The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-12
WHAT WE VOTE For TX NOVEMBER.

man, and intelligent colOred man to whom
congress has given the right Of franchise
knew for what he was casting his baIiot the
Colonel would have to seek bis ohcial
"loayes and fishes" among The 'red'handed
rebel sympathisers" as he d'i before Jacob
ipism became law. The tendency Of the
Coils speech, and the speeches OF all the
radical office holders, are mere blatant de.
nuuciations of northern democrats as rebel
sympathizers, as men who are red with
treason. All this clap.trap Grafton, which,
at this stage Of our national Development,
with q memory Of war which rises like
CHASTITY spectre of the buried past, and
state buried beneath weight Of debt which
persecutes US as a demon Of the living pres.
ent-is like the stale beer OF last nights
carouse. These pyrotechnic illusions to one.
armed heroes aud TO the various Golgothas
Of the war can in no way refer to the needs
of the present; for our country is now in as
precari0us a situation as it was in co.
What we desire is that the party in power
should meet the issues plainly, the financial
issues--lOr it is the salvation Of the national
credit for which we are now voting. We
are to pay for this little national diversion of
four years war in which We have lately
been engaged, and are to quiet the local
turbulencies which ever succeed war, in
the region where its battles we're fought
To do this, to tighten taxation, to pay the
debt, TO redeem the currency which was is.
sued AS an exigency Of war and which can
only burden tax,worn people and imperil
our credit abroad are the issues Of the dav.
The people are not voting on questions
which agitated US when Mcclellan and Lin.
coin ran in 'Gi,when high strung rhapsodies
on the conduct Of the war were potent argu.
ments, ani whole army regiments voted as
one man, to wit their colonel. The cry of
rebel sympathizer' amounts to nothing, as
the rebels have laid down their arms and are
pleading to us Of the north to save them
from starvation and earpetbag tyranny
In this connection the Chicago Times very
| truly remarks ut doubtless affords a
great many bitter partisans in the country,
on both Sides intense satisfaction to nurse
their wrath against their opponents and
keep it warm; but the stirring up of old
hatreds will not adjust the troubles of the
country or relieve the taxpayers
How viii Seymour act in reference to
these main questions and how will Grant
act, if elected? We are very willing to
compare platforms, and candidates, and to
discuss the issues IN the calm spirit which
their gravity and importance demand. We
are as a people, in the condition of a man
led by enthusiasm and a spirit of adventure.
who has plunged into a wilderness infested
with danger and has become utterly confug.
ed. We must depose the wRrlike and reck.
less spirit and take our bearings in the day
light Of calm common sense. BY figures
published in the ARGUS it was shown that
the receipts in taxes for the last fiscal year
were 81 ,OO0,0OOl Is the debt depleted
in anything like the same ratio? Shall this
continue, and this money received in taxes
be expended in the payment of interest on
idle bonds? Shall we still continue to sup.
port an army and navy of proportions as
large ms any European monarchy in constant
fear Of invasion? Shall military authority
still hold sway in any part ofthe Union when
peace has been three years proclaimed
from Maine to the Calf? Shall we remain
longer without reform in the collection of
the revenues where numerous industrial and
manufacturing interests are taxed on a mere
1.-THE Of the manufactured matter? The
states formerly in rebellion are not out of
the Union, if the principle for which we
fought is established. They are simply de.
cIared out by Jacobin congress. But |
granting them to be out, they have as much |
right under the constitution to say what |
their government shall be as has any other |
state in the Union. Let the war between |
congress and the executive cease In the |
words Of Grant "Let US have peace - We |
shall have an Inauguration of peace, on the |
4th of March next,it people desire it through |
their ballot in November aud elect Seymour, |
the representative Of u platform of peace,
and what is necdful for peace now. But i'll
they vote for dead and gone issues which |
were before the people in the campaign of |
90; no pen can paint the disastrous result |
to the negroes and conquered whites of the
south as we'll as to our national credit. We
say this on the strength of the pledges con-
tanned in their platform which reads like a
generals order in time of disastrous war
We commend the radical platform to the
perusal Of all candid thinking men. Read
and compare with the democratic platform
and know for what you are voting in the
coming November.
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