Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-12
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ADDRESS AID RESOLUTIONS
OF THE
Liberal Republican Convention.
HELD AT
c Cincinnati, May 1, 2, and 8.
OFFICIAL COPY.
To tie people ofMe United .States:-

To the people fhe United States:-
The administration now in power has
rendered itself guilty of vanton disregard Of
the laws of the land, and of usurping 20 Kers
not granted by the constitution it has act
ed as il the laws had binding force only for
these who are governed, and not for those
who govern. 1t has thus struck blow at
the fundamental principles of constitutional
government and the liberties of the citizen.
The President of the United States has
openly used the powers and opportunities of
his high Office for the promotion of person
oil ends
He has kept VIGOROUSLY corrupt and
unworthy men in places ofpower and respou-
sibility, to the detriment of the public inter
ests. y,
He has used the public service of the gov
ernment as a machinery of corruption and
personal influence, and has interfered with
tyranical arrogance 10 the political affairs of
states and municipalities.
He has rewarded with influential and lu-
cratiye officies men who had acquired his ia
vor by valuable presents, thus stimulating
the decentralization of our political life by his
conspicuous example.
He has shown himself deplorably unequal
to the task imposed upon him by the nsces-
sites of the country, and culpably careless
of the responsibilities of his high office.
The partssns of the administration as
Stunning to be the Republican party, and CON
trolling its organization, have attempted to
! Justify such wrongs and pslliate such abuses,
10 the END OF maintaining partisan ascend
ancy.
They have stood 10 the way of necessary
Investigations and indispensable reforms,
pretending that NO serious fault could be
found with the present administration OF
public affairs, thus seeking to blind the eyes
of the people.
They have kept alive the passions and re-
sentiments of the late wsr, to use them for
theif own advantage they have resorted to
arbitrary measures in direct conflict with
the organic law, instead of appealing to the
better instincts and latent patriotism of the
southern people by restoring TO them these
rights, the enjoy ment OF which is indIspen
sable TO a successful sd ministrstion of thei
local affairs, and would tend to revive & pa
triotic and hopeful national feeling.
They hive degraded themselves and the
name of their party, once justly entitled tt
the confidence of the nation, by base syco
phancy TO the dispenser of executive powe
and patronage, unworthy of republican tree
men they have sought to silence the volc
of Just CRITICS N, aud stihe the moral sens
of the people, and to subjugate publ
opinion by tyrsnnicsl party dlscipline.
They are striving to maintain themselve
in authority for selfish ends by an unscrupu
lous use of power the which rIghtfull
halonps To the people and should be en-
ployed only in the service of the country.
Believing that an organization thus lie,
and controlled can no longer be of service t
the besss interests Of the republic, we hav
resolved to make an independent appeal !
the sober judgment, conscience, aud patriot
ism of the American people.