Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-29
The Ranks closing and the Lib
OraI Ball Rolling On.

Ano 1AnAb eloSAhH anu INC AtO-
OraI Ball Rolling On.
FELLow.CrTIzENs oF ALTON. do not
90 ne among you a stranger: / have been
living 10 the county adjoining this for forty
yeArs and / have been attending your
courts about twenty years in succession.
There was . time when ! knew Almos; every
man in Alton bat Of course, now that Il
has grown so large aud its population in
creased 90 much have not the same init
macy that once had with you. 1 presume
that | AN known 70 you, al least my rsputS-
ton. / have been introduced 10 you to-
night by an old friend with whom l was in
the Legislature a. early rs 1912, and then
had occasion TO lsgSlste for Madison county
Ns much as for my own county.
NO BUNcoNBE.
/ will notify you, however, that in the Ad-
dress / am about 10 make l cannot afford
you much amusement. IL 10 not to my
taste, and I have no talents for what is usu-
ally called popular eloquenoe. For that you
will have 70 wait tall my able competitor,
Gov. OElesby, comes around, for his oraIory
/ can lken 70 nothing else than the copious
showers We have been receiving for the last
week or 30. He SPEAKS long and loud. |
cannot enter into any competition with him
a. fer a. that IL concerned. do not know
that 10 10 necessary, for | think We are 10 be
Judged by our principles, our character and
our reputation. II Il we're q mere physical
tesl OF fitness eSon party might present q
candidate, and It would only be necessary
70 weigh them upon = pair Of scales or sub
init them TO one Of those lung testers and
she one having The most physical ability
would be the governor Of Illinois and 1t
would noi be necessary 70 vote at all.
THE IaSs or THE TINES.
ToA casual observer the events which
have passed 10 the United States within the
lAst two or three months would appear a.
most miraculous. Some gentlemen ia
Missouri issued = call sometime in last
April or March, in which they said they be-
lisved the issues which had 80 long divided
the American people we're no longer living
issues In which they said a new policy
should be- adopted that there should be .
different poiioy towards the South that
there should be, Rt least, reconciliation 4;
that there should be the most thorough aud
perfect amnesty. This was Que OF the great
principles il was necessary to establish, be-
cause the rebellion had long been suppress.
ed. Those States had been admitted again
into our great Union. They all felt an equal
interest 10 the prosperity Of our common
country. twas time that old animosi.ies
should be forgiven and forgotten, aud that
We should become one great nation Of
brethren.
They further said 10 their call tina. there
should be different financial policy that
our tariff should be so adjusted As no, to
foster mouopoliss that the donation Of
those great land grants Of our public domain
should cease, and above all thar there
shodld be some restrictions Of government
patronage aud . oiyil-service reform from
top ~ bottom.
THE EFFECT.
That cal met with responses in almost every
part Of the Union, though then il was merely
intended to have q consultation. But when
We came 10 Cincinnati, instead Of finding q
few hundred men consulting about national
affairs, we found as many thousands. Il
became necessary that We should organize
into = regular delegated assembly. ID
became manifest not only that we should
lay down platform Of prinoip lss-wheu we
saw how the great movement pervAded the
different states Of the Union, but that we
should also commence at the right end to
remove the great obstacle to reform, By
nominating candidates to supplAnt the
present administration. We adopted a plat.
form broad and wide, and perfectly clear at
the same time. We lsfI nothing At all dis
guised, for everybody who reads il will
understand il. ] say vhils We adopted n
platform broad aud wide, upon which every
patriotic citizen Of the United States could
stand, We also nominated two standard
Greeley Of New York, and
Il. Graft Brown Of Missouri. Applause
Follow-ciIizens, politicians Of both parties,
n we'll Of the Liberal Republican party as
The Democratic party, we're taken BY sur
prise. They held back for long while.
They thought some OF the statesmen that
had been spoken OF before the convention,
such men as Adams, Trumbull and Judge
Davis should have been nominated. The
Liberia Republican as well as the Demo.
ratio organs, many OF them, denounced the
domination. Bat what was the effect q?
The nominations thus made, not by any bar
rain and sale, struck the hearts Of the
A mericSn people. The politicians and the
grsSt newspaper organs had to give way
,ssAuss, North and South, the people spon-
AnSouSly arose and expressed themselves
With an enthusiasm which would hardly be
for Horace Greeley applause -
u the true type Of the representative Of the
Amerioon people. Why, that man for thirty
'sArs has been before the public. That
man, fellow citizens, is son Of toll, . man
Who has worked hard mentally and physical
y AL his lifetime. That man was never
'u's, outh a true typo Of American character.
u VOICE Three cheers for Knrner."
The cheers were given With n will
My friends, | speak to an intall;gant .ud;-
enoe ! do not desire to be applauded Al ali. |
l merely want to DO understood. Thai. Iii |
am aiming at, do not speak bsre for
myself did not seek the nomination for |
governor, was not a candidate for h. h
against It Cries OF Good, good NJ wi The
Liosral Republicans aud Demoorntsthouobtl
proper toplaoe the standard in nv haads
and l shall Try TO hold it and carry Il through
tiumphanty. Applause
NOW this same Horace Greeley uud err
S'Ands the people of the United States. He
nnaerat@nds the wants Of the people bettsr
.nAo any other living man. Why, he hna
uAVsued over every state in the u MON moi
oay ones, but half . dozen timss. He
1rsn' 70 tue Pacific states long before thar
- any railroad Communication. Tia" 4,
y 'ehoOl'houIe in any pa r.y Of the