The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-22

relations to array one section against the
other to prevent our becoming a homoge'
neous aud united nation and to AVOID any
discussion Of the eorruPhons, extraVagsncer
and mAl.sduinistratiou of the republican
party-an attempt to hide its shocking usuf'
pations Of power and it's demonstrations Gu
actments, under the prejudices OF a S'r'ie
long since ended, the animosties Of when
! should be at once and forever buried.
The speech was full Of the most ou'ra'
geous Misrepresentation, dodging every is.
sue ex ept two--,he payment Of the bonds
in gold, and universal negro suiirage-Do'h
of which he plainly advocated.
Among the amusing things Of his speech
was his statement that Chief Justice Chase
had decided that the 18th amendment had
been coDstmtionally adopted, and then
irving to show that if the republicans lost
the election, the democrats would declare 1t
void If has been cOnstitutiOnally adopt
ed. Mr.. Hawley certainly is lawyer enough
to know that it can I be set aside except by
tyo.thirds Of the whole number Of states
He did rather seem to see this, after founder.
ing over the thing for a long time, and when
he did see it he quit, and went again to the
old tune of creating hate Of sections de.
clared that the people of the south to man
we're united for Seymour and Blair when
be knows that the founder Of the Anderson.
vile prison pen Joe Brown was the
leading man in the Grant and Colfax con
ventiou, made the leading speech there,
which is now advertised in the Chicago
Tribune as a campaign document when he
knows that Longstreet and Roger Pryor are
members Of the radical party; when he
knows that Gov. Holden, of North Carolina,
who wanted to raise men to hang Lincoln,
is leading supporter OF Grant and Colfax
when he knows that large numbers Of the
worst rebels Of the south ore active and in.
huential members Of his own party. But
be kept on with the most fragrant misrepre-
sensations Of vel. known facts, and closed
by declaring that the democrats Of the north
were rebels and united with the rebels of the
south; aud that "the republicans must stand
together aud resist them until they we're all
dead y Then realizing the horrible senti,
ment he had uttered he remarked that che
said it in no unkiud spirit" "keep up the
animosities Of the past keep up the stand
ing army; keep up the negro bureau; keep
up quarrel between the north and the south
till the democrats are all dead but he said
it in no unkind spirit" That's the English
of his whole speech.
He said he would advocate the same doc.
trines oil over the district, which he adyocat.
ed here. A former republican, coming out
Of the hall, remarked to US that he should
vote for Singleton, and that If Hawley made
that speech throughout the district he would
be beaten by more than 5000. Another
gentleman, formerly a republican, said to us
that the speech would have done very vel
four years ago, but that, for the present day
and generation, it was worse than useless
that Hawley seemed to have become fossil
lied and forgotten that new questions, con
1 corning the commercial interests of our
whole people had arisen, and that the people
we're going to act on these questions, and
not on the dead and gone issues of four years
ago. 1900.
wherever he goes. 1t lost him votes here,
and, we believe, will lose him votes wher'
ever he makes it.