Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-20
With an Article in the Argus.
TIE LAST SENSlTInN!
APULPIT ON TIE RAMPAGE
Psrsoatlttiss, Preachers, sourrilhties. Mstri-
monialitiss, Comm anieatIons, DO.

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HAverstiek, postmaster Of the city AID
editor of the Rock Island Onion, had ap-
psAred in broad daylight on one of our most
public and important thoroug hfares, in a
state OF the most beasty and be,ot.ed
drunkenness. The report was at fret
DOUBTED, but it was afterwards ascertained
10 be more than Correct. Not only was he
intoxicated, but he reeled aud STUN bled
and finally fell p;ossrAte in a gutter, his hat
going one way and his cane the other. HIS
friends pioted him home as soon as posi-
BILE, in order that his shame aud their shame
might be 10 measure concealed On
another occasion, al public concert iG
Darts Hall (Ihe De Berot Club) he ap
/ peared IN a state of almost equal drunken
ness, and would have been shut up In the
hall at the close of the performance had not
q friend hustled hun out. 10 the first
mentioned case, We lightly slladed to his
lndIscretOns, ana IN the second case a cor
resp ndeut I'D the business for as We did
not eeter 10 these affair." ID IN ahgrant Rrstif-
cation but . regret that = man holding re.
sponslole public positions in our city, should
thus def' public opinion, snd insult public
deceUcy.
About two weeks ago Hsverstick met Mr..
Drake, OF THIS paper, 81 Chicago, aud
wnIGei aud begged that aa arrangement
might be- entered into restricting g, per
souAhTes from either paper He stat,
that he B al oren much Iaj aired IN public
estimation By the criicems o. the ARGUS
on the recent exhibitions of his weakness,
and begged that al Undertaking might be
arrived at, whereby both papers would
drop all personal s..uslous Of every Charsc-
ter whatever. With good humored geue-
rosiIy Mr.. Drake cunseated, and on the
folio~Ing Gay went eastward, wh,e Haver-
suck returned to Rock lslsLd to take I'D
vantage of Mr.. Brakes agreement aud Ab-
senca 20 abuse al persons connected with
the AkGCs. HIS columns have since
teemed with lusuitluE references This
morning hi, p,psr contains ons abusive
srtlris ii $50 abusive Communications OF
the most personal aud slsnderous chArAc-
ter. 1t is thus ihAt he eihsres to an ar
range ment made at his owl pl,eous aud
earnest solicitation.
The occasion taken advantage Of to dis
charge this canaonade OF spleen, hatred ,sn d
venom, is the Publication Of aa article in
our paper Of day before yesterday. Moth
ing was stated in that article bot facts.
/ Our informant was leading business man
Of this city. 1t people don'E wish to get
themselves into print they shouldn't make
| fools Of themselves publicly The article
contained Goth pg The like Of which will not
I be found n any paper in the land. IL con-
t4iasd nothing worse Insn the following,
which appeared ia tue Union on that very
day.
The Gazette ssys a story is circulating il
/ Davenport To the efeOl that q certain cItl-
zen went home rather late one night and
provoked the ire OF his wife by tossing about
b III utN lArhtAA Va gong W elccp. no ist
al last feigned Illness and her husband was
persuaded TO go down town and get her
some med cine At the drug store he dis
covered that another mans vale;
was 10 his pocket, and another mans pau
falcons on his limb. Deci iedy startled, he
hastily returned home, HsceriaiEed that his
own pGutSlOons we're gone, and invited his
wife 10 confess. A separation has alread y
taken place and a divorce suit is to follow.
Nor would it begin TO compare with the
following paragraph WHICH appeared in the
Onion on the z5in OF last October:
FAILED To CoNNECT.-On Sunday after
noon Ponce man Randall Who was taking
stroll with some friends IN the region OF
the tl4h, noticed younz Daveuporter
named Cbas. Fi.Dg, reIire with q young
wom,n 10 n sec, uded retreat The police
man thOpghl L bis duty TO talk seriOGsl y
and kindly, but firmly to FIebIg, AID AS "a
result OBJ AIMED hIs promise to appear at
Magistrate SImOnsou's office on Monday or
Tuesday, aud sDswer 10 charges Of im proper
couduct. The time has come, the youns
man failed 10 coun ct, aud this Is to give
him notice thaf ne : wanted ia Z Ick Islam d
for a few moments only
We fJrbear TO of.ud the reader by in.
julging in Itstc,. Ghis latter is about e,
hlthyA paragraph as ever appeared in q
Rock Island paper. All yet ths UaioH mas
the audAoity, this morning to say
10 Common with the decent people of the
city, we regret that pIoic journal. pro
Tossing to represent our people. at least ID
part, should 40 far prostitute the power auc
pdrpuse OF the press a. 10 pABder TO int
lowest vices and the most depravsd tas es
We state that two communication.
appear. Here is dainty extract from ons
OF them.
When man, who assumes to write fol
the public 10 Guy oomtDuaIty OF AverAg,
seli-respsc CT, 80 lar torgets the claims whict
that community has upon the j ,urnsiist, q,
to mingle falsrhoud aud ISLANDER with tn,
grossest udeceLcy, wheu iIbiaess oozts ou
Of the ends of h,s fingers and drops from
the end OF his tongue 10 such a manner q,
is exhibited III that indecent arucle, b,
ought In the alignment of tie writer to b,
put into SONS moral penthouse With other
+ diseased persons of like character, Where b,
msy no longer inject Tue members OF socle
~ with the rotten eou,aglon Of his owr
heart 1t may be said that the management
Of the Iurusl is not r-.ponsible for every
thing mat may appear in lis columns bI
/ ask hos N an editor keep 10 his emplo,
one 30 destitute Of eli regard TO the com
mop proprie,i.s Of civil ed life. withou
being responsible and iadtr4 endors %
such sentiments before the world? As fol
one l have too much respect for the iamiliet
Of this city-ths wives, sisters and mother,
who may inadvertently read such articles
| have too much respect for my children
whose moral character may be infected thu
with disease worse than any that may des
troy the body have too much respect fo
myself as a man, TO read aud endorse suct
articles by continuing to patronize such :