The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-05
"A Consistent Republican ~

vices, ETC., Of L. j. Henderson, the Mar
shalltown, Qowa) Republican speaks Of
him as follows:
Having been from the inception Of the
party consistent Republican, living IN
strictly Republican distIict, vi,h an Unfair
nished reputation and record ETC., etc.
The friends Of the late Owen Lovejoy
viii! not permit the above statement to pass
unchallenged. We are indebted to the
Henry County Ne,os for, the extracts IN
this article showing the kind OF record
given Henderson by some who are now sup
porting him, In 1862, when Mr.. Love
ioy was the regular Republican candidate
for congress, T. j. Henderson permitted
himself to be used by the Democrats as a
candidate to defeat Lovejoy; and the Gen
eseo. Republic then supporting Loveioy and
opposing Henderson, and edited by the
same man Hobbs then as now, spoke of
nm as follows:
Among MIR. Henderson supporters
are found all the elements within the dis
trict of opposition to the administration !;
of discouraging enlistments; of the fire-in-
the-rear men and the fact that his nom
nation is endoise by such semi-loyal pa
pers as the Chicago Times, is sufficient to
decide every loyal man in the district how
to vote.
Mai. HosfOrd, Of Geneseo, then an Off
Ger in Henderson regiment, owned pa
per in Geneseo. at that time, called the
Union Advocate, which spoke of Hcnder-
son as follows:
when such paper as the tory Times
goes in for man, and urges all its tory
brood of chickens to cacklc over the same
egg. then look out. The egg is audited };
mind that. Whatever Satan advocates
good men had better touch coyly. Mr..
Henderson has joined hands with the tory
1ymes That ought to damn him, or any
other man. for office at the hands of the
people. The man who is willing to lie
down and pig with the Chicago Times,
brings his pigs to poor market.
Here is another bit of evidence III regard
to this consistent Republicans uatarnish
ed record" Its the testimony Of Mr.. S.M
Smith, of Kewanee. In 1870 Henderson
was trying, as usual, to get the Repu BIZ,
can nomination for congress. Mr.. Smith,
also Republican, was opposed to Hender'
sons nomination, and in letter dated ke-
vance, August 81, 1870, Mr., Smith testi-
fed as follows:
THE day of the convention at Gales
burg, that nominated Owen Lovejoy fol
congress, in 1862, | was at Galesburg as a
delegate to the convention. In the morn
ing | saw General Thomas j. Henderson.
| said to him, Col, is your name going be
fore this convention today He replied
Not by a damned sight, M n0n,e don''
40 into such u dumned abolition hole as
that
Now, | say that man who, in 1862,
thought it disgrace to be an abolitionist,
cannot get my vote in 1870. | told him
that he had a very poor perception CT whaI
this war meant, and that he had better
stay at home. From what he then said
and afterwards did have never had any
evidence satisfactory to my mind that Gen.
Henderson toas then, or erer has been a he
publican.
How is that for a consistent Repubh
ca" with "dn uitalnished record ?? DO
old Republicans prefer man with such a
record to Gen. Elliott, who was the fast
friend of the Republican party while it had
a mission to fulfil?
In 1872 Henderson was again endeavor.
ing to get the Republican nomination for
congress, but Ingersoll was preferred over
him by those who made the nomination.
What did this consistent Republican
with an "untarnished record do then ?
He turned against the Republican party
and helped elect B. n Stevens Ia Demo
craft to congress over Ingersoll Is this
the kind of man Republicans want for a
representative in congress
How was it this year? The friends OF
Judge Lynde, before they brought that
gentleman out as candidate, procured
both verbal and written pledges from Hen
derson that ne would not be a candidate
this year. With that assurance they ex-
pended time and good deal of money to
secure Lynde delegates from this and other
counties The friends of Mr. Hawley were
also assured by Henderson that he was
friendly to the denomination of Mr.. Haw-
ley and that he would not enter the lists
this year,
What did he do? He artfully used his
efforts to widen the breach in his own par
ty; then repudiated his own pledges, and
slipped in between the two, proving false
and treacherous to both.
Is this the kind of man honorable Re
publicans want for representative in con.
gresS?