The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-08

| cal opinions, except of1o'o oHSo noiueEs,
were indignant, and they Determined las
soon as it was known that Mrs. Farrsgut
had procured q lot a. Woodlawn) TO make
the removal the occasion of such demon
stration as had never been seen in New
York. The most respectable republican
papers denounced the neglect of Gran, l. Co.,
and public opinion actually compelled his
presence on Friday last, together with a
few of his Office holders. In q drenehiug
rain, wet to the skin, thousands of people,
and an immense army, soldiers ard sailors,
walked In sadness and sorrow, for hours,
through our streets, to testify the sdmirs
ton, respect and affection of America for
the greatest hero of the war. The service
which he so ably adorn d, the people whom
he so nobly served, this wonderful city
whose greatness he defended, At home and
in far eff seas, were his mourners.
Yesterday, with my friend MIR. ID. ).
McMulen, of the Chicago Post went 70
Her Beecher preach. l was dlsap-
! no;nted in him, as an orator. de
has little or nothing in bis appearance or
manner to indicate the holy man OF GOD;
his voice is disagreesble, and his style at
times. that of butfoon. His sermons read
better than they seem in their delivery.
! After church. | dined with my friend, at
the ersnd Central Hotel, Broadway, where
| he is stopping, and where | advice my
| friends to 90 1t ID the largest hotel in New
York, elegantly furnis led, aud kept in
| superb style. The rates are from 81 to 81
a dsv, according to room. In the Chicago
Tribune, of the 9th ult., | noticed a letter,
from this city, making the usual and stereo
typedchsrRes of fraud and Encouragement
against the democrats of Tammany These
charges. in general way. cannot be met
and refuted, simply because you cannot
| bring one of the slspderers to make them
specific and definite; they deal in vague and
and unintelligible generslties. But when
ever one OF these slsnderers can be pinned
down to definite proposition, notice that
he is always successfully refuted and
com PEELED to take water This Tribune
correspondent is one of the vague, airy and
indefinite kind but he is very candid in
one respect, viz; After berating Tammsny
to bis hearts content, he says:
Three fourths of the Republican politicians
of New York ought to be castigsted every day
in reform organ, and exh tbited on the same
pin with the spiders of Tammany.'
| That'll do. That young men can take his
| seat.
| notice that your fall canvass is going on
Wen. w . nUpc loI REcSt Soiu6 III Ihihois,
If not for success in the state. 1t seems BY
Logsu's speech, in Springfield, as reported
| III the Tribune, when he was nominated,
that he is a candidate for United States
senator, as well as for congressman a.
srge. Speaking Of this, the other day, with
prominent Illinois republican, he
remarked to me that it was disgrace enough
to Illinois to have drunkard, like Yates
L.. h,,s lor HI dr,,,. b
ard and iicentIous creature like Logan,
would De double Disgrace.
The campaign in this state progresses
| timely. We have a most excellent ticket,
prop erly distributed through the state The
radicals were reduced to the necessity OF
choosing their candidates for governor aud
lieutenant governor from Brooklyn; but the
democratic vision takes wider scope.
| Hoffman from the metropolis. Beech from
the northern frontier, Nichols Of the west.
| Chapman and Fay from the two e1tremites
of the cansl--represent 10 their locations all
| sections of the state. Col Solomon E
Scheu, the present state prison inspector,
vas, two years ago, nominated from Buff
alo. But Buffalo this year has a candidate
| IN the ticket. So Col. Scheu is taken from
the great body OF German electors. and ls
to be credited to them and no. TO ANY locality.
Our platform Is teEse and to the point. IL
sets forth in no doubtful language the
principles of the great democratic party, AND
grappes with the important questions OF the
day IN a fearless manner. 1t has the true
ring to It, and contrasts magnihcently
with the dull and uncertain and d.,lefui
sound, like the voice from the tombs,
which the Saratoga platform gives forth
| The difference is that of decay and life of
/ party looking back ward and party looking
| forward, Of organization which hss
| fulfilled Its mission-however mischievous
and of an organization which sees much
vet to be doue, many abuses yet TO BIT
| corrected, and which boldly buckles on the
.armor to do and to correct. 1t is the vigor
Gus party of the future on the one side and
the effete party OF the past On the other.
The Radicals are il trouble and their shit
is going to pieces. Little Woodford The
radical candidate for governor, in speech
IN response to his nomination, attacked
governor Hoffman for fraud and called him
"a puppet of Tammany' and figure head
Thus he opened the door 10 personalities
and Mayor Hall walked through it, BY
exposing the rottenness of Woodford's
character in an able speech in the Roches-
ter convention. Read the following:
From the San, September IS.
The principle accusati on made by Mr. Hall is
that in 1866, when General Noodford
.istsnt to the District Attorney in this city. ht
was bribed by Appleton Oak smith, well known
tiave tracer, to allow his vessel, then fitted Out
for the slave trade, to be bonded ut = far
less than her real value, that she was abb
leave this port Tor the purpose of continuing
the slave trade 1t is also alleged that the bonds
man upon whose guarantee the SLAYER was al
owed to sail was the father IN law of Genera
Woodtord' Another charge is that while Gene
raj Woodford WAS Lieutenant Governor of this
state and President of the Senate, the charter
for the French Cable Company WAS ssed
that its passage was assisted by the Lieutenant
Governor and that five thousand dollars were
paid to the law partner of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor as a compensation for services in getting
the bill through. 1t il also alleged by the Nay
or that while q member of the Canal Board
Lieutenant Governor Woodford systematic Ally
voted for every suspicious claim brought before
the Board. Upon this point, however, no spc-
cial allie CATION of bribery or other m alfeAsance
il set up. IfGeneral woodford cannot at once
clear away all these CD argos, and especially thai
respecting his alleged collusion with the slave
trader 0akemith. il will be sary for him to
e at once and decisively Withdrawn from the
place he now occupies as the Republican candi
date for Governor.
From the Sun, September 80.
Yesterday We sent one OF the reporters of the
San to Hener al Woodford TO ASCERTAIN from him
whether he had any answer to make to the state
msnts put forth by Mayor Hall, the New Yors
Leader, and the New York Herald, charging HIM
with completely in the slave trading operations
OF the notorious Appleton oaksmith We are
sorry to say that our reporter learned that Gsne-
raj WOodford vas not In town, and that he would
be absent for some days This is exceedingly
IN fortunate for General " oodford, AID for the
party which has hopored him with the compIi
ment OF it's nomination for Governor. What
ever nay be his engagements, and however
pressing the calls which have taken him out OF
Il city, they should all have been postponed in
order 10 make an answer to the grave sccusa-
tons that have ben brought az sinst him. We
do not know and do not attempt to decide
whether these accurations true or false. 1t
rs enough, however, that they are made on re
,Ponsibie authority, and that they are of such
a nature that they must either be instantly dis
proved or General Woodford must be Withdrawn
as the Republican candidate for Governor. 1t
is Impossible thai the Republicans sh ould con