Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-13
( The Rebel Debt Buebear

We hear that in his speech CT the 3lst nit.
at Montpelier, VT, General Kilpatrick
handled without gloves the assertion Of the
corruptionist orators that "the election of
Greeley means the payment of the rebel
debt" The country is 20 heavily over
weighted now that il hears with tremor any
| whisper even Of further Indebtedness and
hence the marvellous industry with which
Grants horn blowers repeat the above. Il
is sacred formula, al they repeat it with
eyes half shut and head wagging like Hin
doc priest roaring his prayers-''Ihs election
Of Greeley means the payment Of the rebel,
debt"
There is no rebel debt to pay. A fine
tooth comb surmounted by microscope, ID.
one to discern and the other to secure old
Confederate States scri !, might rake and
pser The South over TO serape up as much a.
any one Of Grants innumersble Jobs has tax
| IN out of the Treasury. Senees sandstone
slene has stolen two dollars TO every one
| 70 at the ssrreis, waste rooms, and curiosity
csbineis OF this continent could furnish forth
IN NANCY and time-yellowsd JEFF Dawn
bonds. The securities of the departed Con-
federacy are where last years leaves are
sheIe the Alabams is, where the dirty gray
rags of the past are, and the Erie schemes Of
James Fisk, Jr.-"gone where the wood bine
t~ineth," dead, sunk, evanishsd, not to be
resurrecsed by any possble double back &c.
ZION fne-tooih and microscopic com biuatioD
| ten-hOrse power. Mr.. Greeley with oil his
iigging could not dig up enoogh to fill his
| Did white hat. There being NO evidences OF
| Indebtedness In exictence, how ia anybody
ever to be called upon TO pay?
Bot suppose GRAFT is elected. By refer
ence TO certain dry bat utterly matter of-fact
and impregnable figures, to be fouud Cd
pages IA and Is of the World Almanac for
1879, it will be seen that The debt of the re-
coDslru ted States has grown under the man
-R-ment of Mr. Grants friends from $40 :
Assoc to 1921, 626 0l5-an increase of
1915, ,l25, or something like $l2 600 900
more than the aggregate Indebtedness of the
twenty seven other States. Now les Mr.
Grant be reelected, and is it not a mater
1f course that even this enormous increase
Slll be still further augmented? He is the
pet candidate of these crrpetbag thieves,
| and do they not support HIM on q pledge OF
| immunity ter the past and protection for the
future? But, says some one, any further To-
| crease of the Southern debt 10 impossible,
| because it 10 physically oat of the que,t on
for those communities to pay any more, ano
everybody knowsi'. This is quite true; bu,
| he Uni ed States Treasury can be made To
pay it All that is necessary 10 for foreign
ers, Enshshmen for instance, 10 buy further
,ssues aud compel their Government to sp-
ply for payment at Washington, on ,bt
ground thss as the State governments max
.uR the issues are the creatures OF Congress
sional statute, the Federal Goverune is in
dorser Of heir notes. Time and again Con
Eress has affirmed these governments all
hat they should be, declared them legal.
and held them up to the world as entitled 10
credit How depart from these reiterateA
guarantees when England comes 10 to say,
We paid you for the Alsbsms; nov pay US
these Endorsed bond,!-N 7 World.