The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-09
The Last Desperate Radical Devise &c
Make a Solid North,

The vote OF 1876, In the northern
states, taught the radical managers that
desperate measures are necessary to en-
able them to secure enough electoral votes
to even make a pretext of again stealing
the presidency. With Hayes carrying
Tilden's policy, of Withdrawing the army
from the south, they know that it will be
impossible for them to steal any Of these
states; and, having no returning boards in
northern states to defeat the will of the
people, they are driven to the desperate
straits Of transferring the ignorant darky
from the southern states to two or three Of
the more important states in the north,
even if it should deprive the south Of it's
laboring class and thus reduce the impor-
tant productions of that section, and injure
the working classes in the north by the i'm
portation of so large a number to compete
with them. They believe that by transfer-
ring this class beyond the influence
Of their old masters, who Sre their true
friends. that they will be able to vote them
like cattle as they did in their happy Gar
pet-bag' days. By such desperate means
they hope to continue in power and to
accomplish this end, a large corruption
fund is to be raised, but instead of buying
voters it is to be used to locate them
They intend to deprive the South Of It's
labor, and to supply the North with voters
which they fancy they eau always rely
upon as republican.
The Chicago Tribune thus outlines their
plan:
There is a man in Washington with a
scheme TO elect republican President 10
1880 by importing from the south enough
negroes to carry the three states of New
York, Ohio and Indiana His name is
Col. Hooker, OF New York, aud ne is a
brother-in-law Of the late James Fisk. He
intends to lay his plan before the leading
republicans in congress and hopes TO have
it adopted. He says million dollars can
be raised 10 New York in single day for
the purpose. He would 60 into the south
and boldly advertise his scheme and get as
many recruits aud then
SHIP THEM NORTH
to be distributed by agents among the
farmers OF the states in which they are
needed. One hundred thousand to New
York, fifty thousand to Ohio and seventy
five thousand to Indiana will be sufficient
Gen. Hooker thinks to turn the scale and
give these three states oyer to the republi-
can party. He says this plan is legitlm ate
and feasible, 1t cannot be censured as a
piece OF dishonest party practice for it will
be accomplished openly and by fair means
The amount of money required will be less
than Vould,in any event, be spent for cam
paigl purposes, and the result would be
SOLID GAIN
OF such proportions that 1t could not be
overcome by tactics of any sort whatever.
This brilliant scheme was suggested by the
rapidity with which the colored people of
the south have followed the suggestion
contained in the bill advocated at the last
session of congress by Senator Window.
COL Hooker says if there was more time
he would not have the slightest doubt of
the perfect success of this plan, but all the
machinery will have to be perfected and
put III operation so as TO have the immi-
grants at their place of future residence,
BY NEXT FALL,
80 that they will have been residents of
tnelr respective states year before the
election 10 1880 If he receives the coop
erauon OF leading republicans he proposes
10 go to work immediately. He thinks the
negroes who once emigrated to the north
Will never go back to their old homes.