The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-28
A TRUE BILL

The No'iyuol hte'ligeHcer, one Of the old.
est, abiest ana fairess political papers il the
country, draws the following bill of indie,
ment against the Radical party. is severe
and yet we believe it is every word true, and
this viii be the verdict OF the generation
that shall come after us
"No party, in any free country under heaven
ever committed SO many crimes against liberty,
law, and civilization as the dominant party have
committed Tor the Iast rlght yoaIs, even vai..
they presumed TO be the very apostles of liberty.
aud fIe foremost and most spJ'Iy-s champion. ul
human freedom. LusHylug where they claim 90
omancipate destroying where they clulmto JuiOi
up; undermining whore they claim TO bc strength
eu.ag, and making broader the foundation. of
civil liberty TcbuiIIoug whore they claim to nc
patriotic: hendI sh, almost, where they claim o. be-
saints, they have been beyoni all that could have
been prOpucscd, beyond all that could huyobcon
believed a curse 10 this country and an cnsampIc
otre,ulAr aud warning Awiossnes-, treacLcrG
hypocrisy, and crime to every other. True TO-
nothing good cons,ierate to nothing stabsaed;
heritut t0 nothing wlso; faithful to nothing PROM
4s"d false u The fcase of the country false 70
the unity VI the country false to the institutions
ui the country false To- the black race auI (. the
white race lal- % the great body OF t.y rroplo
with all their manifold and nightly interests, UEC
false 70 the form Of government under "Moh We
live corrupt through aud through, even by then
own confessions, TO very TDttennoss deDauchc.
beyond every precedent or example revolution
airy from first to last in all their important aim
and acts, instead Of deserving party salvation
for which they are striving, as is manifest by
their reaching out for new issues which vii! keel
them together, they have richly nerlted common
eXecutIou and the glbbet.
"No one can, with candor and the hest use
his reason, survey the course OF the party irol
the beginning 10 the present time whose mCmor
has run alOIg pTyj p"ssu with the acts Of the pat
ty, fail to arrive at this conclusion. They wUUl
serm TO have started out with the idea that tn
American union is one grand battle ground fl
them alone one grand plain on which they, Xix
baDditti, could build up their fortunes; one bound
less fertile held, from which they were created {
gather spoils, and which should be a reudo
yUus and d stamping ground. On this they has
shouted, reveleu, reeled drank blood, and way
laid at viii. On this as do savages, in the
roaring wllds, have they planned, muiicd in by
, n-y, campaign after campaign against Oh
American people, their lives and liberties, an
In-IaU9usly put forth edlct after edict again
their Institutions and the integrity Of their uuioI
On TINS bTant ot every sort, little and grea
iormldaOle A. c.uJamptbe, have been create5
anu tyFhuAIes y every SOFT. of little and Of grca
measure, perPetratti. From this have been sen
forth the poisonous d.sutaents that have iror
time to time worked the yqbIic mind we'll -ui,,
to madness, and by the inocuisa3 ais,crn,pr n
ted the people Of oue.haf the eoa-+ry f,- cutti,
the tAroats Of the propIe of the otaG half Fra,
th,s, forgetting or despising the h!Ia tsa,bir,
OF inspiration whose Divine authority b. Chrf
tian creature questions, have they sought raj.
the haut y. Gerry man against his brotagr +
create or PerpetuAte enmity among fellow c..,
trymeu; to Undue them with the hot and mer
less spirit Of the roaming outlaw, rather Ii
with the spin. OF men harn and maturci in I
lap If peace to whom the atmosphere of peace
their ultiye air, their stormy rassions, and
whom sobricty Of thought and tsuporate-lnin
cdue-s u an inheritance. From 'ai, have III
planned, and step by step, ami year by re
ealing the passions, pre- udices, rer.l,os, CrI
nations, and bitter memories to their aid, be
carrying on. the overthrow Of the American
public, III order to the establishment Of an gr1r
~ MS place, as seen in the existence Of uub
Journals founded under their auspices and III
ported by their means, openly advocating sue.
change IN the form Of government. All this q
much more nave they Done, and taught. and
ticted ami in this course they eve come AZ
70 see, OF, at least, 70 fear, that the veil VIII
they have worn is being penetrated and the mi
torn away by the American people, and tbev
the necessity for new devices new tacti., !
cloak behind which they may uususreFtsd. :,
sue, 20 their accomplishment, the vsps VI
they have laid ont trusting nos 81 heretofore
tAs gsysFibg sFsagilsy Of tbs ssBsssy,