Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-03
Unhappy Grant People.

II 10 a sourse Of never-ceAsing misery to
Mr.. Grants ofhoe-hOlders and editors to
think Of the bare possibility Of the destruc-
ton OF the Democratic party. They 90
mourning about the streets aud refuse TO be
eomfor,ed. They dolefully lament the loss
to the country of that grand old party las
they now call ~ which has dealt them so
many stunning blows under the ear; and,
with faces like grave stOne and voices like
atAvsrn gong, they frAntically appeal to
Democrats to nominate a third ticket (for
their bene6t) aud thus preserve the honor
and integrity Of the Democratic party
After having done all in their power in the
way Of Islander and abuse Of the Democratic
party they suddenly assume kind Of guar
diGuship over il and hope 10 find in il tools
for their dirty work. They strike out biDdly
10 their futile efforts to save their offices,
aud do no, serupls to invent any kind Of a
story to serve their prsssn. purpose. Mr.
Grants postmaster 10 this city, in his Sun
days issue, copying an editorial from the
Chicago Times, says;
Tbs assumption Of THs ANGUS, that the entire
Democratic party has sold itself 20 its most re-
isntlsS' enemy, is BY no means correct.
THE ARGUS has assumed nothing of the
sort, and we presume our nsigbbor knows i;
hAS not.
10 another GriiOle, in our postmAster'S
paper, grosuiug over the inevitable doom
which awaits ihe Gran. Ring, he says:
Think Of J. b. DAnfcr,A training In the same
crowd with Gen. Robert Smith, for instance.
Think Of him advocating Or. TrusSdals for Con.
gress, after abus:ng aud incorporating him As
he did when the Dr.. was candidate for the Con-
nitutionHl Convention, few years ago.
This is in perfect keeping with the policy
Of the Giant party and has no higher object
10 view than retaining power by keeping up
hate and quArrels The policy of persecu-
ton, hate and misrepresentation is the
policy Of the Grant 0glssby people, and
through that policy and by fostering divis.
ions among their opponents they hope to
hold on to their Offices and continue their
e1lor,ions BY high taxes and tariffs The
editor Of this paper has no quarrel with
Robert Smith or any one else. There is moi
APsrSOn living, Of his acquaintance, with
whom be is not now on speaking terms-ou
terms Of common ciVility and polileness
And no act OF his shall place him on any
other terms Asa specimen Of the blind
and reckless tactics Of our ueighbor he
charges US with abusing aud misrsprssent-
ing DR.. Truesdale when the DR.. was q oan-
didAte for the Constitutional Convention !
He ough, to know that at that time the ed-
tor Of this paper was q resident Of New
York City, had no connection whatever with
THE ARGUS, and Of course could not have
abused or misrepresented DR.. TrussdAls.
We beg our neighbOr to possess his soul
in psAoe-he cannot change the inevitable.
The people who think alike, now, on public
questions, are going to act together, no mat
Ter how they may have differed in the past.
Parties, for this year at least, will be known
IS the Greeley party and the "GrAut
pArty,"-iuSi as, iu 1928, they we're known
IS the Jackson party" and the adams
party" Appeals to old party names, or
party preiudicss will have no influence.
The people are tired of that, and look to
something higher, nOblsr and more practi-
cal