The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-09

mere having been good deal OF talk Win re-
gard to the removal of stores and munitions of
from the arsenal St. Louis by order of the Presi
dent,a gentleman called at the White Hou eyester
day to make inquiry as TO the truth of the report
The President admitted that he had ordered the
removal of these stores. And, said he, President
Buchanan, in anticipation of trouble in 1851. had
these things moved South and now in anticipation
of trouble am having them moved North Wash
SngtOn Union, Jan, 4.
Mr.. Grant is not capable of telling the
truth. He lied to Prest. johnson, and was
proved in lie by every member of John
sons cabinet. He lied to Mr.. Hewitt. Il
said that it required 63 members to con-
stitute legal house, blandly observed
the president to Mr.. Hewitt, 'Dut now
that you have got legal house, cannot
recognize it, because when said it re-
quired 63 members. | didn't think you
could get them" Mr.. Buchanan did no
such thing as Grant says. But Grant ad-
mits that he is massing all the munitions
of war because he is afraid the people
will take possession of them and prevent
his contemplated revolution. This ad-
mission shows that the administration con-
and unlawful that he knows the people
will not quietly submit to 1t. There is
every reason to believe that the Grant
Hayes people contemplate an outrage SO
fragrant that force will be required to carry
it out A nj City Times reporter, the
other day, in relation to things at Rock
Island Arsenal, says:
''In the course of his wanderings the re-
porter fell 10 with gentleman whose re-
latioDs with the government are of the
most intimate nature, and to him the
pumping process was applied. He was
reticent and cold at the outset, but before
the news gatherer left him he had gath
cred many interesting facts, which are
probably not known to the public. Draw
ing paper of recent date from his pocket,
the reporter handed it to the captain,
| pointing to the following paragraph:
All ordnance stores at the St Louis Arsenal, for
merly Jefferson Barracks, to be removed at
once, the cannon, over 800 to Rock Island, and the
| guns and pistols to the New York arsenal. The
arsenal is to be converted into cavalry recruiting
station.
Yes! | have read that before, he an
swered, and it is nothing new to me. The
government can find better and safer stor
age for its fighting material than in thai
hot bed of Democracy; the removal does
not surprise me at all.
DO you think, captain, that this remova
is made through any fear of an outbreak
or difficulty? If not, why is it that the
magnificent barracks and arsenal at St
Louis are turned into nothing but cav
airy recruiting station?
Il cannot speak positively about that
nor is it the business of one in my capacity
to go and retail the business and secret,
of the government to newspaper repor
ters. You should know as much abou
this, in a general way, as | do. 1t is no
probable that General Grant would bt
bringing all the available force at hi.
command from the frontier and border
forts and massing them at point where
they will be easily accessible to Washing
ton unless he had some Interior object il
view. 1t is not his way of doing business
Grant has been in power so long, and il
so thoroughly imbued with the belief tina
no other party should rule the nation bu
the Republican, that he may become
very stubborn before the fifth of March
You know he said that he was fully con
WINGED Hayes was elected, and again OF
another occasion that he would personally
attend to his inauguration.
Nv hat is your construction of such Ian
guage, asked the item man.
20 well, | suppose he meant to i'm
ply that it didn't matter about the house
kicking up fuss over the counting Of thu
electoral vote He would see that it va.
not counted for Tilden, and that Hayes
was iDaugurated at all hazards.
DO you think that Grant would use thu
army to put man in the presidential
chair who was not elected by the voice o
the people?
Il cannot say that, but one thing is Ger
tain, Grant thinks his legal successor i
Rutherford B. Hayes, and if it is neces
sary to use force to make him presiden
he will not hesitate to do SO, If he ha
5 one characteristic more prominent tha
: another it is that Of carrying out a deter
t minatioD, and think he has determines
J to see Hayes inaugurated."
1t probably has not yet occurred
Grant that on the 4th Of March he will b
private citizen and will haye no NOR
D authority than bulldozed negro.
A, NJ. Guild ESQ, prop'r Roc
Island House. who, no doubt, consumes 8
much if not more coal than any indivldu;
in town, reports the Breckenridge Co;
e the hest he has evnr used A full Sunni