The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-11
Welcome Orders from PRESIDENT Grant.


just as our paper was going to press
last evening we received the telegraph
ic orders of President Grant to Gen. Sher-
man, and we welcomed them as precisely
what the Democrats of the.whole country
earnestly desire We delayed the publ
cation of our paper long enough to lay
them before the people that evening, but
had no time then to make word of COM
ment, and we seize this as the fist oppor-
tunity at our command TO cordially indorse
the orders of the president as they APP
pear on their face.
He says: Ensure a pedcdble count OF
the ballots actually cast. This is all any
Democrat north or south, asks or desires.
| IF the ballot boxes do not show majority
for Tilden in either South Carolina, Florl-
da or Louisiana no Democrat will find one
word of fault IftEey do show majority
for Tilden, and Grants orders are honest
ly carried out they will be counted for Til
den. President Grant has here an oppor
tunity to earn the good will of all good
men, if he shall rigidly insist on count
of the ballots actually cast" No Demo
crat asks anything but this.
1t is not to be disguised that the situa-
ton is indeed very critical. The slightest
attempt TO make returns contrary to 'tte
ballots actually cast may produce another
civil war-not war of sections, but war
for honest elections and honest returns. Ask
any thoughtful Republican in Rock Island,
(which would you prefer-Tilden or
another WARP" and he would say "Tilden,
a hundred times, if the ballot box reason
ably shows his election.
This is no time for firing cannon, or
banging on drums, or the blowing of brass
horns, or yelling and screeching through
streets and saloons. 1t is not time to re-
ioice over our neighbors who may have
differed with u.s. A majority of the
people want good government, economical
and simple government-not fraud and ex-
travagance and ostentation. We believe
that a majority of the people nave, for that
reason and for no other, voted for Gov
Tilden. If it shall be attained it will be a
matter for real, genuine, honest joy to all
The people. but not for senselessly
hurrahiug We've beaten you" Their S
no more sense in such hurrah than there
is argument 10 a bet.
We welcome the presidents orders as
exactly what the Democrats want, if hon
estly carried out. And we welcome the
fact that men Of national reputation, as
will be seen by our telegraph columns, are
now on the way to the south to learn
actual facts, aud in whose prudence and
patriotism the people will trust. Their
report will give US peace--we hope.
And we recommend to the excited peo-
pie who throng around printing Offices all
night long insisting that every telegram
even to the market reports, shall be read to
them, to go to bed at their usual hours
and pursue their usual avocations in quiet
believing that men are managing the bust
ness who are capable of doing so, and that
the newspapers will give them the very
latest intelligence, and all the intelligence
to be had on the subject. 1t is perfectly
natural that every man should feel deep
interest in the resultant especially that
he should watch with eagle eyes for any
appearance Of deception or dishonesty in
the returns. Ii shows that the people are
jealous Of their rights and are determined
to maintain them. When the people
cease tc take an interest in their own at
fairs they will be unfit to govern them
selves. It's commemorate that, in every
village and city IN the land, they are wide
awake to the threatened danger-and that
they will stand for the right. no matter on
which side it may be- But the returns
from the back precincts, parishes and
counties have not yet been received at the
state capitols in the three doubtful states
Neither have they from much more than
one-half the counties in our own state.
let US wait as patiently as we can for the
full returns, hoping that they will be hon
estly made, whoever has the majority.