The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-12
AN IMpuDRNT RADICAL FALsEHOOD

. The Rim Eaion quotes the following iron
the Chicago Past;
awe do know, from Mr.. Lincolns own lips
that SingletOns trip to Richmond was connected
with trade in the products Of the SOUTH and tina
for the purpose Of carrying out the schemes b.
invoked the Presidents consent to CO."
And the Rim adds to the above the fol
lowing
Neither Singleton nor any Of his friends have
ever dared to deny that statement.
Now, we wonder if the Rim thinks the
people can be fooled by such transparent
stuff as the above. Not only has the silly
falsehood been denied an hundred times, BY
Gen. Singleton, on the stump, and by every
newspaper in the district-but the Rim
| knows it has been denied. Gen. Singleton
missions to Richmond were not alone, but
in company with distinguished republican,
and were begun solely for the purpose OF
trying to do exactly what Mr.. Lincoln tried,
but failed to accomplish when he went down
to Hampton Roads and met Alex. Stephens,
r. NJ, I. Hunter and others, viz: 10 try and
stop the war, restore the Union, and make
peace among all our people. That's what
the soldiers were fighting for, wasn't it,
Didn't every body say they wanted peace
except the contractors, spectators and
thieves? Didn't all the honest soldiers and
civilians say that oil they wanted was that
the rebels should surrender, lay down their
arms, and swear to obey the constitution
and laws Didn't congress almost unani
mously say the same thing, in the Critten
den resolution Didn't Mr.Lincoln 20 down
and meet the rebels, to bring about exactly
that state Of things, and fail? Of course
he did. And that's exactly what Singleton
dld,-and under the advice and approval Of
Lincoln, too. And in company with dis.
tinguished republican, too. He never had
anything to do with trade in the products
of the south or attempted or desired any.
thing Of the sort--eXcept to buy hundred
pounds Of tobacco for his own use, and that
was stolen from him by some one at Anuap
oils, on his way home.
1t is true however, that, while in Rich.
mond, the rebels proposed to him to take
charge Of certain products of the south, for
them, in order to save these products from
being destroyed. Glen. Singleton submitted
their proposition to Mr. Lincoln and Gen.
Grant, proposing to place this property in
the hands of the United States. Lincoln
and Grant both approved of the plan, and
Gen, Singleton has the documents to show
this, in the handwriting Of Lincoln and
Grant. Afterwards Grant denied that be
had given any such consent. His letter,
however, Gen, Singleton has, and it proves
Grant to have been guilty of duplicity
and talSehood, as he was in the Stanton
matter.
These things have all been fully explained
by Gen. Singleton and the democratic news.
papers, and the Uni0H and Mr.. Hawley are
guilty of the meanest misrepresentation and
faIsehood in revamping the oft.exploded lie
that Singleton was engaged in speculations
Singleton was trying to do Just exactly
what Lincoln was trying to do, and just OK.
aetly what the salders aud sailors we're try.
ing to do, viz; stop the war, save the lives
of our people, pat an end to the enormous
and eXtrav"gant waste of property, stop the
accumulation of debts and taxes, restore the
whole Union, aud bring back peace good
feeling, harmony and prosperity to all sec
tons Of our distracted country.