Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-01

prosecution; that lie the end of the whole
thing all gone to rack and ruin. Now Mr. |
Clayton goes swimming into the Senate in
stead OF into the States Prison. You are |
asked what the Government has to do about
itg | will tell you. They all back them
selves right on the power at Washington.
They ali cry out, "HurAh for Grant, give
him two terms. Give him twenty terms u
you like. These other fellows are disioyA,.
They are one-term men put them OUT.
They saw turn them out and put In men TO
stasd nv CLAYTON and his Board, and It IS
done. I want YOU 10 see that this thing all
goes back on you, the people Of the United
States. You are sustaiuers OF these iniqul- |
t;ss n ", had Q government at Washing
ton which frownsd upon these evils, that
government would stop all this business in
a very short time. Men who are robbing
South Carolina to-day would be on q dead
race out of that State TWO days after they
heard that another govarn meut vas about to
be installed at Washington. just as Bull
lock Of Goorgis resigned md ran away, so
these meu woald ali get out il tsey did not
feel that the mighty arm of the Federal
Government was outetretched for their pro-
tec.ion aud defense. II is sgainst this iu-
guilty that We tight. The villains who cor
rupt elections in Arkansas are all shouting
for Graut-sbouting aud working for hin
and they are gaining impunity for their
crimes.
tbs DUTY OF The PEOPLE.
/ Fellow-cit,zeus, | do not know what will
be the decision Of the people 10 the contest
nos before Us. Every body else is very con.
| tidsut that what they wish will be the result
| ouly know that if the people could only
LOOK into Ihese wicked governments at the
South and see them as they are, they would
no logger be sustained by the public senti-
ment Of the North. ! know that, and | be-
lleve that the light is creeping in. Two.
thirds Of your journals have lever told the
people what the truth is about these carpet
bag Williams. They suppress facts, they
conceal facts, aud, As consequence, the
people do not understand them. To day
they sSy "WhSt reconciliation do YOU
waut?' They say, 1--WE are reconciled
What more do YOU waut?" Now | am not
reconciled to having such robbers govern
the State. | want TO be reconclled. | want
governments that honest men can afford to
be Teconciled to | plead for reconciliation.
The Southern people have greatly sIuned, in
my Judgment, and they have greatly suf-
tered. had friend who went down 10
South Carolina, spent some time there, aud
came back. He is very Jealous Republ,
can aud be said that be bad seen many
things be did not like. he said u saw a
man there Who, when Secession began, was
, living in Paris on an allowance from his Ia
Iher OF S25 600 year. He is nov clerk tC
negro assessor 10 Charleston at 81 day
snd mighty glad TO get IL Now, suct
, things 90 take place. aud I DO ihihk tina
, the people have suffered great deal.
think II Is time that generous hand wal
: outs,retChed to aid them.
Ihiuk It 10 time Tor toe Northern peopi,
70 say to their country men st the South
Ave have insisted ths. all tie blacks shal
! be sUirapchised and they have been en-
iranchsed; now then W. Insist hat voI
y shall be eufraEcbs ed also" There are 30
y 600 men dlsfrAnchissd this day ia Arkansas
= aud tue OF y hope Of carrying IhsI State for
Grant is to keep them dlsfranchised. Tbi
! ia ooe OF their purposes-to keep them dis
francbised and all over the South there srs
=, such inquiries IS This. think, hiding from
sight Now, then, we want the Northern
people to say to the South, TO those who
nave been our enemies Let Us forget the
platform We will wipe out all disfrsnchise-
ments, all prescriptions 5 tsnd With US on tht
common platform Of nationality, equal rights
equal law for all The people, and let c,
again take hold and push forward the mig h
" republic il its career Of greatness and
prosperity. This is what / think tie people
ought to say in th. election, and make lha
, Southern people feel that though they have
been very wrong, We have forgotten ihs
1 wrong aEd Bre nov prepared to take nOiC
with the n A.d carry forward the destinjes
10 promo aud advance the greatness arc
glory Of this county as one united irAterua
: people. To thai end labored so that euJ
speak and / do believe thai the move
ment of which am an exposition and sym
Dol before you, is calculated to produce thu
end. To secure that end l ain individual,
nothing but that movement Was right, sDC
l. was not = moment too soon. | implore II,
E people TO take care and reach the end sue
D cessfully and triumpbantly.