The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-22
pailp argus.
Thursday Evening, July a. 1903
WENDELL pHILLIps ON GRANrASD HIS
GARNET.

The Antl.Slayery otd"u''
date contains a ukaso from fhIi'pS, 'ne
scalper, from which we make an extract
IA Ia. written aud Grant and his Cabinet
,,onble in their official boots, and such lit
II. rebel ours as Lee seek the obscurity
which should hide traitors from the writing
lightning of Weudell's eye. He hourishes
his tomahawk, all dripping with gore, as
fJllows:
When Grant so absurdly, and without
consultation, flung an Administration a. !ne
country, we trembled at such PROOF Of MS
unh,ness for his great place. ANA every
hours experience with that Administration
has increased our fears. There are able
men in that Cabinet men fully equal to the
special duties of the place assigned them.
But we utter only the unanimous judgment
of men Of all parties when we say that, as a
Cabinet, as a unit, it is the weakest Cabinet
the nation has ever seen. There are not
more that two men in it OF any political sig
nidcance or Of any national repute. There
ia only one man in it able TO counsel hiS
chief on the great issues, and hs shows no
willingness TO assume that espons0ilty'--
A Cabinet should represent the party II
should be able 10 carry on the Departments
to counsel the President on general ques
lions This Cabinet is we'll enough fitted
IN carry on the Departments. But 1t Meth
or represents the party, nor can 1t give tha'
counsel which Grant needs more than any
of his predecessors. Allow this let alone 10
policy to continue, and the rebels Will take the
country 10 1873, and will practically RUE IL
much sooner. What we demand oil the
thouch,loss and timid men who made
mere camp captain our President, IS that
they save US from the consequences OF their
mistake BY surrounding him with men who
comprehend the hour aud are brave enough
20 meet II. General Grant has all the phys
icsl courage that the Virginia campaign Of
1863 needed lie has shown himself toe
weak and irresolute TO conduct the Virginia
campaign of 1869. soldiers courage IS
ono hing General Grant has 1t. a states
mans courage is a totally distinct quality
Hitherto President Grant has given no evl.
deace of possessing it. In the camp, one OF
his chief merits was that he knew how to
choose his agents admirably. In civil affairs
he has Numbered in this choice like chiId.
We have no grudge against the President.
Whenever be has spoken word OF states
manhke significance no manhas received 1t
with more grateful admiration than we
have. We hope he may yet add to the
1narshals baton the oaken crown OF sue
cessful tesmanship. We have no partial
ity or spleen against any Republican. But
we urge all true men to demand poIiey
that shall at once crush open and disguised
ebellion-Toombs, Stephens and Hamilton
all with one impartial blows making
property and life safe wherever the flag
floats.
We're we able to approach the President,
we would remind him that the national
honor is solemnly pledged to make the dag
protect every loyal man under 1t The
soldier Of Fort Donelson and Appomattol
must surely feel this. He will certainl
guard the honor Of the nation he leads.
He does not need Mazzini to remind hir
that "there are questions which may be LEI
TO the slow development of ideas, but
question Of honor may not. Dishonor is
gangrene fatal to national life. A peopI
which, able to do otherwise, resigns itself
insult, abdicates its power and its future.
The man whose military sagAc'ty was neve
AT fault can surely find or make some We
10 enforce obedience. Let not the wor
say the nation could produce but one Sta
ton, with grip iron enough to strangle r.
istance. Until Georgia admits colored N
to their Legislative seats, fill every 9th
Office ia the state with blacks, to ma
rebels TO understand the Government al
keep the balance even. Throw the who
weight of the National Government in
that scale in Tennessee, Mississippi al
Texas which will give loyal men the ru
loyal men sustained by education, Ian
political rights, and by business SO fostert
and protected that it will remodel Il
state.
The nation gropes and feels around f
Government-and grasps only air. NJ
President, if you can not draw your swo
at least show your hand, Rebellion is d
ing great things illegally. Your Admin
tration is doing nothing, strictly accordil
10 law.
The pilot who sleeps at the helm is
guilty as he who delibe rately runs the sh
full upon Gibraltar. The blood of the mi
dered loyalists OF Georgia is on the SKI
of this administration. | would rathey
Lee at Appomattox-no, not Lee, the e,
cutioner and assassin of Libby Prison
any knsve rather than Lee-but | wo
rather be Pemberton, surrendering at Vic
burg, than Grant successfully and safely
fed in the White House. | would rather
the President whose terrible decision m
the assassin trembIe on the Del Norte. Il
own the sword which cut its way to vict
at Ficksburg and Appomattox.