The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-15
THE HAWLEITES GETTING DIES.
PERATE,
They Resort to WiIlfGl FalsehOOds,


which contains what purPorts to be a rePoI
Of the Judiciary Committee Of the House 0
Representatives, in April 1885, "nlei
committee was directed to inqulr'
into the nature of the evidence impli
eating jeff Davis and other. in the assaS
siuation of President Lincoh and the Unio'
saws, at page Q ortboir report the commit
N. tee say
UOn the J-lb January, ISIS, II l.. Cha,
wrote n letter to the wife Of G. e. Clay,datcd
,Ricbmord, Va, in which he says
n.rl.,e lust seen GEN Sing ton, Of Illinois
here by permission of Lincoln md Days. Ne
trlls me that brother G. element G., Clay will
moi attempt 10 run the blockade at Wilmiugton,
I1fuIl certainly lgo to Mexico and then to
Tr,e.. As q reason for that, he .sys, bcsldcs ap-
ur.bgH.on Of capture, my brother G. ha. been
employed by gentleman in Massachusetts, IA
Nh ferce) 20 look after = large LANDED perhaps
interest in Texas. ! tell you this 10 quiet your
fears for his safety, and to let YOU. patience have
its perfect work"
What this ha, to do with the business Of
the commi,tca. or with jeff. Davis, or with
the assassination Of President Lincoln will
puzzle any man to tell 1t simply shows
that Gen James W. Singleton, Of Illinois,
the gentleman now running for congress in
th., district, was in Richmond, Va, by per.
mission of Mr., l1proln that Mr. Clay would
no. attempt TO run the blockade that Mr..
Ciay had been employed TO do business in
Texas for Boston man. aud that Mr.. Clays
wifi, need have no fears for his safety
| That's all it does show--aud all it amounts
to. Is there anything wrong in it? If so
we fail to see it.
And that is all the committee we're able to
show in regard to Gen. James W Singleton,
OF Illinois. Aud that, neither GEN. Single
ton or any friend Of his ever denied or
sought To conceal There was nothing to
disguise or be ashamed of aud nothing in
the negotiations carried on by Gen. Singleton
which Mr., Lincoln OF Gen. Singleton need
to deny or equiyocate about.
But the committee, ",traiuiug at a gate
and swallowing "a saw mill, proceed, on
page II, to publish muti,ated letter from
Jacob Thompson, Of Mississippi, in relation
to the disposition Of money between two men
man, ''''''' '''' '''''''''''' anu ''' ""''u
"".',''" - ''''.'' !" Z" ',''u as n'"s'e'o"'
and the committee, and the Hawleyites, pre-.
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"'n' -, ,. cru.
p"' JAM" t, ~ ''''s ''.o' Va ''''"U'''"',''
nav '"' a''S"'''' "'I""'''""'o Win e''ue'
OF them; never saw either OF them IN his life;
never had any corrcspopd.rca uit, o;,ber
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Wy ""' N'"'"@' WIZ" ''H'' luUec''S OF '"ulTecl'
ly. \ ct the 1C- UurRtp fortunes pf ord Hatv-
ley and his followers compel them to resort to
shameful trick to connect him with the ..
r.. SiagIetou Of Mississippi,and the Tbomp.
son letter. They do it BY publishing an
extract from ! letter of II. l.. CLAW, TO the
wife of his brother, c. G.. CLAY, NOW dead
in which alusion is made 10 James W, Sin. |
gIcton, Of illinois; and then thew loIow il with !
the mutiatcd Thomson letter. in which o1-
fusion is made to a man AS .Singlpton - and
who is Q. Il. Singleton. of NIiysissippj
We briefly exposed this disgracetul course
ofthe IIawleyitcs, in Our last issue. and last
evening lthc lth) we heard Gen. Singleton
the matter to Cant. Haverstick,ot
the UHiou-yet that paper repeats the false
hood this morning. Abiding to the extracts
from letters it had already pnbD, he'd III.
Uniou says:
"From these letters, it was undeniabl, shown
that Gen. Singleton democratic candidate for
rb%,nnsor IA, sa,n ~ .'','y ,''u
o,,n' iluSe' "N'h money 1t
d pfS'''' ""' 'e' "'''"'eu ''' ~ "eh' H'ng'e
This is an absolute falsebood. and evcrv |
Intelligent man who has read the extracts ,
:nows it, The letters do nat "undeniabIy"
r indirectly show any such thing. They c
how that Singleton" received $4,000 for
ONE purpose but they don't show that"Gcn. "
singleton, democratic candidate for con.
.ress" received cent. ar eyor know the man p