The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-02
GRAND MEETING At THE
COURT HOUSE,
Speeches by Hon. John r. Irish
and Hon. Charles Eeipse.

no forcing process used or threats made to
induce the democratic voters of this vicinity
to come out and hear the truth, and hear it
they did. from the lips of men who knew
whereof they spoke.
At seven O'Clock the house was we'll filled,
and still the people came, until at q the
house wal packed, every seat occupied, the
extra standing room and even the hall and
stairs were crowded to such An extent that
hundreds DESTROYS of hearing the speeches,
turned away in despair.
At y o'clock the meeting was called to
order, and Judge Kistler unanimously
chosen as chairman. He thanked the audi
ence forthe honor bestowed, and introduced
Hon. Charles Feinse, of Peoria, our can.
didste for Superintendent of Public I~nstruc.
ton.
Mr.. f. made some telling remarks on
education, the tariff, protection, and other
issues of the day, to the English portion of
his audience, and then proceeded to deliver
an eloquent German Grafton tothe Germans
of this city.
Mr.. F%einse's remarks we're of interest to
those converssnt with the German language,
as was shown by the frequent bursts Of
applause and the attention they gave to
every word he spoke. He presented every
issue fairly and squarely, go different from
the lodging ofLogan and Oglesby. He was
received throughout both addresses with
great applause and at the close of his efforts
was rendered such a flatsering testimonial
at the hands of the audience, as showed
that he was q popular man IN this vicinity.
At the close of Mr.. Feinse's speech the
chairman introduced to the audience the
popular, young, and eloquent orator, Hon.
John P. Irish, of Iowa City, who was receiv
ed with a burst ofapplsuse. He
ed his remarks by passing a high enconium
On the merits of Mr.. Feinse, and of his fit
ness for the Office. He spoke of the CUES
tons of the day, of the dead and gone
slavery question, and of the
brag of the radicals, in their campaign
documents, doctored to suit the occasion.
He said the RAIDS claimed that in Is months
of Andy Johnson's administration the
amount collected ss tax was Sl66, 900, 900,
and that in the IS months of Grants admin
istration, $3.50, 900, 000; now they say only
s., 900, 00O-did they lie then or do they
now.
He clinched the radical lies about the col
! lectinn nf ia Yes tn the aptira sof;S s. o,;o, rs oil
The support of the burden of taxes ell
borne by the poor, and spoke of the old
German iiihogrsph, as showing how the
different professions, as the soldier, EN-.
peror, priest, lawyer, all shirked the burden
of taxes, until as a necessity it descended to
the poor aborer-who paid for ell. The
National Bank swindle was exposed, and a
picture Gsswn of the Goddess OF Liberty
suffering from hemorrhsge, with Jay Cooke
rushing to the rescue with his greenbscks.
to be paid in gold. The poor pensioner is
paid III greenbscks, taxed so per cent. to
pay the interest on the bonds of such men as
Jay Cooke. He said that the poor man was
driven by the taxes into the grave and hesv-
en-, where he was safe, for there was no
republican party there to tax him. Said the
tax collectors of this country were as numer-
Gus as the lice in Egypt, Advocated a
state collection of taxes instead of federal.
He spoke Of the trouble of getting a demo-
cratic platform to suit the RAIDS believed
the ten commandments would be rejected by
the rsds as a democratic platform, on
account of one, which says. "Thou shalt not
steal" The salt question was argued.
Showed how the salt used in packing fish
in England was free from tax,
while the salt used in the west
to pack beef and pork, was only taxed 800
per cent. Probably the occupation of pack
ing fish was more godly than the packing of
beef or pork. New England was better at
a distance. He advocated sending men to
congress whose heart is in the Mississippi
Valley, and not in the cod fisheries Of New
England. He did not Judge Hawley by his
silk stockings, but by his record. If it was
true that such men as Hawley were the only
men who could get appropriations for the
west, what will become of the west when
they die The iron tariff was also shown
up, and the trickeries exposed. Hefavored
manufactures, but wanted the people to
wait, and not erect them until a demand
was created for them ; did not like to see
them forced. He spoke of the benefits
derived in England from free trade that
the freedom meetings in that country had
forced free trade upon the government
that in thirty or forty years of free trade the
price of labor had advanced at an average of
80 per cent. over the prices paid during 400
years of protection.
He spoke of tie New England manufac.
%turers; of their abuses of the powers derived
to them by virtue of protection. AS an
instance of protection to American industry;
he cited the story of an operative in q New
England cotton mill, a poor girl, addressing
q large indignation meeting in Msssschu
sets. She said 81 thank God there is a
hell; that some day justice may be melted
to the cotton lords of New England" He
spoke of the strike of the shoemakers in
Massachusetts as another instance; of the
misery in their families: of the Indifference
and insults of the employers; of the impor-
tation of coolies; OF the Puri,anical at
tempts and meetings to convert the hsythin
Choinese, who wear pig.tails and eat bird
nests; of the piety of the Puritans-who
would ct the families of these shoemaker
stsrve for the sake of proselyting these pig
tailed pagans.
The people should now demand a reform
in the revenue; a reform in the collection of
the revenue; that the army of 10000 tax
collectors be discharged; and that 5000
articles new taxed, be placed on the free