The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-31
Gen. Haudaraon,s supplement"

I had been informed that something like
the supplement was to be circulated, and
/ made an explanation in advance OF the
appearance of the same. l will now add
to my explanation :,
!. That the condition aud consideration
upon which nv modification Of the article
Of 1870 was based was that the General
should necer appear as counsel d9d'"s'
the Bishop Hill Colony; aud
9 The modification was also based
upon the assurance that the General had
not promised to assist the trustees Of the
colony in getting an act passed by the leg
islature, by which act said trustees intend.
ed to defeat and overthrow the so-called
COLONY case, and all other attempts to
compel the trustees to render accounts to
the members OF the colony.
3. Some one of the attorneys Of the
trustees had said that Gen. Henderson,
who had SO much influence with the gov
ernor and the legislature, acas to put ii
Mrouqh, but the General denies to have
had ANYTHING to do with it, II no,c hare
mo recollection, )" etc, he said in letter to
me of the 18th Of July, 1870.
4. Believing in the Generals promise
not to appear against the colony,-and in
his assurance that he had not promised to
aid the trustees to help to pass the act re.
ferred tony sympathy for the General
was excited, and | accepted, on the con-
sideration and condition offered to make
the modification Of my statement in 1870.
And now, since the General has broken
his promise and engineered law suit
against the colony, INSCRIPTIONS in its
character and ruinous in its effects, does
not the whole proceeding against me look
more like confidence game than anything
else, in which the General and another
lawyer have conspired? Or can the Gen,
eral demand, or any reasonable man ask,
that shall stand to my part of the bar.
gain to help him out of the difficulty, and
place him in better position before the
people than he really deserves, since he
has abandoned his part of the bargain ?
Or should yet believe, under present cir,
cumstances, that the General had not pro-
missed to aid in passing said act-which
would have taken away the last hope Of
bringing the trustees under any submission
to equity and justice?
5. Since the above mentioned act fail
ed, the attornies for the trustees tried to
get the colony case swept out from exis,
tence by leaving it to three commissioners
for examination and irreyocable decision
The papers in this move were drawn up
each party had appointed one and was to
agree upon the third comr. The mu,
tual friends were hard at work to induce
us to decide upon the General for the third
Com'r. | limited that would perhaps Sc
lect Henderson. and as reward was of
fered satisfactory settlement" in pri-
vate affair Another of my party was Of
iered a settlement amounting to $4,000
or $4,000 if he had no objection to
the proposition. | desired to
know if there was not in all this another
conspiracy, and made trip to Princeton
to see the General, and he told me he
had had letter from some of the attornies
Of the trustees and was expecting my visit.
| told the General of the proposition. OF
which he appeared to have already beer
notified, and asked if he would act as the
| third commissioner--he said he would if it
did not take much time to go through the
matter. told him it would take NOR,
| than six months steady work and he an
Swered that he could not spare so much time
/ had sounded the General and went HON, ;
but about a week from that time the Gen
eral sent me letter that he would accept
the commission supposed the letter
was the result of further consultation with
the attornies of the trustees and | answer
ed that had given up the plan altogether
Does not all | have said prove the
Generals sympathy with the trustees in
the oppression of the down trodden mem
bers of the colony? And does it not also
prove that never at any time or place has
the General risen to the sublime height
of defending the sacred rights of man?"
ERIC U. NoRBERG.
Toulon October 0S 1874