
of states, and the supremacy Of the consti
tuition, and after we whipped the
! rebels and kept the states in the
Union you and your party done in
| congress what the rebs couldn't do in the
field. Then the government pays me in
grecnbacks for my lost leg, and you want
the government to pay the rich bOndhod.
crs in gold, when if it hadn't been for us,
risking our lives, and fighting to save the
! Union, the bonds would have been utterly
worthless. No, vote for the party that
treats all alike, and will give the bondhold
! er the same money the government gives
me. You can't fool me any more with your
"cOpperheads and traitors That Thing
! would do while | was down south, and didn t
! find out any better, but it wont 90 down
now.
Another soldier came up while this one
was talking, and when he had got through
said ~ am radicals good q repubIi
can as any rnan-but intend to vote for
Singleton" The radical who had been talk
ing to the crippled soldier, turned to this
radical soldier and said "G GU cant con.
sistently vote for Singleton, if you are a rad,
zeal and were a soldier The soldier re-
piled, 81 am as good radical as you or
any other man, and | intend to vote for Sin
gleton. was soldier and served the
Union four wears. was taken prisoner
and sent to Libby prison, with others. Ii
was miserable hole. The first friendly
face that | saw, after had been there six
months, was that of Gen. Singleton.
Through his efforts, with seven others,
was taken out and he gave us money to
come home with shall never forget him,
and am glad he is a candidate. | shall
give him my vote for his kindness Here
the conversation between the radical and
the two soldiers ended. There are hundreds
of soldiers who have occasion to remember
the kind offices of Gen. Singleton, and
some of them are radicals. During the war,
Gen. Singleton did the soldiers, many, very
many OF them, signal favors, and never
thought of asking whether they were radi.
Gals or not. His purse, like his heart was
always open to them, and was never closed
against their appeals for assistance These |
men will never forget, will always remem.
Der, and will be the first to step forth to de. |
tend and to reward his generous sympathy |
and his many kindnesses. No man has a
stronger hold on the affections of the sol. l.
diers than Gen, Singleton. If the vote in !
this district were lefr+o the soldiers alone. |
he would be triumphanty elected Qaincy |
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