The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-15

ton was undertaken in the loftiest sentiment
Of patriotism. The first year of the war the
people shoudered arms from principle.
We paid no bounty, and patriotism had not
fixed its price. Two years had scarcely
passed before the naturalization produced
| by the proiigal outpouring OF national treas.
ure extended from Congressman, govern.
mrnt contractors and the leading pluuderers
to the lower grades OF society, and the ma.
ton became one vast whirlpool Of immorai.
! IT, With the incubation Of the masses the |
| leading hrains grew holder and felt sure O
their power TO inaugurata gigantice s's.,a'
Of plumber which depended, in grfA' i",'
for success upon public oPinlls4.' lad rlo,r
! pared SO education went on - Ia
| high 70 low aud then from =" ~ ~ ~,
the country could take, - ",'' s'"lst JI:oS1
the betrayal Of is r'"',v" H. =, -. 10
,...n.-:,l C,pgr,s5 naturally, IN our sys.
p'o'P,s', .'!!.,,,or,.at Represented our general
'e'" o' ari .equeutly was ripe for all
eo'.' ,,..g mt aimed at the tapping Of the
g ns"Iai. Of weaIih--the public treasury.
we country WAS ready 5000 then were
Ir..lchci in rapid succession the schemes
Il0r plumber which have since staggered Us
and brought rs to our senses. Then came 9
the MON Pacific Railroad, with It's tens Of
millions Of plumber, aud, following the me a
hungry financial wolves, seeming "s %"
tionai blood, rushed in and Psc,n' tAIto11 !,
charters from all sides-from " "'H'NEtO"
and from every State-boodtd '"r
and filled the whole space rom itA"' " y
British America win imaginary PatH'e' &
lines Of iron. The wolves tore the national y
domain into sbrcis and parcelIed out the E
IoaJ sno,'. 10 their followers. If the Indian ,
,..;j,5,. stood in their way convenient
ro, DESTROYED their titles to consideration
and despoiied them Of their possessioHs.-
This failing, trgmpe1.up treaty between
the punderers and the tribe gave the form II
pr the courage and shamelessness to present
. claim to the property for the confirmation h,
lf the Senate, Rs witness the Cherokee land
spoliation still awaiting It's turn to prove
the corruption Of our legislative branch Of
the governments
TDeta, rows ON and the vast ocean Of
corrIpton begins to feel a purifying pres :,
sgr.. The bubbles are coming 70 the eur. :,
lcr aui the air is filed with the stencil Of n
.iFht years Of financial and political rotten. se
r,s. slowly but surely upwards the PEG.
Ir again move. Now and then some clear.
cadri, bold man, like Mr.. Sprague, steps
D the front and drnOunces the men who 4
cad lhn decentralization we have pictured. T.
he mass moves, and out of the mire on to On
rm ground again OF the two branches W
( Congress the Representatives lead in re an
,rm, for they feel the touch Of the people C 81.
rJre quickly. The Senate, gluted with ~,
lvrr, ds.utoria' and irresponsible, yield ab
rIyp tr.o. Around them, in defence, pr
tard- q wal Of wealth, handled by the re. 60
,ntcs., INSCRIPTIONS pundercrs. They
eiond their Senate with the same daring
lergY which hs, characterized its acquisi. =
Dus; for the United States Senate is their
'adel. Whisky, tobacco. petroleum, the
riff, mining, the Custom House, inside and
tsIde, frontier smuggling, the Indian Blu. w
N and Indian land stealers, banking, M.
ii specializing govern nent bonds and the ter
lited States Treasury all have their repre-. As
native "rtngz,' which allow nothing TO
ring" upon the patent right which eight
ars Of skilful invention have given them n
rule the country
But all this must have an end In any
ler country it would terminate in a revo.
ion, of which the French tragedy Of l7-g
the type. Here, however, the people Tjf
re too much good sense and education to cir
in such drastic but uncertain remedy. or
have n new element for the correction pr
such evils, which no other natio,. ever 9OO
!, and but one other country now pos S gu
SEES, and that Is our free press. This is us,
lay the government the mouthpiecc of Off
people, the national PURIFIER. 1t carried wo
safely through our war. II should now boz
ny itself against all legislative or execu- lar
q usurpatons OF authority, and against a,o
rings which have threatened to de S. ST.,
" US. Doing this the country may
in he restored 10 both material and pc. the