The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-03
Dailp argus.
Friday Evening, December ), 1863.
SOME RADICAL COMMON SENSE

Radical LADDERS are apparently just now
learning the elements OF a little P'A'"
oonmon sense in politics, and as an indication
oeuhat We mean, we reproduce from the
a. Ionis Democrat, one OF the most furious
" Radical journals of the country 'n's
naraUraph. in reference to the feeling Of the
southern people toward their conquero";
Bu, the "rebel spirit still exists we
.o.o !, ,ns.. and will TO some extent
W. never vet have known whipping make
men love the hand that inflicted H. "n'PP
ed dogs-and men with doggiSh nstuiea
fawn upon those who beat them nh'Ppeu
men do not. If convinced that be was
deservedly whipped, man wlli say no, pu'
he will not love anybody the oeuer ,o' ~.
Those who expect that ell natural leShnE
can be forever expelled from Sontherh
hearts bv the act Of surrender are sense
less.
The legislation by Congress for the past
fonr or Eve wears with reference to the souih
has proceeded upon the opposite theory
from that contained in the above extract
Every act or expression on the part OF
L
Southern man or woman indicating lack
&C affection for Northern soldiers or carpe'
he, civilians sen, to rule over them and eat
An, their substance, has been seized upon
=. not only an excuse but as q reason why
yipdictive legislation should be resorted 70 a.
a cure for disloyalty. The doctrine has been
again and again proclaimed that the souih
could not be fit for membership IN 'ne
Union till Northern loyalists could feel al
much at home and be treated with as mucf
respect and consideration there as amont
their own brother Radicals OF New England
Apv failure to accord them social equaht
and 70 extend TO them that cordial hospital
ity which is a part of the Southern matt n
has been paraded in the Radical paper'
and enlarged upon in Congress as an e'
dence of the most violent rebel spirit an
deadly hostility to the government IN
human nature of all this was PERSISTENT
ignored and the people ofthe South required
under pains and penalties, to be either NOR
or ,ess than men in their intercourse wit
and feelings toward the horde OF Mortimer
co,morants who swarmed in their territor
after the close Of the war, carpet bag
hand, ready to lap up any subsidy that
INSCRIPTIONS party might be able 10 q
peuse to its adherents. To the coward
nature of such creatures there was no gu
thing as manly surrender to Vic'orlo
army and government, an honofaoie "
unresistiug acceptance OF the new oroer
tb;pgs. without also the most crouch
reimbursement at the feet OF all the mlsera
little creatures who constituted ato
Of the conquering power. IL
never entered the heart of such beings t
Southern man could have sustained
Confederate cause from conscientious
patriotic motives, and honorably fou
those whom he regarded as the enemies
good government and his own section,
then honoraby laid down his arms and
come good citizen. There are thous'
Of intelligent respectable people to day
the North, who are yet so illiberal and
o,ed as to believe that it is not among
possibilities for man who fought IN
army, or took an active part in the eau
the South, to be honest, truthful or
worthy.
We accept the enlightened and adVa
position of the St. Louis Democra''
Gated in the above extract, as an eVl'
that even embittersd Radical leaders
not so far wrong that we may not rea
bly, indulge the hope of their bec'
right, and dealing with the Southern
pie, leaders and all, as men posses
some of the better instincts of huma
ture, as well as its common trailues.