The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-18
Thursday, July II, 1879.



republican stalwarts to pursue. The key
note has been sounded, aud all along the
line comes the cry of national supre-
macy" The ARGUS foreshadowed this
some weeks ago and in plain terms gave
our republican opponents to understand
that the democrats accepted the issue. The
stalwarts have been casting about for
some false issue which would enable them
to FIRE the Northern heart with hatred Of
the south, and revive the old republican
yell Of "bloody shirt" and strong gov
ernment." The party leaders are keen
enough to see that on no real public issue
can the party face the people and succeed.
Their financial policy is 10 opposition to the
sentiment Of the masses; their defense Of
the right to use the army as police force
to interfere with elections, is declaration
in favor of curtailiDg the liberties of the
people-and that must be dropped. Them
famous jurors test oath, was warmly defend
cd by the republican party, and as the
sentiment of the people is largely opposed
to that sort of legislation, that, too, must
be thrown aside. The stalwarts also
fought desperately for supervisors to stuff
ballot boxes, enter false registration lists
and make illegal arrests, and as this law
is abhorrent to every true American
further defense of this will have to be
abandoned. In this sorely perplexing pre-
dicament, the stalwarts held council aud
it was resolved to take up the cry Of ma
tional supremacy and by overstating
the issue, create false impression and
educate the people to believe that another
war is imminent. The utter recklessness
with which the republican leaders act. calls
for Just condemnation. There is
not the most in6nitessimal chance
in the world of another war
and republicans know it, and their attempt
to unsettIe business, create distrust, and
build up q feeling OF sectional hatred is
unpatriotic, unjust aud cruel. The people
we're never more fully alive to the true
situation of national affairs, and the true
issues involved, than at the present, and
the efforts of republican party leaders to
lead people astray will be properly inter
preted and severely and unsparingly re-
buked. The republican party in the cam
paign before US will select such men as
Logan, Blaine and Chandler as public in
structors in the policy of untruth, be-
cause of their readiness to do the dirty
work in the programme. In the mean
time democrats must hold the republican
party to the true record. They must SCI
to it that the party of Credit Mobiliers
Pacific Mail Subsidies, Whisky Rings, ant
Presidency Steaiers are properly placed
before the people. The vicious class leg
islatiou of the stalwarts, their attempts t
override the liberties of the people at tn
polls, their schemes to pack juries, to re
tain partisan judiciary, and the man
other acts of corruption, must be charge
on the republican party constantly, and b
that means compel them to face the Re
cord of the republican party, the most il
famous, corrupt and damnable record eve
made by any party since the republi
was formed. The cry Of national supren
acy must BIO met by the democrats an
squarely answered, its true interpretat.o
given to the people, and the people must III
derssand that national supremacy, as enur
ciated by the Logans, Biaines and ChanC
lers means Capitalization and eventual
the disruption Of the republic. This mus
be an aggressive campaign; Their
has been too much disposition to tempol
ize among democrats in the past. I'll
democratic party has bright, clean RECORD
1t stands pledged to liberal finances
policy to benefit all alike. 1t stauC
pledged to a pure judiciary, impartial jul
system in the United States courts. fire
and uutrammelled ballot, no interfcrenC
at the polls. 1t is pledged TO check CO
ruption in all departments, to punish pull
lie thieves and official plunderers.
tavors free trade and tariff for revenu
only. 1t believes in the rights of eac
state to govern in state affairs, accordiu
to state law. 1t is opposed to secession
1t acknowledges obedience to national la
IN all things national; it believes that th
legislative body is the one to make Law
and that congress as the legislative bod
has the undoubted right to say how an
under what restrictions money shall
exDended-in a word it is the party of th
people aud for the people. With a clea
record, and in sympathy with the masses
with so liberal doctrine, there is room fC
all to stand upon the broad platform {
democracy, and for the democrats to secur
an overwhelming victory in the great con
test at hand. Democrats must see tina
republicans are compelled to face tn
record, aud that the people understan
the true issues. Democrats, let this be a
aggressive campaign. Keep the stalwart
to their rotten record of crime an
iniquity. Allow no lodging the true is
sues. The republicans have boosted @
their record-see that they face it.
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The Union this morning is at its oil