Rock Island Argus., 1872-10-17
rn TIE nEMncRATs


There is no longer sny dOub' that the cor (
rup, Gtaat ring taa be defeated, II Demo |
Gratis will do their d,ty. The Lbersl H.,
pabhoan element, as shown 10 the r,c,tt'
elections, is plsuy large enough to utterly
ovsrthrou aud destroy the Grant pSrsY, AID
scatter it forever, II every Democrat comes
up uaafally to the work aud carries out the
unanimous voice Of his party As expressed in
It's conventions c 1unty, State aud National
But that is the diEculty. Will they do il?
There is not one Of them Who doubts thai
the Grant party ia utterly corrapi, aud is
usiog ell the vaat poser Of the government
to ui,e out the States aud conces,rAts ali /
power n Washington. Every D,mocrA' q
ordinary Intelligence knows that be ought TO I
do eli m hii power to PrsVsn' tli' BE /
knows that the Greeley party i' A' fui y /
pledged TO resiss entertainments uPou ILe I
rigbIs Cf the States AS ever the J,f ran .
party vas. BE knows that the Cincinnati /
platform is wholly Democratic in this re ,
spscs. lie knovs that Horace G ,e-lry hss
declared that our p1iicy should dimotl 10 al
selfg,UsrRmeat and not at cent? slzIt,oR
lie kuo-s that Horace Greeley hes declsr,d
that "th,re shall be no F,derR sab~srsioH Of
rte Internal poll ycf the severdI States an
municipalities" He knows that Horace
Greeley has said "Iproiest against the dis
franthisemsnt Of a Stuts' d. kao-s thai
Graz BrJ-n declares tia "LoeR self gor-
srHDient is the mosi Uiial principle # oUr 4"
siiiuti0Rs" Aad be knows ih4t the Grsnl
parry violate these principles every day m
the year. There u not oos single taioDSl
question nov before the A merioAn people
on which ,hs Democratic party and Horace
Greeley do not agree e1sc ly. Every Deu-
ocrAI knows ,hs Had this not been so, Il e
Democratic party would not have nominate d
him. When, therefore, We are 10 peri, CT
not vote for bim and thus redeem the gov
ernmsBI from the hands Of the Grant riog =
No good reason can be given. And no gooc
Democrat viii fail to do all 10 his power to
elect bin. Yet there are two cases 0
Democrats, very small 10 uum Der, b i neces
sary - succ,as, who say they viii not vote
for hm-Snd the sooner they Ell h,r change
their course or relieve the party Of thsi-
presence the better. They are as foloWs ::
lat Those prominent aud vet al creatures
OF the Brick Pouerov class, who are bOus h
and paid for hJ the Grant Ring and, I'd
Those who. through IGnOrSnce o. pr, al c.
can be controlled By the Back P,~eroy,
isuOrA0t or 20 oigotI, d a, not [, be able to
zee that the oIly way 10 IA. do-h thi, an
gGtg, and save III, country f.om bad gov
erpmenI, 10 10 " e Tor Greeley aud Bro-U
be doL'I deserve u be called DemocrAi.
and ought to 70 over to Gisbi Al once
And IT ANY Democrat 10 40 corrupt a. TO b.
bought 10 vote or work for Grant, or 10 al
10 producing a bolt from Greeley, Nho Is TN
regular aud unanimously nominst.d caBdt-
date Of the Democracy; or to s'ay awe y
from The polls; let h,m no loDgsr
AJkNNs''ANN'l AAiA DNUNNa"'
LssAll such relieve the party al once of Ihsir
presence and cease TO prAte about their De m
oeraoy. II 10 Hs hiag, not the name, that
the great and grand o d Democratic party
iS Aftsr, 10 IiniOg forces with the Libtr,
Republicans. Il ia to relieve the oppressed
people Of ,he South from b d governnsn
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selves. IL Ia to bring bsct An honest Ad-
minisuation a. WA4hingtO snd restore ,he
gtverBment to the best principles Of lis
founders. And it il the du'y Of d ,uOc a
who can rise above the nc luvr pr :dIces Of
parry politics, and comprehend toe Issues
and the dangers Of the hour, TO labor si,b
and tG t'lD The situation to their nsis b b Jrs
Who hCnss'ly desire TO act r,gbI toward. the
Democratic party aud lhsir eouotr1. Let
no Democrat mean himself by bun,ips 2
around for some dOg-cullar labelled Demo.
cTdt before he knows with whom and ior
"hH' ne l' acting. The prioc = IS for which
our parry are ooutsndiog. as lad do.u al
Baltimore, are Democratic, aud it matter.
not wnai h" once been si,her our noai,io,
oria of Mr. Greeley " We sgree NOE. /,
is too lii'ls, too childish, to be governed b,
What ei'ber we or he may hsv, once held
or once said. Do re agree nopl Tbs, !.
The question. Let no Democrat show eth.
ni' ignorance, his prejudice, hi. bigotry O
o,' corruption By hunting for names ins,eA,
o principles, Lot no one of jour Demo