The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-01
A POWERFUL ENEMY.

seeking 10 destroy lHelr mOtnef country,
which it has been invaded. gagged and
robbed; and also seeking, in order to jus
tify and protect itself to destroy the good
name and influence of Irishmen and their
kindred in this country.
Every citizen has a vote as every savage
has a knife-to protect himself and his
interests. The Irish American who would
trust the republican party with his vote,
those twenty years of experience, would
be as foolish as the Indian who has trusted
its rascally agents on the reservations
We do not believe in sudden CONVEX
sions under the suction of necessity. We
liked Blaine's foreign policy" it had an
American ring to it that was good to hear
amid the iabber of the dudes who are
ashamed 10 be Americans But Mr.
Blame, powerful and brilliant as he, is
not the Republican party; and we do not
believe that, when in power, he would
be allowed hy his party, even if he had
the will himself, to have any policy but
one in keeping with his own narrowness
and selfishness.
Irish Americans would take an absurd
step in abandoning The Democratic party
before they tried it. and just as it is com
ing into power Let them wait four years
and see. Mr. Blaine can afford to wait,
too. There wall be some hundreds of
thousands more Irish Americans to vote
in 1888 than there are now. And we
shall advise them to vote then, as we adj
wise now, for whatever party they believe
in and against whatever party has
earned their opposition, no matter who
may he the can 1idates.
FROM BRooKLYN PAPER.
The Catholic Examiner of BROOKLYN,
n. Y, i'll its issue of the 10Th inst has Il
strong leader, which concludes us follows
Nothing stands in the way of Demos
cratic success tins fall save the Democracy
itself; nothing will defeat Cleveland I'M
less it be Democratic votes. He will at
tact considerable support from those who
are not of his party. and if every Demo
crat in the state of New York votes upon
principle instead of being governed by
hastily formed prejudices and by persona
feeling, Grover Cleveland will be the next
president of the United States
That the sympathy of the country at
large is with the Democratic party there
is no reason to doubt. The Republican
party is without question corrupt to the
core. Its great men and great deeds are
alike things of the past Lincoln. Seward
and Summer have gone, and their places
are filled by Dorsey, Elkins and Pow
ell Clayton The Huns who swept down
upon Rome were not more mercenary
than are the officeholders 100 900 strong
who are in possession of our govern
ment to-day.
The Republican party. which started
out to emancipate the slave and to set an
example to modern governments, has been
surfeited with power, and has been de
| stroyed by it. 1t claims credit for free,
! ing the slave, and for conducting to /
| successful close the greatest war of mo-
| deru times. To balance this account
stands the greatest frauds and political
crimes of modern times, from the Freed.
mans bureau to the whiskey ring, the In
dian ring the credit mobilier the theft
of the presidency and the star route rob
berries.
Each of these is a milestone marking
the progress of the Republican party to
ward It's present corrupt condition. 1t
is now the sworn friend to monopoly; it i
| placing the seal of approval upon schemes
that are calculated to overthrow oul
whole ssytem OF government; it is AFRO
giant, selfish and un-American Its owl
| public journals are in revolt against it
and there is every indication that it ha:
reached that point where its longer con
| tinuance in power will be "a menace It
our countrys greatness, 1t should bC
turned out.
PRINCIPLES AND NOT MEN.
| Democrats who are inclined to veiv
with disfavor the nomination of Gov
Cleveland will do well to remember tina
principles and not men should govern il
national contest. If Cleveland be object
tionable to a few men in New York, thos
few men should not allow their dislike Of
him to defeat the party throughout tn
country The question to he settled i
not one of persons at all. We do not be
lieve that Blaine is one-half so black as
Democratic campaign orators paint him
and we think that Mr. Cleveland is mucl
better that his enemies will allow.
The question that intelligent voters art
called upon to decide is; VIII the nation
al government be safer in the hands o
the Democrats than in those of the re
publicans? That question the Examiner
though not party organ. would answe
in the affirmative Should the democrat.
win, it will not be a triumph for Cleve
land, but fer good government. If Mr.
Cleveland is elected, he will be surround
ed by men who understand the needs o
the country, and who will not allow hir
to make many mistakes With Bayard
Hendricks and others to advise him h
would certainly make better presiden
than would Blaine, who, if he took tn
advice at all, would seek in a differen
and worse quarter.
We consider Blaine to be dangerou
man. In the little time that he had con
troll of the government he almost succeed
ed in plunging the country into an I'm
necessary war, and he performed othe
diplomatic somersaults that were MOI
ridiculous than edifylng. His past re
cord does not encourage US to hope fc
E good behavior in the future. He is a
INSCRIPTIONS demagogue. representing
, corrupt party. Under these circumstances
; we cannot but think that the election q
i Cleveland and Hendricks would be pub
lie henfit.
E We trust that the personal prejudice {
e a few Democrats will not be blind them
e the truth. Sober second thought is til
t best
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