The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-30

and thoughtful men without regard to
party. Their whole drift is revolutionary
and menacing to the peace of the country. .
Rebuked and distrusted by the people, !
with the certainty of disgraceful defeat at =
the presidential election upon any fair and e
quiet vote, these condemned leaders are q
now conspiring to repeat on a national >
scale, the frauds and outrages which have =
been perpetrated with their completely in
the South. II
The conspirators are following in the
footprints of the ultra seeessionists in 1860,
and initiating their bad example. They
even go so far as to cite the expulsion of
the territorial legislature in Kansas as
justification for the forcible election of that
lin the state of Louisiana, and hold it up as
la cherished precedent for military inter-
Ivention. Il
The practical effect of all this wicked
, agitation is to derange the business OF the |
country still more seriously than it already
is disturbed, to check efforts at recovery
: from financial prostration, to alarm capt.
: tai afresh, to restrict confidence and to
crush out the feeble hope of revival in the
+ Numbered and oppressed southern states
!, Every day that the agitation goes on costs
!. the country millions of money, from the
:, causes which have been but imperfectly
= stated 1t penetrates into every depart.
y meut Of trade, society, and industry. and
u affects each seriously. The large waste re-
:, sulting from partisan movements OF the
y army and navy is mere Pigment compared
:. with the losses occasioned by this perilous
=, strife.
Is Ii ever doubt existed about the real
'" object of Gen. Sheridan's mission to New
i 2 L L Il Ill, cd hxy
- his unworthy conduct and disgracetully
u false dispatches When he appeared on
y the scene all was tranquil, and there was
10 10 not the slightest sign Of disturbance. Gen.
III Emory and tie troops under him, who in
September had reinstated the fugitive
,r Kellogg by the Presidents order, were or
~ the grouud as they had been for months
:. previously Gen. Mcdowell, the com
AZ mander of the department, was within cal
~ if there had been the least need of hi:
VI presence. In this condition Of things Gen
'a' Sheridan was sent there, ana from tht
moment he assumed command the whole
'n- s;tnati IN changed. He was detailed fol
this snecial service at the urgent demand
of West, Clayton, Dorsey, Spencer. anC
y. the vile pack of carpet baggers, who re
earded him as a fit instrument of their de
act signs, and whose corrupt mlsrule can onl.
'ou be prolonged through military ascendency
ex- The programme marked out tor Sherl
ow dan by the conspirators who selected HIN
are was by oppression and calumny to provok
resistance, and force collision and blood
cts shed between the troops and the peopl
ers in order to raise the false cry of a nev
ent rebellion and to divide parties on sections
md lines, Infamous as this design was, ever
in act of Sheridans, every bulletin, au
led every fabricated report Of pretended GU
ent RACES, bears witness that he shared pc
oar: sonelly in it, while the unqualified approx
and al of the President and at least porto
Der, Of his Cabinet-though Belknap official
eral states they all approved-is conclusi,
his that they were parties to the plot and d
but serve impeachment.
ates There are Republicans in both hous
ded who condemn all these proceedings,
tent plore the madness and folly which ms
par gated them, and admit that they must I
In suit in the complete overthrow of the pa
one ty. Yet they have not the moral couras
my to assert their opinions, to stand up
With their honest convictions, or to throw
un- the CALLING change by which they are d
ents graded and enslaved Patronage, the fe
as of prescription, social appeals, the expt
nd l tatlon of favor, the Presidents frown, a
be threats of persecution, all operate on tin
:. minds and prevent any downright expr
sion of censure and every manly stand
itical the right. Men who are honest in th
rsev Lives, who mean well, and whoare at tin
49,. independent, are thus driven among
ouse' common herd of third-termers and PHI
the derers, and answer on the roll cali
cleo Grantism just as the meanest sycophan
,ssee, expected to DO. - :,
cratic $500 pa,S' ,u9 oIaono r. 'i ;S
o the bond Of nnion or principle to hold the fr
of so ments together. and the factions VIII
I'VE in are melting this strife are playing
- 'n' having lost his last stake, seeks to raj:
ne" disturbance with the intent Of stealth
in the the money on the table.