The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-09
DIR. BOWMAN ON DANFORTH.
He Pours Some More Hot Shot Into
the Carcass Of the Old Rascal.
THE INHALED coPPERHEAD STILL wRIG-
Giles


ANDALUsIA. Sept. 0.
EDITOR ARGUs:-A kind Providence
has endowed some of the weaker OF the
predatory tribes with the faculty of emit
ing from their vile bodies, some offensive
or noXious substance to deter their enc
mics from pursuit, or obscure the medi-
UNI In which they move. Notably among
these are the skunk, sepia, or cutie fish,
the thief and the copperhead. Danforth
seems to be able to rise to weak imita,
ton of these inferior creatures. lie for
gets in his hopeless inanity that the world
of the christian era is near its twentieth
century. That the old cry Of stop
thief" and you're another" no longer
passes current Except, possibly, with the
thieves, Slnggers, sOreheads and copper
beads, OF his weak rabble of supporters
The advanced world of intelligence, NOR
ais and patriotism, require something
better. Danforth has, with blind fatuity,
deliberately impaled himself on the bar
of public justice, as a thief, a traitorous
cOpperhead. standing oifense in the
nostrils of all intelligent, patriotic, self
respecting people We are getting clues
from him. We have long known that
thieves had invaded our cellars and
chicken roosts, but we never had a sus-
picion of where they or their friends
might possibly be found. We begin to
have hopes; wen study the ISLANDER if
peradventue light may come in the de
sired direction.
The old convicted culprit in mis-
volley of imbccile smut, only touches
one point that we deem worthy Of
reply. It is in reference to our in
cumbency of the Office of circuit clerk of
this county in the war time. On the ad
vice OF the Judge of the court and leading
members of the Rock Island bar, We acCep-
ted offer of the position of surgeon of the
9th regiment of Illinois volunteers. The
Judge expected, and 50 did l. that six
months campaign would end 1t. The
judge said ! could 90 in and do more
good than possibly could do at home,
and my deputy could run the office while
away. | consented and went--was in
over three years. When | returned 5. P.
Hodges was in nomination as "a candidate
and was elected. My deputy was bad
tinancier, while he was a most excellent
and competent clerk. But he grew lazy
and left an arrearage of recording. This
was responsible for | arranged with Mr.
Hodge and he employed Mr. Harson, who
very promptly brought up the work, ana
paid for it out of my own pocket. The
chancery records had always been be-
hind owing to the protracted nature Of
chancery proceedings They were in ar
rears when | went in and when | weni
out The county board, taking reason
able view of things, hired a special man
to push up and write all these long stand
ing arrearages. They did not charge my
self or any of my predecessors with will
full wrong OF with making any profit out
of the unavOidably unfinished work. The
board generously forgave us what we has
no power To prevent.
About The democratic party, that J. b
d. is so fearful the ARGUS and have en-
tered into a conspiracy To destroy, | vii
simply say that | would decline the jolt
even if the ARGUS wanted to-which We
are sure it does nOt-for the reason that d
party that has vitality enough to be
able to slough off such IA puirid
"reminiscences" as Danforth, and moi
die 10 the operation, but he
evidently improved by It, de-
serves to live. But why should hi
worry over the democratic party, like
demented old hen clucking for her los
chick? Possibly his obtuse perceptions
have compelled him to observe that ht
can't make anything out of a party thai
has scarcely a name to live, and is only
trying to warm its trembling limbs owe
the smouldering embers of defunct issues
He is frantically trying to raise Il dust It
obscure his imbecile effort to shelter Tho
utterance by the Andalusia copperhead
which utterance his compassionate cotem
porary, the Union, calls ''atF0ci0us se4tI'
BteRtS' He has worn that Old wig toe
long. It's imperviOuSness must have re-
tanned the morbid, fostering humors of hi
brain, until the moral, manly seusc-il i
ever existed in any respectable strength
is in wOeful condition OF extreme dehil
ity, bordering on absolute paralysis. Tn
danger would seem imminent of tina
direst of human catastrophies, softenin!
of the BRAIN. We hope he will throw Tia
thing away and let the pure winds of heav
en- cool the corroding fever within his ole
skull If that fails. maybe some benevo
lent surgeon might be induced to take
trophine and in the region of self conceit
"bore him for the simples.
f. H. BOWMAN,
Late Surgeon 27th Iii. Vol.