The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-13

or johnson mani ne 5ympdtnIAeu Wlthy An
drew johnson in his infamous endeavor ID
leave the colored men helpless in the midst
| of their former masters. 40
The great crime of Andrew johnson
was his betrayal of liberty. General Hen.
derson and johnson were endeavoring to
keep the ballot from the black soldier and
give it to the achite rebel.
Mr.. Ingersoll at the same time as chair
man of the committee on the District of
Columbia, had charge of the first bill that
ever passed congress; that bill gave the
ballot to every colored man in the District
of Columbia, and placed them upon a per-
feet equality with the white men before the
law. Can the great party Of progress at
ford now to reward Henderson for being
an opponent to giving the colored man his
ballot, and defeat In9ersoll because he was
the friend OF freedom for all ..-s.-..-
You will also remember another thing.
From 1862 ill now the Democracy have
been anxious and willing to support Gen
Henderson but we have never heard
that that party had the least idea of sup.
porting Mr.. Ingersoll. Can we afford to
elect the choice of the Democracy? Dur
ing all these years of war and treachery
Mr.. Ingersoll has never for one moment
faltered-for one instant wavered, nor de-
waited one hairs breadth from the princi-
pies of our party. He was among the first
to stand by Lincoln--the first to defepo
the proclamation of emancipation -, the
first to denounce the perfdy OF Andrew
Johnson--the first to give the coIored man 70
the ballot, and from the first, during all
these wears until now, he has been true as
truth. Show US a speech, a word' me
that Henderson has ever made Or sald OF
uttered in favor of emanLipatlon--ln favor
of negro suffrage or in favor OF universal
liberty, The only stain on our nag he was
| in favor of-the only outrage IN our constr
sutton he supported, and never at any
time or place has he risen to the sublime
hight of defending the sacred rights OF
man. We adult that he was in favor OF
the Union as it was-that he fought to put
down the rebellion but he was not IN Ia
vor of, nor did he fight for the freedom OF
all men. While we are willing to give
Gen. Henderson his due need OF praise for
the assistance he rendered in putting down
the rebellion, still we are not Wiling Tor
that reason to adopt his principles, JUSTIFY
his political course and condemn ourselves
lThousands of Democrats who we're. dur
ling the war, and still are opposed to the he
publican party, fought CALAMITY to crush
the rebellion. but we do not feel called up
on to send them to congress. His position
has always been perfectly understood, at
least by the Democratic party; lie was
during the war opposed to freeing the
slave and since the war he has been IN
favor of conciliating the south. tie has
always been willing to forgive the white
man for being a rebel, but never willing to
forgive the colored man for being black
As soon as the war was over, the qnes-
| ton was, in what manner the national debt
could be paid without paralyzlng the IN
dustrial interests of the country, and in
manner honorable to the nation. Upon
this question, as upon all others, Mr. In
gersoI was among the first to take a de-
cided stand. In 1866, Mr. McCuloch,
secretary of the treasury, had withdrawn
from circulation and destroyed about fifty
millions of green backs. thus inaugurating
the unwise policy of contraction, lmmedi-
atey upon the assembling Of congress in
i December of that year Mr. lngersoll in,
troduced the first bill prohibiting the fur
ther contraction of the currency, and with
in few days it became a law, and for this
act he is, in our judgment, entitled to the
thanks of the whole country.
For the views of Mr.. Ingersoll, upon the
great financial question of the day, refer to
the speech lately delivered by him upon
that subject In this question we are all
interested. Every farmer, merchant, me.
chanic, and laboring man has vital inter-
est in the financial policy Of the country,
| Can we afford to throw away true and
tried public servant and take up one who
has failed us heretofore, when issues Of the
greatest importance are upon us.
We want aman who is in favor of eman-
cipation-who was opposed to the doctrine
of conciliating white enemies at the expense
ofblack friends. We want man who was
10 favor of universal suffrage--who sympa-
thzed with Lincoln-not with johnson.
1t cannot be said that Mr. lngersoll has
forced himselfupon the party, as he offered
to withdraw from the contest it some tried
Republican could be selected. Mr.. lnger-
soil wished to retire from the contest,wish-
ing in some way to harmonize the party
aud with that object in view offered to stand
aside. Immediately on his return home
he publicly announced his entire willing
ness to withdraw in favor of Hon. VIM. j
Phelps, of Elmwood; Hon. Mark Bangs
OF Lacon; Hon p. S. Perley, of Henry
GEN. ISAAC IL ELLIOTT, of Princeton
: Col. G. IL. Fort, of Lacon; Hon. a. Crawford
of Geneseo; Hon. w l.. Wiley, Of q alva
: or in favor of any other man who had bee
' ever true and faithful to the principles {
|, the Republican party, and who was not tn
!. enemy to his friends-provided that tn
J. friends Of Gen, Henderson would acquiesce
"a This propositiln was not made with IN