Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-11
''Soreheads" Disappointed
OMce-Seekers."

The pap sucking, wire pulling, prssiden-
tia sppolntees who manipulate tbe organs
OF the administration, cell those who sup
port the Liberal movement "soreheads,
disappointed othce-seeksrs Never was
there 9 more sorry reckoning without
their host than in applying such opiGhe;s
60 the leaders OF thiS movement. We will
admit the movement did not take form or
shape until the convention in Missouri call
cd for a meeting Of those who were inter
ssJed 10 reform 10 meet IN Cincinnati on The
frat Of May.
Gov. b. Grs,z Brown was prime mover
in that convention aud how doe, the
"sorsheSd," disappointed olfce-sesker'
apply 20 him ? He can have any office
within the gift Of the people Of bis States
as his having been u Congressman, Gov
ernOr, and L nited States Senator fully test
fss. Call Carl Schurz a "disappoin,el
ofics-seeker ?" he how holds the highes
office within his reach under the Cons,i,u
ton OF the United States, and can hold il a,
long as he desires. Lyman Trumbull q
"sorehead p He has held the position oil
Judge Of the Supreme Court Of this State,
Congressman, and for the past sevsnte en-
years United States Senator. Does that
look "a though he had been disappointed -
much
How stands the record Of Charles Sum
ner? Never defeated for an office that he
Aspired to, and will continue to be Senator
from MASSACHUSETTS as long as he 10 willing
to discharge his duties. Is Gov. Curtin a
disappointed office seeker? He has been
in office and honored by his state with oil
within its gift Gall Senator Fenton, OF
New York, disappointed" The most
successful and constant officer holder in the
country.
Ia Judge Davis a disappointed office
seeker He the true and tried friend Of
Abraham Lincoln, who said Of him that he
was the wissst statesman and ablest iurisl
in the land, and made good his word By ap.
pointed him to the Supreme Bench Of the
United States. He has never asked an
office, aud never will. Are all our present
State officers, with one exception, "disap.
pointed ofioe-seekers"? The mere fact
that they are holding offics-ths gift Of the
peoples rsfutation enough. The epthet
can no more be applied to the AbIest men
oil over the country who are in sympathy
with the movement, than is can TO the few
we have mentioned. Are the thousands
and tens Of thousands all over this land Who
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'soreheads," disappointed offoe-seekers"
Is the hoRest, hard working yeomanry Of the
North, burdsned by taxation on all they
consume, and the loyal people Of the South,
whose States remain under the curse Of
"oArpetbag government, and whose State
taxes are eating up their sustenance, and
dispiriting their efforts to maintain their
families, and keep the wolf from
their door,-Ars these all score
hsAda' disappointed office sssksrs"2
because We think the Con-
su'ution OF the United States should not be
violated, and an exercise Of mower unvar-
Nn'ea oY that Instrument, be INDUCED in
me Executive that We are called Usore
heaus lie II because We will not Hstiok
70 party instead Of principle, tina, we are
dhAPPointed' Is it because we tbi,L
party should be organized on the Ev;,
issues OF the day--univeraal amnsst, ~
one term principle, free trade. va. protsc,;a,
a. against those presented bv slsvsrv N' .oa
the late war-that we are called md;s.n
pointed ofice-GsekerA"
What We want is reform 10 every dsn.,,
msnt OF government. We want the "oarost.
bag rule abolished; BY letting citizens have
voice IN controlling their elections without
lear from Federal bAyonets. We want a
Ssnt 80 pure that the presenting Of a
AOaa' and lot IN Philadelphia, or elsewhere.