The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-05
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ANDALUsIA, Nov. 4.
EDITOR ARGUs;-We have been so oc-
cupied with prospecting the vein No. l.,
of the Illinois coal series on our farm,
that we have paid no attention to the
writhing and Kissing of the old copperhead
in his SANDER den. We propose to de-
vote a few moments to him and his con
federates, high and low, from the garbage
scrapers who purvey for him at home,
to the jackals who come to his help from
the Indian ring. 1t was always our for
tune during the war, when u worse case
than ordinary, of u gangrenous or dan,
gerous or disagreeablo character turned
up, the burden seemed to fall on our
shoulders. Our rule was to accept the
role, instead of ordering those under our
command to take charge. So when an
ignorant, venomous copperhead ON Dec
Grafton day called the e. A. II. and the
entire community engaged in the tender
humanizing and patriotic observances of
the day DIN fools. hirelngs of the ty-
rant Lincoln, and murderers," the entire
community was shocked at the uprovoked
utterance of such 'atrocjous SEN
timents," and it devolved upon
the post, Alfred Ring, No. 492
to formulate their indignant feelings at
the unprovoked insult to the entire com
munity, in few resolutions which have
been before the people of the county
ever since. They are plain and to the
point. They met the approval of the en-
tire loyal element in the country. demo-
crat and epublican-''only the CALLED
jade wincos." The arch copperhead felt
sore and he alone endeavors to obscure
the view of the. "atrocious sentiments 4"
by clouds of vituperation, and every per>
version of truth and fact, of which his
depraved intellect is capable. We have
persistently held him up to the view of
an outraged community until he stands
out before their indignant gaze, in all his
native unrelieved hideousness. and malig>
nifty. His conceit and brass do not avail
him. He is kicked out of the democratic
party. Made au unsuccessful grab at
81 900 of ARGUS paper, and was kicked
out of the ARGUS company. This is the
man who presumes to lecture the ARGUS
on its management ofits own concerns.
Also to give advice to Alfred Bing Post
of the G. A. Il. Now this Post is not
quite so idiotc as to go to thief to get
lessons in honesty. or to a traitorous
copperhead TO learn lessons of patriotism
and American manhood. We are neither
surprised or dismayed at his blatant voci-
ferrous abuse of US. Were we young
Tough to indulge in political aspira-
ations, we could not ask better boom,
than his abuse would give us. The peo-
pie who have sense and patriotism, now
know him so well, that his malignity is n
passport to popular favor and apprecia-
ton. He tries to bolster up his own
effrontery by quoting a politician of
state, where the best military authority for
volunteer soldiers. John A. Logan
says, "a soldier has no consideration
there When we need council we will
go to honest, patriotic sources. and get it
at first hands, clean, without the delile
ment of "A thievish, mendacious conner,
head medium.
Now word about copperhead There
may possibly be some young honest dem
ocrats who have not clear comprehen,
sion of the force and fitness of the word
who may think it a term of opprobrium
applied to all democrats who did no, 90
to the war in defense of their country. in
its hour of deadly peril. This is By no
means correct apprehension. The cops
perhead was the cowardly northern traitor
who rejoiced when the union soldiers were
defeated by armed rebels, yet had moi the
courage or manhood to go and fight for
the rebellion, but preferred In the security