Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-26


men ia this UnioD, for the attempt to do so,
IL sesmn to me, would subver. The first Priu-
ciples Of the Government under which We Q
live ,
Mr.. Lincoln When he was in Congress :
(see Congressional Globe LIST session. SO'h
Congress, psrs s4) 'sid
ANY people, anywhere, being inclined
aud having the power, have the right TO
rise M apd shake of the existing govern
ment aud form a new one that suits them
better
Even Gen Scott, a, the bead of our ar
mics, on the Sd of March, 1861, proposed IL
oil psacsAble means failed to prevent secsss.
iOu, TO say to the Southern SiAtes-"WAy-
ward sisters, depart In peace"
Mr.. Havley finds no fault with Lincoln,
Wade, Scott, or others who held the same
views with Greeley-hs never found fault
with Greeley or the Chicago Tribune until
they refused to bow down to Grant for an
other four years. He voted for Lincoln for
President after Lincoln had made the dec. |
lArA.iou above quoted And we say that, |
having sequieseed 10 the sOppors of these
men and these ne EspApers for years, after
their sentiments were known, that he is es.
topped from censurs now, and that be shows
himself TO have been a hypocri,e and party
demagogus then aud now. If he is honest
in bis eeusureS Of Greeley nov be hypocriti
cally concealed his opinions before. II he
- honest in objseting TO Greeley now be
wsS not homes, in supporting Lincoln in
1860, who held exactly the same views with
Greeley.
Bot We are DOT done with Mr.. Hawley for
his hypOcricy and dishonesty on this quss
ton. In letter written by Mr.. Seward,
Mr. Lincolu's Secretary of State, to Mr..
Adams, then our Minister to England, dated
at Washington, April l0ih, 1861, and writ
ten by command aud authority Of Mr.. Lin.
coin, the following passages occur;
"He 1.-THE President) is not disposed to re-
;ecl u cardinal doctrine Of lke South name
~, that the Federal Government cannot re-
duce the seeded States to obedience by
conquest, even although he were disposed
to question thss proposition. But in that
the President willingly accepts It as true.
Only an imperial or despoiio government
could subiugAte thoroughly disaHscted and
insurrectonAry mem bers of the Slate. This
Federal Republican system of ours is, Of al
forms Of government, the very one which is
most united for such labor.
Happily, however, this is only
an immAginsry defect The system
has within itself adequate, peace
fol, conservative, and recupsrative
forces. FirmuesS on the part of the Gov
eminent 10 preserving and maintaining the
public institutions aud property, and in ex-
ecutiug the laws where authority can be
exercised without waRing war, combined
with such measures OF justice, moderation
aud forbearance as will dsArm reasoning
opposition, will bs Sufficient TO secure the
public safety until returning reflection
shall bring the recusant members
cheeriuily back toto the family.
. The President on the one hArd will not
suffer the Federal authority to fall into sbey
Ance, nor will he on the other aygrhvate eX-
isting evils by attempts at cnercioD, which
must assume the form of direct war against
any Of the revolutionary States"
Now, after Mr.. Lincoln had declared to
the British Government, through our Minis
, ter, that be was not disposed TO reject the
doctrine OF secession that We had not the
right TO reduce rebel State to obedience to
the Constitution that be willingly &C.
, cepted these doctrines as true, Mr. HaWley
voted for him a second time Was Mr.
HaWley honest then? Or is he honest nov?
He was conIsmptble hypocrite then, ii
ne il honest now. II be was honest then be
! ia a hypocrite now.
Bot Mr.. HaWley is in a tighter place still
, He is, to-day, and all his party, and party
newspapers, supporting John A Dix for
Governor Of New York, and Lyman Ire
main for Congressman at-Large. Let him
; read the following extracts from their
. speeches:
I From Gen. Dir's Spceek, Dec. 10, 1860
n When the painful truth shall have forced
4 ITSELF on the conviction that our common
}. brotherhood eau be no longer maintained
! IN the mutual confidence IN which its whole
value conIista--in q word, when reconciia-
I ton shall become hopeless, and II shall be
, manifest which may God forbid y that our
future paths must lie wide apart, let us do
all that becomes reasonable men to break
the force Ct 80 great calamity by depart
ing in peace. Let US remember that we
have public obligations A. homo aud abroad
which, for our good name, must not be dig
! honored-that We have great interests with
J In and without--on the ocean, in our cities
and towns, IN our widely extended internal
improvements, IN our fields and at our FIRE
sides-vhich must not be inconsiderAtely
= and Nantonly sacrificed. II, undertaking.
the great boon Of our prosperity, We caa no
B. longer consent to enjoy it in common, let Us
divide what we possess on the one kand and
what We owe on the other, and ave The Re-
public the noblest the world has seen
from the horrors Of civil var and the degra
9 ton Of financial di,credit.n
: From Gen Dirs Speech in Cooper Institute
4 in 1854
o III the Southern States, after calm delib-
GRAFTON, and after carefully considering all
> the'eonsequences, had decided, with the
consent OF the others. and with full reoog-
Z milton Of their responsibility to the Union
4 to withdraw peacefully from It, there are
many Of US who would have preferred sepA.
ration TO civil war;
From Mr.. Tremain's Speech at Albany, FEB
3 l, 1864
81 wish to say that, trAitorous though il
! may be, stand here to oppose the policy Of
A war with the South nov, hereafter, and for.
ever That war is against our brethren, a
war against your country mon, = war against
q those united With you BY all the ties Of con
o sAnRuinity, BY all the memories and trAdi.
= lions Of the past, by everything that can tend
to strengthen and cement and bind the people
OF the North TO the South. That 10 the wal
! you are goAded to initiate under a cry calcu
lated to influence the weak and ignorant, oi
"No backing down the Constition must be
preserved and the laws must be enforced. =
"For one, gentleman, desire TO say thal
J IL the cities Of our beloved country are TO be
: sackedL4f our fourishing towns and villa
, sss are to be laid waste BY cruel, dssolstios
civil war-if the feet Of soldiers age to De