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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
The Result in Pennsyivania.

The later returns from PENNSYLVANIA
though failing to meet the former democrat
&c hope OF carrying that state, most certain
| ly belle the radical trumpetIngs of great
victory for Grant, and afford reasonable
grounds for belief that, with proper effort,
the state will cast its vote in November for
Seymour aud Blair. The returns through
out the state are not yet sufficiently precise
to furnish the data for an estimate of the
number of stay at.homes; but in Philadel-
phia alone these amount to 10000, or four
| or five times as many as the entire reported
radical ma ority in the state. The assess.
ment lists published before the election
showed voting population in that city of
about l6l 900, vet the total vote cast was
less than 10000. A large proportion of
these stsy.at homes were doubtless foreign.
born citizens, who, causelessly alarmed at
the threats of rejecting the naturalization
papers issued BY certain courts, apprehend
ed detention and perhaps insult at the polls,
and therefore sacrificed their rights to their
personal comfort. The reception of all
votes of naturalized citizens presented in
majority of the wards will induce these men
to present themselves at the polls in Novem-
Der. Then, TOO, the class Of citizens who,
disguised with party caucuses, rarely ever
vote, at ward elections, were largely increas
ed by the constant repetition by the radical
city papers that riots were spprehended, and
by the summoning and equipping of rival
posses bE the sheriff and mayor. Despite
these efforts of the radicals to insugurate a
riot peace generally prevailed and those
who remained at home through fear as well |
Is those who failed TO vote through fear will |
'ery generally offer their ballots at the pres.
dental poll, where no squabbles for alder.
men or constables will attract rowdes or
'reate material for street fights. That nine.
enths of the naturalized voters who failed
0 cast their ballots last Tuesday will vote
or Seymour and Blair is a reasonable pre-
umption, and probably three-6tths of those
pho were scared out of their right Of suf
rage, or who failed to exercise it through
ack Of interest will vote the same way
The one can attribute their disfrauchisement
nly to the radicals, and the others are near.
= all Of that conservative class which natu.
ally oppose the extreme tenets of radical.
SIN. If we are correct in this estimate,
'hch we believe will apply equally to the
Interior of the state, Philadelphia alone may
overcome the radical majority at this cleo.
ion and give the state to Seymour and Blair
st. Louis Republican.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

Il
Take the case Of DR.. Gregg, of this city, for
instance. He was a resident of Illinois
when our constitution was adopted, and that
makes him voter in Illinois. But it does
not make him citizen OF the United States
and he is not, to-day, G citizen of the Uni.
ted States, unless he has taken out his natur.
alization papers, and cannot be until he
does take out his 6nal papers. If he was to
remove to any other state he would have
DO right to vote in consequence of his having
been in Illinois at the time our constitution
was adopted, for that did not make him
citizen-it only made him a voter in Hi.
nois.
1t is true that the minor children Of per.
sons duly naturalized under the laws Of the
United States become naturaIiaed by virtue
of the naturalization Of their fathers. But
no son Of a foreigner acquires any right to
vote because his father was in Illinois when
our constitution was adopted. Ifhe was a
resident Of Illinois, and was q years of age
in 1913, when the constitution was adopted
then he can vote. If not then he has no
right to vote under that constitutions if he was
born outside the United States. Nor can he
acquire any right to vote without taking out
papers Of naturalization under the laws of
the United States.
How these facts will effect political par
ties we neither know nor care-but all per.
sons who we're born outside the United
States must either have been q years OF
age and one year resident Of this state in
lSiS, or else they must be duly naturalized
under the laws Of the United States, in or.
der to be legal voters in Illinois; and it be.
comes all such persons to abstain from Of
fering an illegal vote, as they will render
themselves liable to heavy penalties. And
it is also the duty Of those who read this ar.
| sicIe to hunt up and challenge all such per.
sons
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
Greenbacks for Bonds.

