The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-28
Ihe Bnllrtin
aar Vote for the railroad.
oUg.JDyES.

The controversy between Governor stev
enson. Senator McCrecry and Hon Ihom
as Laurens Jones. Of Kentucky Is be'o'n
ing intensely interesting and may result
in "pis,ols and coffee formoro than two
The latest development of the contro
versy is long letter from Mr.. Jones, in
which grammar rhetoric and Stevenson
are all.handled without gloves
Af,er reading the Jones letter we have
uuls hesitation in declaring that Jones Is
a man who, take him all In ALL we ne crshall
sec his like again--a valiant, anxious-to-
fight gentleman, who i the possessor Of n
proud soul, that spurns, and all that sort OF
thing. the common convcntionalitics OF
life and is resolved to go in on lis muscle
and fog somebody, in spite Of the world,
the flesh and the devil
Indeed, the letter is a model Of pugilistic
bravado--a verbal chip which the Cover
nor is invited to knock Off the shoulder Of
the anxious-to-hit-somcbcdy Jones. Poor
Stevenson If.hc is true Southern man,
one of the code fellows, he must now chnl-
lengc Jones, and have his friends rush in
and settle the matter before blood flows in
ruby torrents, He is bound TO do so. Has
he not been called liar Can any man
who possesses what Jones calls proud
soul receive such an insult, and not chal-
ledge his man and make up the quarrel be-
fore the fight comes Off Perish the
thought
Mark, now, how sayagcly Jones puts 1t
10 the Governor. He has even," Jones
asserts, "endeavored TO skulk behind the
drapery of fair woman r. Good heavens,
think Of thatl TO attempt to skulk, and
not skulk, is bad enough, but Stevenson has
been guilty ola worse oflense lie has at
tempted TO skulk behind drapory. Shame
upon him l-drapery And more, the
drapery behind which he attempted to
skulk was the drapcry OF fair woman.
This is most horrible, and not TO he en-
dured Well may Jones cxclaim; "Oh,
shade Of Virgnian chiyalry, canst thou
veil the dcformiiy Of thy degenerate SOM"
II the shade Of virginian chivalry sh ould
allow us to answer for il, we would instant
ly reply in the negative. Neither tina,
shade nor any other shade could veil such
deformi,y.
But Jones cen be pathetic rs well Us
severe. Mark how he weeps in words
"oh Heaven have known th. man
long and WE'LL ] have stood by him when
Others fal.cred or Abandoned Alas, un-
fortunate Jones Our hosrt blecds for
You, and We wep, Ms We read the sentence
wherein You declare that you may for
give, hut never, never forget You have
been terribly abused. and We would sug-
ge't n cup Of cold poison II viii, no
doubt, do You good.
And now We approach portion Of the
letter which makes our blood run curdling
In our veins tina, portion Of IL, in which,
with all the flourish of u blood-and-thun-
der novelist, Jones turns Stevenson OF ito
whistle down the winds, How, he asks
"shall ] dismiss this whiIom friend, now
20 false and trcachcrou. Without wait
ing for an answer, hc then proceeds 10 dis
miss him in II very summary manner.
"llcncc, he shouts, from my sight and
memory forever! Go, thou-shall say
liar, slahderer, coward from the pres
once Of honcstmcn and gentlemen; aud il,
before this unhappy strife shall end, blood
shall flow, whether or another may fall.
brand thy brow with the biackne.s OF
Cain. Wander up AMI down in the earth
wear the mark rs long as thou liyest, and
when thou dicst thou shalt surely 50 ap-
pear before thy Godl-My countrymon,
rust that in your judgment the coils, so
'riially woven around me, are shiyerod
nio atoms, and that stand before YOU in
he suniigh, Of truth. But, 'comc' wha,
nay, ! am nj peace within; for, n stand
ciore God and saints and angels, IN all
hat have spoken, 20 the beet of my
nowledge- i have spoken the TRUTH
Jones Jones you are too cruel. Have
on no mercy in yourcomposition2 VAST
OF. enough to Danish Stevenson from your
Ight and memory for ever' Why, then. or.
er him to also get oatof the sight ofhones,
zen and gentlemen, and 10 wander up and
own the earth with. the blackness of Cain
n his brow, and with the certainty Of car
wing the mark into the presence Of his
Iodf Jones, o, Jones If you did not
stand before God and saints and angels
gu would be in bad fix; You would.
ones, as sure as you live And. now, lie,
: hear from Stevenson.
e.s- Every citizen should vote for the