Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-15
A MODEL REFORMER

DR.. Calvin IrussdAIo has been uomiua'ci I
by the Dolly NNdsls a. ghsir Candidate IN 4
the SIKH Congressional Dt,Hct IA this
State. hi, eAAe illustrates, 10 a mark, d tc T
gree. the tickle faith OF these so.cslIed re-
formers. He had A,uGys bscn Republican.
Daribg the war be obIained contract, with .
three oghers, 10 open a suffers store among .
the rebJl prisoners 90 the Island. So long
- this continued he vas Justify for the war.
The rebsiIioA must be pot down at all hsz-
ards. The wsrmusI 70 on.
When il closed. from being poor med.
cal praototioner De- Calvin rruesdale found
himself rich. He then wanted otbc' and
WAS sent By the r publicaus to the Cousti-
tuuonal Convention. % hIs return home
be found that Mr. Hswley the present in
oumhsut, aud Maj James N. Beardsley were
endeGyornz to secure ths nomination for
Congress. Hs labored With might and uaiu
10 make "A i:recouclts bio breach betweeu
the two With a view Of making 80 strong a
fight that he would be taken up MS com.
promise candidate. With this hope be went
to the convention. De assured bis fl nd,
that he vas Republican and should remain
with the party. oder this assurance bis
friends stood By him. He was destined how
ever TO be defeated, and Mr.. Hawley receiv
ed the support Of Rock Island county, thus
sscurelng the nomination which hA. since
been confirmed BY the whole district la
less tnAn a week ihe Republican party III
DR.. Trussdales eyes became bopsle..ly cJr-
Tupt. he deserted 1t aud bucams r ing,
rAbd Liberal lie has received for b,s pains
the empty honor Of "a Congressional uomiu-
alton 10 q district overs heimiugly RspuoIi-
can. This is not all. lie has o5lsiusd, aud
deServedly, the contempt OF every honest
man, aud the scorn Of bis ueig bbofs. Such
treachery is Eots- than bass, u Is mean.
We r, jOtcs to know that Mr. Hawl~y wi
grind Dis opponent loto the dift.-EL Paso
We dford Co. Journal.
We found the foregoing 10 a Grant paper
published at GalvA. Our fist impulse was
to pat it 10 the Ere, hoping iba, m,n Of so
kind heart and such homes, aad worthy
motives as DIR. Truesdale would never see i,
or hear Of IT, Our second thought Wsa to
pubish it and let our people see What shame
ful fAlsehoods charGcterize this HaWley cam
paign And We now Esk the Grant Repub
licAus Of this county, Who know DR.. True
dale, to consider whether they can afford 10
see so good a oiiizsn az be is lied about 10
this manner without rssenting 1t tbs polls.
The Fl Paso Journal +, edited by a
young man named Bald win, who came here
from Peoria, and was local editor Of the
Union Tor few weeks last spring. he may
have written the article, but it is more prob.
able that II Was written by some cowAriiy
Hawisyi,e h 70 and sent GU, there for publ.
cation. But that doesb's mater The ami
mus Of the article is bad, and its statements
are ~ieksdly fAss. Look A. The followlng
statement:
Durug the var he obtained a contract With
thrss othefi, 10 open a suffers store aOng tue
reoci pri'o0sr 90 the lsIaud So long As tht'
oonunued be vas Justify for the war. ID, 70
bsl'i"u must Be put da-a ~ slI hytris. Tbs
war must 60 on. When 1t sIo,ci fr,m osing =
poor prastitionsr, Dr.. Calvia Truesdale fouad
himself rich.
Every ons who kuoEs D.. True,dal,
knows that lhs i'm APPLICATION here m d., tina
he opposed tho war or lacked yea 10 sus.
tanning the Union cause, IL a vile and wick
edly malicious ialsshood. Every body knows
too, that he was no richer al the close Of th,
war than Its beginning; that he never mad,
one csui out Of the war, 10 any wAy, asc
he Is not, ald never was, a rich man, ever
10 the moderate AecepiAIion Of that term
We presume he owns bis houses merely
comfortable one-but beyond that we doub
II no Is possessed of much of this world
goods lie ia an unusually good hearted
man, as hri kindly foe Indicates, aud care
nothing tor money or INCORPORATING.
The h,ng At bis professional reputation
too, will be resented with great indignation
by his professional brethren, and By ell Wit
have ever employed him 10 their families.
Aud the statement that he psoii,sa by ex
tortion upon TIE poor Confederate prisoners
i'A calumny so vile TIA. 1t demands instan
correction. The facts are these When III,
military Prism was established here AL Da,
Na's appointed sItler, and |. 0. Wilkinson
ana DR.. Tussdale we're intsr.red in n,
business. Az that time it was not 50 pposs,
tnAi the business would ever amour, I,
much but II almost Immediately increased
or rather there vas immediately a chance +,
increase It to business of great uAvpi,u3,
Judge Wilkinson aud DR.. True.dAle We
not able to furnish the necessary capital f.,
run II, and both sold out and wiihdrew fro,
'ne oeS'ns's, and never had a. thing to d
WIN hor its profits.
II Ah' next 'IAnder i' tina. the DR.. lahore