The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-02
nnnaInn nInn MEETINo.

at the standing roou' 30'
trance crowded l..,
"T y, ,bc absence Of Mr.. Gable, tho president,
: ,.la !. now in Colorado the club was eal'eu
=, order by Maj. Connolly, vice president
secy. McElhcrne read the minutes Of 'as'
meeting, which were approved,
Aaer calling the order Of business, the
;aoa Of forming ward clubs. for business pur'
no.os wa. discussed. and by vote, 1t was
,ac,,nmepdod that ward clubs be formed i'm
mediately. in the several Wards--the ward
ooc,,,,;,,oos Whose names will be found IN
this paper to procure room in each ward
far meetings, and issue call, through the
g., f,, the democrats to meet and organ
ilc. no..
Tbe subject of the O'Bren meeting, IOct
q5i was then introduced and suggestions
made as to getting ready for that great
e,cpt. The Executive Committee, and the
other officers Of the club, were instructed to
proceed to the appointment Of the necessary
committees to make prePa'a'ions for the
meeting and manage the whole affair; the
names of the various committees to be an
nounced through the ARGUS.
Mai. Connolly then introduced Jacob Nor
ris ESQ, in few well chosen remarks, and
the speaker was received with much aP'
plause.
Mr.. Norris spoke for an hour and half,
giving first an able and clear review OF the
po,.,tyns Of the two parties, from the torma.
ton of the government to the present time,
in order to show clearly that the present
democratic party represents the liberal and
constitutional IDEAS Of the old democratic
party-thc party Of Jefferson; while the
present republican party represents the cen.
trOliljng principles ofthc old Hamilton OF
federal party.
Following this. Mr., Norris discussed the
| reconstruction policy Of the radicals, show.
ing that it was, As Thad Stevens admitted,
wholly "outside the constitution, aud un.
warranted by any grant Of power TO the fed
eral legislature, aud WAS the legitimate re.
suit Of the ceutral1ing principles of the old
federal party. The true theory of demo.
cratic government was for the people Of each
state to manage their own affairs, subject
only to the limitations Of the constitution.
Mr.. Norris then discussed the financial
condition of the country, giving the cIcarcst
aud p'ainesl reasons why We should
retire the national bank cir
culation pay, with new greenbscks,
the bonds deposited for its securitythus rehey.
ing the country Of about four hundred mill
ion' Of debt topping about twenty millions
of yearly gold interest replacing the nation.
al currency with better currency which 10
Iega! tender; and placing four hundred
millions Of untaxed property luow in bonds
in the pockets Of the people where the asses
sor can tax it, and make it pay ltq share o.
| the burdens Of government, thus equallzlnP
taxation. He then proceeded to show tha
the balance Of the go bonds should be
paid. in the same way, as fast as the inter
ests Of the country would warrant; and tina
there was no necessity for beng in q hurr
about redeemiug the greeubacks they ar
needed to carry on the business Of the cour
try; we must have some paper creulAhn
medium, and greoubacks are the best; Il
them circulate, and when worn let them
replaced by new ones; they don't draw !
terest, and can be taxed. The bonds Dirt
interest and can. be taxed, for state, COur
). or municipal purposes. BY the democra
policy we could soon eXtinguish the de
place the property where 1t eau be take
reduce the expenses Of governments get
B. oftwenty thousand oihce.holders who
daily collecting money from the people
> duce the taxes aud tariff; aud brlus peace 4
;. prosperity to the whole country. lie til
~ contrasted this policy with the radical pol
offending the whole debt Of the country /
= forty year gold bonds, exempting it all fr
taxation; and showed that, within the IL
e. years the whole sum OF the debl would,
ct the radical policy, be paid twice over IN
DE tercst, aud still not u dollar Of the debt eA
'o' guished that taxation and tariffs would
kept up, and central money power orga
Nv ed which would control the destines Of
country, and compel labor to bear the wi
nat burdens of government.
~. He then passed in rapid review the
ice sonnet of the candidates, giving consider
to. attention to comparison of Singleton
lat Hawley, aud concusiyely showing that
Is gleton would possess the power to do m
nd, more for Rock Island than Hawley.
ing The interest i'll Mr.. Norris speech
on. kept up to the last. and when he closed
lgs court house was still filled and the stanC
of room about the entrance crowded as IN
les. as at any time during the meeting.
he There was much enthusiasm during
ro speech, aud frequent outbursts of IaugI
IRE and applause.
To- The meeting closed with rousing che
for Seymour and Blair; and for Sin
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