Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-05
ADVANTAGES OF Mr., GREELEY's ELEc-
TON.


II has long been too late to compare Mr.
Greeley vita aay other candidate than his
actual oomp.ti,or. Ualess Mr. Greeley 10
the next President, General Grant sill be
re elected. NO.hing could Do more futile
thAn 70 shed tears over what MI hi have
been. Whether the Democratic party
might not have selected q htIsr STANDARD
bsarer than Horace Greeley, IS a QUESTION
which coald no longer bs discussed Except
for distraction aad mischist) after the anani
nous action OF ths Baltimore Convsntiou.
When the nUptIAls between Cincinnati and
Baltimore, without any effective voice to
forbid the bAnns, had BEEN duiy celebrated,
We had taken Mr.. Greeley "f1r beitsr and
Tor uorss," aud no hing remained but for
all faithful Democrats TO strengthen their
party instead Of trying TO divide II, IL
thence forward became n contest batuesn
the Republican Organ,ZA alton, led BY Grant,
and the Democratic orgAniZI alton, CON mittsd
TO the support OF Mr.. Greeley With such re-
iDforoemsuu as Mr.. Greeley could briSg
from the other aide. II was aterw.ris idle
TO disousa anything bat the comparative
merits Of the 40 rival candidates, Of whom
neither could DO uithirAwu, ADD Against
whom no third candidate h I'd the faintesi
nhh1oW OF chAnce.
From the moment when We we're that up
10 this choice bstusea these two competing
Republicans, there was no ground for hest
taIIon az to which Of them it was most de-
sirable to have elected. Irus, hey are both
RspnblioAns and in that view the choice
might not be worth the toss Of = copper.
But one Of them Is . Republican in FRIENDLY
alliance with the Dem 1oratio party, the
other Republican IN deadly hosuIity to II.
True, they are both protectioDisis; bot
Grants 40 active, and Greeley has become
q passive protsotionist; uhieh u the differ
enos between "A serpent in its summer venom
aud another in its winter torpor. As We
muat needs take one Of them into our bosom,
It IL more prudent to take the one that is
which IS undergoing the hibsruating sleep
which renders II harmless. True, Gresley
and Grant have alike favored the Ku-Klux
laws bat Greeley thinks there will no far.
Their occasion for their enforcement, whereas
Grant 10 for maintaining them 10 all their
rigor. Greeley advocates amnesty, Grant
tAvors military domination. Between two
Republican, so uldely separated, anj hold
ing zach conflicting viewt, al true Dsmo.
cras (since thsy must nssds have onel will
prefar the Republican ally 10 the Il puohcln
enemy.
In party view, We b ave much to gain BY
the election of Mr.. Greeley. Il Grant i.
reelected every Federal officer will be a
Republican; if Greeley il elected ma
iorIIy Of the Federal officers will be Demo
Gratis. 10 Grants CABINET Democrats Gao.
not even gsI "a hearing ia Gresleys, they
will have a majority Of The votes, and will
largely iohIsncs, # not virtually control,
the policy Of his A ADMINISTRATION. II Gree.
ley is slsoted, We sh III elect with him = ma
jjrity Of tbs House Of Representative a
majority Of ihs State G.vsrnors AID Lsgis-
lAtures, aud III, local aud muaic pal officers
In me States that give him their electoral
votes. With such 9 balance of Advantage q,
q Democrat must be idioiio or insane to be
indifferent between the election Of Grant and
Greeley.
II We rise from party TO public grounds,
we shall 6nd sull stronger reasons for the
election Of Mr. Greeley TIE worst evil OF
eu' times is corruption IN office. Il results
IRON the fact that the political discussions
OF me las, twelve years have b,en OF 90 OK
eluns chArAOtsr tia, party shibbolsths are
aoooP'su As 'uoahtuts for personal honesty;
o PleponuerAhce OF the Republican parI,
haviag bean so RrsA, that peT.on.I 6,n..,
could not turn the scale. When a r mali
oAn President nominS'es a strong partisan.
hspublican Senate seldom fails 10 oons,n'
MIN party fidelity TO the President Ureysn,.
lng the Senate from rAking Aoy strie, in
qOlrI into the personal int gritty Of ire an
poIntee. The Consequence is, that our civil
S'I ny rseEs With corruption.
all nj MI 9'selsy is elected, this soandalous
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