, 1865-06-24
THE CAIRO POST OFFICE.
Tho other bids Of tho Controversy.


.... CAnBonDA11. Ill, June q, 1s6s.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
notice In your paper Of the 18th inst, An
srticle over the signature "Cairoite," 'e1.
pressing great dissatisfaction 1t the removal
OF Mr.. Sloo and the appointment of Mr.. Loo
ney to the care of the Post Office at Cairo,
ILL., I must really say was not In tha least
surprised, for it seems that after some men
have been fed and pampcred on the public
treasury for over quarter Of century they
will draw mp their uoses and sniyel and eruA,
ble to give place to any other mau, no mat
ter how worthy OF we'll qualified for the post
Such men are generally found or
examination to belong to the gem:
Goldfish orfaoeruey, and are not Yer5
common In Egypt. The memory o.
the present generation can scarcely react
back to the time when Mr.. sloo did not h.u.
on the public udder, and 1t seems bard to b.
sure, 10 take him away from 1t, hut according
to the tradition Of our mothers, the present
Reason Of the year Ia very propItous Tor Ii,
weBning process, and ne apprelcud M dan
ger. We wish him SPEEDY Recovery, Asa
man and q citizen We bsvs nothing 10 sa7
about alr. Sloo at present. In regard to, tbt
Hon. A: j. kuykeDdall, referred to In the artl
Ways, and step By step be has bound him sel
to the afiecticns Of the people. Hc, Is above
reproacb, and the part he took in pfocu. fna
thu appointment Of Mr.. Looney to the Posi-
Office at Cairo, was dictated by the pures'
principles Of patriotism and gratitude to Ii,
WsE hT defenders Of our free iDstlru Aons, and
that his ecu Sc IN the matter is fully indorsed
and approved By the masses of the people Of
this district
The post Office st Cairo is not Ia the true
scuse Of the tenn, local Office. Its business
Is not confined to the city Of Cairo, nor eyer
to the 18th Congressional District. It is,
in territory, eo-e4tenslve With our mail
e. any other. foreign country to citizens o1
to Cairo to be there distributed to the local
offices within her bounds, and 60 with letters
sell from tho surrounding country. We mail
our letters at our local Offices In onr i'm.
mediate vicinity. They 60 to Cairo
and there they are distributed into Their
tination. IN short. it Is distributing office.
and the city Of Cairo Is no more entitled to
Its appointec than ahe L. entitled to the Sen
ator or Representative In Congress. True.
Cairo is within the district of Its operations ;
equally SO are Joneshoro, Anna, Vienna, Cal.
euGnta, ColumbuE, etc. and Cairo has just
the same right to be tnsnltcd and flnd iault
Il
has the Representative in Congress and she
has not, az In relation to the Post Office mat.
ter. We do not consider 1t, nor was It in.
tended to ne an insult to the good people
OF Cairo. Mr.. Looney is At home In hle
own district as we'll at Caieo a. IL
johnson county, and We th.9w back ,N ths iaea =
fiji Tie ofl{ce at CAIRO on the writer Of The
article before u with its mcrited Contempt
As well might the citlzena Of Washington
good citizens qf Washington to import Mr
Lincoln from Illinois here TO bs President O
the United 5tates- The writer forgcts tht
whole people are interested In tho pubtit
fnnctIonarIes, and that becsuse Cairo is
city she has no right to claim or arrogaso to
herself rights and privileges which are MOI
common aud applicable to other citica and
localities. Ws won!d just simply inform hel
that Vienna Ia q city also.
Al for Mr. LoGney #e have known hin
| from boy. uc VAS raised among us. HI
honesty and capabilltJ have never been ques
| tened. In the commencement Of the rebel
lion the main part Of Mr. Looney's conne1
poscd to the war. Mr.. Louney, despite ihei
influence stood firm Tor the Union and Con
stisution. He raised company-was electct
! Captain. and went ont In thu United State
service In the 3lst Illinois yolrntce1s, Col. j
| a. Logan. In the battlc Of Belmont he VA
dangerously wounded. in consequence o
which his resignation VAS accepted and b
retul ned home. He has measuiabiy recov
c,cd from bis wound but will always be
cripple. Unable even to pufsue his professlo,
(which Is that of q physlclsn) successfully.
| The nhoye are fncts which cannot ba gain
eaycd. Nuw the question arises, whist L
right? What Ia our duty az citizens, 1
Christians ~ pauietsy To whom do weow
gratitude fur tie rights and privileges W. en
joy! 1appca1 to i'll lovers OF fieedom. T
iii men that have the lsast spark Of patriot
Ism within their bosoms. To whom are Y
indebted! The answer coznes from million
b1othe.e, who have DaEtd their breasts befo1
tie csun0n's mouth, and offered thair bloo
and their lives On the altar Of trcedon,' to se
cure Tor us the iueatlmAble privileges We en
JOY. The ques' ion than s1ises, /
Mr. Leoney hors<a, Il he cape1k
1t is sufficient to eay that Mr. Loouey'
acqualntancea are his admirers. Hts uebaie
gentleman}y beaiiDg, his honest, open co1o
t.pance, and his ready dispatch Of hns MS
procure him friends wherever be goes.
would ask then, under all thn facts, what |
wrong in The appointment! Is IT not us
10 cur wouudln soldiers thar they alpal,
kha5e In the national feast their blood Ia
p1epaseds Where Is our patriotism! Let u
cali up our better ftellogs, the night OF tn
1tbellion is now over The clouds Lay
pssstd away. The sun again shlncs upon Il
with all his morning glories. Our domesti
fresldes are again lit up with smile Al
ard swell and lu1uriAte In gtsdness ovc. th
prize our blood stained Eo1ls have again wo
for us, and shau we, can NC amid all thes
passing scenes forget the hands that be
slowed these things upon us? The answe
Of The patriot is. Never. no; mover. Eo1P1