One Currency for the Government and the
People, the tdborey and the Ohce,holder,
the ReaSioHcr, the Soldier, the Producer,
and the Bondhoider.
From the Pittsburg Post.
The bondholder demands gold for his
bonds the soldier must take greenbacks for
| his pension.
Tue bondhoder demands gold for his
| bonds, the aborer must take greenbaCks for
his daily toll.
The bondholder demands gold for his
bonds, the farmer and the mechanic must
take grecnbacks for their productions. The
soldiers pension Of SO is worth but about
| $40 in gold the boudhoder'S $lj in gold
are worth S22 in greenbacks. 81 in gold
vii, buy as much as ! 80 in grcnbacss.
The bOndnoider obtains his gold aad he
grows richer the soldier, the Iaborer, the
farmer aud the mechanic, must take the
grcenbabks, and they grow poorer,
The bondholder pays no taxes upon his
bonds, for they are exempted by law; the
soldier, the laborer, the farmer pay theirs
and the bondholders too.
The bondholder gave Qreonbacks for his
bonds. He has drawn the interest in gold
and now he demands gold for the princi.
pal
In 1863 the average value Of a greenback
dollar was seventy one cents; IN 1864, fifty
cents and in 1868, fifty nine cents
! In 1864, the bondholder paid $3.50 in gold
for $500 bond lie has drawn interest in
gold upon it, to the amount Of $l20, which
was worth at least $500 in currency If his
boud is paid in gold, he has cleared $3.50,
worth now 1915, and this added to the in.
terest, makes net profit of 1915 in four
| years on an investment of $3.50.
The gold to pay both principal and inter,
est comes from the tariff that the govern.
tnent lays on the poor mans tea, coffee and
sugar, for all other taxes are paid in curren.
cy. ..,...
Every pound Of tea pays twenty-five cents
i'll gold to the bondhollerI
Every pound Of coffee pays five cents in
gold to the bondhoderl
Every pound of sugar pays four cents in
gold to the bondhoder
The whole debt is now twenty,six hundred
millions of dollars. In the month of July
the interest bearing portion of it increased
sixty-seven millions, thus adding in one
month nearly four millions of annual inter.
est to the burthens OF the people.
Sixteen hundred millions of the debt are,
by this contract, payable in greenbacks; if
this is paid in gold it adds eight hundred |
millions to the value of the bondholder's !
claim, and to the terrible load that now op.
presses the people and destroys their BUSH
ness.
The bondholders demand that labor and
production shall be taxed for their benefit,
hey claim that they are q privileged class,
md exempt from taxation.
Pay the debt in greenhacks, and you re.
luce the burthens ofthe people. Everything
re eat, drink and wear, are now taxed to
,ay the bondholder.
Pay the debt in greenbacks, and you pay ,.
in the currency the bondholier gave for
lis bond.
Pay the debt in greenbacks, and you slim.
late industry and invicorste business.
Pay the debt in greenbacks and you pay !
to the contract.
The radicals say, pay the bondholder in
,old. The democracy say pay the bond '
nolder according to his contract. i
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
80 PER CENT ADDED TO OUR TAXES

The Illinois radical board of equalization,
in session at Springfield, has addei thirty
per cent to the entire assessment IF property
in Rock b'aHd comtty, both real and person.
al, aud reduced Henry 40 per cent and Mer-
Ger ~ per cent. How do our people like it?
The board has also adopted resolution
requesting the legislature to establish bu.
reau OF statistics, The statistical talent that
is Comprised in the board Of equalization is
so little that ii needs help, Besides, there
is room in Illinois for some more office
holders.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
Did Hawley Say 1t.

The radical candidate for congress in this
district j. reported to have said in several Of
his speeches, during the campaign -
IAMIN FAVOR OF KEEPING A
| STANDING ARMY IN THE SOUTH TO
| SUSTAIN THE STATE GOVERN.
MENTS ESTABLISHED OVER THE
SOUTHERN PEOPLE"
1t would be neither proper nor profitable
for US to say what ought to be said in regard
to this statement until we know beyond
doubt or controversy, that he uttered it. We
| call upon the Wig for information. Did
IIawley say it. If he did does the Wing en-.
dor5e it2 Is lEawley in favor of keeping a
standing army in the south, (at the expense
Of $50, 900 Year, to sustain the state
governments established COVER the south.
ern people ~ Who has the right to estab
lish a state government OUer the leads OfMe
peOpie When the Union was established,
who but the people Of each state established
state governmental Did Hawley say what
he u here reported to have said ? viii the
Wing answer And when it answers, will
| it tell its readers whether it approves Of what
Hawiey said or notl-QuiHy Herdld.
We heard HawIey make the statement, in
his speech, delivered in Darts Hall, in this
city, Friday evening, Aug. q, aai in add.
ton to that our short hand reporter has it
written down in the verbatim report Of his
speech, taken down as he spoke. No one
denies it, not even Hawley hmself--and if
should deny it, we can prove it on him by
any number Of credible witnesses.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

