Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-18
Dailp ARGUS.
ILLINOIS.
Address Of the Liberal Executiye Comm

Address Of the Liberal Executive Committee.
To the Democratic and Liberal Republican
Voters Of IHIn0is:
The Oetober elections have not decided
the Presidential contest against US.
Il is . drawn battle at most. If victory
may be Claimed by either party, it is ours.
In Indiana, on the iargest vote ever given
10 that State, with q colored vote o. about
1000 added to the majority ef 1858, We
have elected our candidate for Governor.
Ia Ohio, besides overcoming the colored
vote, We have reduced the Grant msjoriIy Of
4 600 to about $4,000, or nearly two-thirds,
and, In the great Guy of that State cur VIC
tory il overwhelming, securing the Constitu
tional Convention, the Legislature, and a
United States Senator next year.
10 Pennsylvania COR sdverssries claim q
victory. But such 9 victory, instead OF
Weakening our efforts, should rouse u to do
eli that honorable men can do to ovsrthrow
the party which Claims it, for that boosted
victery is gigantic fraud.
Here follows the statement of the Liberal
Republican Committee Of Pennsylvania, but
as that has already appeared in THE AReUs
we omit it here.
Fellow citizens, shall we of Illinois allow
this fraud upon the People of Psnasy lvsnia
to shake our purpose or lessen oar efforts to
save the Repuolio from corruption and cen
tralization? If money plundered from the
people has been used 10 dtfesod the Peo-
pie of fair election in that State, Ia that
any reason why ths people Of other Ststes
should bow themselves before q me OrIty
wholly fraudulent" snd give over . Con-
test for the purity and for the very lite OF
Republican government?
So far from that, the result in that State
should rouse the people of other States to q
supreme aud decisive effort TO carry the
Presidential election, although By fraud we
lose Pennsy lvsDis.
| That can be done. Our friends in Ohio
are full Of courage. The chairman Of our
committee there ssys:" We have already. b.
vigorous and aggressive fight, forced the
Grant party 10 its knees, and can Conquer
il in November"
10 looking over the field, there is no,bir G
to discourage our efforts. If we add To-
diana TO the list of States morally certain
for Greeley and BroWn, We have lie Elec
! toE1i Nohcst ah4 lsCh oHly oiSuh fOtob Vi
majority.
Ia this we do not include Illinois, Wiscon
sin, Minnesota, Louisiana, CAliforniA, Fiorr
da, or Nevada.
Louisiana aloEe, in this calculation, would
give Us the victory. So would WIseonsin
So would California, with FLORIDA, or with
Nevada, or with Minnesota. So woulc
Min hesota with Florida.
Bot our STATE alone, il all the States las
mentioned should go against Us, would tri,
unph .ntIy elect our candidate; and, fellow
cuizens, we can carry this STATE if we mGk,
the effort.
Union and harmony between Democrats
and Liberal Republicans prevail in ell III,
States, East, West, North and South.
That union, with every days discussion
is becoming more perfect and complete, be
cause it is based upon & common plAIfor"
of true Dsmoc-atic and true Republican
principles, vital to Republican Government
aud is inspired by the same high and patri
otto purpose.
Let US organize for victory in November
c. H. MCCORMICK, Chairman.
o. NJ. HATCH, Secretary.
Chicago, October IA 1872.