The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-28
LINEGiRS HEROTSN.

Wewsh to be distinctly understood and
do not propose to be misrepre-cnted with
out denouncing the misrcproscntcr in the
most whitening terms we can command
terms that will burn like u consuming fire,
or cut like a Damascus blade.
With this preface, we shall proceed to
give TO certain falsohood, which has
gained currency in this community, most
emphatic denial, and shall take occasion
TO dcnounce its author as n man who has
no regard for the truth--a man so utterly
given over to Justification that he must be
high in the councils of the Radical party
The falschood to which we refer il, that
we have used our influence TO prevent Mr..
y. II. Lnegar from delivering his Grafton
at Mound City, on Monday next, on which
day the graves of our patriotic dead, who
sleep their last sleep In the national COM
ctry there, will be decorated with the low-
ers of Spring and rhetoric. Never was
haser falsehood published. We look upon
Mr.. Lncgar ms the man Of all others who
should make a speech on such an occasion.
Daring the late war, he was one of its most
enthusiastic supporters. lie told all his
friends TO go, and pointed out to them the
path of duty. On nearly every stump in
Southern Illinois, he quoted war poetry and
damned rebels, and even to this day repeats
the same speeches in the gatherings of the
loyal. To the young he said: Col To
the old he said "Go" To the middle
aged he said: Cor "Go,n was the bur-
den of the patriotic song he sang; and if
he never said: "Comc T. it was because no
was needed Mt home. He know that some
body had 10 remain behind to watch the
Copperheads, and hold Office, and, although
his soul was up in arms and eager for the
fray, he curbed the impulse and remained
out of danger. Tic effort caused him
many restless hours md made his red hair
grey in II single night. But he con-
quered and with bravery which was never
excellcd and which throws into the shade the
valor of ancient and modern times, firmly
remained out.of the army. What hcrol
The world has seen fcw such. Ncy, the
bravcst of mortals, fnced death on thou
sand fields, but he never, like Linegar, re-
manned out of danger when he desired TO
rush into II at the call Of his country. Tho
man who, from n sense of duty, rcsists the
doing of an act he anxiously, impulsively
desires TO do, is n hero and Lincgar when
he yielded To the dictation of duty and re-.
NAMED out of the late war, into which he
was frantically anxious 10 rush,
proved himself to be one of
tn" "'~-"i hcrnos of ~" ~a-ld
And he looks like such n hero. No one
who glanccs ut his eagle eye, his front,
like Jovcs, can for n moment doubt that
he Is man capable of the hcroism of in
ducing his ncighbors to rush into danger,
and of s,crnly remaining out of harms
way himself. Matches hcrol And yet il
has been said, that we have declared that
he Is not n fit man to crate over the graves
Of the braves who sank 10 rest with all
their countrys wishes best Shame upon
the slandcrer. If the fellow has money
TO pay our lawyer his fec to discontinue the
suit, we SHALL, when we ascertain his name
bring against him an action Of
SANDER, and have the jury packed for
verdict