The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-25
The Local Campaign.

The speculative and Philosophical tend
ency Of the Union in its remarks is always
q noticeable feature, especially when phro-
phesying election results; and it utters the
most impossible prophecies with as much
assurance as if it really knew what it was
talking about. With q prospective defeat
staring it in the face it coOlly informs the
public that the republicans Of this district
will elect their congressman, state senator,
Two representatives to the legislature, and
in this county the sheriff and coroner,
BIZ the old time nsdjoritieS; and that it does
not lie in the power Of any combination to-
prevent a clean republican sweep. All
this confident assertion is based upon a.
pretended coalition between democrats and
nationals which will be so disgusting to the
republican element of the national party
that they will all return to the republican
ranks, vote the republican ticket, aud
leave the small democratic element which
has been drawn into the movement to
vote the national ticket alone.
We have had occasion to repeatedly al
lude to the vigorous and terrorizing at
tempts Of the republican managers to force
back into their ranks the republicans who
have joined the nationals, The deliberate
and nOnsensical lying about the withdraw
oil of democratic candidates has been so
repeatedly and unequivocally denied, and
its falsity so completely demonstrated,
that such farcieal statement is only put
forth at this late day in order to make the
republicans of the national party believe
they are to be sold out, and if they could
only be made to believe the
silly story it is supposed their in
dignation would carry them all back
into the bosom Of the old republican party
The game of brag about old time vic
tories and Of having SO often measured
strength with their opponents is thu
smallest kind of whistling to keep up ap
pearances The republican manager
know with certainty equal to a mathe
NAUTICAL demonstration that unless the.
can detach from the nationals and get bacl
to their side the republicans who hav
left and joined the third party, that It is
dead sure thing they are not the part.
who are going to win, whoever else it ma.
be. How far the republicans have sue
ceeded in calling back their departed
brethren is question which interests tn,
nationals and republicans much more thar
it does democrats. The democratic party
has from the outset stood squarely, fairly
and distinctively by and for itself, declaring
its unalterable determination to maintain
its organization intact and to win victorie
for itself alone, uncompromised by an.
promises to outside interests, The rela
tive position of voters in the RESPECTIVE,
parties is such that the republicans hav,
vastly more to fear from detection thar
the democrats, and the continued squea
which is heard from time to time is evl
dence of how badly they feel hurt by tn
existence Of the third party. The demo
cratic party is holding its own very closel!
the republicans know it--they know
likewise the nationals have drawn Of
enough from their side so that defeat t
them is inevitable if the nationals hold to
gether. Every story started abou
the fusion of democrats and nationals
and every picture drawn by the speaker
and press of the demoralized condition o
the nationals since the October elections, j
merely to have an influence upon the re
publicans who have left the ranks. 1t j
anything to get them back. The sum tota
of their whole efforts is to reclaim what ha
been lost,-if good downright lying will &C
complish the object then lying will contiDu
to be done. If the bugbear Of fusion o
democrats and nationals can reclaim por
tion then that lie is to be kept up. If bull
doing and coercion by employers ant
capitalists can help them that is to be
part of their tactics. We repeat it one
again, that any and all stories about fusior
of democrats and nationals, about throw
ing any candidate on the democratic tickle
over, or trading any candidate for outsid
votes is willful, malicious, and totally an
founded lis Such rumors. and report
are gotten up and spread abroad to ipjur
the democracy, and, if possible, help tn
republicans,-above all things they wan
to get back the lost republicans who hav
strayed into the national camp and ar
now training in their ranks. No matte
what lies may be circulated let the dem
Ocrats stand firm, undivided, and true 10
the whole ticket and every man on il
No trades or ttIsions haze 6een-mone soil
be naGde-and no democrat ioants a fusion
The prospect Of democratic success
unusually good. Vote the straight tickle
and nothing else--liars and their lies /
contrary Notwithstanding