The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-11

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government navy yards and the conse-
quent establishment Of a great ship yard,
we lack neither the enterprise nor the |
means TO place our claim as the best point |
for il properly before the public.
WE FEAR there is trouble brewing in
radical camp of Illinois. Candidates for
the various state offices are multiplying,
and those who desire TO be reelected to
the places they now hold, are decidedly
uneasy. Secretary of State Rummcl, who
has held the office for four years and has
come to regard it as natural right that
he should continue to hold it, last week
indted the following letter TO his first
! assistant:
State OF Illinois. secfctnry'S Office
Springfield, April 9Th ls72.
Colonel Geo II. Harowi
DEAR SIR Fair dealing Is one of the
principles which should be observed by
men, and especially by one that has re-
ceived Mt my hands the most liberal and
gcntiemanly treatment. Instead OF being
open and outspoken towards me, you have
concealed the fact from me that you
are candidate for the nomination of this
office, until | had learned it through other
sources il was also during the last few
. weeks frequently intimn,ed to me that you
are using every opportunity while on
duty and under my employ in the office,
and through Others outside, to injure my
reputation as an officer, in order to gain
, advantage over me. To these limitations
| have paid but little attention, but, my
dear sir, what would you do under such
circumstances as an officer | have, Of
course, no objection to anybodys becom-
ing candidate for this office, but would 1t
not have looked more fair and manly If
YOU had resigned your position instead of
rising il to your advantage, rs n candidate
, against your employer? A. this has not
been DONE feel compelled 10 ask you to
r resign said position, which had given To
! YOU over three years ago
To this conclusion ! have come since |
have learned that an impression was also
created that ] would not be candidate,
because YOU had turned out to be one in
my place. Everybody finds it quite nat
ural that but one in the office would come
before the convention.
Very respectfully,
EDWARD RUMMEi. Sec'y. of State.
Col. Harlow's answer is lengthy. He
first tenders his resignation and then calls
the attention of his employer Ia
the fact that he has always been n good
and faithful servant with no higher ambi.
ton than TO serve his master faithfully
and says:
Whenever found your fees or emolu
ments, by fair legitimate, and lawful
means. could be increased, ! have not hest
tated TO work for that end and when any
| measure was pending before the genera
assembly in which you were Interested
have worked for its passage or defeat, n
your interest might require, and the re
5 suit has been you have reaped rich an'
.. abundant yet legitimate pecunary har
vest, and my only reward has been tn
= consciousness of having performed my du
q ~ toward you rs your assistant
o. Republicans are ungratetul 1t herr
appears that Col. Harlow has been tn
means of his employer reaping rio
and abundant pecuniary harvest, an
I" vet Mr. Secretary Rummcl regards ii rs
e. species Of disloyalty to himself that bis a
ne sis.ant should now desire TO reap
he erich and abundant harvest
H. the same way. With NOR
V, zeal than discretion, Mr.. Rummel hastci
t., to discharge Col. Harlow, relieving thu
I'd gentleman and his friends from 'any su
l. posed breach of duty in connection wit
ir their desire to work for his nomination {
% Republican candidate for secretary {
state" And thus Mr.. Rummel "put hi
foot in IT. and stirred up hornets mes
Y in the radical camp,which with n little care
x full maneuvrng, might have RENAME
4 undisturbed during the campaign.