The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-30
A RADICAL PAPER SHOWS UP THE REV.
SENATOR HARLAN

senator and EISCcretarY Harlan, who |
lately made the outspoken comments Of u
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette up. |
on some Of his official acts the occasion of
a two.column spluttering upon the lazzaroni
Of the press, is afforded az opportunity by
the Gazette (radicsl) to occupy the floor for
fresh eruption. That paper Of the 22d
inst has the following:
And since Mr.. Harlan has introduced the
classification Of the members of profcs.
sion, in order to describe vile class into
which be can put journalists who disturb
his peCulBbOHs, we have to say that we
know Of no class Of beings too vile TO in.
olude a secretary of the interior, or senator,
who uses his Office to rob the country to on.
rich hmself-who disgraces his government
by cheating the Indians out Of their lands
for private speculation, when his office
makes him their guardian who Rmssses
great wealth while his country is bleeding
at every pore; who in his country's agony
makes the profession Of patriotism what the
blunt ,amgel Johnson once called 1t, "tho
last refuge Of a scoundrel;' who in the Joy
o.! rapid rise from poverty TO riches by the
improvement Of official opportunities views
the distressedness OF the people torn by civ.
il war with serene Indifference
As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form,
sWells from the vale, and midway leaves the
storm,
Though round ito base its country ruins
spread
Eternal sunshine settles on ts head.
We have no criminal class too vile for
a place for such cabinet officers and sena.
tors. Repeating Mr.. Hsrlan's expression
We have 70 say that his associates may iudg,
where be belongs, and the public may as
sign him his proper place.
When senators, who IN few years, anC
in the midst Of general distress, have risen
from poverty TO enormous wealth. assume
70 set mp for their class a superior honor
over the correspondents Of the press, they
exhibit brazen eiiroutery aud cause the
world to scot. Mr.. Harlan is Rrragned be-
fore the tribunal Of public opinion for acts
that should cast him out Of the society of
reputable men. lie cannot avert this by
viltyiug the correspondent Of the Gazette,
VIII ose integrity all the wealth that has stuck
70 Mr.. Harans fingers since he has been in
public life could not touch.
The time is coming when the shrinking
Of paper values will reveal the burdens up
on the people in their real weight and
then the sight Of public officer who upon
small salary has in n few years accumu.
lated great wealth will be popularity odous
when the riches procured BY population will
no longer have glitter that hides the
means by which they were gained when
the official robbers Of bleeding country
worse than the hyenas of battle.fed-wih
find themselves and their ill.gotten riches
subject to 4 moral Judgment that will force
them to seek seclusion, and make their
panpered children ashamed Of their pster'
nal name. 1t is the work our correspond
ent IS doing in reconstructiug the mora
sentiment Of the country on these matters
that has aroused the hatred Of such men al
Harlan and Pomeroy.
The result of eight years radical rule, i
thus summed up by leading republican
journal:
In the first place, corruption in ever
branch Of the government has reached
point beyond which it cannot 60 far withou
putting the very existence Of the govern
ment in danger. This eau hardly be Gale,