The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-07

wrote me, December 2, 1880, a whining,
apologize, sycophantic letter, which closes
in these words: why should we be un-
[ know no reason" Oh no?
So long as wolves devour sheep, they know
mo reason" why the sheep should be ''un-
friendly" Now why don't you write to
Rev. Richard Haney or Mr.. John Buffum
to ''come to Rock Island and take charge
'of the arrangements, get some posters,
"engage the court house, or have a stand
erected, engage a band, and generally
ATTEND to the whole business of the meet
'ings" and pay the bills? Now, Boss, why
don't you write to them in that kind of
style? They would enjoy it. You can
just bet the last rag you brought out of
the navy, that they would walk up like
servile little greenbackers under your lash
and attend to'the whole correspondence and
in about zone time and tw o
motions" If you want letter to copy
from will send it to you; one of your
own, Peter.
We now come to another item in your
paper of August IS, as follows:
1.-THE Geneseo Nelcs classes Pat Nc
&c Knnie as greenbacker. This is an
" outrage on the greenback party. There
:" is evidence that he said he never was
" really greenbacker. that he was only
+" playing greenbacker in order the better
g to help the republican party"
Since the spring of 1878 have voted
no other than the greenbacker ticket, vet
you have published in your paper that
am a &c Prodigal Son, that never was a
etc. Well, sir, it may be
g an outrage on the greenback party" but
[ am free to confess and proud of the fact
that | never was fiat fool, and never be
lieved in the wild, jackassical sayings of
some of the greenback leaders, yourself
That the greenback party has
advocated some needed reforms. cannot be
denied. and so far as they go, indOrse
them, but when they are so hard pushed
for an issue that they pass resolutions of
sympathy for Arab Pasha, as they did in
the state convention-who with his bar
barians slaughter men for their faith, dis
women on their knees in prayer
and behead little children, then / am
against the G. B. party. When the party
female suffrage, anti-vaccinatiOn,
Arab Pasha, and supports such extor
tons as yourself, all in one breath, then [
am not with the greenback party and.
sir, under your leadership the latter over
balance the former to such degree that
The sooner the whole becomes a memory
and dream that has passed away, the
better, at least, for the poor, unfortunate
candidates whom you delude into stand
ing up, that while they are being Knocked
down at their own expense, you may in
their falling squeeze more money into your
ever hungry and mercenary hopper. To
my greenback friends in this district, whom
honor and respect, | would say that
with such leadership, there is only disas-
ter, defeat and disgrace, in the future. and
those who have their countrys welfare at
heart and self-respect will not remain in
company that leads to ruin. Col. Joseph
Peter B. Danforth l am going to refer to
ust one act IN your past record. As you
ay l promise and never pay" Your |
word is not worth much, you are liar
md perjurer, Sir. / have in my posses
ion copy of the court and grand jury
ecOrds of this county for the June term of |
$50. The grand jury was composed as
ollows:
VIM. Marshall, foreman; Geo. II. Am
PROSE, Joseph Askew, Nathaniel Dorence.
Nm. Garnet, VIM. FL. Luse, Lucius Wells,
samuel Gault, Jonah White. NJ s. Her
lex, VIM. T. Norris, Milo Lee, Holmes |
lakes, VIM. Ferris, Joseph w. Lloyd, Jas. |
Taylor. Daniel DeGraff Samuel Sloan,
saac B. Essex, Peter DeMoss, A. K. Phil |
L
II. On tie 18th day of June, 1855, the |
rand jurors above named returned as /
rue bill the following Indictment
The grand jurors by authority of the |
tate of Illinois, upon their oath, present :
hat Joseph B. Danforth, Jr., in his aft
avit before E. r. Bean, a Justice of the /
eace of Rock Island county, falsely, ma
ciously, wilfully and wickedly, in man
er and form aforesaid, did commit wilful |
nd corrupt perjury, contrary to the form /
f the statute made and provided and |
gainst the peace and dignity of the same, |
he people of the state of Illinois.
"WM. T. MILLER,
Estates Attorney"
Now. sir, beg to inform you and the
ublic that the whole of the foregoing
rom the writing of the letter you signed |
Peter" to the finding of the jury, is
rue; and | have deposited in the First
rational Bank of Moline, as below certi-
ed, one thousand dollars, one half of |
Thich will be forfeited to the public H.
rary of Rock Island, and one half to the
ublic library of Moline, if you can dis
rove the same before any three justices of
ne peace in the county, you 20 deposit a
Ike amount land you have got it out of
ne greenback party, in any bank in the
ounty, certified in same form, to be for
cited in like manner, if you fail to do so,
nd do prove il. And, if you do not
omply with these conditions by the 18th
ay of October, and appear with me on
anne date before the justices, | will pub
sh to this entire district that you don't