The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-30

significant aspect of the Conkling- Blame
mission. in the charactef CT the missions. ::
ries, Both Represents the most Tiolent and
virulent phase Of RepubllcanIsm that
phase which such Republican papers a.
the New York EUeniao Post. the Rhiladel-
phia Teleoraphsand theiSpringfieid Macs ]
tRepublscan denounce rs combination OF
| INSCRIPTIONS partisanship and suicidal
foliy. Both have achieved national noto-
riety. the one as the inventor and the
persistent WAIVER of that pestiferous rag
known IS the 'sDloody shirt" Both are
sectional agitaters of the blacklist and Bit
i terest sort, aud the arguments of both
are based upon the alleged necessity Of
| Continuing the fight fifteen years after the
war closed. The fact that these two men,
with q worthy colleague in the perss,n of
John began, constitute the ablest stump :
| ing force their party hasin the field, and
that without this trio fhere would be lit
efaEly no Republican takers on the circuit
worth reporting shows the helpless and
hopeless Bourbopism into which RepubliL'
lcompletely the Republican candidate for
the presidency is 10 the hands. of those
whose rinciples and practices hesuot long
ago repudiated in the following vigorous
words: 1sa- --....--- -.-----..-a. = ,zsos
80 far as l have studied the current
lof public. thought and of political feeling
| I'D this country, no feeling has shown itself
more strongly than the tendency of the
public mind in the past few months. The
man who attempts 70 get up political
excitement In this country on the old
seetionai issue will find. himself with
Eout q party and without support
| The han who wants to serve his
teountry must put himself in the line
| Of It's leading thought, aud that is the
restoration OF business, trade, commerce.
Industry, sound political economy, hard
money and honest payment of all obliga-
hions; and the man who can add anything
in the direction of the Accomplishment of
any of these purposes is public bene-
factor. .t9eE .es1a
How much have we heard from Conk.
ling, Blaine and hogan about tho restora
tion of BUSINESS, trade. commerce, indus
Try" SEP And what have they not done
lin the way of attempting to get up a
political excitement il this country on the
old sectional issue?" Read their speeches
and pitg-or despise-the man who has
been obliged TO sacrifice his manhood and
lstultify himself in order to obtain such
assistance. The words we have quoted
have been rsmmed down Garfeld's
throat by the leaders he has enlisted IN
| the vain hope of saving him from newt
able defeat He would not dare repeat
them now. for such repetition would be
IA open insult to his most distinguished
champions. He is actually obliged to
indorse and encourage agencies which
few months ago he Regarded
or professed to regards unpatriotie and
pernicious. By that Endorsement and en-s
couragement he himself becomes the
r,lo all Erd hsr,aelf xusTf h1,F1 eTrys !.
port" La short, having written his own
political DEATH warrant he now signs ii. %
1t has been evident from the outset of
the campaign that the radical would over
ride the conservative element in the
Republican party. and insist upon making
the presidential fight upon q purely sec
tiona issue But it was not IS evident ut
the outset as il is now that the eonserva-
tive Republicans would resist this
programme. Conkling. Blaine. Logan,
aud their big and little followers in and
out OF journalism, expected to carry
eyeryine as usual with a whoop and
howl" They have discovered their fatal
mistake when too late TO amend 1t. They.
find vey considerable portion of the rank
and lie ebstiuateiy refusing TO traia under
the bloedy-shirt flag. they fad q very
respectable Republican minority, 70 say
the least, OF the opfDFu that the war is
over and that ''tfle National PERIL and
SOLID South are simp,2 6isreputable
scare Gro rs which will brighten DO sensible
person The segerest condemnation of the
of eternal hate as proclaimed IN
Oonkling's New York speech has come
from theabest Republican papers. But,
as We have said, it is now too late to
change front, aud the Republican party
will Be buried in the grave which Conk.
ling, Blaine, Logan and their allies have
digged for it.