FROM Inc St' Louis Anzelger.
1t would be ridiculous to deny that tn,
democratic party was defeated last Tuesday
Though the defeat was not decisive, q de
feat it was. The democracy expected
victory in Pennsylvania with certainty, anC
1t hoped to be successful in Indiana. Both
states are lost. 1t is clear, besides, thai
without the success of the democratic part,
in Pennsylvania, the election of q democratic
president IS impossible. We admit all o.
this frankly and freely. BY deceiving our
selves in this respect, we would only aggra,
vate our condition.
On the other hand, the theory that by this
victory the radicals have dnaihtLated the
democracy is just as pernicious mistake
whoever has eyes to see must discover that
the people Of these three states are divided
very nearly in two equal parts--that about
one-haIf belong to the democratic party, and
very small fraction has made the scale turn
to the other side.
In round numbers, about one million and
half votes may have been polled last Tues.
day in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana lin
1866 the aggregate was I,300,0O0) If we
admit that the radical majority in all the
three states together amounted to 10000, the
vote stands
10000 for the republicans.
10000 for the democrats.
These 10000 democratic votes are. in
the meaning Of the patriotic, wise and high.
y educated radicals, the votes of "copper"
heads, rebels" 'repudiators' and "reac.
ionists." Think of it. In three states
here are not less than 100000 rebel scoun.
irels and antprogressionists permitted to
Iote. The country would be worse than
lelI, and its people standing on the verge of
uin, if, in million and half Of voters. not
ess than 100000 were SO bad citizens as the
adieals accuse them Of being. ..N
Rejecting men will come to conclusions
widely differing from those drawn BY the |
adical press. They will say that the people |
# the north are divided in two, nearly canal, |
ARTS; that this last victory is so near to de.
eat that it should not encourage pernetua.
ions Of still more radical outrages. but that,
N the contrary. it is warning to iDaugurate |
policy of moderation and concihation.
Or, should these 10000 radicals in future
ule the country precisely as if the 73O, 200 |
democrats together with their views. aspirs.
ions and interests did not exist at alp
During the last four years the radicals have
.cted with the most complete disregard Of
ne minority, and they may during the com.
ng epoch attempt continuation Of their
PARTISAN despetism. But nothing is more |
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

WHdieiory reports about the condition Of the
governments Indebtedness, that Bennett has
set ms own force to work to get at the exact
FACTS ana upon learning them he exclaims,
"a thorough change Is needed. and unless
the change Is made, ne heaeilp tared people
loW be driUen 70 A SUMMARY NODE or MS.
LrEvNG THEMSELVES OF THEIR BURDENS"
This "change' is just what all tbi, pol;ti.
cal ado is about, II is the people against
the bondholders. The struggle will be A se.
we're one, because the money that is arraved
on one side cannot BE- met by similar weap.
on on the other. The people who desire this
change can only depend upon the virtue,
the intelligence and the honesty of the mass
es while the party which opposes the change
has hundred thousand .ollioe holders, all
getting rich off the nations labor and toll,
and ten thousand bondholders waiting the
pound Of flesh which is theirs in case no
change is made.
We don't know whether ''the heavily taxed
people will be driven to a summary mode of
relieving themselves Of their burdens in
case the thorough change is not made in
November, or not. The people have accus.
toned themselves to stand good deal from
their rulers, and for anght we know they
may stand these frightful burdens Of taxation
until they are too poor and too much intimi-
dated to raise hand or voice in defense Of
! their manhood.
the robber stops YOU on the highway
and demands your money, you have legal
| right to defend your purse even to taking the
lie Of the robber. Whether upon the same
principle the people have right to resist
the robbery authorized BY congress, we have
our doubts. We believe the more peaceful
way to get rid Of the robber is to 20 to the
ballot box with a white mans ticket, and
there strike n blow which will make these
licensed highwaymen tremble ia their boots.
We too, are for a thorough change" but let
it DO made in November, and at the ballot
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

