The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-25
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

SO logical, so sound, and so strong is
the ground taken by Coy. Tilden, in his
letter, on the great public questions of the
times. that his adversaries have been un-
able to make successful assault upon any
part Of it.
| "A Democratic congress proved A. NJ.
Clapp, public printer, to be thief.
President Graut reappoints him to his po-
sition. Was it james G. Blaine who said
Nobody but thief by instinct has any
influence in Grants administration?
In Mr. Hewitt's speech in reply TO
Kasson's lies, the regiment Of union
soldiers to which Mr.. Tilden literally con-
tribute9 is given. 1t was Col. Kennedy
regiment aud was wholly equipped and
put armed, into the field by Mr.. Tilden
and other prominent Democrats without
expense to the government.
The Chicago Evening Journal states
that Hon. l.. Steward, the Democratic can
didate for governor. is "a trickster in poll.
tics. What the Journal really means is
that he never handled penitentiary funds,
as Andrew Shuman, the Republican can
didate for lieutenant governor, did from
| 1867 to 1869.
The Philadelphia Telegraph is a pa
per of considerable honesty, considering
the fact that it is a Republican journal.
Commenting upon Tilden's letter, it says:
IF Mr.. Tilden should be elected president,
and should carry out to the letter the pro
gramme which he outlines, he would be
the best aud greatest president that has
ever been in the White House"
COL Augustus Fem, of Connecticut,
has come out for Tilden. Col. Penn lost an
arm in the war; and was the Republican
candidate for secretary of state in 1875.
The Hartford Times says: Just wait
and hear what gun Connecticut will fire
on the It'll of November 1t viii wake
the echoes from Maine to the Louisiana
canebrakes, though ours is small state.
Fighting Joe Hooker has no trouble
about the war record. Nor has bold Gen.
Hancock, Nor have hosts of other war
veterans. They recognize the facts that
the war is over, and they are heartily glad
Of it. These heroes enlisted for the war,
to put down secession; and they were
. determined to do it; they have now enlist
ed for the war to put down stealing; and
they will do that, too.-Albany Argus.
1t is about time for Babcock's attor-
ncy, Storrs, and for Tweed's attorney,
StoughtoD, and the DEVILS attorney drunken
, Bob. Iugersoll, to make thee more
speeches against Tilden. Morton, the
man whose immortality Of life has crippled.
his knees caved in his nose, and given
= him breath like carbon fed crow has
just lied himself hoarse against the Re-
. former, and the other three liars should
!. take up the ehorus.-Iotoa City Press.
Congressman Frye declares that God
struck down Mr.. Blaine As Mr. Frye
b seems to know all about it, we may be per.
mitted to ask MIR. Frye why God struck
a down Mr. Blaine. Saul Of Tarsus was
struck down because he opposed God i
chosen people, and Ananias was laiG on
because of lying, and now we want to know
why Mr. Blaine was hurt. There mus
e have been some reason for the blow, auC
/ the people in Maine are supposed to know
more about the purposes Of the Almighty
f than anybody else,
a 1t is truth TO which every merchan
!. who trades with the south will testify, tina
i when a southern state is able to throw OF
y the corrupt yoke. the prosperity of it
b merchants increases, their credit improves
d and business generally receives en- i'm
5 petus. The reason is that a period o
y dishonesty and corruption in the state gov
5 ernment has been succeeded by one o
e honesty and in tegrity, and the formerl
s discouraged people get again a spirit o
d enterprise, without which business stag
s mates. On a larger scale, by electing Til
h den president we shall throw off tn in
|, cubus of corruption, theyery, extrava
d gance, and harsh taxation which has dis
d tinguished the period of Grantism,