The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13
INSULT TO co1oRED CITIZENS.

How do our colored citizens relish the
insulting innuendo thrown at them By rea-
son of their color by the editor of the IN |
ION, in his paper this morning, who sneaks
behind the name of Major Schnitger to
insult the very men around whom he will
cringe and fawn to beg an invitation to ad- |
dress them at their public gatherings, or
to secure their votes just before an election?
1t is fair sample of a narrow and con-
tracted intellect occupying clothes few
sizes too large for his stunted growth.
Vulgarity is his wit abuse is his argu-
ment and sophistry his reasoning. We
believe our colored citizens, with a knowl-
edge acquired by stern and unrelenting
experience, will estimate him at his true
value and brand him accordingly. Many
of his readers, as we know, believe there
are several colored citizens who could
occupy his editorial chair with more of dig
nity and character for decency than he !;
whose inclinations and habits force him to
| fill the columns of his paper with bawdy
writing, so poisonous to youthful minds
and unfit to invade the sanctity Of the fam
lily circle We, learn that a gentleman
from neighboring city has had strong in
ducements to start new Republican pa
per in this city, by many of our leading
:itizens who live in constant fear of the
bawdy and communicating writings in the
Union. They certainly have cause for
such action since the Matchmaking attempt
ed on John B. Hawley and the subsequent
practice of the same upon Post Master
Jackson. THE whisky muddled brain
which controls the columns of that paper
clearly exhausts itself in raking choice
morsels from the lowest slums of society
for the delectation of its few readers and
cumming companions The private life Of
our best citizens is publicly ventilated
their houses invaded by this professional
scavenger and their sacred privacy made the
subject of cheap wit and bawdy comment
In the meantime the interests of the party
suffer The EDITORS time and ability are
so entirely monopolized by his eye doctors
and his neighborhood ISLANDERS that as a
political organ the Union has become 1
nonenity. When political article, assuming
to be an editorial, does appear,it is usual.
so i'll depressed and so badly considered
that it does more harm than good. The
n editor has no convictions of his own on an,
p subject He has no fixed political principle
p except to keep on the strongest side anC
r abuse those who have supported him
Hence, when he attempts an expression o
a political character, he founders from on
:. thing to another, so that he is to-day stric
salary grabber, to- morrow a Hawley abuser
and next day land thief apologist.
The interests of the party under sucl
|, leadership anguish Even in the coun
ty of Rock Island, the old bulwark o
:, the party, they were beaten. A genera
dissatisfaction and disgust has sprung u
= in the party Many old supporters of thu
Union, in the days whenit was representa-
: tive party organ, have ceased taking it, and it
subscription list has dwindled down so 10y
that most of our home advertisers hav
] ceased to patronize it. Through persisten
- blackmailing it keeps a small portion of it
. home patronage. But now the party want
r party organ and their desire finds expressio
J through the new man who will probabl
= start paper which viii be more credita
bly, conducted
= What the result may be of course rest
with the interested men of the party VIII
= have become so greatly disguised with tn
% Union under it's present incompetent mar
:, agement.