The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1870-01-19
ENEMIES IN THE CAMP.
SHOE THAT WILL FIT THOSE FOR
WHoM 1T Is INTENDED.

There are, in Cairo, about one dozeI
persons who should be invited to leav,
town with all possible expedition, ant
who, in the event their refusal to com
ply with the invitation, should bt
promptly kicked out and admonishe,
to stay out. About that number retsrd
in every possible name, the growth oi
the city, keep up "A perpetual growl about
dull times, the alleged mismanage'
ment Of corporation and county affairs
and oppose every measure or undertake
ing designed to promote the general
prosperity. They pronounce all our
proposed railroads, humbugs aud delu-
sons; damn the Illinois Central as a
curse to the city; are confident that no
honest purpose to build the Cairo 4 Vim
cennes road was ever entertained; and
complain that the business OF the city is
controlled by monopolies and so
managed as to enrich the few and inn
poverish the many. They find nothing
to approve or applaud; see lank starva-
ton staring the laborer and mechanic in
the face; and give expression to the
charitable wish that the id town may
sink into eternal perdition. They are
very unhappy and much discouraged
themselves, and their unhappiness Is
greatly increased by the fact that they
cannot put everybody else in like frame
of mind.
If these wretched and obnoxious citi-
zens would confine their complaints and
dolorous utterances to each others ears
their self-invoked punishment would be
sufficient; but they are the first to con-
front strangers seeking locations and
business in our city, and regard it as n
special triumph If they can drive them
away. We have the most absolute proof
that within the past six months, parties
who contemplated the erection here OF
extensive manufacturing establish
ments, were deferred from doing so by
the ISLANDERS and Interpretations Of
citizens. The parties in question were
sought out by the "croakers," assured
that there was no prospect, near or re.
mote, OF the building OF the &. & v, G. d
st. Louis; Junction and G.. Il +. railroads;
that citizens were sacrificing their prop
wy ohu iCaVibb toWh tNtlS ihhN
the limited business Of the town was
monopolized by a few, who invariably
crushed out all new corners, and that the
Property Trustees could not give good
title TO the property! All this, coming
from citizens, had the intended effect;
the new corners were driven away, and
the city thus robbed of manufacturing
enterprises that would have given en-
ployment to more than one hundred Of
our laborers and mechanics. Citizens
OF Cairo did this, and felicitated them.
selves that thereby they had gained "a
victory over Taylorv
Most Of these enemies of Cairo are de.
pendent upon the good will and patron.
age OF their fellow-citizens for subsis.
tence. A few OF them are prospecting,
yet they lose no opportunity to stab the
reputation OF the city, aud are best pleas,
ed when the stab accomplishes mshief.
They are of the ungrateful kind that
Course the bridge that carries them
safely over the stream" aud Of the foul
birds that deflle their own nest. II was
sorry day for Cairo that resolved them
% locate within her limits, and many
dry cheek would they leave behind
should they act upon their advice 10
Others, and locate somewhere else.
They are curse 10 Cairo, ani certainly
deserve no favors at the hands or thsoe
whom, in the aggregate, they 80 indus
triously strive TO injurc. They have
earned aklcklng from every citizen who
earnestly desires the prosperity OF the
city, aud ought TO be pad