The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-12
Why They do it.

The civil administration of the govern
ment by the Republican party for the last
eight years has been SO shockingly corrupt
that the party managers dare not discuss
it, and they are doing all in their power to
withdraw the attention of the people from
it. Their game is to howl about the war,
shake the bloody shirt; and invent the
most INDUSTRIOUS lies about Tilden, as he is
the man they fear. Our county Judge
(Guyer) is so worried on account of the
soldiers that he writes to vagabond,
named Flower. 10 Michigan. to know if he
told the truth when he said Tifden swore
about the soldiers, etc., and the vagabond
and liar (Flowerl writes to Guyer that he
did. His letter contains the admission
that he (Flower) was an internal revenue
clerk in 1865, endorsed by Zach Chandler,
and that he begged Tilden to keep him in
Office, etc. This faded Flowers lying let
ter carries With it its own retdtation on its
face. Mr.. Tilden does not use profane
language, and he never spoke unkindly of
soldiers According to the New York
Tribune, of 1861, Tilden was the man who
made speeches of encouragement to sol.
diers at flag presentations as they departed
for the war, and the Tribune says his
speeches were models of patriotic fervor
Guyer's friendship for the soldier is mani
fested only when he wants their votes He
and this vagabond and liar, Flower, are a
pretty pair to abuse such a man as Tilden,
whose honorable, noble lite has ever beer
the adj iration of all good>men.
The Flower story is of the same charac
ter as the following, in the Davenport
Gazette credited to the Bellevue Leader:
Several years ago, when the Hon Jerry Murph,
was Mayor of DaveI port. h. visited Ntw orleans
aud was feted there rs dist gui~he guest OF ih'
Gre cent Cit, I of III. Sc jolly occasions Mr.
Murphy was called uvon toast, tn,
party were about 10 quaff social glass toge her
lie re ponded a. follows, to the s preme deignt a
his !, cesh catee:
HIRES damn the man who pulled the trigger, Il
| fire the gun free the nigge-
The Davenport Democrat says:
THE Gazette, probably better than any
one else 10 thus city, knew that Mr.. Muir
ply, while mayor of this city, did not uistl
NelC Orleans, never was present at ban
quet 10 New Orleans, or feted there as a
distinguished guest, aud never made &
speech on auy occasion in New Orleans
and therefore could not have given the
above toast. If this denial is not sufh
cien,ly explicit, we are authorized to say
that Mr.. Murphy nerer soas IN Neao Or
leans IN h life"
And yet the Murphy toast lie is just as
true as the Flower Guyer stuff, and as
every other yarn derogatory to Tilden.
Not single word derogatory to Uncle Sam
| Tilden, as man, as a patriot. as a loyal
| friend of his country, as an independent,
upright, honest citizen can be said. Every
one OF the stories to the contrary are out
and-out lies. and known to be such by
those VINO propagate them. They are cir
culated 10 order TO draw the attention OF
the people away from the wickedness and
corruption of the Republican party. Lei
every friend of reform denounce them as
villainous lies, and then charge homo upon
the Republicans their extravaganza and
corruption and urge a change as the only
way to reform the government and brins
about better times.