Miss W. Peterson, having just returned
from the east where she purchased all her
goods for cash, takes the liberty of calling
the attention Of the ladies of this place to
her well assorted stock which she proposes
to sell at the lowest eastern rates,
She has added to her stock a full line OF
Zephyr Worsteds, embroidered cushions,
slippers, and canvass, and all goods belong.
ing to that line. OctI2dIw
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
ELECTION Tickets.

Democratic township committees and
clubs are reminded that only Two weeks re
main until the presidential election, and that
| they should obtain their tickets Immediately
aud places them in the hands of the voters
especially such voters and would like to
cast democratic ballot without the annoy.
ance Of radical spies at the polls. The tick.
cts are now ready, at this office, aud no
time should be lost in circulating them. A
large supply should be obtaned-at least
four or FIVE times as many as will be cast,
and after supplying all who want them be.
forehand, sufficient quantity should re.
main on hand for use election day. The
price for tickets will be as follows;
One thousand ....,.........,".....n...S3 90
rive nundred,,..,. 90
Two Hundred and Fifty 50
One Hundred and Fifty or less,.............. Is
The order for tickets must be acconpan.
led by the cash, in all cases.
The township members Of the county com
| mittee are as follows:
CorioyS-R. Il. Mccormick.
Port Byron-Dr. f. h. Rogers.
Coe-James b. Larue, Post Byron Post Office
Canoe Creek John M.WaIker, Port Byron p. o.
Zuma--Johu Shalor, Port Byron Post Office
lIRmpton--Lucius Wells.
Molne-Stcwart IIOOn.
Coal Valley Lewis Wilson, Camden Mills P O..
Black Hawk-Jacob Adams, Camden Mills ?. o.
Bowling james Mcdonnell, Camden Mills p. %.
Elgington---R. h. Olmstead, Haztt p q.
Buffalo Prairie ohm Kistlcr
Andalusia samuel Kenworthy.
Drury---J. X. Underwood.
Either these gentlemen, or the township
club If there is one) should attend to this
matter at once. In Rock Island the ward
clubs should attend to the matter.
Blank aiHdavits ore also for sale at this
office, for $3.50 per hundred, a full supply
of which should be procured by all the com,
mittees.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

Greenbacks are taxed-Why not tax the
government bonds? We wonder if the rea.
sou is not found in the fact that the poorer
classes hold the greenbacks, while the rich
hold the bonds. The bondholders are run
ming congress, and will continue to doso,u n-
til the democracy gains the ascendency. !,
is for you men who have the taxes to pay to
say whether change shall be ordered in
November.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
New Goods

A new and well selected stock of dry
goods, such as prints, muslins, ginghams,de-
lanes, blankets, alapacas, French aud Eng
hsh merinos, Scotch plaids, and mott ons, dan'
neIs, fancy goods, which will be closed out
tor the next sixty days, at very low erices.
l invite the pnbhc to call and examine my
stock. .rHE l.. WoLF.
Octsdlm
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

y" Elections and the Right Of Suffrage.
q In all elections every white male citizen
SoINe Inc age Of twenty one years, having resi-
u , ~ 'uI aI@le one year next preceding any
election'shaL he entitled to yo e at such eIsetiop
ana every T Il, male innabitant OF THE AGE
Afoh ~ ID. "n 10 may be resident Of the
state at the time OF the adoption Of this sons.;tn
ton shall have the ri ght d votins ~ aS!s
but such citizen or nhabita1t s6sI bs nn,;tioa
to vote except in the district or count, =; ~
he shall actually reside at the time Of spob sIeo
ton.
Nov, We ore told that the sons of person,
of foreign birth, l#hO we're born before Their
parents arrived in this country think the
have right to vote under the foregOin
section, because their fathers resided in I'll
nois when it was adopted. They think TIT
the above section makes their fathel
nsturalized citizens. This is not the cas-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
NEGROES FOR CUBA,
The Slave Trade Re-Opened BY Garnet
Bagger5.
From the selma lAla,l Time, San, o.

