The Rock Island Argus., 1883-07-20
TURN THE RASCALS OUT.
The Cry that Goes Up from all Over
the Union.


the Union.
Turn the rascals out" comes from
the west.
Turn the rascals outr" comes from
the east.
Turn the rascals outl" says the north
Turn the rascals out!" echoes the
south.
Amen. and amenr' cry the people.
Turn the rascals outw said the large
democratic majority in New York last
year.
"7u1m the rascals out" will be the
battle cry next year.
GIVE us the old ticketr' cry the peo-
pie.
"Tilden anG Hendricks" is the cry.
Out with the thieves! Out with the
plundcrers! Dat with the robbers and
the pointers of the treasury. Let honest
men fill their places Let honest demo
Gratis fill the places of the corrupt repub-
licans. The democratic party will 60 in
to win next year. 1t win be war to the
knife, and the knife to the hilt. A dem
ocrat will be elected, and democrat will
be inaugurated. The signs of the times
indicate it, Everybody admits it. The
republicans admit it. The people de-
mand it, and what the people demand
will be given. No such frauds as rs will
be allowed. Tilden and Hendricks can
lead us to victory Tilden and Hendricks
will be nominated
No such campaign as 1880 will be al
lowed. The republican campaign that
year was one of the most audacious and
mercenery ever made in any country.
The use of money in politics was not
new. That was by no means the first
instance of lavish expenditure of a
corruption fund But it was beyond
doubt the first example in America of
wholesome purchase of the voters of a
great state. Stephen W. Dorsey Steve,
my hoy. as the lamented Garfield affect
ionately addressed him-gives some de
tails of facts which were before well
known in general way about the In
diana campaign and which deepen the
color of the infamy of the whole republi
can cabal then and still in power There
is not the slightest reason to doubt Il
word that Dorsey utters respecting the
shameless bargaining among leaders and
the wholesale spoliation of the treasury
for the purpose of defeating fan
expression of the will of the people No
only was the country robbed through the
bureaus of the departments, but the
treasury itself was prospectively admins
tered and the public debt manipulated to
raise millions for the corruption OF
voters. The record OF the last repub
lican campaign is the foulest chapter
in the history of the long era of demora-
lization since the civil war. 1t was no
the vulgar manipulators of the party, bu
its acknowledged leaders and exponent
of opinion who were involved. The sam
men are in the front. The distinguished
crowd which assembled at Delmonico'
to indorse and a1ulate Dorsey, in Febru
airy, 1881, were as well advised then a
now of the means he had used They
approved his methods then and are in tn
enjoyment of the fruits of them now, ant
are still the dictators of the Republican
party. Mr.. Arthur did not scruple Il
speak with jocularity. but strong com
mendation of the corrupt tactics BY whicl
Indiana and the presidency were won. /
single messenger carried $400, 900 to In
diana in crisp two-dollar bills. and thi
was but one instalment. More than 81
100000 was stolen directly and indirectl
for campaign purposes. As before sal
these facts are not new, but they ar
now stated on the authority of one 0
the conspirators who was no deeper i
the iniquity than the rest, but whom
train of events and the lottery of assas
sination' have made a scapegoat Dor
sey was to have a place in the cabine
for the effective expenditure of the yer
money he has since been tried and COZ
victed in the estimation of the public G
getting by conspiracy and robbery, an
this with full knowledge on the part {
his coadjutors of every material fact sine
uncovered to the public. The restatemt
of these facts and the induDitable prot
of them from the mouth of one of Il
actors give especial appositeness to IL
proposed plank in the next Democrat
platform which is to read tersely. "Tul
the rascals OUT This is all that is lie
for the people to do This is the. on
sort of rebuke or punishment which W
have in it any fitness or sufficienc
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ALL LOVELY.