The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-27
sRLP.CoNDEMNED
A Radical Editor and a Radical Senator at
the Confessional

n hhulChl EDITOR anu AE"NAN"' NNHesN' -
the Confessional
The whole county remembers that dur
ing the late Presidential campaign, the Dem
ocratic party urged the election of its can
didates partly because the Republican party
had in three years of peace done nothing /
reduce taxation or to restore to the countr
prosperity and the blessings of peace, an
because under Republican administration 4
the government the South and the West ha
been robbed by oppressive tariffs to enrici
New England All this was stouty deue,
by Republican newspapers aud speakers
or course no Democrat, or other person mol
wilfully blind doubted that this indIcin' ~
against the Republican party was true ~, -.
very letter. Murder will out 81 49,
truth, as appears from the a'"'N
from the Chicago P,sg cnicis'nR d '"'e
speecb in the Senate 0y Senator sPFSgue'
TT - tbe surface to be an ire
.,..1.tI, .,nqonism between these kepub
r,oo or,lorines but we think they are both
e,ac.,g right, and we do not give place to
,Be controversy for the purpose Of disagree.
iag with either Of them on the contrary we
heartily endorse their mode Of dealing with |
each other:
Mr. Sprague, Of Rhode Island, made
speech III the Senate, yesterday whch Tor
dOlorousness OF statement aud irghtiuIness
of prediction, is without parallel IN the his
tory Of Senatorial harangucs. We quote
from the telographc report:
lie denied that Congress had restored harmony
or prosperity IA the country, and asserted that
the people 10 the south are rather IN state Of
chrJui. rcroluuon, and that there was no Justice
tor tho poor man or protection for the rights and
and liberties Of the citizens in this boosted land !
OF freedom immigration had fallen of, the in
dustry and agriculture Of tho country were SD
prOsttatel al the West that Immigrant cannot |
lind rcmuuerA'ive employment, iDr they cannot
sell their products f0t enough % supply thum. ,
selves with the urocssarIe. OF life. Inc reason IS
that legislation and administration we're so shaP ,
oil as to encourage capital 90 speculate upon every
industrial occupation IN tha country. II tins
course was 10 continue, 10 c,s than five years
here would be clamor for a tariI 70 keep out !
foreign cotton but great a. was the mismRuago.
nent Of our affairs in every department, the
greater abuses we're In financial policy. That o.
,Dlicy Wa. directed and controlled by the bankers
hey, no doubt, gave AS good advice rs they
Hu.i, but experience ha. always shown that a
callers 10 money knew little or nothing about n
he relations of money g. their occupations aud
ltero'u, The bearing Of all this was that if the
.gisators Of the country had lone their own a
lprS 90 badly.ho could they dare 70 assume the e.
wrrs and duties Gi the Executive alsu. The ! h
n'.a condition Of the country was quite as bad /,
IS I,s tauHHlgI condition. There wus less virtue :.
II 100 -I'r % American society than in any .
tarr civilized society on the face u the earth
p. prevailing naturalization was fryhQul. !
: h,t mother could send her son out into the =
gt.l With any confidence that he would be able q
r.s,s. the temptations that would surround !
Boo. What husband could close his door Laugh
.r.. The country was on the brink Of % prcn-
I.r. ali, uul"s, the people could be reused from
asr apathy oil va. lost.
The votes Of Mr. Sprague in Congress
ave been uniformly cast in such way "a
% promote the very condition OF public AT |
.A,ra that be is now so quick to deprycate.
p' a. men IN the Senate he has been the
most profted by the votes that he has given.
Im,e.i, one OF the largest manufacturers IN
tae country, having many millions invested
in cotton works, he has never stopped for
iect upon the people of any measure that
promised 70 put money into his purse. With
the certainty that his Yea IN answer to the
question, Shall tins bill pass would pro.
mote nl= interest though the people would |
be cursed thereby, We have vet to hear that !
he ever banched or he5Itated when his con.
sent to every one Of the twelve tariff ab0m
nations 70 which he has given his support |
e,nce l-6l, was asked. To all the iniuultous
legislation he has been "A conserving party.
81 cpurs" We are not uuwlluE that hr
should see the fatal consequences of the
schemes that have commanded hts ofNrlN
appreciation, often no doubt at the expense
OF his private Judgment, nor that he should
now throw his little self into the breach to
arrest the further progress Ci the Calamitics
that he and his c0mpeers have created But
be will learn that though child may destroy
q dam, nothing but exhaustion at its source
will stop the flood. Mr.. Sprarue has lrt
loose upon us mulutudinous special interests,
that now, by the strength that he has given
them, are able ~ control the legislation Of
the country and his agency, though potcn,
in causing, will be intuiteslnh in arresting,
the evils under which the industry, the fuau-
ces and the morals Of our people suffer-
The best service that he could now render
himself his State and the country at large
having heaped up millions upon millions by
the operation Of unjust and unequal laws
that be has approved, would be- to roo,s' '.oA
make room for q succcssOr who would vote
in Congress as if that body Were something
more than a machine for making the mem
hers thereof rich at their country's expense.
lie has aided in destroying our merchant
marine, in cutting off all our exports Of
manufactured articles IN which we used to
compete with the looms and workshops of
the world, in expressing and impoverishing
our agriculture, in enriching to @ fabulous
eXtent special manufacturing interests, and
10 ae5aDua.uE and .mpoverlshing'he masses:
and rJw we are afraid that. should be re-.
main IN his place, be wou.d be party to
the GROWING ih4uity-thc conversion Of the
currency debts OF the people into gold debts,
whereby all the property would pass into the
hands Of the creditor classes, aud with it tie
liberties, which, no thanks to Nr. Sprague,
We yet enjoy.
Elk PRESIDENT JOHNsON AT CHARL0TTEs
VILE.
Ee route to Lis his home in Tennessee