The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-13
THE WAR HORSE BUSINESS.
'Old Dick Jim Singleton, and Old 10
Ledlie.

| Occasionally VIC near OI u man WIN coh :
comprehend that the world hnoves. They
| evidently believe that there was such a
man as Petroleum W,Nas'y and they want
things managed as described at 'Confedrit
X Roads" Give them plenty Of whisky
and tobacco and a cor er grocery to SIT IN
front of, and they will take thejob OF man
aging the affairs of the State and Nation,
in fact they are of opinion that unless
they are consulted the country will go te
| eternal smash in a very short time. They
call themselves ''war-horses," They hoisI
their old stubby tails in the air and snor'
around lust as though the people general
" cared anything about their acts or opin
ions. They don't want anything done un'
less they have a hand in it. They didn't
want the Republican party defeated III
1872, because u new set of men, and moi
they, would be at the head of the trium.
plant party. And so they or their sort
played into the hands of the Republicans
by a bourbon, O'Conor side show,
Now they are doing the same thing.
The regular Democratic State Commit
tee-rcgular, by all the usages of the Dem.
ocratic party-has issued a call for
a State Convention. 1t is a call ito the
Democracy, Liberals and all other oppo-
nents of the Republican party. who agree
to the principles set forth in, the call, to
meet, by their delegates, in Springfield,
August Goth. What are the principles +?
The call will be found in this paper. Let
all read it. As we interpret it, they are as
follows:
l.. Honest money, and the honest pay
ment of the public debt.
2. Unrestricted commerce. the people
to have the privilege of buying and selling
in the markets of the world,
3. The liberty of the individual and his
personal rights to be preserved.
A. Home rule. No legislation by Con-
gress which properly belongs to the State.
5. No monopoly. Equal rights for all.
The power of the people to be used to
protect the people from oppression, extor-
ton and monopoly.
No n is invited to the convention who
does not approve these principles.
But War Horse Richardson, War Horse
Singleton & Co., say that it is unpreceden-
ted for a State committee to set forth prin-
ciples:in their call and they won't ac-
q%uience in anything of the sort. They say
it is not Democratic, and therefore they
propose to have a little side show of their
own. This only shows that these war
horses belong to a past age that they are
of the RipVan Wrinkle order, and have for
gotten some things which they ought to
remember. Discussing the vagaries of
these wa horses, who are unhappy because
they are not consulted who want more
counterfeit money and no debts paid, and
referring to Uncle 10 LedIie's call, a par,
t~icularly attentive Granger was asked what
he thought of it. Pondering n moment,
he replied: 1T reminds me of one of my
cows. She raises her tail higher, bellows
and paws the ground, aud makes more fuss
than any other critter III the farm, and
she gives less milk"
In 1870, the regular Democratic State
Committee called a State convention for
state treasurer and superintendent of pub
lie instruction, and in their call they set
forth the principles of the party they in
vited to meet, as follows
And in selecting delegates, the Central Commit
tee invite at men who are opposed to a protective
tariff; to grants Of land to corporations; to the cor
rupt and extravagant Radical Administration, and
in favor Of financial and revenue reform, equal tax
alton, and an economical administration OF public
affairs to join the Democfdcy in selecting a State
ticket,
No exception was taken to this nor will
any exception be taken to the Mccormick
call, except by persons who want to rule or
ruin. Let the war horses go-the people
have no further use fer such men. The
convention of August 26th, is called by
G. III. Mccormick, Gov. Palmer, A. g.
Hesing, Herman Raster, B. G. Caulfeld,
Edward Rummel, Herman Lieb, Thomas
G. Fl. Lanphier, Gen McClernand
and many ether we'll known citizens,a as well
as by the regular Democratic State Com
aud it ought to unite all the people
of Illinois, irrespective of former party
affiliations, who do not wear Grants brass