Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-19

II q candidate by promising 70 appoint any
,ne 10 any important office whatever. In =
,ery few instances, less than dozen am
,ure, certain Of the smNll.fry Of politicians
have, since my double nomination., limited to
ne BY letter Iha. might increase my
chances Of election by promising . post
Diice or some such place, 10 my volunteer
respectively. l have not
usually answered these overtures, but now
rive general notice that, should be
elected, will consider the claims Of these
AspirAnts after those OF the more modest and
retieent have been fully satisfied. In one
OF Two instances | have been asked to say
whether would or would not, il elected,
eon6ns my appointments TO Republicans. ] |
answer those by pointing 10 that plank of
the Cihcinnsi platform wherein all who
concur In the principles therein set forth are
cordially invited to participate in their es
tAblishmenl and VindicAtion. j never yet
heard Of man who invited his neighbors TO
raise = house, Aad proceeded to kick mem
DOT Of il as soon Ne she root was fairy over
his head. For my pert, RECOGNIZES every nom
est man who approves Of and Adheres 10 'he
Cincinnati platform ne my pohucAl pro'her'
and AZ sueh fully entitled to my confidence
and friendly regard.
ons other point demands word. Those
.a.a,.. 10 me ask what pledges / have
given 10 those lately hostile 10 the Union to
.seurs their favor aud support | answer,
no man or woman 10 all the South ever asked
Of me, whether directly or through another,
auy other pledge than is given through all
INV acts and words. From the hour Of Lees
.urrsuder down to this moment no Southern
man ever limited 10 me an expectation, hope,
or wish that the Rebel debt whether Con
federAte or State, should be assumed or
pAid BY the Union, aud no Southern man
| who could be elected TO Legislature or
made Colonel of q militia regiment, ever
suggested the pensioping Of rebel soldiers,
| or any Of them, even As 9 remote possibility
! All who nominated me were perfectly aware
that / had upheld and justified Federal leg
islAtion to suppress ku-klux conspiracy
aud outrage, though had long ago insisted
As strenuousy as / now do that complete
amnesty aud q genuine oblivion OF the bloody
hateful past would do more for the suppress
sion and utter extinction OF such ouIrages
than al the force bills aud suspensions OF
habeds corpus ever devised by man. Wrong
and crime must be suppressed aud punished,
but far wiser and nobier is the Legislation,
the policy, BY which they are prevented
, From those who support me in the South !
have heard but one demand, Justice
but one desire, "Reoonciliato They
wish to be heartily reunited, and at peace
, with the North on any terms which do not
involve the surreLdsr OF their IN Snhood
{ They ask that they should DO regarded and
% treated BY the Federal authorities as CHI
zeus, not as culprts, so long as they obey
LII Les u nh Al
ity and right. They desire Il rule which
: alike for white and black, shall encourage
:. industry aud thrift, aud discourage rapscit
> and villany They cherish a loyal hope, il
, which fully concur, that between the 5Il
o of November and the 4th of March next
= quite = number Of Governors and other dig
y nitaries who, in the absurd name Of Repub
e HcAnism aad loyalty, have for years beef
piliug debts and taxes upon their war-wAste
States, will follow the wholesome exsmpi,
~ OF Bullock, of Georgia, aud seek the shsde
Of private life. The darker and darker thos
shades the better for themselves and 10
z MANKIND and the hope that my election ma
, hasten the muoh-deslrsd hegira Of thievinI
!. oArpst-baggers has reconoled to the necss
= sily Of supporting me many who woul
u otherwipe have bssitaIed and probably re
y fused.
y Fellow citizens, the deposed and PARTIAL
# s1iled TammAny Ring has stolen abou
10000 600 from the City Of New York
That was q most gigantic robbery, sn
e hurled its oonTivers and abettors tror
e power aud splendor TO impotenoy and in
y fanny but the thieving cArpet-baggers hsv
stolen Al least three times that amount
stolen 1t from the already impoverishe
g and needy, aud they still naunt their pro
'g porous villany in the highest places of th
! laud and are addressed as Honorable On
Us Exosllsncy. (Applause.) j think hear
y voice from the honest people Of the Ststc
U declaring that their iniquiIy shall be gSiut
X and iusoent no longer, al tarthssi than II
D the 4,h Of March next. BY that time tho'
70 criminals will have heard National verdi
% pronounced that w.l cause them 10 fo
y their tents, like'the Arabs, and as silent
- steA away and that trust will be the en-
: Of their stealing At the cost OF the good nan
% OF our country aud the well-being Of b,
= peopls.
-rI Al the conclusion Mr. Greeley sA, dow
,e amidst storm OF cheers, such as hs
s. never been heard before inside the wallis
d the City Hall Of Portland he WAS warm
: greeted by the citizens who sat behind hin
=, and the audience in front at once scaled Ii
D. platform and pu, him through an ordeal
Z hAndshAking. BE visited Augusta al
!. !. other places, and then went to Rye Beac
h Since Mr.. Greseys Portland speech Il
Ct GRANTEES will Gud it necessary TO truu
Ct up some new charges against him, their o
~ stock in trade, which they supposed wOu
m ASs them through the campaign, hsvir
err been so completely destroyed BY the eArue
lie and honest words of our future Presider
70 To help the few friends of Personal Cover
i. msnt in their present straits, we would so
le gsSS thai they now charge Mr.. Greeley wi
II undue sympathy for the Hook and Lii
Is Party in the Great State of Rhode Islsn
and with refusal on his part to enter in
,e scheme for the conversion of the Esqr
s. msux. These charges, although in then
y selves trivial, will carry no small weig
when trumpeted to the world by the subse
o. Went foe-holdsrs' newspapers.