The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-26

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REPUBLICAN MAJoRIrIEs, 1870.
south .....1I, out
Louhiaha...... ..--20 ,00t
In Missouri, which is admitted in the above
list. Grant received in 1868 nearly 25,00(
ms jority. This fall the ticket to which Graz
openly and in every way gave his influence
WAS beaten by about 4l,000. That is q
change against Grant-though not agains
thu Republican party-of about 6S, 900 votes
1t We compare these returns, We shall find
some very melancholy results. For instance
IN Alabama, there has been change o.
over 5000 votes in Arkansas the change
snoants to more than 5000 votes North
Carolina changes nearly over $4,000; Wes1
Virginia, ii 900 and so on, all against the
Republican party. Now, every body knows
for We read it every day in journals like the
Phiiadephia Press, the Washington Chroni
Gle and the New I ork Tibuae-every bod '
knows, therefore, that the sd uinistration OF
Gen. Grant is thoroughly pleasing 10 the coun.
try the revenue is collected-that ia to say,
the taxes are ground out of the people and
the debt is reduced, with great regularity ;
and this, We are assured. satisfies every wish
OF the people. But to a thoughtful Repubi
can 1t must seem very puzzling thing that,
"ato VIC pUOPlC dE0 tuu5 u6llRQb6Q Win the
course of the administration, they vote
against 1t wherever it shows a particularly
strong desire for support. In Missouri Gen
Grant interfered IN the canvass in the most
vigorous way, in favor of McClurp. who ran
as an 'open and defiant protec,onist" and
the administration candidate and as a re-
suit Missouri, which gave Grant in 1868
nearly &c, 600 majority, now casts Al, 900
QA ar T.
New York, Hoffman, with the government
patronage in his favor, and notorious frauds
a. the election, got but $1,000 majority.
two years ago; but this fall, with every effort
of the administration against him, with all the
othces specially arranged and manipulated
to secure republican victory, and with the
most honest election New York has seen for
years, Hoffman, gets 81 900 majority. In
like manner in special Congressional dis
tricts where the administration has set up
candidate, he has often been beaten. E. D.
Webster, in Brooklyn, ran the aoknow-
lodged administration candidate ran, too,
IN q district which it was believed the re
pgblicans could carry had the support of
the Tribune and was very badly beaten. In
Syracuse, Dennis Mccarthy, supported By
the Tribune, the Washington Chronicle, and
tie other special administration journals,
could not even secure a denomination &; and
in spite of his juggery with the democrats,
was badly beaten in the election. There
ars other similar cases. Now, there is in
all this matter worthy of the consideration
of those who desire the continued suprema
cy of the republican party. Why is it that
the southern states, where administration
influence is very potent, have yet so unex-
pectedly turned against the republicans ?
Why is it that in states like New York and
Missouri, in Congressional districts like
these we have mentioned, the ad ministration
candidates are beaten 1t would seem
that the people are not so we'll satisfied as
the politicians whose business it is to flatter
the President have assc-ted. The people
want something more done than the admi n
istrston is doing. To collect the revenue
and paw of the debt is no doubt creditable
Compared with what Andrew johnson did,
1t seemed year ago An immense achieves
meut. We were drowning, and here care
General Grant and held our chins over the
waters edge-and for while we were very
grateful, and did not much mind
the grindstone he kept st our noses. But
to have always the water up to our necks, to
have always the grindstone of taxation at
our noses, is not satisfactory, no matter
what tae Presidents fatterers say. Graft
:ude, in this as in other cases, is q lively
sense of favors to come; and the people have
made up their minds-ungrateful as it may
look-that they must have something more.
They want the taxes lowered; they want the
tax system rearranged; theywAnt to see indus
Try reviving; they are Disguised at General
drants subserviency to notorious hack
politicians, monopolists, and political traders
OF ali kinds; they see what jealousy his open
interference In elections at the dictation of
these persons; and with disgust his support
of men notoriously unfi. for public trusts.
They were promised reform of the civil
service, and they see the Presid.nt d;sm;ss-
ing from his cabinet the verv men who
we're friendly to that reform. Thew elected
General Grant because he was indenendent
of the politicians, and welcomed his access
ion TO the Presidency because of his pubIio |
assurances that he would not suffer pol;t; |
clans to rule; and they are bitterly disap |
pointed at seeing him openly COMPLYING
with the demands of the very class ofI
political traders and managers who have
been the bane of the republican party, and
whose predominance makes its greatest
danger. The republican party is necessarily
the party Of equal rights, of honest and eco
nomical government, and of reform. While
1t carries out, in all the departments of gov
ernment, the ideas upon which it was
founded, it will retain the confidence and
favor OF the people. But if it is to be made
the party of monopoly, Of privilege, and
favoritIsm; if this predominance ia to be
used to strengthen and perpetrate old abuses,
to defend and shield mcnopolies, the people
will avert their faces and let it fall, in spite
of its glorious record.
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