Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-20
ADDRESS OF TBE LIBERAL kErUB-
LOANS OF MIS- sOUKI.
Gall for . state Convention.


and policy one year sgo, there followed q
delay trying TO Jealous souls. Seed ones
sow must nave time 10 gsrminste IN al
lencs. The principles and method OF vlcto-
nv which yoa presented 70 the minds OF men
could not 81 oaoe overcome the force OF
party habits. You awaited the .ripening OF
thought an Jng RspabIcans of other states,
and the withdrawal Of Democratic partisan
ship. Some hoped that the dominant fac
ton Of the Rspuoicau party, mindful Of the
warning, would not cling to the unrepubli-
oan policy which you asssiled. Others
realized tha. the Liberal Republicans could
not assume with success u nsIionAl position
As long IS form Of opposition, identified Ia
the minds OF msn with hostility to accom-
plishsd facts should still challenge attention.
Later events have convinced all iutelli-
gent men Of this fact. Democrats through
out the country are now urging withdraw
al OF that party from the presidential
contest ~ the most effective evidence that
such opposition is no longer to be met
Msauwhils the Republicans organic ,tiou
has been used to suppress reforms aud to
serve the Interests or Ambitions of the few
The military grasp upon conventions aud |
elections has only frightened. Strong Re !
puolicAns stand ready to break that parts |
ausbip which shields q wong. The time
has come 10 cease siencs, aud to show that
the Liberal party of thi, state, neither dead
nor sleeping, has only waited the opportunity
70 move for~Ard.
That it is not dead, its enemies show BY
their persistent aud al xious effJrts TO destroy
II. You have bsee falsely told that it,
objects have al been attAi1ed; that farther
LABOR OF them will be hopeless that nearly
all OF your num Ter have abandoned their
position; that this c im nittee has consented
TO surrender the trust given by you 10 y
convention which might be- controlled by
your opponenta These untruths demand
public denial.
o. the lj.h Of September this committee
unanimously decided that it had no right or
power to deliver up It's trust TO a-.y cou ven
tioa except one Of Ii bsral Republican,. A,
40 time since its meeting has q quorum o.
thls committee been assembled until to-day
OuI Of eli Shteen msmbs Of the com nittes.
bat four who haze ever acted With IL are
knowo TO have consented to this betrayal
aud these have been removed and their
PLACES dlled. These changes having beeu
ratified, the committee assures you that il
will deliver up its trust uninpSired to a con
vsntion of Liberal Rsoub Icsus alone.
Not has II escaped your notice how al the
corrupt cliques, whose grasp upon the coun-
tVAud state governments vas loosened by
our triumph, are nov clamorous for "re-un.
iou Of party" Look through the strife In
every oolusy whsrs shameful plaudsr Of a
longsutf,ring people reused honest Repub-
licAns 20 crush the system OF d,frauchise-
ment By which these rings m aintained their
power, you will ind those who we're chief in
puudsr nov the foremost ia reunion
Those Who beg US TO return TO party servl-
tuds only dsbAr themselves from rsspsc: or
confidence when they ask Us 10 say nothing
about principles, nothing about measures
nothing about candidates. but only TO pledge
Ourselves 20 vote for the party whatever n
Convention NAY j.. No. of such stuff arr
the Ltbsral K ,plblioAns Of Ml4.ouri. Thos.
insult az Who ask Us - barter for the spo-
OF party success the sacred Gru,, Of suffrage
or 10 surrender g Any pArsyour freedom TO
discharge our duty. Strong ~ we're our
reasons for separating from the Radical fac
ton, they gather greater weight when W.
hear its managers prodAIminz that they
have no prinotelss save such as cpuvsu-
ton may give them, aud will vote for au'
candidate that . convention may select. Sill
less are We won when they m stake the party
for the govsrnm luI, aud dsnounce any OPP
position to the party a. q species OF treason
cans Of Missouri. has become douby dear
since We see what msnner Of party despot-
ism We have escaped.
Correspondence aud consultation With
friends from every part Of the state enAbl-
Us to say tina. the nunbsr Of republicans
who Aihsre 20 the principles Ani position
tAken ia the Lib rial convention Of 1870 j.
greater now than IT vas At the election ~
that year. The self interest of some lead
era or j1urnAli aud ell the poser Of the fed
era patronage have caused no such loss a'
- bAIanC the growing strength Of our cAu.s
with the people SJn1 hJnesI LiberAls, q
IL true, ~ tins when thsy feared that thu
contest Of 1872 would be bstWsen Repub-
hcanIsn aud . party of rsaotion. took hssty
steps TO avert tn A. danger. Others still stan
watching the attitude OF parties. Bat uon-
viii hesitate, whsIA d opportunity occur,
TO assert abe principle, 10 a nstiOu-l con
teit We earnestly counsel all liberal Rs-
pgolIcsus TO hold fast their indepsud nsnj
position, TO perfect their organization 10
every county, aud TO prepare ior victor,
Ia lsi2 lsis our prJId duiy not TO re-
treat from the 6sld vt our triumph, but to
bsckOu fJrEArd the hJ,G, OF Liberalism 10
oIner states 70 the .verIhrow ut that Radio
81 dJmiuAIIon Whloh 10 tbs nation even
more than Ia the state, works against vita
principles ot true rspublicsnisn
We who fought to eufrsnchise citizens
have next to sutranehise states Plunderers
who have stolen the RipublicAn name and
orkuntz .Iion nave tsusasd oon certain Of
the i'm diversified aud struggling conmuni-
ties At lhs SJIh. Because they fswu upon
cAadliats for re-eiscIion they are sustain
cd Dy sxsrsms parstsAu,ntp 10 governments
so corrupt add crusl as to di.grsc' the land
None Who Wish the true freedom OF the col.
orsd people eau desire to see thsm banded
togethsr IN q solid mass, aud welded, for
pursly partisan ends. We Who denounced
and ish "a an executive seeking to control
the psopls OF ols state, cannot honestly ex-
cuse that powsr winch mas siuce mastered
conventions, with armsd msn 10 l. IuisIana.
aud vita hlrsling OH aias ia Nov York, and
countsnanced the rel sction oil legal votes 10
Arkausss aud Texas. We have demanded
n reform OF toe civil service. IL is our
duty 70 make forever Ioisole sujh abuse
OF executive patronage aud P0~er. We
denan led a reduction Of the tarH TO rev
enue basis, But the president sueers Mt this
reform. d., pJ-ir aud tbs party caucus
are used " rs-sleGi s,nAlJrs who pocket bill.
Of repeal passed bya twJ th,rdi IN j jrity 10
the holss. RipuolicaI 10 C,agrss, ars de-
noanosd - traitors T. tbs party, II thsJ 'otr
for dstsat Of IN RIO poles aud relief to thu
people Missouri, tls great iron proiucing
state, has ,olarsd taAt u docs not need 90
pldudsr sister aEAtss OF the West aud South
10 Sustain IL, ia iusiries. Tnvy vi heartily
supp irt Missouri Shsn Ss ave fpr~srd 20
free thsm 20 tree ours ilv,. and 10 free Labor
everywhere from uj al and unnecessary
burdsns.
the nsosssty for Aihsrinr TO the princi-
pies for which We fought 10 1870 u greater
now than ever. IL We rsfas, to push for.
uAri TO the logical results Of the position
thsu taken, ~ We rsfu'e 70 apply 70 national
evils Of startling mAFnituds tns principles
then owed. ws slAll pa shelly uoafrss tina