The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-22

8 hold the offices he declared that, If th'
Q democrats carried the election secession snc
. slavery would be revived, when be know
, that the very first paragraph of the demo
{ cratic national platform is as follows;
The Democratic party, in National ConVsh'
ton assembled, rsposing It's trust in the ln'Sll,
genos, patriotism, and discriminating justice q
the people .anding upon the Constitution :,
the foundation and limitation Of the powers -
the Government and the guarantee Of the los'y
Of the citizen, and recognizing the questions y
slavery and occasion haviHg been setIsd yo' '',
time to come By the tsdr, or The voluntary "et'O"
| the Southern Hatesia constitutional conrsnnD" "I n
= .enJls,, aSd NEVER TO BE RENEWED oH
y REAGITATED.
1t was an insult to the intelligence OF his
e republican hearers, for Mr.. Hawley to charge
the democrats, or the people of the SOUTH
with any purpose to revive slavery or seces'
sion, or renew any strife on those dead and
forever settled issues He knows that every
democrat, as well as the people Of the south,
scout any such idea. lie knows that, At The
democratic state convention Of South Car
DINA, held at Columbia, on the 9th inst,
Wade Hampton introduced the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted .
| Resolr,2, That while entering our protest
| against the radical reconstruction act. re rely
confidently On constitutional agencies and peace.
| ful measures alone to briRg US tho relief sought
| and the reform needed.
lie knows that, in that convention Wade
Hampton made a speech, in which, abiding
to the recently.reported utterances Of his, re.
produced in northern papers, in reference to
the confederate flag, he said
"This statement is in every respect false On
the contrary, when ! spoke Of the flag Of the
confederacy, / remarked that il was now furlsd
forever, to DO buried in the grave Of the lost
cause"
Mr.. Hawley presumes too much upon the
ignorance of his hearers when he charges
that the people ofthe south or the democrats
Of the north contemplate or would counte.
nance any revival Of the questions settled by
the war, or countenance any other mode OF
settling any of the questions before the PEG
pie than the peaceful mode OF the press, the
forum and the ballot.
Mr.. Hawley next delivered glowing pan
egyric upon the negro, winding up by want
ing them possessed Of every right he wa
possessed of-mesning, Of course, universe
suffrage, the right to hold Office, &c. &c.
This part Of his speech was very emphati,
and delivered with good deal of feeling
charging the democrats with the intent t,
return the negro to slavery, when he know
that by constitutional enactment, it is forey
er abolished, and, as the democratic plat
form says, "never to be renewed or reagit
ated !" He charged that the democrats
would, not only revive slavery, but, 'if they
had the power would crush the very soul GU
Of the black man before his God ~ And he
even had the eifrontery to declare that tbs
democrats we're the enemies Of foreigner
and would deprive them Of their rights
when he knows that one Of the prominen
pages in the history Of the democratic part,
is its opposition to hated know nothingsm
and constant friendship, protection aud de
fence of our foreign born population. To tn,
credit Of his hearers we note the fact tina
this part Of Mr.. Hawley's speech did no
meet with any hearty applause.
Next came bunglng attempt to gloss
over the financial issues which are pressing
upon the people for solution, and in which
he ridiculed the idoa that greenback was
money. He read from the ARGUS showing
that greenbacks are money, lawful money,
and this the audience applauded. He pro
ceeded to argue that the bonds could not be
paid in greenbacks. A very faint stamping
was heard He said he priced this mark o.
approval more than MI the rest, because il
showed honesty, and disapproval ofpagine
Understanding bonds in nOn.interest hear
ing notes, redeemable at the pleasure of the
people Continuing to denounce greenback'
as no money, he read from Gov. Seymour
speech on the currency, but finding It va
leading him upon solid and safs democratic
ground he quit it, rather Disguised.
Mr.. Hawley then attempted to gull h,
hearers with the idea that the rise in gold
of about 10 per cent. since the first of July
was in consequence Of the nomination o
Seymour aud Blair; but all intelligent pee
pie know that it is due to commercial cause
alone.
In the last three years we have importe
goods to the amount of 81 ,59L 499,05j, an
the aggregate of our exports is $l,4ll,089
1875, leaving balance against us for thi
period of 1856, 36O,86
Before the war we used to be able to NEE
this balance against us by the export c
southern cotton. Now it costs SO much t
raise it and there is 50 little of it that W
can't pay our debt that way, and we have t
send abroad gold and silver to meet it. Ii
the last three years we have sent out of tn
country to pay our debts, $l83,077,49l.
BY the Jacobin management oEatfairs thi
} thing has been brought about, and henC
=. the increase in the price of gold, maxim
4 that party solely responsible and blameable &c
n it. The goose that laid this golden egg ha
= been smothered by Jacobinsm, aud the pc,
Z. pie are now paying for it by increased deb
/ and taxes.
1 Mr.. Hawley tried to explain away II
t enormous expenses of the republican admit
Il istration, since the war, but made a mise
!. able tumble and an utter failure, once a
t, peahng to somebody to tell him what SON
d Of the money was spent for, and finally qui
IS tiny the suhiect in DISGUST