The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-16

and press on shoulder to shoulder under
the banner and with the one watchword-
reform. Fellow-citizens, peace between
all sections, prosperity in all our homes
of these you have been for years deprived
by the mistaken solicitude of potriotic
Republicans, played upon by
SELFISH AND CORRUPT LEADERS
who have kept warm the dying embers of
civil strife in order to escape the inspection
of the trusts which they have betrayed.
For IL years you have had the name of
peace, but at no time have you had the
substance of peace. In lieu thereof you
have had the grinding taxation and the
wasteful expenditure of war. Just before
every election every year you have had
the preaching OF new crusade against
section utterly defeated iu war and anxious
only to be completely reconciled in peace.
For / years the power of the men who
have seized away the control Of their party
from the hands Of
ITS STATESMEN AND FOUNDERS
has been supreme in almost every depart
ment of the federal government. Discard
ing the hopes of prolonging their DONNA
ton by benefcent public measures they
have created and traf6cked upon public
calamities. The policy they adopted has
been worked out. It's failure has been
absolute. In place of past performances
these same corrupt and selfish leaders now
proffer promises already broken as their
titles to further trust. Having Frustrated
our manifold industries by vast aggregate
and worst methods of federal taxation they
now again solicit your confidence as instru-
ments of retrenchment aud reform. Hav-
ing
DEBAUCHED THE PUBLIC SERVICE
and having just now in the face of open
day assessed their army of 100000 office
holders the peoples servants, paid by
the peoples taxes-in order to create im
mense corruption funds to Illustrate the
peoples will they now profess to
be champions of civil-service re
form. Having imposed upon tho south
ern states the rapacity, fraud. and pluuder
Of carpet bag government; havi. g almost
ruined the prosperity Of the north by de-
stroying the prosperity of the south, and
having created terror, uncertainty and con-
fusion in all the productive industries of
the south which furnish most of the eX
ports of our whole country, keep in motion
the commerce and manufactures of the
north and east, and furnish market for
the agricultural products of the west, they
now propose by renewal of
THE SAME POLICY
to prolong their own power, in the hope of
concealing their misdeeds, and for this pur-
pose they do not hesitate to renew the cry
of Intolerance, to revive the diving memo.
ries OF fraternal strife, and to appeal to
the fears and prejudices Of the timd aud
Ignorant.
Fellow citizens, these men and their
measures have been completely tried and
have completely failed. Oppressive taxa
ton, an exhausted soGth, an IMPOVERISHED
north, fiuctuating currency, the enter
prise of an industrious people locked fast
in the paralysis of hard times such is the
outcome of their political policy; such arc
.he achievements of
THEIR LONG SUPREMACY.
Your ballots in November can alone die
tate change of measures and change of
men, Shall not the uprising OF patriotism
along the valley of the Ohio go on to 8
| complete and beneficial revolution 10 The
administration of the government of Tx
United States? Will you not by the voice
Of overwh, lining maiorities at the poll;
proclaim your invincible faith, after al
these years of corruption and passion, il
the high, immortal principles of a govern
ment by the people, for the people, il
simple
HONESTY AND STRICT ECONOMY
as the supreme wisdom of public policy, il
justice as the mother of power, and in civi
: freedom as the hallowed end of true re
publican nationality? viii you not bull
up a new prosperity for ali the people o
the old foundations of American self goy
eminent, on peace, reconciliation and fra
> ternity between all sections, al! classes an
all races embraced within our system q
American commonwealth; on frugality an
economy in all governments; on the hor
Z esty and purity of the administration, an
5, having lost your prosperity through GOV
ornamental misrule, regain that prosperi;
through governmental reform? We cou
IL nit this great issue to the intelligence an
he conscience of the American people with a
~ unFaltering trust 10 the wisdom and iustiC
c. OF their decision.
le By order Of the National Democrat
Ia committee. ADRIAN 5. HEWITT.
o, Chairman.