The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-09-20

this table is appended the following note
| ..Tbe amount remaining on hand IS
srb;ect to a reduction of 163, 1876, 626 acres,
GRANTED by congerss to aid In the construc-
ZION of railroad lines, and not yet selected
and certified TO them.
Can any mind here take in these enor
nous figures at one grasp ?-l63, 900, 900
acres awaiting selection by organized rings
of plunderers under grants already made by
congress? How much is this? We can
only comprehend its magnitude by comrari>
SON The State Of Indiana contains but
Il goo, 600 acres, and Ohio the empire state
OF the west, contains but 100000. There
ia fraction over in each case. out | state
it in round numbers for convenience. Thu:
land, then, now awaiting selection by tbs
land grabbers, under acts of congress,
already passed according to this republican
| authority If consolidated into body
| would MIKE seven states of the eize o.
! Indiana, or ak states of the size of Ohio
aud in either case We would have land
enough lett to make several New England
| states.
But this is not ell Something like car.
load of bills are now pending IN congress
asking for additional land grants. They lie
/
! the pous. Some o: them have alreaey passed
! tho sonata. If the men who have made
these grants are indorsed by re election,
then farewell 10 the homesteads of the
homeless and Of unborn generations. Tho
poor will be given over to oppression, and
one half of our country to the heartless
domin siiou of monster corporations,
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
Our friends of the republican party met
here III convention On the lst inst. Repre-
sen,ing what has been for ten wears OR more
the dominant party of our imperial state,
their responsibilities were great, and, look
Tug myself only TO the interests Of orr great
country, win frankly admit that | hoped
and expected a far different result from their
| deliberations. | hoped to see this grea
party, with SO much power, for good or evil
| take rev departure IN the nOrtbgest, OF
| At least in Illinois, and - hear theft assert
| with no heSltauBg or uu ertaIu voice. tn,
| rights of the west, and to boldly proclsi u
| That they will no longer be the mere tail tt
| The kite of New England and the money
! lords who are riotlng on the fruits of Ou
| lsbors, and annually robbing US OF unc9unt
! ID millions. ] hoped to hear them proclaim
that the great republican party of the ives
will no longer be mere cats paws in tht
| hands Of the bonGhoiders, bankers, manu-
! tacturers and land grabbers, who are seizl" d
! by wholesale upon the inheritance of tbs
people. As An lllinoisan. proud of our noble
state, / read the platform adopted here by
/ hist conve ntion with feelings of pain and
modification. 1t is p shameless and hnmil
! iating evasion Of ell the vital questions that
interest the eres, body Of our people a dis
graceful abandonment Of the rights OF thf
entire west.
It's notorious, and has been time ant
air charged and proven by leading paper,
of the repub hcan party
J That within the last ten wears the time
that the republican party has had absolute
| control of the country our state expeudi-
lures have quadrupled. and venaiitv aaC
/ corruption have run riot in our Legislative
halls to such az extent that they have become
a disgrace aud stencil in the nostriis OF the
civilized world
That the federal congress is run and con
trolled largely BY tariff, bondhoIdiug, snC
land grabbing rings, to the injury anC
| threatened ruin of the country;
| That under pretence OF raising revenue
| for the purposes of the government, al ont
/
obs the people of the west of millions OF
dollars annually. to enrich the iordly man
afacturers who are already riotng il
wealth
That under these systems. labor is made
tributary to capital, and lordly a-istocracies
are being built up upon the ruins Of a free
people;
That the expenditures of the government
are most wssteful and ex;ravagent, and the
hard earned substance Of the people is
wrongfGllv wrung from than to feed a bun
rrv horde Of useless office holders;
That our magnificent public domain. the
rightful inheritance of the future homeless
millions Of our growing country Is
heiuy shameless)y sqpandered b7 more than
urinceir grants 10 organized rings OF greedy
speCGiators
That in this way snulless corporations ar
huilt up. ana endowed with franchises. wealth
and power too great for the safety Of e
epublican government;
That high public officials, by some magic
| proress beyond the comprehension of tbs
| honest masses have suddenly grown from
! poverty to prlncelv wealth, end hv spine
the splendors of European arietor rscv. are
| bringing reprosch and shame upon republi
can institutions;
! That the great office heretofore flIed and
honored by Washington. Jefferson and
Jackson, has become lii Ie better than ar
1ffice brokerage, end th-s the shameless
manner in which the chief executive has
conferred high office in re urn for prinee!v
argesses to himself the attempt 10 pack
he supreme court TO secnre q desired
indicial decision. and the open. shameless
etfort to lobby through the senate the dis
graceful San Domingo Job, have brought
shame and humiliation TO an entire
people;
TO Pc CONTINUED.