The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-02

religious publications but it fell dead on the
republican press, not because many of those
writer's did not perceive the justice of our
complaints, but on account of the caucus
tyranny, the despotism of Z. me-serying pol
icy, shaped and enforced By few leading
men, who check and gag the press more ef.
fectually than Austrian press regulations d,d
in the FIRST half of this century, aitnougn'
God knows, those regulations we're oPpres.
i've enough. Our popular orators a,e a.
fluent in their declamations on tne 0iess
of free press. the glorious palladium on CIV
il and religious liberty; our rePuohean
friends asneciaIIy are ever ready In the dec
lara,;on 81 broad and enlightened principles
of humanity, justice and freedom 70 Oil. put
cancus tyranny and policy despotlsm over
-;5e every other consideration, ana the press
:. 80 suagoed. as dumb and dead as in the pal
NV DAYS of Nesselrode, Metternich and Able,
az though Cardinal AntonelG was censor OF
the republican organs. In those very cen.
ters of trade in the United States, in New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville and other large
cities, where Jewish merchants, bankers,
manufacturers exercise vast influence on
the growth of commerce. the progress of in
dustry, and the growing prosperity of the re-
spective cities, where thousands Of them vote
the republican ticket, support republican or
gans, and spend their time and talents IN re-
publican polities-in those very centers the
republican press ignored our argument
against the nomination of General Grant, not
because they do not perceive its justice, we
must repeat it, even not because they do not
sympathize with US, we know many who do
merely and exclusively because they are gag
ged by caucus tyranny aud policy despohsm.
Thank heaven for the existence of an oppe-
sision press and an opposition party, or else
we might be sold out altogether, with the
constitution and the flag, and the Goddess
of Liberty, despite Of all the just protesta.
tons and the loud shrieks of the oppressed
ones, which the party organs have no right
to hear or to notice, if the caucus and the
policy require it so. II is a mystery to us
how gentlemen of talent, education, honor
and independence, as undoubtedly many re-
publicon editors are, can submit to such an
iron rule, and not even dare demur.
What means this silence? Is it submis
sion to principles? By no means; it is sub,
mission to caucus commands. For all those
caucus kings and policy despots know full
well that General Grant is no statesman
He is not urged upon the people because
they believe him to be the man of the age
to meet the emergencies. TO carry the coun
try successfully through this crisis, or to
benefit her in any shape or form which 9th
ers could not do much better. They do not
consider the General equally competent fol-
the presidency with Chase or Morton, ColfaS
or Fessenden. They are well informed, nc
doubt. But General Grant is the most
available man; they think he is the mos'
popular among the masses. 1t is not quite
certain that he is a republican, his antece-
dents are ell democratic, and electing him,
they know full well, if he is not much more
pliable than successful soldiers usually are
they might again catch tartar precisely
as they have done before. What that tact
turn Junius Bratus will do when his time
has come, nocoiv KNOWS. Hence 1t - not
principle; II means the bread and butter
Ii means Office or patronage. 1t means mo-
ney and nothing but money, money in the
front and in the rear, and money in the cen
tire. 1t is a mutual insurance company
you tickle me and tickle you." Still men
of honor and literary reputation, men whom
Providence has appointed by lavishing upon
them gifts of grace, to be the guardians o
justice. the beacon lights of liberty, and the
banner-bearers of truth, must submit in
dead silence to the dicta Of inferior talents
who parcel out the bread and butter "Vir
tue must blush before vice" Is not this
tyranny? Is it not despotism In a most awk.
wark form? Is this submission and this ST.
lence honorable ? We leave it to our learned
and gifted contemporaries to reply 10 these
orarias