The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-10-04

| Friday night, was what our veteran
Democratic friend, Colonel Hacker, who
presided as chat rinan, would term rcgu.
lar "Democratic Iove-fcast.' The immense
room was filled not with mixture Of
white men, negroes and boys, but with
substantial and respectable white men and
women, nm audience of which any COM
munity might well feel proud.
| The venerable Col. Hacker, on taking
The chair, expressed the qualification h"
| felt in meeting 80 many of the ladies and
| gentlemen of the city, aud accepted the
| large and respectable turnout n evidence
that the po2p,c were waking up to the me-
ccssity for change Of rulers. He said
| that he scarcely expected to live until the
next Presidential election. lie voted for
james Monroe, and for every Democratic
candidate for Presidcn. since that time.
bu. never felt SO deeply interested
for the success. of Democratic men and
measures a. nj the present time. Radical
rule, corruption md extravaganza had
placed taxation upon the people that was
nlmos, uubcarable. Individually, he was
no; very abundantly blessed with the
goods of this world, yet he was compelled,
after meeting the demands Of one tax
gnthcrcr 90 commence Immediately 20 save
~ ,ncy for the coming of another tau
ga,hcrcr II was taxes taxc- taxes
Everything the poor man. the
farmer. mechanic or lnborcr, cate. drink,
or wears, |, taxed. The calico, domestic,
etc, ho buys are taxed tpprcservc the rich
New England Manufacturer, who live. IN
hi. hnc brown stone from. on the Atlantic
sGa.shoro, from foreign competition The
tsa, coffee, sugar and spices he buys, are
taxed 80 support those pet. Of the admin
i,tration, tbs Government. bondholdsr-.
Everything !, taxed from the throshins
machine used by thc wcll.to.lo farmer to
the nail that !, driven into the coffin 81 the
ptUycr. But, .aid the venerable Colo
mel, Il mu,tcIrb my.clf l".t sm betrayed
into speech Gentlemen AZ" hero Who
will address you; and now introduce the
Hon r. \. T.. iIolcomh, Democratic caudi-
date fnr the office of senator from iii, the
Fir.I Senatorial district
Mr. llulcomb is ~ middle agrl gentle.
man, OF good p,rso",l, substantial farm
CT, u man of education, and pu..c..cl Of ~
good store II strong, practical sense. He
j. not, and never was, politician, and
make ~ p'c,cu'ious I" ora,"ry.
H. commenced by saying that tho Eadi-
ca. candidate, Mum and Linegsr, who
had canya..cd A. lcas, portion Of ,hc,T 70.
-p,.. .c Gi.tric p, had mau,!c..ya ..
supreme contempt fpr argument and DO
W., not, therefore, called upon t. b"-tow
upon them extended attention. Ignoring
the issues q the day they dc'car,cl upon
tho war employing tho same matter and
10 some extent the same manner, that had
been worn ,hroalharc by the campaign, Il
Your and ~, years tgo. Fully
advised 81 the fact that a. least one half Of
The soldiers, and Q. large majority Of the
prominent successful officers o; tho Union
army, came from the rank. Of the Demo-
crazy, Momr,. Num- Ud Lincgar unblu'h-
insly declared iha, the Republican party
put down the rebellion, saved the Union,
and viulicatol the constitution Tor which,
by the way, their party proics'cd greater
rc.pec, and devotion than IL wGs ever
known to carry into practice. The cx-
trayagancc Of the 39,h and 10th Congress
in both branches Of which tho Republican
party maintained moro than two.thiris
maj GRITTY they charged g. the account Of
the Democratic party Andy johnson,
who was elected by Radical votes n spite
~ the opposing vote o! every Dsmoera,
IN tho United States, they term u Demo-
cratic President, and, because ho refused
10 lend himself 10 the mad schemes If the |
party, they hold him accountable !ar 81, a." !
waste aud extravaganza Of tho Republican !
Congress Known.,hat johnson hands !
were so tied by Republican laws that he !
could 10, remove dishonest and thicving
Republicans who held Office IN all parts Of
the land, Mcssr,. Mum and L.ucsur
charge all the corruption Of tina, period t.
the Democratic party. Il will not, said
the speaker "attcmpt to insult the in,clli-
cence of this audience by answering state
mcnts 20 entirely void Of reason and JUS
tce. Every sensible man IN the country
is aware that, during the past ten years,
every department of the Federal govern
ment has been entirely subjec, to the con-
rol Of the Republican party, and that du-
ring That time the Democratic party were
utterly powcrless to stay the tide of cor
ruption IL hinder infractions of tho con-
s,ituti1n or punish disregard of law, even
with the assistance of President johnson,
who although elected by Republican votes,
was an honest man.
Mr.. IIolcomb then referred to the much
Wanted reduction of the public debt.
Radical orators cXtollcd the administration
of President Grant because 1t had applied
very small p,rtinu nf tbp almost lucOu-