The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-08-26
A CARNIVAL OF BLOOD CALLED FOR.


Chicago Past for several months have been
surprised and panied by the sudden change
of temper which the paper has exhibited
within the past few weeks on all political
questions and particularly on the question
of military government in the south. Tn.
less the violence now shown on this ques.
ton is due to change Of editors, the files
of the paper during the past five months
would sustain the charge Of lunacy if pre-
ferred against its editor. There is certain
y no shadow Of reasoning in what now APP
pears in that journal on this subject As
sample Of the rawlings which may now be
found in the Post almost any day, we repro
duce the following article from its columns,
which appears under the caption Of "The
Yerger case and the Supreme Court
Advice to General Grant: To issue an order
70 his military commanders in Virginia, Missis-
sippi and Texes, to make no delay In trying eases
like that Of lcrger, and TO allow not more than
six hours to elspse between the capture OF muir
derer, and, If he is found guilty, his execution.
Had the officer in command at Jackson, when
Ierger killed Colonel Crane, organized drnm-
head court. martial, put the villain on trial, and
hung him before the sun went down, we should
have heard one loud and prolonged cry of rage
and despair from the tens Of thousand would be
imitators of his example; but there would have
been no more murders Of that sort. AS il is, in
A few months the cut-throat will be washing
around the streets Of jackson again, ready to
shoot the commander Of the post, from behind Il
tree, or from second story window, and every
one OF the thug knife fraternity in the unrecon-
structed states will be glosting over the impuniiy
with which a - Yankee officer" may be
slain. The farce Of his trial by civil tribunal,
to which the supreme court will remand him, and
in which every juror will at heart be his confed-
crate will not be worth public contempt Tho
whole affair will only furnish new illustration
OF the cOnsummate puerility of the endeavor TO
govern turbulent and rebellious people by mil
itary law, from which everything in the shape OF
penalty has been wiped out. Yet, from the out
givingsin the MoArdle case, and from the known
political unfriendness Of a majority Of the
Judges, we are convinced that we shall by and by
be compelled TO announce the result that we pre-
diet.
From lightning to end, the fatal error in the
treatment Of the south has been the one that
crops out in this matter-a fear OF hurting some
BODY! Though the ruling classes in that countTy
we mean men like Yerger, in Mississippi VINO
control the organization and action Of political
parties. and who by their violence ana ueacheryi
are the terror Of mon Of peaoe-are just ~ essen
italy harbarous as so many Camanche Indians,
it has been the constant policy OF the government
to placate them by disgraceiui CONCESSIONS rather
than to terriry them by the certainty end lnhe&i-
bility Of It's Justice. 1t should have begun by
hanging a score Of the leaders in the scheme OF
infinite murder that they called Secession ami
then, by the bayOnet, il should have restored the
order and security that tho bayOnet overthrow
For ofenses dating brck TO the rebellion, it il too
Iaf1 70 Laa I'm uaFE of aEF Igln
son with his infamous policy, made crime and
law synonymous but we trust that General Grant
will see 70 II that no does not make the same mis-
take. But let US wait and see what the Supreme
Bench Of candidates for the Presidency win do
The summary aud bloody programme
here proposed is no more villainous than the
trial and execution Of citizen by militia.
~ commission under pretense Of law; for
Congress has Just as much authority Of law
TO provide that military officers shall shoot
down men suspected Of crime, as it has to
declare that drum head court martial shall
60 through with the farce of trial, and
then shoot them. The Post, no doubt, in
tended to put forward more advanced
Radical doctrine than is contained IN the so
called reconstruction legislation, but noit
ing more Radical and revolutionary tina
the principle underlying the whole syste
Of military trials can be conceived of undo
our form Of government There may
aggrarating and more revolving feature
added to ii, as is here proposed, but tn
doctrine itself is the climax Of political an
partI2an yllainy. That a journal Of &C
cepted respectabilty should put forth sucl
proposition in the interest of party pro
Tossing to monopoli2e all the civilization
christianity, and morality of what is claimed
to be the freest and most enlightened peopl
on the face Of the earth, is one of tho anon
allies Of the times. If the veriest savag
that ever tiourished a tomahawk, shoul
practice such brutal disregard of tn
commonest usages Of civilized nations
this same Journal would demand his life
Ihe gist OF this insane TRADE is simpl
and briefly this: That the Supreme Cour
Of the United States, composed Of eight iuda
es the greater number of whom have dew
ted their lives to the study of the principle
OF law and their application to cases brougI
before them, can not safely be trusted to AZ
minister the laws guaranteeing the RICH
Of property and life in this country, and ths
these rights must be hurriedly taken away
not adjudcated by military commssio r
composed possibly of the very scum of thu
party in power and because of the known
willingness Of its mem ers to be the ready
tools of an irresponsible power besotted mill
tary despot. just such proceedings will en-
kindle and forever keep alive the most bite
and unrelenting feelings in the South, an,
it is probably the aim and desire Of the elias
Of politicians who have control Of the coun
try to develope and keep up just such stat
OF feeling as q means Of retaining tbei
ill.gotten supremacy.
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How UGLINEss BECOMES BEAuriFUL-!
beautiful face is one OF Gods beautiful
works; but He has made more beautiful
things. We shall see may be in our travel
OF tomorrow you or / some angular
faced woman Of youthful but uncertain age
in gold bowed glasses prehaps, and shall
say at the first cruel glance lyou or y
Good gracious, what woman TO Ny,
with An old gentleman her atten liant goel
haltngly to the place beside her; and ther,
is touching and delicate attention on re
part to every want Of h.s-such grace o
acuoh-SLCh tender, eager vet no. UfGciOu
or presGmlnr watchfulnesg that yo,l cor