Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-06

mar nsY hdrd bcfH enemies ~ me JOgfut
coHsri0uHsss that ihCy are and must hence
forth remain brethren. Horace Greeley.
DGR. HAwLEX'S gPEECR1B.
Mr.. HSvley is very actively engaged in
S.umpiug this par, Of Illinois for Grant He
has spoken in Rock Island, Moline, CordovA,
Princeton, Cambridge, Monmouth, aud per
hAps in other places Letters and news.
paper articles, Published in the Union, from
the places where be has spoken, show the,
he generally makes the same OF much the
same speech wherever he goes. The Mon
mouth Alas aAyH che spoke two hours, aud
that che touched briefly many Of the issues
involved &C., &c. Il is quite likely that
he did touch very "brisly' the issues in
volysd in the coming eIsction-all the Grant
orators skip over them rs quickly as posi-
bic. His speeches seem to BE- simply a re-
hash Of Roscoe Coukling's Cooper Institute
speech, mainly devoted to a very weak de-
Tense Of the Grant administration from the
serious charges Of fraud, usurpation and
bad Management. brought agains, II by the
very AblsSl mel who aided 10 bringing that
administration into power-suoh leaders in
that party Es Sumner, Trumbull, Banks,
Schurz and host Of other able men. His
COrdoVA sulogisi, abiding to the Chorpen
niuR frauds, the Ssoor swinde, the French
arms Oh, 60, &c, says Mr.. Hawlev, "by
Facts and evidence proved him lGrany) clear
Of all the numerous charges made Sgaius,
him That speech, with its "lae,s and evi.
dsnoe, ought to be reported in full for If
this correspondent tells The truth about il we
are sure Grant would ike 10 read il. II il
rather surprising that Mr.. HawIey should
have performed JOB, up al Cordovs, which
no man in the United States has yet been
able 10 accomplish. Why didn't Mr. Haw.
Icy produce these "ise., and evidence 10
his place 10 Congress, las; winter, aud thus
convince the great leaders Of his party Of
their error Il seems TO "a that Mr.. Hav.
Icy has been guilty Of a grea, aud laexcusa.
bic neslso, o.. duty Ter had be produced his
facts and evidence there and then, there
would have been no spill. ia bis party and
all the great statesmen OF bis party who are
now for Greeley would be supporters Of
Grnns. Mr.. Havley made very serious
mistake in postpouing The matter till be
vent to Cordova, and by bis neglect 70 pro-
duoe his facts and evidence in Congress
be is justly chargaO,e with the response
bilisY for the split IN His party. We have no
wish to disparage Mr. Hswleys great
powers Of reasoning, or tho versatility Of
talent be may possess for manufacturing
"fActs and evidence but we are sure that
Senators Trumbull, Schurz, and Upton, and
Gen. Banks, and Horace Greeley, and Gov
srnor Blair, Of Mich, and Gov. Brown, Of
Mo, And Gov Palmer, Gov. Koerner, Gov.
Bross, Leonard Svet., Of Illinois, and
hundreds yes thousands Of others Of the
very elite among the statesmen and induen-
tia men Of the Republican party would like
TO hear a man who could. by "facts and evil
dsnce. prove Grant clear Of all the numer-
Gus charges made sgalns. him, 'the
like Of which this Cordova letter
writer truly says, "ihe ma
ton never before witnessed" Is
II possible that this Cordova letter writer,
or any homes, Republican, places Mr.. ITav-
ley so high above all the great statesmen of
his party? Does he suppose that Senator
Trumbull, to say nothing Of the others)
With his acknowledged ability and long ex-
psrisnce ia the councils Of the nation, car
thus be whislled down the wind by Mr. HAw-
ley Is It no, barely possible that the par
tizSns Of Mr.. Grant are blinded by party
prejudice and hate, and that they will not
even read and become acquainted with the
reasons for the charges made against Grants
incapaci.y and bad management? They
(unlsss they have an oaiee) are certainly
interested 10 having good, an economical,
an honest government. Is there any reason
why they should make themselves ridicu-
louS and grow hoArse in praising Grant and
abusing Greeley? II would certainly seem,
when the very best and most conspicuous
and honorable men in their own party, in
every State in the land, are convinced that
Horace Greeley would make q better Presi.
dent than Grant, that they ought at least TO
examine carefully and di'ps,sionassly the
reasons these great statesmen gave for their
course. Have they done so? If not, is It,
not their duty, as good citizens and lovers of
good government, to do so? Will they read
the minority reports made to Congress on
the New York Custom House frauds and
management, the French arms lob the San
Domingo job, the Chorpenuing and secor
aWindlss, The dsiaulung Office holders. the
nePosiam of Grant, the Black FRIDAY affair
and other similar reports? Will ,bsv Rad
Summers Bis, Of MAY speech, schurz's 8,
Louis speech, TrumbulS Chicago sosscb
PAlmsrs Decatur speech, Summers lstt., 10
the eolored people, BAnks's letter, and
0roavsner's Columbus speech These are
AL or nearly all Republican authorities.
Will thsy-dare they read them? II any
man Who IL now for Grant, and who does
act hold an office CT is not so stepped in
party preiadioe aud hate 90 TO warp his