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

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electors and 166, 532 for electors of presi-
,lcoln's majority over Douglas in the state
Twas only 1896 and over all only 1921.
and vet Illinois sent 259, LAT troops into
the feid. Do not these figures demon
Il strates beyond all question. thatDemocrats
i as well as Republicans united In the sup.
i preston of the rebellion? What think
1 yeu, my countrymen, of party which to
maintain itself In power con thus belle
history and. like the unworthy son of q
| noble ancestry, seek to cover ND gifs oorI
ruptious and crimes by the hato which
surrounds those from whom il claims
descent. (Applause. 80 stas7 <;7ss .s.sEl
r. But have not done with this false
l;clalm of the Republican party. propose
lsto-d day to bury it so deep by facts and
Figures that only the dupes of demagogues
can longer be gulled by it.
9 THE DEMOCRATIC STATE OF MISSOURI
alone, in which Mr. Lincoln received bur
HOPS votes in 1860. furnished los, jill
men to the union army, greater number
| than was furnished by all che Republican
| states. OF Vermont, Rhode Island. Mime
sofa, Nebraska and Kansas pat together.
Neither. Michigan, Wisconsin, or Iowa
furnished as many troops to the union
army IS Missouri, John A. Dix and
Daniel s. Dickinson. of New York. Lewis
Cass OF Michigan. and Stephen A. Douglas
OF this state, oil life long Democrats and
leaders of that party, the moment Fort
Sumpter was fred upon came out in pub
lie speeches for the union. He who is not
for this country is against her. There is
no neutral ground to be occupied" Dou-
glss declared, There can be no neutrais
in this war-only patriots or traitors.
II / express it as my conviction
before God that il is the duty of every
American citizen to rally around the fiae
of his country" The eloquent Baker.
then senator from Oregon, said. I'VE
are all Democrats. We are oil Republicans,
We acknowledge the sovereignty of the
people within the rule of the constitution,
and under that constitution, aud beneath
that flag let traitors beware" Had the
democrats favored the rebellion as they
are now falsely charged by the republicans
with having done il must have been o
! success, and this glorious Union with It's
present greatness aud hopes for the future
| must have persisted from the earth. Loud
applausel,
So far from the republican party having
put down the rebellion and saved the
Union, il was the patriotic democrats
with republicans who rallied to its support
that saved it. thing which neither could
have done withoat the aid of the other.
What and whom would the republican
soldiers of Illinois have had to meet had it
been true, as republicans falsely charge.
that the democrats of the state oppose the
war. AS | have shown already, they
would have had to meet, in the first in
stance. nearly an equal number of demo"
Gratis of our own state. and who would
have led them2 Generals Grant aud
Logan, both of whom ae that time were
democrats. The only vote for president
ever cast by Gen. Grant was for james
Buchanan. and Gen. Logan. as late as 862
was a member of congress. elected by
democrats, and acting with the democratic
party. | do not mention this by way OF
assailing either Gen, Grant or Gen. Logan
both Of whom performed gallant service
| for their country, but they were both dem
ocrats when they entered the army, what
ever they may be now. 1t would be re-
flection UPON either of those gentlemen, as
| it would be and is, upon every true sol
der, TO say that he entered the service as
q partisan, or for party purposes. In the
| language of the eloquent Baker We were
| all democrats, we were all republicans IN
our efforts TO save the Union, and no man
deserves the name of patriot who entered
party purposes.
| Let us hear no more Of this false claim
of republicans that they crushed out the
rebellion. Applause. As we'll might it
be claimed that the democrats did it, for
without their aid it could not have been
done.
The speaker then reviewed the imam
GUS supervisors law as now enforced and
showed conclusiveiy than it was partisan
measure. Referring to the workings of
the law, he gave description of how j ohm
| I. Davenport managed it, as follows:
| HOW TWAS IN NEW YORK.
Some thirteen hundred deputy marshals
we're appointed in that city 10 1878. and
q large number IN previous yeare Among
them were Joseph Frazier. of No, 279
| Water Street, q thief and confederate
of thieves. James Miller. the keeper of a
den of prostitution, 10 the basement of N
| 500 Water street; Mart Allen. who served
| five-year IN the Connecticut state prison
Michael Costello. bounty-jnmper during
the wal. and many others OF hike character.
In addition to the supervisors aud deputy
marshais the acts OF congress also provide
for the appointment of chief supervisor
of elections in each judicial district. John
lie
southern district Of New York since 1871.
| He is also commissioner of the United
States court. Under his administration
of the United States election laws the
greatest soutrages have been commit
ed upon the rights OF citizens. Thousands
of voters have been arrested and other
thousanda deferred from Offering to vote.
Prior to the election of 1870 he caused the
arrest of twenty-six hundred natura!:zed
voters under the pretepse that their natu-
raiization papers were Illegal, because the
clerks of the courts by whom they were
granted had not. in his opinion. made
proper record of them, just prior to the
election of 1878. this process was repeated
By Davenport. and some three thousand
more were arrested. aud their nAturaliza
ton papers taken from them by this man
Davenport. who had 90 more right 20
override the courts and declare the natu-
ralizationg papers Ethcy issued Fraudulent
that had one OF you IApplnnse1 Bat few
of the persons arreeted on the charge OF
having fraudulent naturalization papers
were ever brought to trial, and all who
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