The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-16

plainly meant that he INTENDED TO support |
Tom SCOTS railroad job, inn the further
ance of which in congress Mr.. Lamar was
he chief and chairman of the committee
which reported the bill. There was not
only an absolute concurrence, therefore,
between Mr.. Lamar and Governor Hayes
in the subsidy business, but Mr.. Roberts,
a newspaper writer from the south, was
reported to have said that Mr.. Hayes |
spoke of Mr.. Lamar as a person who |
would suit him as member of his cabinet
and this Mr.. Roberts was Endorsed by Mr.. |
Lamar as highly respectable gentleman,
the letter containing which I published in
the Union. never regarded the pretence
of fear, set up to justify the members of
the house, as anything but pretence.
These were men whose courage had been
proved in every way, They were not men
to be driven into submission, and that on
the want of their clear rights under the
with an overwhelming major
ityi of the people behind them, by mere
fear.
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
by the terms of the constitution itself
and by the uniform practice under it, and
by the express rule which had been adopted
by the republicans without objection from
the democrats or any other quarter, no
vote could be counted without the assent
of the house. It's presence is expressly
required by the constitution, and no terms
could be used to signify more plainly the
necessity of its assent to the vote. These
men who surrendered to the adversaries
were just as brave as the Frenchmen who
lately, by frmness and by firmly adhering
to the constitution of their country, com
PEELED Marshal MacMahon, with 100000
bayonets behind him, to yield the control
of the executive power to the will Of
France. The Frenchmen had not greater
majority of the French people behind
them than had the men who yielded the
the executive power here on the pretence
that they were afraid of Grant, with two
companies Of soldiers at the United States
arsenal. Hence. whether you consider the
case in its general aspects or in its particular
circumstances, there could not be made
out palmer case. There can be but one
opinion-that the present incumbent of the
executive chair owes his place-frst, to a
bargain under which false election eturns
were made, and then by abandoning the
instruments who perpetrated that fraud 20
combine with those who are conspiring to rob
the government of hundreds of millions OF
dollars in the way of subsidies for railroads
that are not wanted, and relieving the
rights of the United States from the in-
terest upon bonds upon which the other
great transcontinental roads have been
built, amounting to still larger sum.
RAILROAD MEN RULING THE GOVERNMENT
Al al
of great jobbers in the country have be-
come the masters of the government
They have now in Washington hundreds
Of lobbyists ou.regalar.pay-Iolls, IN receipt
Of enormous sums from them to aid the
agents of these corporations inside OF the
houses to effectuate this plumber. 1t has
been by the abuse of the taxing power o.
the government at Washington, and tht
states, cities and municipalities follow tht
bad example there, that the people at large
have been impoverished and the specu
lative classes have accumulated tn
enormous wealth which they now possess
The people Of our country are not ditferen
from the people elsewhere who have beer
forced to consolidate power in the hands o
single individuals to protect themselves
! whose hands have been strengthened unit
| they have become absolute masters, in or
| der to protect the great body of the peopl
from plumber by the.com bination classes
! The question now to be decided
whether the people will defend their owl
power in the persons of the men whoI
they have elected, and who recogniz
their responsibility to them, aud will, i
the administration of the government
arrest the predatory system to which the
have so long been subjected, and unde
which the widespread system sof bank
, ruptcy which we now witness has bee
brought about, or whether they will subm
to the plunderings by allowing the govern
ment to remain in the same hands whiC
have brought them to ruin; which mus
eventuate as the same condition of thins
} in France and in Mexico has resulted
bringing about, revolutions, instruction
and violence.
o AIsCHIEVOUS EFFECTS OF THE PRESEo
o ADMINISTRATION.
t There is class of minds who are pc
: petually alarmed at the thought of the pc
q pie resuming power. The latter will nc
d however, resort to violence. Althoul
It that may be the mode proposed it may
II GuL@iGlS III COulOL Will lilG law al
d cannot be productive of violence, except
l. be produced by those who are wrongdoer
) Now, it must be perfectly apparent
Y every thoughtful mind that the cOntinuan
l. of Mr. Hayes iDcumbency, under the te
/. dency by which it was induced, tends eve
If hour to reduce the country to still wor
d condition in it's business affairs No III;
o vino has any respect for law or truth, al
IS who believes that the prosperity of the cou
try depends upon their observance, G.
y imagine return of confidence or return
business under an administration viii
owes its power to such means and has
Is be carried on by making terms and coul
n p ing support from its opponents. In {
d very nature Of things only the worst ella
% Of politicians would wish to be the ass
u ciates or share power with such person
I, and naturally the confidence of the cou
u try and business must continue 20
IL wanted in the stability OF our affairs und
re such circumstances. The mere cOmpe
q tive examination of department cIerl
II which is the great feature instituted
y the government at Washington, cam
II bring any respect or confidence to it, and
|? cannot relieve it from the cloud cast up
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