The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-30
ait HUkTs EN- 2,

The fact that Hawley goes to congress
with the insignificant majority of Al, and
this gained by the votes of the Island
laborers, hurts him not little, and the fact
that these men voted under his promises of
employment, and that nearly hundred OF
them have been discharged since me eiec>
ton, il another little fact that troubles him
exceedingly. He sne.ks on to washington
,o.d.v 70 ,.ks seat gained by cheating
nd h,oLe, promises, fearful that the altered
majority of that body may investigate the
E,,ie tricks, whereby % majority Tor his
Opponent has been manufactured into Al
tor him BY his radical canvassers. He
fears an investigation may return him
TO a deserved an ingnominious obscurity.
he has given over trying to make it appear
that he is as popular as ever, and this NOR
ming INDUCES in Q hall column of hypocriti>
cal cant over the great injustice we have
done Gen. Rodman, commandsnt at the
Leland, for saying that the Island laborers
were voted and then we're discharged. We do
Gen. Rodman no injustice. tits fact that
Hawley said to these men, "Vote for me aud
I can get appropriations and you will have
employment. If you vote for Mr.. Cable he
cannot get appropriations and you will not
have employment" And it is also q fact
that in less than a month from that time,
but after they had voted for him, nearly a
hundred of them have been discharged.
This has been the programme on all the
public works of the United States, and those
in command Of these work are not to blame
for carrying out this programme, as they
have only obeyed orders from the War De-
psrtment, as was their duty. ANY attempt
to make it appear that We have done injus
tice to any officer by referring to the matter
ss we have, is simply false and fool.
sh. The real point that is
attempted is to draw public attention
from the fact that the authorities at Wash
ington, in osjunction with the radical can
didates for congress, have used the govern
ment works and prostituted every govern
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The facts are toe well known, too plainly
seen, and understood, TO be thus lodged or
covered up. There was time when the
radicals could silence all criticism. by the
cry of copperhesd," "Gisloy atty" and
REBEL" but these are played out. As is
also this last attempt to turn this just crit.
zism OF government intimidation of voters
and interference with state and local cleo
tons into abuse of officers in command OF
government works, who are simply doing
their duty, and decreasing their working
force in compliance with instruction from
Washington. The onion attempts to make
i, appear that Gen Rodmsn is guilty of the
Intimidation of voters, when it knows very
well that he had nothing to do with II. This
is injustice to the General, whom we ell
know to be very far abov g
such miserable trickery.
This low, slurring attempt of the Union to
shield Hawley from public contem pit and to
excuse the War Department for its in,erfer-
ence, at the expense of the reputation of a
gentleman and one of the best officers in the
army aud man who has done as much
for this place as Gen Rod man, should bring
down upon it and its cliens5 Hawley, the con
demnation of all honest men. So, let Haw-
ley bear the stigma that rests upon him, for
he is politically dead and buried, by his own
party.