The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-04
- n.nrnations Oh Congress

rla The condemns tory decision of three of
| Il. most powerful states of the Union,
declaring their earnest protest against the
dangerous usurpationa of the Solons Of the
Rnrp, has been altogether disregarded and
uuheeded. 1t is true that the radical leaders
/ ia congress have seen the handwriting on
/ the wall. It is true that the indignant voice
| of the people has reached the halls of our
national capitol But instead of bringing
about reform alton in the legislation of the
| iacobin revolutionists, it has but emboldened
| them to take the initiatory step in the utter
| reinforcement of the constitutional rights
and privileges of the executive department
/ of the Government. President johnson is
to be offered as propitiatory sacrifice to
the Moloch of radicalism. Impeachment
has been inaugurated. There is no step
backward. 1t is extremely probable, how
ever, that the radical leaders in congress
will find that this movement, their last hope
of political salvation, will bu. be their last
stepping stone from all domination and
power in the government. The impeachers
of President Johnson are to-day before
more august tribunal than ever assembled
in national senate halls, and though no i'm
posing parade of oratory and eloquence may
| usher in its accusations against the usurpers
of its liberties, its final decision and Judge
menr will be none the less terrible and unal-
terable. Thus it will be that the impeachers
of the President will be the impeached by
the People.
Experience has fully demonstrated that
the success of the jacobin party is dependant
upon incessant agitation Of the public mind
Radicalism is essentially sensational Thus
far it has required all the professional skill
of its Esculapian politicians to keep up the
vitality of the sick patient. Prior to i'm.
parchment the absorbing question at the
radical pow-wows was:-What shall we do
to keep up agitation and public excitement?
And they were sorely puzzled. Sheridan
had finished his festive pilgrimage through
the northern states. Brownlow was con-
tentedly feeding at the public crib in Ten.
nessee Hunnicutt had completely exhaus-
ted the vocabulary of billingsgate III Vir-
ginia. Ashley had ingloriously izzled be-
fere the congressional impeachment COM
mittee This would never do. The people
were beginning to think, TO compare, to in.
vestigate. Unless some political Butcher
arrived, the banner of radicalism threatened
to go down in the dust upon blodless field
of Waterloo. Agitate agitate agi,ate
Keep the minds of the people employed !!
Peace favors thoughtful investigation, but in
the heat Of great public movements, men
rash to the field of conflict and look upon
the standards of their leaders as emblems of
unspotted truth and purity. Hence the cry
of impeachment. Hence the incessant agi-
tation of the iacobins in congress. Impeach-
ment is but a veil thrown over the face of
radical iniquity.
The republican party was killed BY its
own friends. Under their cruel kindness it
whitfield itself down to a very small point.
until it at last wagged itself out of political
life, being devoid Of sufficient vitality to
keep up the oscillation. PheDix-like, ont of
the ashes of the defunet republican party
arose what is technically known as radical
ism. This latter political scalla-wag also
, threatens to demise in the same manner as
its pedal progenitor. 1t is already on its last
, legs. 1t very badly needs sailing down.
Too much niger is what is the matter.
, The people are not unwilling that Sambo
should have his freedom. but there is such a
thing as overdosing. The abolition Of sla-
very in the southern states was one o; the
concomitants of the war, and there is no
section Of the country to-day. north or south,
, from Maine to Texas, that is not willing to
settle down quietly to the new dispensstion
in this feature of our political economy. But
rtdicalism is not content with this over
whelming change in the civil polity Of the
south. 1t wants the people to s,callor their
, sable idol. II insists that they should bow
. down before the triumphant chariot in which
is seated the dusky hero of radical inspira-
{ ton, permit him to take the reins in his own
hands, crack his whip over the heads of
white men IN harness, and, as the cOrtege
moves along, it demands that white men
take off their hats and enthusiastically cry
-Tire la Cuffee, 1t would place the ballot
, in the hands of ignorant black men, and
disfranchise the intelligent white men If the
south. Is it am wonder that radicalism
grows daily weaker under the effects Of such
strong medicine? "Sir," said one man to
another strong-stomached individual "do
you think you could eat cooked crow p
Certainly | can-bring it along" was the
. reply. The crow was cooked. highly seas
oned with scotch snuff. The hero tor the
championship of crow set himself down TO
the repast. First bite-''yes, | can eat
) crow" Second and last bite-"ves, can
r eat crow, bt tn be darned fl banker
after it ~ The attempt on the part IF CON
gress to force negro suffrage upon the pea
pie of the southern states, is heavy dose of
scotch snuff IN q cooked crow, and the only
f alternative of rightly constituted people is
f to leave the ranks of the crow-eaters and
| JON the uemocratfe party.
; The democratic party has glorious
watchword for its future contests i is this:
The rights Of the states and the sorereignty
Of the people under the constellation Let
, this be its rallying cry. No jacobin standard
, bearer can reach the White House with this
jubilant cry of the people ringing in his ears.
And the hydra-headed Autocrat calling it
self Congress must also hear that CRY of vic
, tory. 1t hears its condemnatory hunders
: already, and the white face of the tyrant is
, already twitching with the prernonitory
SYMPTOMS of political DEATH No one can
, mistake the programme which the demo
cratic party must carry to successful com
pletion, when the authority and majesty of
, the people, officially declared at the ballot
, box, shall pass sentence of condemnation upon
the radical Legislators at Washington 1t
requires no special gift of prophecy to see
that among the great principles that viii
influence and control the future action OF
democratic representatives in a democratic
congress, will be the following:
The right of the executive department Of
the government to oil its constitutional pre-
| negatives under the constitution rs formed
by Madison and his brilliant compeers, any
alterations and amendments by Sumner and
his negrophobic co adjutors to the contrary
notwithstanding 4Arf
The immediate admission of representa-
tives from all the thirty-seven states of the
| TIDion tn the floor &C. .,.:xl~...