The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-02
The Importance Of Every Democratic
Vote.

capitalists, money lenders, public pecula
tors, and Returning Board frauds to the
bitter end. They will claim the people
have endorsed their policy. They will say
the majority desire no change. The high
handed outrages perpetrated against the
rights of citizenship, aud the open def
ance Of the expressed will Of the people |
in the election of Tilden for president, |
they will affirm has been sanctioned and
condoned. They will be encouraged and
strengthened to repeat the same villanies |
in the future. There will be no end to
aggressive wrong on their part, if the
people in their majesty do not rebuke
their corrupt and unlawful proceedings
and retire them from power. Capture
the House of Representatives they say is
the first and most important step-Grant
and zone man power" is the ultimate end.
Imperialism resting on the power OF money
and sustained by bayonets, or the rule of
the common PEoPLE-whieh shall it be?
1t matters little what professions party
makes,howlong aud eloquently it discourses
of liberty and individual rights, if its meas
ures and its policy give the lie to its pro-
fessions. Parties Ike individuals must be
Judged by their acts.
Give back to the country the peace
and prosperity, the rapid growth 10
wealth and happiness which the
people enjoyed in the days of democratic
rule. Divorce the government from the
banks and make the former its own fiscal
agent, the only source oflegitimate money as
the constitution contemplates. lnculcate and
renew in the minds of the men Of the pres
ent generation respect and veneration for
the constitution upon which the govern
ment rests-a firm and steadfast adher-
ence to the organic law of the land, the
supreme lao, upon the faithful observance
of which rests the hopes and the safety of
the nation. As a whole it is the wisest
and best production Of the human intel
lect which the people have known from the
earliest days of the race to the present
hour. If rigidly adhered to, it affords the
best expression of the will of the peopie
under which any nation has ever been gov
erned. The welfare and the happiness Of
the common PEOPLE is the problem of the
century. The nobility and the higt
born, as they style themselves, have evel
enjoyed 10 all countries all the advantage:
of wealth and pride of station which wal
necessary to their personal well being ant
passing enjoyment. But how about tn
mass of the people? In this Country GU
forefathers designed to institute govern
ment which should peFpetuate the rights
: and express the wishes and the will OF tn
PEOPLE.
: Democrats, you have Away
been distinctively the party which ha
stood by the,noble and grand conceptio
r of constitutional liberty and a represent
alive form of government. Through a
the pages Of our country'e history can b
read the stern and unyielding fidelity c
II the democracy to these broad, fundamen
l. tai, and hope-inspiring principles Ou
q government is made for the people, an
e derives all its just powers from the people
y it means no lone man power, no ma
Vt on horseback, no strong, consolidated
q centralized power, DO subversion OF tn
is rights of sovereign states by federal fore
It and power. no plutocracy or aristocracy;
Is means that the will Of the people, lawful
b expressed ,andin accordance with the forn
IT and provisions which they have embodie
- in the Constitution shall be suprem
t. and conclusive, and that the Executiy
1T Legislative. and Judicial department
is shall be guided aud bound thereby in til
], administration Of our government, whic
A only exists under and by virtue of this or
o supreme and underlying organic law.
s No democrat should eyer fail to cheris
the most lively regard. the most intens
interest in the preservation of all the right
aud privileges guaranteed the people b
II the constitution Of the United States, an
y of the several states which constitute th
= Union. 1t ia the only palladium of GU
st liberties, and the only security again'
D. Tyranny, usurpatiOn, and the overthro
Of the government. No election, 10 whic
b questions that relate directly or remotel
J. to the vital principles Of democracy are il
e volved, can be uuimportant to democrats
\ The people act 10 their high and noble ca
pacity of sovereigus where they deposi
Q the silent missive in the ballot box whic
,. gives expression to their choice of officers
+ and represents their sovereign will The
> it is that Vote is vOte; and even .fea
II Uotes may be decisive of untold good O
r evil in the coming future. A few vote
! more or less may decide the election c
J: County officers in which our local affair
:. are most concerned; few votes more 0
less may decide the election of state sen
: ator which, in turn, may by possibiIit
decide who shall be United State
:. Senator for this state; few votes more o
less may by chance decide who shall
! the next Congressman for this district
5 and when such extraordinary efforts ar
e being made to Sc cure republican majorit
IN the House of Representatives, thei
success 10 this district should never, D
{ never! be due to your apathy or neglect
:. Upon matters of minor Importance ther
is always diversity of opinion, which regr