Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-26


die c War; with Gigantic erorfs and terrible S so
an enormous strain The reconstruction period I'M
Interest public affairs Having arrived AZ fsr 1 Sray
Use OF settlement people under sense OF fatigue were
The The Sonsu tney night aS not s
S Sissed ana the laws broken Things might done
indignation. Now they received but passing Rotee
paneTed In another pSFt peepe eoad 81
s5 5oasoa aoo only by what they encountered at
Dy habit and without troublesome discrimination,
denotes Of tho Government and the greed Of poiitcaps
aa nose meshes In which party and people were TO be
sleep neither fast very long They stretched
their limbs and became sensible Of their feters 1t
indeed time to wake np time that the spell be broken
The people instnctiyeiy felt this and thus originated
determined men cleared with bound the prison
Thus Cincinnati Convention came taeetbeP
That Convention not the product schemes of
tory OF this Republic when such an enterprise was pos
is made restless by profound dscontent and az nnd
sibe instinct demanding change The Cincinnati Gen
ssspldy the movement assumed dimensions far beyond
shape and direction 1t would not confine itself 10
Inc limits OF select circle, be heInmed
gramne formed by its first leaders 1t swept into into
current npntudes OF different ways of thinking in
nnX thngs bnt meeting together IN one Impulse to
Teunle ths whole Amerean people in the bonds Of
person. government! and party nepotsm now lowering
Vs5 Tue country Acting upon that impulse. it put
and nominated Horace Greeley and GratzP Rr9 rue,
s canddates for the Presidency and presidency or
SENATOR SEIZURES VIEWS OF WHAT WAS DONE AT CrS
cIHNATI AND OF DUTY.
FeOw-ctzens, It is the custom of public speakers IN
election campaigns 20 exhaust their whole ingenuity in
picturins the they advocate as the absolute good
ana dLa o. ne opposite party the absolute ey That
S9,.som shall not follow As speak Of the other side
reserve The results OF the Cincinnati Convention have
esy sympathized with the movement should S'f be-
deereant 70 the truth and unjust to my own feelings
Tory to me. 1 had endeayored to lift up
duties ana opportunities conceived them desired
that ~ action should be not only above reproach but
rs well its candidates be that every candid
suTance of national and Of relief from self
s9 partisan rne hn also g fun guarantee Of the vie
uon approaching the ideal of good government
efforts carry 1t. desired a platform, therefore,
S9yering with equal eearness and decision all the points
ot the reform the Republican party stands in need Of
aud candidates whose known opinions and past conduct
eonlicied with none OF them: 1t has been publicly
personal attitude called for that for some weeks after
the Cincinnati Convention 1 remained silent. will
tell YOU frankly the motives which governed my
the existing circumstances for a single moment
DOUBTED the necessity OF overthrowing the
beeagso tho ugh Of a possibility stin to make the
all the forces which it should have gathered under its
banners for energetic, harmonious and successful
should my part have feariessly seized it, That
a careful,
stances surrounding US and when had reached
upon it with promptness and decision Thus am wen
has not been lightly chosen have suffered mo- persoha
feeling to enter into decision. have permitted
anxiety considered how could render the best Service
@ T aR % sa Fe 1aTe
friends My convictions of duty have been of slow
a@ right, and being right snaIl go ahead '''' ''"'
GRANT VERSUS GREELEY.
We hear said by opponents that an Adminstrl-
tiOn under the lead of Horace Greeley will give
refOrms but threatens TO leave things mas bad condi
tiOn And by the way, it there are some
20 praise many good qualities to admire hut who since
ms nomination for the Presidency have discovered that
he origin OF all evil and of all viIlanies
We will let that pass. As to the prospects of reform
he could be relied upon carry the pledges
he has given by accepting the CINCINNATI platform
his own programme Of policy Can we forget
thar the overthrow of that party despotsm is the
form be thought until that is accomplished :
What have You 10 hope for IT. by the reelection of
President Grant, prove that such things as have
been done cannot only be done with inpuny, but that
still be successfully caimedl Do you think that the
Iawbrcakers and corruptouists the Administration
who protested them wiz be made better men
You simple enough TO believe that the party
tyrants will relax their sway II you show them that
such instruction against their rules as that OF Gin
clnnat of avail and that they really hold not tony
low of their handsq DO you hope courageous
and moro successful resistance in Congress when you
shown the advocates of reform there that they
a6andSnsd by the people that their efforts are hope
sn y oGsu 20 lg ana 9nat Ine Tnng Powsr mas
better spirit into our political life. when you teach
fSeg e9n do for their TO own IS to
che tools OF such party managers now rule us3
appeal 60 your sober Judgment # you honestly want
reforn this is the first thing needful You must break
You must make elbow-room for Independent criticism
% %eb pos nome Su Ps aesS ena
aud tends TO make men mere parts of machine. You
Unsetng and disintegation of old party organza-
lions now existing. and no man of impartial Judgment
natl movement will prove powerful dissolvent.
GREELEY, ELECTED PRESIDENT WILL BE
SITUATED.
And now. repeat, suppose Mr. Greeley dishonest
enough to break his pledges and to try part
continue the practices prevailing have you con
sdered what situation he would be n9 Could President
the eyerfaithfu obedient, and welldriled party or
orEanizstion every member Of which was whipped into
the belief that every misdeed Of the Administration
sake Of prese rving party ascendency But for tins
deney means business and not pleasure. The just
oreT S e up sceona yea Of have 9%
and as he is sensible of his interests he would
Even Gen Babcock would have told him to he careful
And whers is the everaithf9 party organizatiOR il
the Regular Republicans who drilled the
Violent spSsms 81 virtue Not the 6era snf for sSd
they been inclined to corrupt and arbitrary prac-
Grant under whom they had tempting opportunity
profitable Not the Democrats for they will not be fool
dsh enough to think that they coud their party
terest by shielding the sins of President their rep
resentatve. NO; the Cincinnati candidate in the Pres-
dental chair will not be in situation to sin with
nifty Every serious his part will call the
thunder OF hundred batteries and he will have nc
household troops to cover him with their bodies Let
your imagination construct the very ideal a Presi
dent and put him In his place. Even he would sleel
on bed Of roses. The Cincinnati candidate in thu
PRESIDENTIAL chair will have party at his back unless
ne wins the favor OF the American people, car
WIN that favor only by deserving it, Thus the
PRESIDENT Grant and the the Cincinnati move
nent WI indeed be the first condition precedent of