The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-07-11

| sunk the credit o. the country as usuFlous
terms are alweys hurtful to the credit Of the
borrower. they also declare the best policy
"a dimini, tue burden Of debt is so TO i'm
urova oar credit that capitalists will seek to
loan IS money at lowerrste ofintercst than
we low pay, and must continue to pay SO
| log as reputation is threatened or suspect
ID. Then why have they used fall 5000,
600, 600 of the taxes drawn from the people
of this country TO uphold q despotic military
authority, aud 10 crush ont the life Of states,
when, if this money bad been used to pay
our debts, capitalists would now seek TO
lend us money at lower rates Of interest
But for this covert reputation our national
credit could not be tainted in the markets OF
the world. Applause. ,..,
"Againthey declare Of all who were faith.
full in the late war, there we're none entitled
to more especial honor than the brave SOL
diers and seamen who endure the hardships
of campaign and cruise, and imported their
lives ia the service of their country. The
bountics and pensions provided by the laws
for those brave defenders of the nation is an
obligation never to be forgotten; the widows
and orphans Of the gallant dead are the wards
Of the people, sacred trust bequeathed to
the nations care. Have these sacred truths
been performed? They pay to the man, to
the widow, or to the orphan, q currency
which they sunk one.quarter below its right.
full value by their policy Of hate Of waste,
and Of military despotism. The pittance
paid to wounded soldiers is pinched down
70 per cent. below that coin which he had a
right 10 expect. Loud cheering. Is there
no covert reputation in this2 Applause.
"Again, they say foreign immigration,
which in the past added so much to the
wealth, development, resources and increase
Of power to this republic-the asylum Of the
oppressed of all natious-should be fostered
and encouraged by liberal and just policy.
Is this foreign immigration fostered by pol.
icy which so swells the cost Of living that
men must toll on to meet these exactions
Cheers. The time was when we could not
only invite the Europeans to share with
us the material blessings Of our great
country, but more than that we could tell
those who fed from oppression that we lived
under government Of laws administered by
judiciary which kept the bayonet and
the sword in due subOrdnatiOn. Cheers.
We could point to q written constitution
which not only marked out the power OF
government, but with an anxious care seeur,
ed to the humbest man the right of proper,
", Of person, and Of conscience. Is cmigra.
ton encouraged by trampHng that constitu.
| ton IN the dust, treating with contempt and
Stacking the Judiciary and executive, and
giving all the world to understand that the
great guarantees of political and civil rights
are destroyed, Great applause
But the browning indictment against the
follies and crimes OF those in power, Is in
| these words THAT we recognize the great
principles handed down in the declaration OF
| independence as the foundation of the gener.
| oil government, and we hail with gladness eve.
~ effort toward making these principles n
| living reality on American soil.h If within
| the limits OF any OF the states of the Union
an American citizen, stung hy sense OF his
wrongs, should publicly and truthfully de
| u0unce the men in power because, in the
| very language Of this declaration OF indie
pendenee, they have erected multitude o
Offices aud sent hither swarms OF officers t
harrass our people and eat out their sub
stance he would in all human probability b.
dragged to prison or if, in the indiRnan
language Of our fathers, he should excIaim
| "They have affected to render the military
independent of or superior to the civ il power
they have abolished the free system Of Eng
fish laws, and established herein an arbitra
ry government for the otfense ofassertnl
these principles he would be tried and pun
isheed by military tribunal. Great cheer
ing
"IIaviug declared that the principles 0
the declaration of independence should b.
made lively reality on every inch of Amer
lean soil, they put in nomination militar.
chicItain who stands at the head of that sys
tenn Of despotism that brushes beneath It
feet the great principles OF independence
| Cheers, To-day, in some states, II is helt
BY military orders to be n crime to speak on
the Indignation and contempt which burn
within the bosoms Of patriotic men. If tC
morrow a military order should be put fort
in TINT state where the ashes Of Washington
are entombed, that it be an offence to dc
clare that the military should ever be subor
dinate 10 the civil authority to speak TIN
sentiment that it was disgrace to our coun
try to let hOrde7 Of officials eat up the sub
stance Of the people-he who uttered thos,
words would be dragged to prison from tn,
very grave where lie the remains the autho
Of the declaration of independence. louC
cheering From this outrage there coulC
be no appeal to the courts. And the repub
lican candidate for the presidency has &C
cepted q position WEIGH makes the right
and liberties Of large share Of our people
dependent on his will. Applause.
ain view of these things can there be one
man in the convention who can let q per
sonal ambition, passion, a prejudice, turn
| him aside one hairs breadth IN his efforts
to wipe Off the wrongs and Outrages which
disgrace our country Cheers. Can
there be one man whose heart is so dead to
all that is good and noble in patriotism, but
that he will gladly sacrifice all other things
for the sake of his country, its liberty and
its greatness ? Can we suffer such prejudi.
| ces, growing out of past differences of opin.
ION to hinder us in uniting now with all who
win act with us to save our country? Ap.
| plause.
1--WE meet to-day to see what measures
can be taken to avert the dangers which
threaten onr country, and to relieve it from
the evils and burdens resulting from bad
government and unwise counSels. thank
God that the strife Of arms has ceased, and
that once more, in the great conventions of
our party, we can call through the whole
roll Of states and find men in answer to
each Time and events in the great cycles
have brought us to this spot to renew and
reinvigorate that constitutional government
which nearly so years ago was inangurated
in this city. Loud cheers. 1t was here
that George Washington, the first President,
swore to preserve, protect and defend the
constitution of the United States. TCheers |
And here, this day, do we solemnly swear
to uphold the rights and liberties of the
American people. Then, as now, great
war which had devastated our land, had
ceased. And then, as now, there was in
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