The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-21
Brick Pomeroy's Paper.

The radicals charge that the democrats
endorse and are responsible for all that APP
pears in Brick Pomeroy's paper. Demo
Gratis do not so understand it. The demo-
Gratis down south protest against having
some of the sentiments of that paper fasten-
ed upon them. The following article from
the Marion, Alabama, Commonwealth, a
sterling democratic journal, we find copied
in the Louisville Journal, and seems to be
endorsed and approved generally by the
southern democratic press
"a year ago, Brick Pomeroy was one of
the most effective democratic editors in the
north. He was bold, uncompromising and
decided In the expression of his political
views, and, as he stood up manfully for the
rights of all the states underline constitution,
he was endorsed and almost idolized by his
southern patrons. But Brick has not borne
the food Of prosperity as we wish he could
have done. He seems to think that his
great success is the offspring, in part at
least, of his uncommon vulgarity, and of his
gross personal abuse of the dead He be-.
came popular in the south, as we personally
know, by his trenchant attacks upon politi,
cal follies and heresies-he is now running
his reputation by turning his batteries
against dead men and defenceless women.
No man ever lived, perhaps, who had
fewer political friends in the south than Mr..
Lincoln. But, notwithstanding this, there
was no man whose violent death was more
generally lamented among our people. And
We have heard numbers of Brick Pomeroy's
Alabama subscribers-all Of them, indeed,
with whom we have conversed--pronounce
the treatment extended by his paper to the
memory Of Mr.. Lincoln "a shame and dis
grace to civilization" The southern people
are not hyenas. They never tear open the
graves of either friend or foe to prey upon
that -~hieh eh.-.id be hvIa os-s-ed s. .ii ,gnt-
principled survivors-the faults of the head.
But as much as Bricks southern sub
scribers resent his continued attacks upon
Mr.. Lineoll, they resent those he makes
upon Mrs. Lincoln infinitely more; and we
have yet 10 meet the man who Will continue
his subscription to the LaCross Democrat
another year unless these 'unmanly, IN
worthy, ungenerous, unchristian assaults
upon friendless women and the buried dead
are discontinued.
We write In this manner about Brick M ore
in sorrow than ia anger, but as q southern
pie that their almost universal Reputation
of these unmanly sentiments should be made
known. If Brick wants to retain his south.
err patronage he must return TO politics and
let personalities, which have no connection
Herewith, severely alone.
1t is true, we have been an abused and
despised people, and it is, no doubt, natural
that Brick should think that such things an
he puts forth weekly are soothing to the bit
ter hearts in Dixie But he knows us not.
We are brave and-henorable people, and,
before we would acquire even liberty BIZ act
ing base, or dishonorable, or uAmanly part.
we would hug the chain of bondage forever.
Our treatment of the dishonoring terms Of
fered US by congress ought to have COW nc
ed every sensible man of that tact We
therefore repeat our warning to Brick, and
assure him that we will endorse nothing in
others that we are too proud and too high
minded to do ourselves"