Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-21
By Telegraph!
Governor Seymour on the
Situation.
He says this contest is not
merely to elect a
President.
It is for a Reform which
shall benefit National,
State and Municipal
Government.
It will continue to claim
the attention of the Peo-
pie more closely
every day.
We shall never have a re-
form and an improve
ment until we have a
change of Admin
istration.
The World Contrasts Gree
ley and Grant.
Other News Items.

NEW 1ORky Oct. lS.-Uoyernor H0ratlo
Seymour made a speech, yesterday, at
Whitestown, Oneida county, in this State, in
WEIGH he said; "There were good and sui-
hclent reasons, in the present condition of
the country, to cause all right-minded men,
and honest men, to work unltedly for reform
IN the administration of public affairs, not
only in Warrington, but the whole comnu-
nifty. The fact that Ohio and Pennsylva-
MIA have voted against US, did not weaken
his position, and discourage him in his be-
lief aud confidence that the principles of
right and Justice would, in the end, triumph
The honest people of the country did not
enter into the present contest merely to
elect President, but TO institute a reform
which would be beneficial to the National,
State, and Local Administration. This
must be done quietly and effectively. We
don't want violent revolutions to ipj juriously
affect the business interests of the Govern
ment- The principles upon which honest
Democrats and respectable men of all par
ties have united, will continue to claim the
attention of the people more closely every
day to come. Every man, woman and
child is affected By the questions which now
agitate the country, and all are interested in
the matter of reform. Ten or fifteen years
ago, the man who possessed money, gained
BY dishonest means,-stolen from lhe Gov
ernment OF obtained by private or public
gambling, would be looked upon with con-
tempt by all respectable people. Now the
man who steals thousands or millions of
dollars from the peoples treasury has his
respeotability measured BY the amount he
has plundered, and public thisves and de-
faulters now float upon the topmost wave of
popularity. We must have q change to cor
rect these evils, as no party ever succeeded
in reforming itself. The Republican party
told the Democracy ths truth a few years
ago, and triumphed and now We say the
same thing to them, You cannot reform
yourselves. We never will have 9 restora-
tion of good order in the community and
economy in the administration of public
affairs until we have change. Never be-
fore have such vast sums of money passed
through the hands of public officials as have
been handled by them since the commence
ment of the war. In the pres
ent condition of public opinion the
sense of right is blunted and
hardned by the frequency with
which the peoples ears are greeted
with the information of government defalca-
tions. Thisis the unfortunate conditions of
affairs as they have existed for the last eight
or ten years, We must commence our reform
in earnest, from the smallest local offices until
We reach the Presidential chair. The re-
form must be general in all classes of socie-
\ ty, until tho better sense of the people in
the matter of honesty, justice, and truth
prevails and triumphs. The Democratic
party has united with the honest men of q
party which never was friendly to ours, in
the support of Horace Greeley, who has al
ways been an enemy to us, for the purpose
of bringing about reform, and they ask
all honest men to operate with them.
HEw YoRK, Oct. 19.-Iu an editorial con-
trsss between Grant and Greeley The W0rId
comes to this conclusion: Nothing could
be more safe for every public interest, moth.
ing could so surely purify the public service
as the election of Mr.. Greeley in this con-
junction. So far as legislation is concerned,
Greeley would be the safer President. He
would be ss intelligent and original as Grant
is stolid and apthetio; and hostile Con-
gress, alert to detect his mistakes, if he
/ should fall into aHy, would be a safeguard
/ against bad legislation by Executive pres
sure. He is not sluggish and easelo VIM 2,
prone to shirk duties, and spend his time in
/
dustrious man in the country. If Mr.. Gree
ley were President, it is not in his nature to
let any department Of the public service ran
on as Grant does, without close, unrsmis-
ing supervision. BE probably knows more
men than any other citizen in the United
States. The personal discussions with
which. he enlivened the politics Of the Trib-
une attest his keen interest in the character
of public men, and the minute abundance
Of that kind of information which the cast
of his mind leads him to acquire. He has
looked quite through the deeds and the
character of every public man, and most of
the minor politicians in every part of the
country. Mr., Greeley would have the Rrea.
advantage over most Presidents thai he
could make nearly all important appoiut.
ments from his own personal knowledge, in
stead of being seriously dependant on mem
bers of Congress and political partzains.
New YoRK, Oct 19.-At Q meeting Of
the National Board of Trade this morning,
the Executive Council reported in favor Of
Chicago ss . permanent place Of meeting
of the Board.
Mr.. Ropes. of Boston, proposed q resolu-
tion recommended by the Boston Board of
Trade, urging Congress to adopt the Hare
system OF voting. BE said the people are
demoralizsd BY politicians, and the new
mode Of voting win preserve the purity of
the government
Mr.. WstherelI, of Philadslphis, offered q
resolution providing that Legislatures Of
States where usury laws prevsil be asked to
establish standard rate of interest bat not
ressr'cs traders in money to any particular
lrate. Carried.