The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-13
PATRIOTISM PCRr.-THE bogus
ARTICLE. IT IN PEDDl.ED
IN CAIRO,
LETTER 80. FOUR.

the life and character of one we'll known
to fame in American history:--"RigSt or
wrong, my country first" You seem to
he so thoroughly identified with the Rail-
cal mountain in Congress-with Their
trioker,, tyranny, sclfshness, and lust OF
power, that the last lingering sparks Of
that noble principle, pure patriotism, are
I becoming exterminaied in your breast,
/ and the spurious article, fashioned by the
mountain substituted therefor. Rad-
cal patriotism rs practically interpreted
by its votaries with zeal seldom
eiualled, may be summed up thus: myself
rrs' right or wrong my relations second /;
right or wrong, my party next the negro
newt ~ my party can use him }
Aaer being passed through these four sb-
soEoen,s the country comes in for the fifth
share. What that amounts II would take
professor Of infnitessimal calculations 10
compute. The Cairo clique, who foisted
Linegar upon the people Of this county
as candidate, with yourself, are incurably
afflicted with this bogus patriotism, and IL.
will be the death Of them without doubt.
As the man in the S9'i, in his revised quo
ta,ions from Shakespeare has it, they arc
even now "sicklicdl,l) DER with the pale
hue of thought aud when tho "Lfc and
Services of their pious champion "still
in press )--comcs out Ms a campaign docu-
ment, the "ring' will be. 'sicklier" vet.
and ghastly pale as the beautiful snow"
You, Sir, have thought proper to take
time by The forelock, and organize nm early
campaign. II not The instigator, are you
not fully awarc> and nm approvcr OF, all
the petty WEAKNESSES that your tools and
your hackers practice to insure SUGGEST
Some Of these tricks have truthfully,
and trust successfully exposed; but the
instrument employed by you and them to
poddle patriotism in the streets, Is the \
locomotive machinery of the firm
and its common profits. Your
man Friday plays his part well for n
novice. In the street operations no still |
enacts the role Of Bottom, the weaver;
and hi, immense ~ influence, which he
boasts Of is daily diminishing the Repub-
lican cohorts For not les, than two
months he has been roaring very softly in
the Sun at certain gentlemen Of the Demo-
cratic party no; having much else 10 DO,
he now may be seen ba,ton-holing Demo
craft, who he thinks "dont like oberly,r
and who, for some real or imaginary cause,
have had slight difference. with the course
tho BULLETIN saw ct 10 adopt on certain
occasions. OF course the button hole roar
ing in Democratic ears and the cDur;ing
in the SIN, !, all done according to pro-
gramme, and hi, bland effort. 10 gain the
D"m"crais-"who don't like Obcrly Is
snake-in-the-grass game, according % a
formula laid down long since, 20 curry
patronage and brcad.buitcr fpr himself
and votes for Mum and Linegar from the
left wing Of the Democratic party. But
The we'll laid pisns ~ men and mice gang at
'aglss
1t shows, Mr.. Mum, the extremity 20
which You and your party are driven.
Your early organizationi the intricate
machinery you employ the desperate
methods you Use 10 eaioie the negro on the
one hand, and 10 aa,,er and court ITEM
perate minded Democrat. on the other,
betray your Just fears Of defeat; mi.cra-
bly, expose TO public observation and de-
rision the fact that the very strength you
depend on !, really weakness, and that you
fear openly and boldly 10 come before the
people TO discuss the ysgaric. and inso.
lent Tyranny Of the party In power. You
are '~cllering, Sir, under the beams of |
your subsidized Sum you have concealed |
yourself, rs It were, beneath the cloak Of 1
par,isan.hip which the yeriesi coun,ryman
VIII no, mistake for the mailed armor Of |
true patriotism any more than he will the |
diversified roaring Of Bottom, a, the dicta-
tors command, according 70 the necessity |
Of the occasion-whether it be luminsry |
roaring street buttOn-hole Demo |
cratic roaring, Mum and Linegar |
roaring, or negro roaring. Ii il quite use
les for him or you TO go about like n lion.
or In the semblance Of u patriot seeking |
what you can "gobble' up. Your being
found in company with such aman as your
colleague is quito enough to ruin you in
this county. You may depend upon it,
Mr.. Mum, your political death is fore
gone conclusion; and November will 70.
cord the final chapter Of David's Services, |
etc A. for the man in tho .Sux, the latter |
will be totally eclipsod like all its predo-
cessors, and its man will back out TO his |
adopted village, and 10 his former obscur-
ity as humble pcddler of periodicals, in |
stead of peddler of bogus patriotism.
Sic gtoria transit
1t is my humble opinion, that the Dem
ocratic party will como into power, and |
believe will WELD it wisely and well. And
though do not presume 10 Judge unerr-
ingly, l think that they will gain i'm.
mcnscly if they do not organize for a
month or more. believe, M. Mum, that
they will gather to their standered hosts Of
Republicans, who, like myself, have be-
come disgusted with shoidy patriotism,
and the "loil' tyranny Of Sumner, Cam
eron, Fl ais, and that about one.third Of