The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-23
THE CAMPAIGN.
Address from the Democratic
National Committee.
REPUTATION OF RADICAL MIS-
REPRESENTATIONS.
Tho Democracy Hxhorted to Con-
tinued Exertion.

FELLOW CITIZENS 1T is great privilege
and duty TO address you on the eve Of the
| great battle which we Are to fght,And which
is to decide whether the government Of this
republic is to remain four years more in the
hands Of the radical party, or whether, by an
energetic united, aud last effort, you will
wrest the power from its grasp, aud give it
| to US, under democratic, conservative ad.
ministratlon, government based upon prin
| cipIes Of justice, economy and constitutional
liberty. The issues Of the present campaign
are 5eIfeyident. They appeal to the inteli.
gence and patriotism Of every voter in the
most unmistakable terms. They have been
addressed by distinguished orators of our
| party since the nomination Of our Candl.
dates.
What the democratic party intend to doif
placed in power by your suffrages, is to re.
store peace and union TO our country to
heal the wounds and sufferings caused by the
rebellion to give to the people Of the south
the rights to which they are entitled under
the constitution, and by which, alone,we can
bring back prosperity and quiet to that dis.
tressed section; to reduce materially our
military and naval establishments, kept up
now on an immense scale and ut an enOr.
nous cost to introduce into every depart.
ment Of the government the strctest ecOno.
my, and TO develop by an equitable system
Of imposts and taxation, the growing resOur.
ces Of our country and thus place the feder
al finances on stable and solid footing and
10 pave the way to gradual and safe return
to specle.payment
We are charged by the radical party-the
party Of violence and usurpaton, which, for
the last four years, to prolong its existence,
has set at naught the fundamental principles
Of our ROyernment--thst we intend revolu.
ton and defiance Of the established laws.
The accusation is unfounded and absurd.
1t cannot be entertained for moment bv
any intelligent voter who has the most super.
fetal knowledge Of the history Of his country.
The democratic party can proudly point to
every page of its record. II has never VIC.
lated q single obligation of the fundamental
compact by which these United States en-.
tered into the family OF nations. lis watch.
word, IN peace as in war has been, and al.
ways will be, The Union, the constitution
tho laws and no man or set of men, how.
ever high they might be placed by tho suf.
lltAE'0 VI tiftl lEAlbW NiAlAthoJ NhH ever ~
pect to receive the support Of this great con.
seryatiye party in any revolutionary attempt
against established laws. The balIot.bo
and the supreme will of the American PEG.
pie are the only means Of redress to which
we look.
FeIlowdemocrats, you are fighting for
good aud righteous cause. You have for
your leader IL tried statesman patriot who
| stood by the Union in its darkest hour a
| man equally beloved for the purity Of his
! private character AZ honored for his public
virtues. Opposed to you are the men who
have subvrrled the structure Of their own
system Of representative seitgoyernment,
yIndicatod TO the world by more than half
n century Of prosperity and greatness, the
| men who have increased our enormous debt
by prohigatlon and corruption unparalleled ,
the men who, in two successive eongresses
have demonstrated their incompetency TO
diminish our burdens by economy, or ap.
portion them with equity; the men who had
50 distributed burdens that they press with
| excessive weight upon the labor and indus
| try Of the country, making rich men richer
| by making poor men poorer. Opposed to
| you are the men who have denied for three
years Of peace, and will continue to deny
until your votes are cast against them, self
government TO the people Of ten states the
men who have taken away the power of our
chief magistrate to insure faithful exccu.
ton Of tho laws, or command the army and
navy OF the United States the men who
did their worst to eXpel the president from
the white house for obeying faithfully the
bchcst5 Of your supreme law the men who,
being conscious Of their crimes declined ia
have the supreme court declare their quality,
aud therefore abridged its jurisdiction and
slenccd its voice; the men who have usurp.
ed, and are srasping and welding powers
not possessed to day by any monarch among
civilized nations Against these men, and
all their despotIc purposes, which Gen Grant
would be AS powerless to hinder as he whom
they elected four years aEa) has been
against these men, their crimes in the past,
their nctarIous designs in the future, you are
soon to make one final and determined ons.
Taught.
Fourycar ago we failed to eXpcl them
from power, though we expected then, as
we now predict, their iucompetency to give
the people peace; declaring them as we |
now declare, the revolutionary purposes of |
their most active leaders, who ruled the par.
ty, as they would rule the country, with Il |
despotic sway. But these four years usti-
fed our warning Our worst predictions |
then are enaclments now. What We feared, |
they have done. The revolution has made
steady progress.
Once more We call every patriot to Join
our ranks. If the people will now rise in
their majesty and might, they can save their
institutions and rebuild them. If they are
suplne and regardless of their sacred inter
ests, so much in the last four years has
been accomplished, and so much in the
next four years may easily be accomplished,
no obstacle then remaining, that the revou.
ton will become fixed fact. The struct.
ure OF our government will have been com
P,etely remodeled. 1t may be a govern.
ment still it will no longer be your repre-.
sentative self goyernmeut.
For the final struggle, then, felow.demo
Gratis Of the United States, Let Us invigor
ate every muscle aud move every effort
The time is short. The foe is stubborn and
desperate. Our victory would be the death
blow to the republican party. 1t could have
been held together by no other nomination.
1t cannot survive your successful assault.
One victory IS enough Your triumph in
November will finally re establish the union
and the constitution for another generation
Of men. 1t will restore peace aud good or.
der to the south, prosperity to the north, and
a wise and free rule to both. The great
prize is worthy your most strenuous endeav
ors. Our ranks are unbrokeu-our courage
undated. Once more to the breach.
and this time to victory
For the Democratic National Committee.
AUGUST BELMONT, Chairman,
New YORK, Oct. 81. 1868.