The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-30

man as he is. When get into congress
and tell you now that / am going there
Il will introduce bill to repeal every act
that Logan voted for, except the appropria-
ton bills. A
There will be q good many histories of
urant written. On the 4th day of March
next We win write his political death. The
u iather.may have the honor of writing
ms me, aout the radical copperheads will
nave the honor of writing his death. i
make the assertion to night that this party
never made pledge that they did not
break. In 1860, in st. Louis. they were an.
pealing to you to help them. They pro.
claimed they were in favor Of free mon. free
speech and free press. That sounded vail
Our German friends said that was verv God
doctrine. They elected these men to 49, usr
and what is the result? / ask you, te-ds,. 4
they did not, inside of twelve months from
the time they got into power, outrage that
liberty in every shape and manner. They
destroyed free speech and press. They de-
stroyed the right of trial by jury. They
suspended the privilege Of habeas corpus.
They filed the fortresses Of the country, once
dedicated to purposes of freedom and liberty;
with men who knew not for what they were
imprisoned--whe were not indicted and who
were placed there without charge Of crime
or any knowledge of any charge against
them. Instead. of being in favor of free
press, inside OF four years they have, by
mob violence, destroyed three hundred and
seventy-two, presses In these free northern
states. Iustead of giving our German fell
low citizens farms and tocks of sheep as
they promised, they have established an ar.
iStoeraey in the coantry-a set of men
known as bond-holders, whose entire wealth
is placed beyond the reach of the tax.
gatherer. These men have grown fat on the
public calamity, and have made money upon
the, blood and bones OF their soldier conn.
trymen. They place their i'll gotten wealth
in channels where the public tax-gatherer
cannot touch it, and you, poor Germans,
and poor Irish, and poor Americans, must
come up and bear all the burdens of the
government Not only that, but you have
the interest on the public debt and pay Tor
the maintenance Of the freedmen's bureau,
by which the negro-the man who was said
to have fed the whole south by his labor
Is kept. II is said of the negroes that they
have more intelligence and patriotism than
the white people. Yet these are the fellows
who are not capable of taking care of them
selves, and we have to pay taxes for them.
There are two or three thousand German
citizens who come over to this country, not
being able to speak word of English and
many of them poor. They come to partici-
pate in our free institutions, but they labor
under great difficulties. Do the radicals es.
tablish bureau for them? Do they give
them dollar? Not one unless you earn it.
Suppose that some German representative
IN congress were to introduce bill to es-
tablsh such bureau for the benefit of
herman emigration, what would they do
about 1t? He would not be permitted to
read 1t, but would be shouted down. Sup
pose when get into congress-of course |
am going there-I introduce bill for the
Dement, OF my unfortunate countrymen when
they land on the shores of this country
men who have never breathed a free breath
until they arrive here-men without dollar
IN their pockets, but with great big families
they are all famous for that-there is one
blessing that we always bave-and We have
a. monopoly of 1.-THE blessing of being
Poor-supPose, say, introduce bill for
the benefit of Irish immigration, what woul 4
they say TO il? / would not be permitted
to read it, even, before they would denounce
IL, and yet these very men who have Gil the
power OF the government down south, who
fought for the flag and the country, men
overtiowing with loyalty, have taxed these
poor Germans and Irish to sustain Sambo
as an original gentleman with his hands in
his pockets. E ..a#. .gG.
The radical party has seen its palmiest |
time. Its days are numbered. On the |
50 day of November come up and cross
hands with Illinois, and stand together as |
true sisters, redeemed and regenersted and !
The great dpmnnruffn aar4, ,-,ll ~
lhralled.
The speaker was continually interrupted |
Turing the delivery of his speech by loud |
and protracted cheering, which marked the |
appreciation of it by the audience.