The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-11
upon the country.

upon the country. ;,
"TRe restoration of rebels to po,cer, " a
paltry plea, (only practieed by the party IN
power as lately exhibited,) should call the
blush of shame to the cheek of the manly
soldier as he beholds PROSTATE ana now
starving foe, ready aud willing to yield to
any terms consistent with the honor and
dignity of great christian people ana ma
ton.
aT1e designing efforts to destroy our ma-
t;onal credit will indeed be a small induce
ment to soldiers when they are aware of the
fact that these conventions are to be called
in the interests of party which has for its
objects the support of a moneyed aristocra-
CIV. which exempts from taxation, and gives
to the rich bondholder the gold of the public
treasury at premium, while it heavily taxes
every laboring man and soldier, and exacts
that he should be paid for his services in a
deprecated currency-inereasing the rich
mans dollar, and making the poor mans
less.
"The .fail,1e throughout the country to
recognize the Just claims Of the reterans of
the tcdr" has nowhere been so openly and
wantonly exhibited as by this same party in
the United States Senate, in the rejection
and refusal to appoint thousands of our
brave disabled comrades during the past
few years. .
"a desire to peapetatate the Fundamental
principles Of oar Government will, no doubt,
appear to many Of our comrades as intended
for Joke by these conventionists, when 1t is
we'll known that they have been laboring
with, and are now in full communion with
the party of usurpers who, by arbitrary legis-
lation, have established military dictators,
inaugurated system of tyranny, raised the
negro to be the political superior of the
white man, created negro legislators, negro
judges, and negro juries, suspended the writ
of kdbeds corpus, and are continuing arbi-
trary arrests and trials in time of peace for
all of which they can find no warrant within
the fundamental law of the land.
We, therefore, desire to ask you, frankly
Are you in favor of the supremacy of the
negro race over two-thirds of our territory
Are you in favor of negro Legislators, ne
gro Judges, and negro iuries?
Are you in favor of being taxed $4,000,
600 annually for the support of negro gov
ernments in the Southern States?
Are you in favor of having expended from
your hard earnings $4,000, 900 annually, in
support of the Freedmen's Bureau, for the
encouragement of idleness, theft and vice
among the negroes of the South, while not a
dollar is appropriated toward the maintain
ance of the widows and orphans Of your fall
len comrades?
Are you in favor of continuing financial
policy which exempts from taxation the
wealthy bondholder, who prospered upon
the misfortunes ofthe country, and taxing
| the laboring class of the people, giving tc
the former the coin Of the treasury, and to
the latter deprecated paper currency, thus
exempting the rich. from assisting in the
payment of the war debt, and imposing il
| upon the poorer class?
Are you in favor of having your comrades
thrust aside by the United States Senate
| when brought before it for confirmation fol
such offices as are within the gift of the Elk
ecutive
Are YOU in favor of longer continuing the
distracted condition of our country, that am
bltieus politicians and grasping Spectator:
might thrive?
Are you in favor of throwing aside prin
| ciple, patriotism, and devotion TO your coun
| try to enter with political charlatans the band
of usurpers, tyrants, and fanatics that now
| reign and rule in dire confusion?
IF you are not in favor of such a course
we appeal TO you to abstain from entering
any of the conventions for which calls art
now being issued, as these conventions are
! TO be managed and manipulated expressly
in the interests of the party in power, which
has brought starvation and untold suffering
upon the people, as exhibited in the pitifu
appeals yelling up from every section of the
country.
We warn you, therefore, against invitations
which, from time to time, will be extended
| TO you, some coming from persons and or
CARNATIONS having no local habitations, urg
ing you to participate in national conven
ton of soldiers and sailors. for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency. Politicians. often un
friendly to soldiers and sailors, who desire &c
make themselves prominent, are apt to have
such calls circulated, the real object of which
is not set forth therein. Let US, therefore
be careful not to lend our influence to any
set of President makers, who are unworthy
of our confidence and support, or who would
reflect discredit upon the high character o'
the Union army and navy. A few Of the
employed agents of the party in power may
at any time, issue a call, setting forth reas.
ons why we should join them in an effort to
retain said party in power, the very evils
narrated being brought about through their
instrumentality.
In view, then, of the misrule under which
our country is now suffering, we admonish
You to stand firm by the principles for which
we fought. and for which so many of our
brave comrades suffered and died, and to ae
cept no invitation of any party or clique OF
President makers without due elaboration
and upon full conviction that they are
pledged to the vindication of the COnStitu
ton, the Union of the States and the recog-
nized supremacy of the flag throughout the
length and breadth of the land As we
contended for the supremacy of law and or
der, the rights and liberties of the people, in
the field, so let us remain true to the great
charter of our freedom now, permitting none
to use US for their elevation, but ever acting
with the people and for the people; and in
so doing peace, prosperity, and happiness
will follow in the train, the heels of the tyr
ants now pressing upon the necks of the
populace crushed, and our country assume
its wonted position as the proudest and free
est among the nations of the earth.
By order of the Executive Committee.
Col. P. Fl. ALLABAcH, President.
CAPT. A. w. Chiffon, Recording Sec'y.
Grants Middle Name.