The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-09
Little Disintsrestsd Advice.

AS we are ABOUT Lo give soue au'A0
TO the Democracy" in this article, 1t may
not be amiss to state, in view OF the r.. r
utterances of some OF the Democrat rs
gans, that it is altogether immater,.Ih'e ~ nd
whether they the organs) aecep. .d al how.
wee or not; taking the liberty ~ ~ confidence
ever an e1p,ess .orta;nment of our advice
~ vi. III e. minded Democratic voters ana
ny al , iaIa A change in the governing
onlce Of This iuncture is quite different
Tege :. from what it was at the date OF the
ana anaf nansnicuous change which preceded
i tha present one in time of peace. we al
i tni 70 the election of Pierce to the presl.
d lone the change which occurred in 1901
not nronerly coming under the cassfca-
ZION tDS I'm time of peace" Then change
IN tbe control of the federal government
meant merely shifting of the relative .po-
sltions of two ideas, which, put In practice
everted very nearly the same influence
mon the material interests OF the conmu-
nitv The present change however ID
volyes consequences of totally different
nature. An Opposition-or suppose that
we call it, not to mince things,a Democrat
ic-house of representatives means conse'
ouences to a certain individual Office hold,
er of the Republican party which can best
We reduce the thing down to the focus
Of individual offce-holders, because that
is the plain English of the matter, 80 we
cav that the points at which the change
viii first be felt are the departments at
Washington; and the men upon whom the
first blows will fall and tell are, to talk
MAINLY. Columbus Delang, George NJ Rob
eson, George II. Williams, Babcock, and
nossjblv, President Grant himself, Bout.
we'll Richardson and Creswell are out OF
the way of the first blows because, III one
way or another, voluntarily or periorce,
they stood from under before the bolt was
loosened. They are not out OF reach yet,
however, and may as we'll begin the prep
aration of their defense now, during such
leisure as may intervene between this and
December 8. 1875. Those who are famil
lar with the situation in the post-ofice and
treasury departments know very well that
their books will not bear the scrutiny OF
experts. The pension office and the In
dian bureau are in worse condition, while
Williams den, sometimes sarcastlcaliy a.!
mded to as the department OF justice, i
already proven to be perfectly rotten will
incubation and misappropriatlon OF funds
All these sinks Of iniquity it will be tn
first duty Of the Democracy to clean out
That it will be done grizzly and pinlessi
needs no assurance beyond an oldlnaI
familiarity with the temper OF the Oppos
ton. 1t canno; be done too grlmly or II
relentlessly. There are men in high place
at Washington, and elsewhere IN teder
position, whose appropriate service to II
state can only be rendered IN striped ut
form and with closely-cropped hair
Tweed has been lonesome, because congo
ial society has been denied Rigid lnyt
legations of the two administrations OF t
District of Columbla-Cooke' and She
bard's-of the Indian bureau, OF the {
torney- generals office and OF the treasu
department in certain branches, would /
suit in dispeng the loneliness of Twee
The work of the forty fourth congress VI
be simple surgery the healing process,
will have to be applied by its successors
And il is gratifying to know that for Il
work that will devolve upon the fort
fourth congress, in addition to such Dem
Gratis as Kerr, Cox, Chaplin, Holma
Morrison, Phillips, Stone, Anderso
Adams, and a score like then
such independent Republicans
Banks and Dennison, and such Repub
licans as Foster and kasson have bee
elected. Shrewd, astute lawyers lik
Chapin, Holman, Phillips and Dennison
indefatigable ransackers of records Xix
Stone. Adams and Foster, and cool pitiles
Judges like Kerr, Kasson and Morrison
will be in requistion for the work the PEE
pie expect OF the next congress. In Il
prosecution Of this work two men will
missed-Wils on, the honest, fearless Rt
publican OF Indiana, and Beck, the wig
liant, fcrocious Democrat OF Kentucky
but their places will be filed But ii
work of the new congress, if we'll don
will hurt some men we could name wi
have passed for Democrats. Men vi
have been wont to barter such power
circumstances occasionally conferred up
the minority. for pelt aud patronas
These men must not be shielded. I
people expect OF the Democracy into wh'
hands they have conhded power, hone
to the core. None Of your simulated h
csty slurring over wrongs for the sake
party" but a judicial fairness and an
dependent trankness all around. 10 $
it up IN a word we may quote our 81
Benton The Democracy to be str
must be pure.
The Democratic party has been takeT
trial by the people because the Repu
can party had become insufferabie.
new regime can aggravate the downfall
its whipped adversary by a further
DlDlt UtItiiCcs tA pOsulS Va ilc Vel 81
crimes But it can substantially for
its own ascendancy only by elevating
standard Of political morality, There
plenty Of Democrats whose palms i
They will be found in season and out
season arguing just what Ben Butler
Garfield used to argue, that this is
business era Of politics, Give these
to understand that it was the vulturt
their brood in the Republican party
provoked the people to Tuesdays ma
ere, and that u repetition of the sam
famies at their hands will not be broC
1t will be wise for the Democratic lea
to bear in mind that the agency which
dermined the Republican party-the
pendent press-will not relax partic
its vigilance, nor abate a jot of its TT
lenee. The. new regime will be held to
as stern an account as the old one W
and sterner, for that matter, because
independent press knows its own p
and is yersed in methods of cmpll
it better now than when it waged its
tracted and sometimes disheartening :
gle with the Republican party. 1t
the under dog in the fight then,
forced into an issue with the Democri
will be on top. The Democracy eau
president in 1876 by being severely
est IN 1873. But il can't afford to 5
lata single cent worth ON the outs
as the bank deiaulters say. If the
is moderate IN It's policies and hone