Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-06

NATION in TIE confident trust that the masses
Of our cotntrymsn, North and South, are
eager 10 clasp hands ouer the bloody chGsm
ichich has too long diDided them, forgetting
that they haze been enemies in the joyful
consciousness hdt hSy are and RluSt hence
forth remain brethren" Horace Greeley.
ABUSE AND MISREPRESENTATION OF
DIR. TRUEsDALR.
The Chicago Journal Of the 9th has the
following seurrilous and seandAlouSly false
editorial in regard 10 DE-. TTussdale
One DR.. Calvin TrussdAls, Of Rock Island,
was nouinAted for csngrrss By the Dem scratI
ofthe Sixth District Of this State yesterday.
This man rrussdAle IL sIcssdingly ambitious,
and 10 not al all particular a. 20 means 20 ends.
He first tried hrs hand 81 an effort to induce ID .
Republicans TO nominate him for OougrssI, but
falling 70 mako the leAs. heAdwAy In that dirso-
hou, - against Hon. j. b. HaWisy, Who has
bssu rsnominatsd, he became greatly diIgusted,
suddenly dissovsrss that the Republican party
10 fall Of sorrupuon aud wick sdnsGs, and vent
over 10 the enemy. The enemy is welcome 10
hin, Aud 70 all other "rsfuIe matter" that has
fallen from tss Republican party.
Notice the lordly air Of self.righ.sOus CON
tempt with which the Journal speaks Of our
distinguished sx .MAyOr and s1.msmbsr Of
the late Constitutional Cow sntiou, as zone
TrusIdals," and charaOterizng him as IRE.
fuse matter SO. 30. This sort of Icurrility
may perhaps, please . good many Grant
men in 'his Congregational district who are
friends Of DIR. TrussdAls and Who are
not very warm admirers Of Mr.. HAwlsJ. II
the Grant papers think SO they had best
keep il up.
The direct fAlsshoodI Of the Journal are
lst that DR.. TrussdAle was nominated "by
the Democrats !" I'd that he is exceedingly
ambitious" I'd that he frSt tried his hand
~ al effort 10 induce the Republicans TO
nominate him :" and 4th that che is
not Al oil particular as to means to
ends" The convention which nom
mated him was presided over by men
who we're Republicans and was composed
Of Democrats and Republicans very
large share Of Republicans. The Dr.. is the
very reverse of AmbitiouS,r as everybody in
this city knows. BE has held several
offices, bat he never sought one they all
came TO him without any effort Of hiI,--And
bis nomination for Congress was made
against his wishes. He did not try to IT,
duoS the Republicans (GrAnt ring, TO nomi-
nate him, but refused to be candidate for
their nomination. And the charge of the
Journal that "hs is not a. all particular as
to means TO sndA' il ~ base q fAIsehood a.
ever was uttered or printed. All the people
Of this county without respect to party, will
unite in rspudiAsing, with scorn and indig.
nation, any such charge. No man, any
where, has q nicer sense of honor, more
Gcrupuloua regard for uprightuesS and in
tegrity than DIR. Trueadals. No man would
quicker Tspudiats, with seorn, any mean
action than he. The Union, Grants
postmaster paper in this city, started the
falsehoOd that DIR. TTuesdale sought nom
nation from the Grant convention, where
upon the DR.. wrote the following letter
which appeared in that paper Of July 10Th /;
10 The Editor Of the Union.
DEAR SIR: In an editorial published in
-FOUR paper on Sunday, the 18th inst, ani.
mAdvsrtlnR on my action in joining the
Liberal Republican party, i find the follow
ing paragraph:
" Ia the late canvass, he (TrussdAls) announo-
cd himself asa candidate (for OonEress) before
'he Republican party" -.
The paragraph above quoted does me
very great inluHnOe. II 10 in no sense true.
was urged repeatedly BY many Of my
friends to announce or permit my name to
be announced publicly. / invariably do
elinsd to do so. was also urged TO allow
my name to be used az q candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor. This ! also deelinsd.-
Again quote from this same article:
ITO comprehend the fall force Of this mirneu-
ouIohAngo In the Dr'I notions, Il mast be re-
Numbered that all this occurred before the Gin
oinnAh Convention met, when no one oouId pre
diet who would be its sandidatsI or what a,
platform. The DR.. didn't wait 10 see what the
Convention would DO, but dssAlrsd his adhsr-
snos 10 IL in advance"
In reply 10 the above I need ONLY say
that Greeley and Brown were nominated,
and the Cincinnati platform adopted. on the
Sd Of May, and the county convention, to
which references is made in your article, was
held on May 9th. I was repeatedly
1hHN4 ~ Doooma AHuuuhHou wild tno
Cincinnati movement BY some Of the
best men ia the State. Ny reply
vAl; 81 won't become identified With
the Liberal movement until know what
loT' Of platform is adopted, and WAC are
i'a eAndidatss." All this learned and my
acceptance OF u was made known before the
county convention referred to was held. So
much for that.
You ask, "wAAl Office does he want Yn
Ny reply 10, ~ have never asked for any,
what grievances does he complain of?v
No man has ever heard me Complain of a
single grievance.
Your right TO oFitieiss my action in io;D.
Ing the Liberal Republican party, I do NO.
question, bat desire TO have you oorreel a
misIsAtsmsn' Of facts in your articls. has
Induced me to write you this Communication
which hope And truSi you will publish. and
obliES, yours truly, @. TRuEspALE.
Rock Island July 18th, 1872.
IL the Journal desires to do justice to DR.
Ifus'dals IL will publish this letter Of his
sSl We do NO. expect any correction Of its
... 00os VIII be made-that Is not The
Saa's@ Of he GrAAt papers.