Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-07
MORE ABUSE OF DIR. TRUEspALE,

MVhE ABUSE OF DE-. TRUESDA1E.
The Moline ReUiesc, not satisfied with dis
oussing political matters in . gentlsmsnly
manner, violates all the dsceneies Of civil
lied life by declaring that "Dr Truesdsle Is
a renegade and tool, traitor to the hepoo'
lican party" Waving any discussion OF
the point as to whether the editor OF Grants
paper in Moline is the keeper OF DIR. Trues-
dale's conscience or not; refraiEing from
cb.rsc.erizing rs ID deserves the conduct of
n man who resorts to such malicious and
.candalOusly false epithsss, we invite
this Grant editor to q discussion as to
who has proven recreant to the principles
and professions of the Republican party
DR.. TruesdAle or the Grant ring? Who are
the traitors to the party-the men who
seized its organization and, betrayiHg its
principles, converted its party machinery to
their own private use; or the men like
Sumner, Trumbull, Schurz and all the old
est and best leaders of that party, DIR.
Truesdals included, who stand by the prin-
cipleS of the party and repudia,e the Grant
ring? Let us see, little, about this The
Republican Convention of 1868 inoorpor
assd in its platform the following resOlu-
ton
The Government Of the United States should
be administered with the strietest economy; and
the corruptions which have been so THANKFULLY
nurGed and fostered by Andrew johnson call
loudly for Radical reform.
We subjoin instances of the Radical re-
form" inAugurAted by the nominee OF that
Convention: The Indian Department cost
10 1866, So, 1885, 900 10 1871, $7,426, 600.
The cost of assessing aud collecting inter
nal revenue was, in 1866, l-2 per cent Of
that revenue in 1871, go per cent
This is an increase in the ratio of cost Of
326 per cent In Alabama, Arkansas, Dis
trict OF Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, and
Iowa, the cost of collecting the internal
revenue was, in 1866, SAP ,619 81; in 1871,
1851 900. The Secor fraud cost the people
$93 900. The rest of Robeson's illegal
payments amount to 1921 ,720. The Choir
penning claim, which amounted to $8l 600
under johnson, and was rejected by John.
son himself, his Attorney General and his
Postmaster General, was so radically re-
formed" By Grants Postmaster General that
it became SAB, 200, and was then ordered
paid. Many more instances might be
quoted but there can be no more conclus.
i've testimony than that of Hon. II. l..
Dawes, who is now advocating the re-
election of CAsey's brother-in law. In a
speech to the House, Jan. 10, 1871 he
showed that the estimates of the Admins
tration for that year were $40, $50, 537 above
the expenses of Johnson last year. He
added:
The expenditures of the Nation are uni ustifs-
BILE, and without proper regard to economy or to
the necessities Of the ease.
On tie 3rd of March, 1871 J chm A. Lo
gan, in the House Of Representatives, said !:
! wish to call the attention Of the House to
this thing. II you look around the Capital
here, around the Capitol grounds, and around
the Treasury Department, and see the tagging
which has been put down, you will find that Is
is of red stone. If you knew who owned the
stone quarry, you might understand why granite
is not put in here. ] call the attention of the
House to thiS fact. This Is u regular job ter the
purpose Of building a State Department out Of
red stone, the quarry from which il is taken be-
ing owned by certain indiTjdHgis here Such
will be the result if you agrees to this Congress
sioHdl Globe, Third Session, Forty-frst Congress-
col. 3, page 1917
It was perfectly und ers;ood by his hear
ers that the Irregular job referred to by
Logan was put up at the White House thai
Grant was the owner of SEQ 900 in the Sen
eca Sand Stone quarry, and that be was use
ing his power to crowd shat stone, of very
inferior quality, into the public buildings,
to the exclusion Of better article at low
er price.
Are not these instances enough to show
that it is the Grant ring and the Grant edi-
tors and oace-holders who are the " traitors
to the Republican party" and not DR.. Trues
dale or the Liberal Republicans
Take the Republican resolution in re
gard to the rights Of the States Who viola
ted it? DR. Truesdsle or the Grant ring !?
There is scarcely principle of the Repub-
licAn platform on which Lincoln or Grant
were elected which has not been spit upon
by Grant and his ring. The traitors to the
principles of the Republican party are your
Hawleys, LoganS, 0glesbys, Mortons, COnk
lings, Carpenters, and Grants. These are
the men who, having seized upon the or
ganizAtiOn Of the party, have violated every
principle on which it was founded and per-
verted it to their own private uses.