The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-10
THE BULLETIN.
EX-PRESIDENy JOHNSON.
HIS VIEW on THE PASSIVE PO.
LICY.
"DEMOCRACf IS A PRINCIPLE
TO BE UPHELD AND NOT
MERCHANDISE TO BIZ
BARTRRED."

GoiSG OVER TO THE ENEMY.
asked the eI President what be thought
Of the plan for the democracy TO nonin.
alto an snti-Grant republican, and rally
on him.
"Whs, is that, replied no. but a sur
render A surrender is ~ bad as defeat,
and worse IL We nominate a republican
Oh a republican platform, what have we
get to contend for1 No; that would be
nothing but disgraceful fight for spoils
And If succeNful there would be an
everlasting wrsngle The democratic
party has u higher mission than 10 surren-
| der II. principles in the hope Of gaining .
share Of plunder. There should be no
craven and covardly surrender Of the
sort. Never in the history Of the govern
ment has pure democracy had more 10
fight for than now.
THE CONSTITUTIONS - TO BIZ SAVED,
but i, may be .aid that the constitution 10
gone, that the procession is already follow
| ing il 20 the grave. Then stop the process
sion! II burned, then dig il up and rescue
It, preserve il az a priceless. heritage. Roll
away tho stone from the door of the
! sepulcher, as rs il were, and bring it forth.
| There never was q grander theme, nobler
cause for which 10 do battle. As long as
there 10 constitution 20 be preserved and
protected, just 20 long will there be work
for the Democracy.
TOM scoTT As A CANDIDATE
"Wba, do you tn ink Of Tom Scot. as an
available candidate? ! 1ked.
II know Tom Scott very well" lie re-
piled and he 10 a clever gentleman, but it
would be nice piece Of business for the
Democracy TO take him up. The very idea
is ,upremely ridiculous. ] am surprised
that Democratic paper of tho standing
Of the Enquirer should even make the sug
ges,ion much less follow i, up with feeble
arguments, for all arguments in such a
cause must be feeble. What is the mat
ter with the Enquirer7 he asked, with
some impatience, rs il il was q new thing
that anything should be the matter with
that great family journal
told him there was no answering that
question. The ways Of the Enquirer were
past finding out unle,s man had the
power 10 60 through a keyhole Of that de-
lectsble institution at all hours Of the day
and night.
Well he continued, "it would be pref
~ business after all the fuss and clsmor
the democrats have made about rings and
mOnopUlies 10 take up notorious ring
master and monopolist and run him for
president. That would be consistency
indeed r. And Mr.. johnson vigorously
thrust the poker in the fire as sort
of sa escape valve for his outraged
feelings.
CHARLES sUMSER AS A BBUTITuL DEMO-
CRATIC CANDIDATE.
Have you not said that the Washing
ton Patriot urges Charles Sumner az a
suitable man for the Democrats 20 vote
for ?" asked.
"Yes, saw that, and it is even more
absurd than the Tom Scott proposition
The idea Of the democracy supporting
Charlie. Sumner is too utterly preposterous
to talk about. What sort of victory
must hi. election be? A victory for true
democratic government for State rights =?
for the constitution or for what ?"
Mr.. johnson paused for an answer, but
the magnitude Of the subject overwhelmed
me, and did not feel competent to give
one.
"No, continued he, whenever you
see the democracy walking to the support
Of Mr.. Sumner and his principles you
will see them going to their own funeral.
It would be base surrender of every
thing we have fought for in the past oil
hope 70 contend for in the future. De.
iho~tuNy 20 ~ ~ Nf"N'N
and not merchandise TO be bartered. The
spirit of democracy will
live as long as the republic
and die only with it. l speak Of de.
mocracy in broad, and not in a strictly
partisan sense. Democracy does not NEAR
Tammany robbers nor rebels; it means fl
deity to the constitution and to the instits
tions Of our country. As long as the re
rublic exists there will be democracy
Rebellion WAS not democracy, neither i
radicalism democracy. The one sough
10 divide the country and ruin it, and tn
other seeks consolidation and an empire
which is also ruin. We want neither
divided government nor an empire. Cen
tralization and division are also dangerous
We want the old government, as our fa
thers found it, and until rescued from tn
centralists bribe-takers, money-lender
monopolists, carpet-baggers, robbers an
N corruptionists who now control it, demo'
o. racy will have something to fight for I
surrender the party and principles no
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