Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-29
10 thsir hieh destinr, for Unworthy purposes

in their high destiny, for unworthy purposes
Of personal gain.
Niuth. That while it is q state duty to
foster all proper public improvements Of the
rivers within our borders, that the character
of the improvements begun and projected
on the Fox and Wisconsin rivers and the
benefits to be derived therefrom, are such
that it is q matter Of national concern which
should be Persistently pressed upon the at
tention of the general government.
And, Whereas, believing that no past ha'
bits of association and p~artizan sthllatlon
should prevent the citizens Of a free eouu-
try from cooperating Together for tne SIo
cess of principles that are necessary I0E 'ns
public safety and vital to the cause Oh q goOo
government. Therefore, be II
Resolued, That we commit the principles
herein announced to the calm ano CANDID
Judgment of the people oil eli parties In the
state, and we demand IN their behalf, and
forthe candidate nominated npon this plat
form, the support and sutfrages of all our
honest and patriotic fellow-citizens.
J. S. Doolittle was nominated for COVER
nor by l23 out of l54 votes. He accepted
in a carefully prepared speech, hoping he
might do something to save constitutions
liberty and republican institutions IN sub
stance as well as name, de briefly re-
viewed the history OF the country since the
repeal of the Missouri compromise, and the
war emancipation proclamation and thir-
teenth amendment abolishing slavery which
be fully Endorsed. He claimed that Lincoln
and johnson sought the reconstruction and
preservation of the rights of the states, bui
the spirits of evil were Embossed and, disre
garding osths, pledges and constitution, the
Radicals forced a plan of reconstruction
outside of the constitution by military des
potism and gross u%surpation. The suprem,
court was reconstructed so as not TO inter
fere with the revolutionary doipgs and crGe
oppression in the late insurrectIoLary states
He regarded the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments as unfairly adopted, but Their,
we're only three ways possible of upsettin!
them one by decision of the supreme courl
that they were unconstitutional, or sdoptin.
new amendments wiping them out, both {
which he regarded as impraosic&bie, and b
the use Of the military 10 control the cleo
tons, which would be ~repugnant to the De
mocracy. Negro freedom aud sulfrsg
were accomplished facts and could not b
undoue, nor did he believe the Democrat
desired they should be. A general amuest,
so SIS to restore character and intelligence t
q voice in southern affairs, was the remed
demanded. The greatest issue of the da
was the restoration Of the government TO Il
basis of the fathers, against the Radical do
ma that the states had no rights that IL
federal authority was bound to respect. &
closed with an earnest sppeal to all love,
Of the country TO dismiss the buried issu,
and rally to the salvation OF rspublican i
5 stitutions.
5 John A. Rice was nominated lsutenSl
5 governor Milton Montgomery, secretary
state Orion Klaus, treasurer Edward
! Bragg, attorney general L. f. JOhnso.
; state prison commissioner N. D. Parke
superintendent Of public instruction, al
: Jacob B. Oder, commissioner of immigr
tion.