The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-16
Ghe 9ai1g Arsas,
ROCK ISLAND. ILLINOIS
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1t, both by its origin and by its connection
with corrupt men to whom it owes its
power. What is wanted and what is in
dlspensable to the restoration of any conf
dence is that the government should be in
the hands of the legally elected persons,
who will have the power and support of
the country in carrying out the great
measures of its administrative reform,
This will relieve the oppressed people from
the load OF taxation under which the i'm
poVerlshed workingmen are laboring.
WILL CONGRESS INVESTIGATE?
Our country abounds 10 the means of
supporting life and of opening every
variety OF industry. Hence nothing il
wanted but good government to make it as
1t never has prospered heretofore. Every
occaslonlot discord between the sections has
passed away. We have no longer anv
southern question. The only question is
whether the monopoles, which for the
purpose OF using the government for their
own ends have kept alive that discord shall
continue to grind the people to powder.
NOW 1t is manifest that it has been
through their greed that the wolf has been
brought to the door. The question of Mr..
hayes continuance in Office is simply one
OF whether the people will license and
acqulesce In frauds perpetrated by the in
struments OF monopolies, or whether the
puDlIc sentiment will force the legislature
at Washington to provide means flor that
judicial inquiry which can only result in
restoring the government to the duly
elected president, whose career as governor
OF Now ork In reducing taxes from
Slo,O0O,OOO to $4,000, 900 in single year
caused his election by the people aud his
deposition by the monopolies rings is even
reason for believing that the people will in
slse upon putting down the usurpatiou"
WORK FOR CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS,
| Il do not think that any revolutionary
measures will be adopted by the people,
but that they will require their representa-
tives in Washington to eject HAYES by the
administration of the law. The CITY press
Tor the great part being under the control
OF monopolies and jobbing interests, their
expressions are no indications whatever of
public sentiment The people will sustain
those who assert their Own rights by con-
stltutlonal and lawful means; and as
proof OF this the only man who voted
against the electoral bill from Missis-
| S1pPA last "AutSt III tue house OF fepFeSen-
tatlves was unanimously nominated by the
people of that state last fall for governor.
This shows concurrence with the view
expressed at the time as editor of the
Union against the united press Of the
country In favor of that expedient which
proved to be a mere fraud For the first
time since | have lived in Maryland
twenty five years. I have been nominated
to position by the almost unanimous vote
OF the democratic party of Montgomery
county, whose people were more exaspera-
ted against me because | was formerly a
a republican anti-slavery MANI than any
body in the county"
THE class of men in the southern states
by whose detection Mr.. Tilden was de-
feated will doubtless sustain Hayes as
far as possible. They are now
making an effort to chan &c the issue,
asserting that it is for the peace of the
south to sustain Hayes, and they are pro-
claiming him great liberator. They
imagine that Blaine and his hackers will
renew the southern question; but that is
mere pretence. because there were but
two of the southern states under the con-
troll OF those fellows at the last election, all
OF the others having escaped even out of
Grants clutches"