The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-28

The radicals are running a man named
Hswley for congress, il this district. He
lives at Rock Island He is not a man Of
ability, aud, although professedly and pro.
fessionally q lawyer, has not only not
achieved distinction at the bar but has not
in any other respect made himself known as
man of ability beyond anybody else
around him. Yet, he is the representative
leader OF the radicals in this congressional
district, and as such--though it forces US to
apparently make "big thing" Of q very
small potato--we are compelled TO notice
him.
few days ago we called on the Wing to
know whether its candidate for congress,
Mr.. John b. Hawley, in q speech that he
delivered at Darts Hall, in Rock Island,
August 2lst, used the following language or
anything like it.
az had rather the rebels should have succeed
ed in their cause than that the democrats sho uld
carry the next election"
The Wing has not condescended to an.
swer. At the same time we also asked the
Whig if it approved Of the sentiment. That
paper has been careful to remain silent up
on the subject, II was our purpose, and is
now, to have something to say in regard to
this ODIOUS, INFAMOUS, and TREAS.
UNABLE SENTIMENT, if the fact was
established that Mr.. Hawley uttered it or
the Wing endorsed it. Since the publica.
cation of our first article upon tho subject,
we have received the Rock Island ARGUS,
in which Col. Danforth, the talented editor,
says; Cd.
ave heard Hawley make tho statement, in
his speech delivered in DARTS Hall, In this city,
Friday evening, Aug. 2lst, and in addition to
that, our short hand reporter has il written
down in the verbatim report of his speech, taken
down as he spoke. No one denies it, not even
Hawley himself--and if he should deny it, We
can prove il on him by any number Of credible
witnesses"
The fact being established that Mr.. Haw-
ley did utter the sentiment--the Wing not
daring to deny it-Hawley himself having
seen it published against him in the Rock
Island ARGUS every day since he uttered it,
not daring to deny it, we shall now consider
it both public and private property, and
shall talk about it, from day to day, accord.
inEly. We undertake TO say that there is
not a radical voter in Quincy, not radical
voter in the fourth congressional district
who will say that he approves and endorses
the sentiment at!-rather the rebels
should have succeeded in overthrowing the
governmental driving Mr.. Lincoln out of
the presidential chair--in forcing slavery
upon every state in the UniOn-rather the
rebels should have whipped Grant, Sher.
man, Sheridan, and all the other Union gen.
erals in every battle that was fought---rath.
err the Union armies should have been an.
initiated, every man of them butchered-
rather that Union prisoners should have
been starved to death at Libby and Ander.
sonville than that John B. Hawley should
be beaten for congress2 Can that be trueH
Rather that all these things, and even
more, should have happened, than that
James W. Singleton should represent the
fourth district in the next congress? Are
these your feelings, gentlemen 1t will be
our duty to present this subject to you in
its true light, before the day of election
comes. At present we mery call attention
to the matter, concluding with the question
do you really think that man who would
utter such an ODIOUS, INFAMOUS and
REASONABLE sentiment fit to be vO.
ted for not only for congress, but for any
Office whatever? We will pursue the nqui
ry hereafter If we are not mista-
ken, every republican in the fourth district
will yet feel in his heart, if he does not ex.
press it openly, that neither John B. Haw
ley or any other man who will utter senti
ment like that is fit to represent a people in
congress or elsewhere. We shall see how
that is.-Quincy Herald.