The Cairo daily bulletin., 1872-07-06
Communicated
THE DIVISION OF THE SPOlLS.
Cana. .Juiv iao

| CAIao. July ], 1873.
EpifoR or fmE BuLtEriS;
DEAR SIR--Your paper Of few days
ago contained an article which I deem to
be unjust to the Liberal Republicans, and
l therefore nsk the publication of these few
lines in reply, believing you would no. be,
unwillingly, unfair to any one.
Tho article referred to claimed for the
democratic party n grent amount Of pat.
riotism, for its conduct in this political
contest, because it supports Greeley and
Brown. Let us look ut 1t, and the situa-
ton. Every fair minded democrat will
conctde without moments question that
the democracy had no possible chance to
elect president Of the United States, or
any State officer for the State of Illinois
under this state of circumstances, is 1t any
great stretch Of fairness or show Of pat
riotism on their part TO take their choice
between tue two republican candidates
for the presidency when by so doing they
are pledged share Of the national patron.
age, and actually get one half of the state
offices, and that the paying half?
Under the present state of affairs, If the
liberal ticket is successful, the democrats
will get the best paying offices ON the state
ticket, viz, Auditor OF public accounts and
State Treasurer; the latter office is worth
thirty thousand dollars IA year, and they
also have the observation-disclosures. l.
not this pretty fair allowance
1t is all well enough to say, ave furnish
nine tcnths of the votes, and on. ht to have
all the important Offices What good
would ull tho votes you control do without
the tenth you expect to get from the lber-
als2
| You say the liberals cannot elect any
body without democratic votes to help
them.
That is certainly true, but is it not jus,
as true that without the votes OF liberals,
democrats cant elect anybody?
If the liberals By their votes make it
possible for the democrats TO elect half the
state ticket, is it more than fair that demo
crats should help them elect the other halt?
Now, sir bring this matter lttlo
further. Your article WAS written in the
interest Of Mr.. Wall, demundinga II demo-
cratic congressman from the eighteenth
district because you have 50 many more
votes than the liberals have. Very well,
who, would ask you is claiming all the
county offices l. i, not time that in
every single county OF the ten comprising
the eighteenth district, the democrats
claim, and expect to have democrats
nominated for sherifs, circuit clerks and
coroners
Is it not also true that the democrats
claim every single state senator in the
district, and every representative in the
legislature?
Where IN the eighteenth district have
you offered single Office 10 the liberals ?
No whcre-not in a single instance. You
know you can't carry This district without
the aid Of the liberal vote, you claim grea,
credits tor fairness and patriotism and yet
YOU are gohb.ins up every single Office in
the di,tiic. for yoursclves.
No man can deny the truth OF these
statements. Is il. too much to believe that
when tacts are known, democrats all over
the district Will be wIlin. to give fair
play, AMI wheu they have conceded to
them by iEc liLeial., with all the aid they
can give to ensure their election. Ten
sheriff., ten circuit clerks, ten county at
torneys, ten coroners, three senators, and
nine representatives in the state legisla-
ture. Is it any more than fair play that
the liberals should have the Congressman
One more word. The greatest argu.
ment tho liberals have to encounter in this
election is, that the democrats are willing
to elect Greeley president providing they
can get democratic congress. Does it
not begin TO look rs il this was true?
/ Further An article in the CAIRO Ca
zstte' says "ifa liberal is nominated, sew
| eral hundred democrats will bolt the tick.
et." If that is the way democrats talk
may not liberals just rs well say, "nomi.
nate Il democrat, and the liberals will
bolt Tnis is no way for either party to
talk or act--suocess Is what we want. Sue
cess we can have if we will. But for
liberals TO support such ticket ms is pro-
posed in the Fighter III congressional dis
tric,, forty-three democrats and not one
single liberal on it, would look very much
AS If they had been very guilty in the pas!
had now rcpente1, and gone bodily over to
the democratic party. There has been no
time in tho last ten year. when any num-
Der of republicans could not, had they go
chosen, have gone ovor to the democratic
party and been heartily welcomed. They
did not propose TO do SO. They don't pro-
pose to do so now, out they are willing to
unite with them in good faith to wage war
on the Capitalization of power, which
threatens the life of the government, o.
nepotsm, and Grantism Of every known
description. They are willing to come
upon liberal grou,.d and elect liberal
ticket. But WHY should they practice the
sell-abno CATION urged upon them by the
| Gazette, man. Democrats urged us to
revolt against the Grant party and prom
ised assistance, and now they ask them to
humble pic.
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