The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-21
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
As He is Described by One of His Ohio
Neighbors.

From Speech bV Gen, IS, Pidtt, at Maeacheek,
ohio, sept. IS.
Who is this great man who is TO reform
his own party by shaking off the rogues
who handicap it, the very men who bring
him forward aud laud his excellence2
Well, my friends, there is not much
known, and that little is not encouraging.
We, OF Ohio, know him to be an amiable,
inoffensive gentleman, belonging to a class
from which we select executors, guardians,
and sometimes county commissioners.
Laughter He never obtained an Office
that was not thrust upon him; he never
held an Office in which he got beyond its
merest routine, He came out of the late
war with record that one has to search
for TO find-a good soldier enough, but not
the plumed Henry Of Navarro his friends
b now claim. He came from congress with
out the utterance of sentence, the intro
duct'on of q single measure, while his
votes are the votes of trained partisan
helping the party on in all its erroneous
legislation, extravaganza aud fraud, He
is a good man, of course be is, for he lacks
enough force of character TO be bad. he
is one of those masculine negatives created
by a wise Providence to fill churches and
sinful ways Of earth to the happiness OF
heaven. We thank God for the masculine
negatives, but we do not select them to
throttle corruption in its strong places, yea,
verify, in our own household.
If elected president, Mr.. Hayes will
make james G. Blaine secretary of state.
He rendered that distinguished congress.
sional railroad broker the place in tele
gram ten minutes after nomination. He
will make y. Z. Morton. or creature Of
that corrupt man, secretary Of the treas
ury. He will call Simon Cameron, or 9
son OF Simon, to his cabinet, and so Sc
lecting his advisers continue the corrup
ton. He will make a model Of an inaug
ural address, and his annual messages vii
be good enough tor a republication by th'
Young Mems Christian Association. Blu
his party will pay no more attention t. hi
advice than it has to the same sort o
political exhortations from Presiden
Grant. Like the man who nailed tn
Lords prayer to the head Of his bed, ant
raped with his knuckles every night
cried out, 'Them's my sentiments, Lord,
these gentlemen will continue in thei
iniquity all the same. Laughter AM
applause
Their cry of Reform is as hollow and falls
as their pretended claim to resumption
Had there been any honest intent on tn
part Of these leaders, there was a maj
before the Cincinnati convention, who,
nominated, would have controlled tn
sympathy and commanded the support o
the people. refer to the late secretar,
Of the treasury, Mr.. Bristow. A coarse
able, and brave man, he saw his oppor
tunity and took up Reform us a lawye
takes case, or surgeon cancer ii
tracked corruption, as many others did, t,
the door sill OF the White House, but un
like others, he boldly entered, and, whil
indicdng the presidents Confidential
friends and boon com pauies, was the frs
TO make the soldiers president tremble
But the convention of Reformers woult
not touch the Reformer. They preferre,
the mild Hayes, and, possessing him
they are happy.