Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-21
ARE THEY BOUGHT I--oR ARE THEY
STUPID

STUPID
Any maa who claims to be Democrat
ought to sustain his party-hadn't he? OF
course be had-o else csAse calling himsslfa
Democrat What, ihsu can be thought Of
men who, instead Of rolling up their sleeves
aud going TO work TO Sustain their party,
stand around idle, oavi.liog at what might
have been The Democratic party, through
representatives to a National Convention
instructed to nominate Greeley and Broom.
Their representatives faithfully Obeysd their
Instructions, and Greeley and Brown were
unanimously nominated, because the people
who sent their delegates to Baltimore, had
ordered their nomination. There was no
bolt--noi one single delegate boltei, bat all
united in sustaining their nominees. WhaE,
then, Is the duty Of every Democrat 1t is
ihis: to sustain Greeley and Bro~n and do
all in his power to elect them, or cease call
iug himself Democrat. a few vsnal,
mercsnAry, corrupt scoundrelS, Of the Brick
Pomeroy claIs, have been bought up By the
GRANTEES to eontrivs some way to keep
Democrats from voting for Greeley and
Brown, aud any man wto is led BY the uoSe
to bolt his own party and pat on the dog
collar of Brick Pomeroy & Co., and wear il
and help defeat bis own party ought no, to
b. recognized as Democrat. Here and
there such a man may, perhaps, be found, -
and wherever such an one oAa be found, il
is the duty Of all good And faithful Demo
eIAts to try and show aim his error, and get
him to work for his own party candidates
instead Of those Of his enemies. Why
should he set up his opinion against the
unanimous action Of his own party? Ia he
wiser than thsy2 Can be better compre-
hsnd the condition Of the country and the
necessities Of the hour, than representatives
from every State and Territory 10 the Union,
met to take counsel together?
OF course he cannot. The very nature
Of our organizations r,qairsS conventions to
agree upon oAndidAtsI Before the couvsn-
tion meets, it is the right and privilege of
all Democrats to express their wishes.
After the convention has met and decided
then II is the duty Of every man to fall in
and work for the success OF his party, no
matter who may be the candidates, or else
get out Of the party and cease to call him
self a Democrat. II his representatives,
met together in council, from every State
and Territory in the Union, decide that We
can accomplish q certain object better with
white oak club than with some other kind
OF club, shat sense is there in oAvilling
about the timbef-Isizs hold OF the club
furnished and lay about yourself with vigor
until Jour enemy is proItrAled or flies be-
fore your blows. That's tho only sensible
way to win victory, isn'l IL?
Bot there are corrupt Democrats Wb o
have sold themselves to Grants agents,
and have taken job to break down the
Democratic party, and help rs-slscl Grant
They call q hal" hoping to stop the bal
lie and let the enemy escape. There may be
SOms stupid Democrats who will "halt" and
put on Pomsroy d Co.'S dog-oollar. falsely
labelled "Demoeratic7 aad b delivered
over, body and boots, 10 Grant 4 Co. We
hope there will not be one such
in this county. If there ia il
shall not be our fault. We
ask all readers of The ARGUS to see and
talk with their nsighborS, on this matter.
If there are any in rebellion against their
party, srJ, kindly, to show them thsir error.
If they can't or wOn'I sec their duty, then
let them be exposed, as no longer fAithful
TO their organization.
hevsrJ Democrat does his duty We shall
carry this County, thiS State, and the Uni
Ted States. There is no longer any doub,
on this subject. The number Of Rspubli-
cans who have rspudiAtsd Grant and his
eorrup' ring ia amply sufficient TO carry the
country, every Democrat stands faithfully
TO hia own party inAtions-Gr Greeley and
Brown, kosrnsr, and the whole ticket II
they shall be beaten IL will be- because Pom
eroy, Storey & Co. have taken a eou.r.c. 10
defeat and break down the regular Dsmo-
cratic organization, and can find enough
Enthusiastically them do 1t. They are paid
TOT prs'onding to be Democrats, In order In.
more certainly to deliver over some of our
.OlN' 70 Grants use. Every Democrat who
we, SgAinS' Greeley, or who stays AGhOme
OF Who fAil' TO vote for Greeley il aiding he
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