The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-13
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intention of debating to the party, but
with an honest desire to promote harmony,
good feeling and unity. This offer has,
however, been ignored, aud General Hen
derson has forced upon Mr.. Ingersoll the
alternative of deserving the friends that
have stood by him for years, or again ask
ing nomination at your hands. In honor
he could do nothing less than he has done.
There was but one honorable course left,
and he has pursued it.
We hoped that some way might De de-
vised to nominate candidate for congress,
In this district, in which all could UNITE, and
the fairness of which none could for q mo-
ment question. -
In order to accomplish this and do away
with the cry that rings and "caucuses
were nominating candidates against the
real wish of the party, the district COM
mittee concluded to adopt the plan OF pri-
mary elections thus giving every Repu6-
hcan voter an opportunity to express his
choice at the ballot box.
Gen. Henderson and his friends oppose
and denounce this plan, as will appear
from the resolutions adopted by them at
Peoria.
1t is inconsistent for them to ask the
votes of the people, when in the same
breath they say that they are opposed
to giving the people an opportunity to
vote.
Mr.. Ingersoll is satisfied with primary
elections, and will abide the decision of the
party. ..
We have said that Gen. Henderson JOIN
ed the Democracy in 1862, and the follow
ing is the ticket upon which his name APP
peared us candidate for congress in this
district III that year
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. ....
State Observation-Disclosures Starne. n.
Supt OF Public Instruction-John p. Brooks,
Congress for the State at Large-James g. Allen.
Congress--5th District-THOMAs J. HENDEh-
Stare Senate 10th District--John T. Lindsay.
Representatives-36th District-William W. o..
Brien james Holgate. MI
Sherif-Peoria County,. A. J. Murray.
Coroner-Thomas III Antclih.
We ask all Republicans to read the
names upon this ticket with care and then
say whether Gen. Henderson was justified
in leaving the Republican party in the
dark days of the republic" for the sake OF
getting his name on such ticket and in
such company? In opposition to this Dem
ocratic ticket, the great party OF freedom
put in the field; ''.
REPUBLICAN UNION TICKET.
State Treasurer william Bnter,
SupN Of Public instructi1n-N Newton Bateman
Congressman at Large-Ebon G lngersoll;
Congress Dstric,-OWEN LOVEJ0Y.
State Senator-Mark Bangs.
Representative Euoch Emery, Calvin L. East
man.
And in this connection it should mot be
forgotten that every Democratic newspaper
in this district supported the ticket that
Henderson was on, and that every Repub-
lican paper supported the ticket upon
which were the names of Lovejoy and In
gersuIl
1t should also be remembered that the
Democratic legislature elected upon the
same ticket with Henderson, refused to let
the soldiers vote in the field and were 50
thoroughly disloyal that it became neces
sary for Gov. Yates to send them, as he
said, ''howlng to their homes.
In the letter to Hon. q. II. Browning,
above referred to, Gen. Henderson used
the following language While sympa-
thizing with Mr.. johnson upon some ques-
tons, as upon the question Of negro suf-
fage, etc." Andrew johnson was bitterly
opposed to negro suffrage, and Henderson
sympathized with him.
In a speech delivered at Princeton,
June Goth, 1865, Gen. Henderson used
the following language: See Bureau
County Republican of the following day.
Il believe it unwise and impolitic to
grant the freedmen of the South uni
"versal suffrage. l do not believe
''the freedmen, as class, capable of ex-
''ercising the elective franchise. Those
''who have always lived on the plantation
apart from any other sources of knowl
ledge than the overscers, are SO Ignorant
that if one of them were to come tor
ward tonight and be asked his age he
"could not tell it. l sag further, that, IN
my opinion, 1t is a question for the states
"to determine for themselves"
In order that you may see what was the
idea of Gen, Henderson, as to the mission
and objects of the Republican party, we
give the following extract from speech
delivered by him 10 september, 1863 :
Had the South remained ,oiM ms,H ,oOutd
hare had greater protection Hro,oa
"dr0atad the institution Of Slavery under
'the present administration, than 1t ecer
had before. In fact, there ,ods greater dan,
''oer of the north becoming all prO-sldUery
"than all abolitionists
In conclusion, we ask all Republicans in
| the district to cast their votes on the st..
of September, for Mr.. IngersolL We ask
you all to say that boiling is not the road
| to popularity in our party. We ask you!
to say that you will support a tried and
faithful representative, and that you can
not, under any circumstances, admit that
you made mistake by not voting for and
with the Democracy in 1862. That you
cannot admit that the Democracy were
right and that you were wrong That you
cannot, at this late day, say that you sym.
pathized with Andrew johnson, in his ct
fort to keep the ballot from the colored
man. That you cannot afford, to admit
that Henderson was right aud that the
dead Lovejoy was wrong in the ever mem
orable contest of 1862; and that you can,
not and will not falsify the glorious RECORD
of our party:
Gen. Henderson has no right to ask yor
to forgive his apostacy in 1862, or his sym
patty with johnson in 1866, until he ad
mits that he was wrong. There should
be no forgiveness without repentance.
We only ask that you stand by MIR. Ing
ersoll as he has stood by you. Stand b.
him as he has stood by the principles o
our party, and he will be re- nominated an'
re elected. FALSE MEN MAY DESERT oUl
PARTY, BUT OUR PARTY DESERTS NO TRUl
MAN.
MARSHALL COUNTY.