The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-06

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Extract from Hon. Lyman Trumbulls speech at
Beilevil1e, Aug. so.
Hon, Lyman Trumbull, Democratic
candidate for governor. in his great speech
at BeIleyiile. referring to the pretenses OF
Republican administrations, drew the fol-
lowing comparisons. He said
The,avefsgeierdi annual expenses
under Mr.. Buchanan's administration. de-
nouneed by the Republicans Of 1860 as
reckless extravaganza" were $65, gel, :
452, 40. The average ordinary expenses
under the FIRST six years of Grants admin
isttati9n. while the Republicans had CON
troll of all brauehes Of the government,
were $l70. 800, 325 Is. or nearly three
times what they were under Buchanan
In the meantime the population of the
United States had not increased 25 per
ce DC. Surely the ratio of liDcrease in the
ordinary, expenses OF the government
ought not 70 exceed the ratio of increase
in population, Twenty five per cent added
&c the RECKLESS extravaganza" of Buchk-
nuns administrstion would make but $751;
6l4.315, so, or $88. 6S8.0l0 IS less shan
was annually expended by the Republicans
when in full control from 1869 to 1875.
The Republican party Of the last ten
years has been no less
HOSTILE TO MEN WHO FOUNDED IT
than to the principles on which il achiev-
60 success. ABplause. at Seward, Chase
Wells. Blair, : Greelsg. Samner, Adams,
Palmer, and host Of others. among
whom l might claim 70 have acted an
humble part, the men underlwhose auspi-
ces the Republican party chiefly won its
fame. ceased to act with it when the war
was over, slavery abolished, and the party
departed from the only vital issues re-
malning of those ton which it came into
power. at no period of our history have
reckless extravaganza and the systematic
plumber of the public treasury By favored
partissns been so fragrant as during the
last term OF Gen, Grants administration.
Is was during that period that Robson,
Williams. Creswell. Delano and BeIknap
were members of the cabinet. that the
whisky rings, the Indian rings, and Gus.
tom house rings most did flourish: that
Indian agencies were sold: that the fraud.
ulent claims of Secor and ChOrpsnnipQ
we're allowed; and such was the waste and
mismauagement in thesnavy department,
that Admiral Porter testified on oath
before committee of the house of rep-
resentatives. IN 1876. that '.our navy,
taken as a whole, il worth nothing,
and the sooner the country understands
that fact. the better" This was after
kobeson has been secretary Of the navy
for nearly eight years. and had used more
than 800 100000 of the public money.
Butswhy dwell upon this sickeninR record ?
The world knows il by heart. and every
honest man, not blinded by party zeal
must blush at its recital. The departure
OF modern Republicans In their reckless
eKtravagance and corruptions, in the law
less invasion by armed force of the soil of
the states of Louisiana and South Caro-
una. IN forcing illegal legislatures upon
them, and in the lawless invasion BY armed
foFee OF other states, under the pretext of
preserving the peace at the polls, are. in
the language of the Republican platform
OF 1850, among the ..gravest of crimes. u.
having shown that the Republican party
mas repudlated its founders and proved
aecreant to every living principle on which
IL vas organized. there is no reason of
consistency or otherwise why Republican
VI hteen or twenty years ago should
longer support il. It's claim to supnart
Dy reason OF the suppression of the rebel-
hon and the abolition of slavery, il whicb
the party in its earlier history took So
conspicuous part. is likewise false. be-
ca use, as L have already shown, the
Republican party under whose auspices
those great deeds were accomplished was
controlled by different men and governed
py different principles from what is is at
present. Nor is it true that to the Re
publican party exclusively, even of that
period. 10 due either
THE SUPPRESSION OF THE Rebellion
or the destruction of slavery. The state
ment OF few mathematical facts will
de monstrate this to every candid MIND. |
The popular vote of Mr.. Lincoln for pres
ldent in 1860 was /, 1866, 352; that cast for
opposing candidates at the same election
was 2.Sl0.50l, While Mr.. Lincoln was
duly elected president by the electors
which each state appointed, he lacked
Jag OF having majority of she popu-
laf vote of the nation. It would be well
tor the advocates of the absolute .unre-
N neg of the nation over the states. 60
bear In mind that under cur form of
government the president is not elected
py majority of the people of the nation,
Dus Dy electors equal in number to the
= presentation of each state in bath
Drancna6 OF congress, eleceed in each
STATE IN euch manner as its legislatures sha
pfoscribe, and mot as congress- nav 'siiota tat,
omcial documents show That the whole