The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-10-05
RADICAL MEETING.
Speeches by Mum
and Butt.
The Latter Would See His. Black Hear
crs Mix with the whites.
Wuuu Repeats Ills war speech. aud
then Assaults the BulIetin and Its
Proprietor.
A 1LANCEAT HIS DECEPTION AND
FALSEuOOD.

7 n 1l"' ltH' NlEil ~ llNAfH ~ rllt'ttf- tl'I'l
MIR. Casper Butt, Radical candidate for
the office Of Pcnitcntary commissioner,
aud -. ". Mum, Rndical candidate for
Congress from tho Thirteenth Congress
.ional district.
After Mr.. Butt had addressed the Ger
man portion Of the audience in their ma.
tive tongue, nc devoted few moment. TO
the negroes. H. said that he very much
di-likod e. see hi. colorcd friends occupy
Ing seat. by themselves. They should dis
per,e thcm.elyc, through the crowd and
III among the white people. II wp their
right and they should cnjoyit. There was
no reason why they should not minglc
with their white friends. Tho American war
was Tough, to ccurc their liberty, 90 make
Them citizens, aud they should act ns citi-
zens. They had been given the ballot,
and they should not forget to use tina, bal
lot for the benefit of their friends. They
should remember their German friends and
give them their due. The great pro-
granmc Of liberty would never have been
carried out but for German votes. Let
them. then, rcmcmbcr ia. Germans. Let
them too remember tho Republican canii-
dates, and above all lo, Mr.. Mum owe hi.
election principally, 20 German md ne
gro votes.
10 the crcli. If our German citizens be
/ said that they received the disgusting ne
gr, equality u,,crunecs of Mr. Butt with
cyidon, sign, of d..plcasurc. Ills speech
.u German was however, received with
repeated outburas Il applause, led by Ia
Wittig.
Mr. Mum followed. llo commenced
by saving that be INITIATED ihi, cam.
paign On high.toucl principles thus utter
.us 'ol.choOI ut the very threshold Of
Ai- remark. since it j. well known that in
hi, Nj. Carmel speech which was among
the lr,. h. made hg charged tia. the eii-
tor. oc this paper hol got drunk with u ne
gro in vain gttemp; - add the negro
vote # Cairo 10 ,he Democratic party
thus iui,,aiiHg.pcrsonaliiic, which he affects
=, irT-ycaic.
l'e 'hon rcpca I'd war speech. go
back with mc ten year, follow ci'iZrn,,
mad what wa, the con ,i,iou Of the country
,houT Aui Tor two mortal hour. Ai.
h,arcr, were compelled 90 listen To- the
stuff about tho cour.c 81 JciT Dayi., the
Democratic party eui Radical patriot. du-
ring ihr psogrr,. If tie rebellion. Not
Tor q single instant did hc discuss the tariff
question; the currency question or any
Of the issue. upon which the parties of To-
day are divided. lie referred o. Col
Creh,' course in Congress, supprc.sins
tie reasons that controlled that ullr mud
iucorrup,,blc man In tho vote, he gave
upon the ~chouck iii, Funding Lill aud
TagiT and Tax bin, because be- know that
those reason, were uuuu,wcrnblc aud would
justify every vote .hs Colonel had cast.
lie read garhIcl extracts from the Con.
c,.iuual Gipbe touching tho Colonel,
vote on the Schcuck bill, emitting until il
va. called for the reading of the state
mrnt of Mr. Woodward Of Pennsylvania,
that those who desired s better and more
liberal bill, should yo.. rs Mr.. Cfpts did,
.saiu,l receiving the report Il the conivr-
cuve committee,
Passing to the inevitable negro, Mr.
Mum said that hc had been ia fourteen
counties in this district, AMI Dee pledged HE
word OF honor n . man that be had not
seen u single Republican who had uoan.
duncl his party on account of tho cnirnn-
chi,cmen, ol the negro. We take Il that
not u single intelligent person in the au-
diencc believed this statement although
Mr., VI. pledged his honor as to il correct
ness.
Ills dcuunciaton' of tho Cairo BuLLE-
rIN and its editors, will receive the aticn-
ton it deserves hereafter. GA the Ohio
L,ycs yesterday, he ayowcd his purpose
to give Mr., obcrly hell" following
it up with the expression :;
+" God daDH MV SoUi u
dilou any man 10 attaek me without striking
back" Receiving this ASSURANCE from II
man who, for II period Of years, has been II
Sabbath School Superintendent, in our city;
from man who, only last Sunday, partook
Of bread as symbolical of the body, and
wneas symbolcal of the blood of Christ
We had some occasion to apprehend per-
sonal attack. Mr., Mum made that attack,
and after all, what did it amount to? Mr..
Obcrly had been beaten for the office Of
mayor by an independent Democrats he
had voted for and against the Fox, Howard
~ Co, claim; he had bought the Antrim
house, and Mr.. Mum didn't know whore
the money come from. This, and the as
sertlon that fine tooth comb could not, il
used in New York, drag up more i'm
moral man, formed the substance of Mr.
NUNS lawful excoriation."
| Tho assertion that Mr.. Oberly voted
either for or against the Fox, Howard 4
Go. claim is an assertion which the record.
of the city give the lie; and the insinua,
tloa that Mr. o. was corrupted by money
-, I, hnt ,att Il L.