Year: 1877




mildly drawn it as it is sadly true. We
do not affirm that all the republican NOM
inees have used base resorts, but we do
affirm that those who have, deserve humil-
iation and defeat Would We but lift the
pail which now shrouds from the view of a
virtuous and unsuspecting public, the
revels. the resorts, the unprincipled dolngs
OF the political demagogues in this city
during the late contest; would we but
draw aside the curtain of night, and ex-
pose to public view the names OF persons
present; where, when and what trans
pired, there would be u rattling of poit-
ical bones, second only to that OF the
ossius members in the valley SO graphi-
icaiy described by the Prophet Ezekiel,
aud yet the purlhcation OF any party may
demand it, Those of you gentlemen m
who have won your nominations by the
practice Of base acts, by degrading the
party TO which you claim to belong, too
we'll know the truth OF this exposition and
you may we'll stand 10 dread. | consider
the trickster who lies for the purpose of
gaining a vote, ia convention or at the polls,
as infamous as the trickster who tells one
to gain penny.


| Who, knowing the facts, will dare assert
| that mar is in honour bound to support
our nominees as unit? 1t follows from
what has been shown that the republican
nominations were made by persons
selected by the nominees for that purpose
in other words, they nominated themselves.


Candidates traffic in the votes of their
delegates as the merchant in his wares


The baser appetities appealed to, ac-
Icomplish the end. These have all been
done by the ringsters of our party, aad
every one OF them knows the truth OF my
assertion.


| And every honest republican will dis
card the names Of those obnoxious, and
substitute the names of ones who have re-
Ispect for society, respect for manhood, re
spect for themselves. 1t the efforts
Imade by the Union mean anything, they are
indicative of the fact that a good part oi
our ticket is dead load to pull through
and vet it has the audacity to attempt tC
whip into line those who are independent
Ienough to think and act for themselves; Its
Ievery attempt betrays its Increasing weak
ness. We glory in the independence oi
Moline republicans, and of the ReUie1o
Y ou will not desert the party by with.
drawing your support from the ring candi
dates; you will but administers needed re
huke to tawniug sycophants and to our
party organ, which must, ere long, learn
that the success of paper depends upor
the ability of the editor, not upon thG
bulwarEs he may throw around by the ali
of his party ring. Let the Union also re-
member that an editor who will wantonl
malign business rival, or political oppo
! nent for the sake of success of party, is a
t vile as the peGured hireling who slander
his neighbor for pay. Let republican
who love and esteem the purity of thei
party. purge it of its corruption in the fac
of a prostituted sheet and a kissing rims
Let them show the honor of the part
vastly superior to the interest of clique Q


faction,o or even the business interests c


the Uai0n. And while the present sy;


ten of party manipulation remain the ba
Of our civilization, the disgrace of our age


let the American youth shun the politics


arena as he would avoid the poisonor


viper that turks in the pathway.


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