From the Selma (Als.] Times, Sept. 2S.
The Mobile Register, a few DAYS ago On.
out after carpetbagger Griffin with a vsrv
sharp stick. about ship load of free negro :
that the carpet baggers of Mobile sent to
Cuba and sold into slavery
The facts throw food Of light on the
friendship Of the carpet baggers for the ne
groes.
But we drew an unwaranted inferenc,
from the Registers article. We though
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

In accordance with all ordinance of the
City of Rock Island, l hereby give notice
that the tax warrant for the year 1868 has
been placed in my hands.
All persons are hereby requested to call
at my store (Buford's Block and pay their
taxes, within thirty days from this date.
R. KoEHLER,
City Collector.
Rock Island, Oct. l9, 1868. st
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
THE TWO PLATFORMS.
RADICAL DOCTRINE.

The doctrine of the radical Grant party is
GOLD AND NO TAXATION FOR THE
RICH ARISTROCRATIC BONDHOLD.
Err, AND PAPER MONEY FOR THE
DAYLABORER AND MECHANIC.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
Some Figures to Illustrate Radical Principles

. N'e' ~ %''US'4 S'o A|"uAeal frlRclples
In comparing the aggregate vote Of last
election in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana,
with the result in regard to the repreSentata.
non OF these.states in congress, we fud that
the radical vote is less than four per cent
ABOVE the democratic vote, and yet the radi.
cas- have elected twice as many representa-
tiVes in all the three states as the democrats
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
Macbryde,

the Rag Man of Moline, desires us
to say that he is open again at his old
stand, and offers the whole of his stock with
out regard to cost, for the next 80 days.
He tells his country friends to come on for
bargains. Octl2dlw
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.

The doctrine OF the democratic party is,
IF GREENBACKS ARE G00DEN0UGH
FOR THE FARMER, MECHANIC AND
DAY,LABORER, WHO PAY TAXES,
THEY ARE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE
BONDHOLDER, WHO PAYS NO TAX.
ES
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

THE undersigned win purchase Twenty Hor-
j ses for the Moline Horse Railroad Co.
Horses used to Railroad Cars weighing from tea
to eleven hundred, and from six to eight years
old, preferred. SIS. GUYER,
OCtl2dwtf. Superintendent.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

Not by democrats, but by the New York
Herald, a Grant and Colfax paper. Ben.
nett has been examining the financial situa.
ton for himself There were SO many con.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
Now Goods.

You will find in B. Newburger's dry goods
store large assortment ofnew fall and winter
goods, which he is selling as low as the low.
est. Give him call
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19

no true Union, no Cancellation of opposing
views and interests, so long as the rights and
feelings Of so large a minority are disregard
al
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-19
Tho Frsedmsu,s Bureau

John b. Hawley, the radical candidate for
congress, says be is Sin favor Of sustaining
the froedm9rs bureau" In other words
that's what it means he in favor ofmaking
the freedmen's bureau perpetual He is the
only radical in country that has yet avowed
any such purpose. All parties agree that it
should be abandoned at as early day as
practicabe-that it is wrong to tax the
poor white people Of the north to feed and
lcothe the many thousands Of southern ne.
groes who refuse 30 work aud thereby feed
and clothe themselves. Do the people of the
4th district agree with Hawley = Are they
willing to be taved forever to support the ne.
grocs Of the south 20 dacy Herald.
In the circulars addressed by the secretary
Of the state of Alabama 10 registrars, there
occurs direction, to,wit 'Ioa viii spe
cially notify the electors of your county that,
on the day Of election no challenges will be
allowed at the polls, '
BY this beautiful radical provision, that
immaculate patriot, Sambo, will be allowed
to vote for Grant as early and often rs may
be necessary.