The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-17

he should be elected (Which contingency
is not a probability by any means), he
would no doubt, make a competent and
faithful officer.
The Sun very properly objects to
81. b. b" or any other correspondent of
the Gazette or any other paper, "blast-
ing at Rev. H. B. Thayer, because in a
letter to the Sun few days since, he
intimsted that Greeley republicans were
scarce in the northern part of the state"
If ~. B. b." knew Rev. II. b. T. as init
mately as we know him-as the Sun
knows him-"J. b. b." would shrink
from the intimations he has flung at Rev.
II. B. T. The fact is, Rev. II. b. T. likes
bis joke, and knows as much about good
joke as he knows little about politics, and
his letter to the Sun was intended as
one of his best jokes. That 81. B. b."
did not drop in this fact is 81. b. BIS
fault. The joke of the letter is palpabe.
1t lies on the surface; and if 81. B. b."
will read it again carefully, he will no
doubt, see this fact with his naked eye.
Why, any person who read Rev. Ii. b. rs.
letter attentively must, if he can "take in
and appreciate the quiet, satirical
humor flowing through it, come to the
conclusion that the heart Of II. Is. 7. 10
wrapped up in the honest old hat of the
philosopher of Chappaqua. Rev. H.
b. T. is, in short one of the honest Repub-
leans himself.
In the last number of the Gazette
We found the following
The Cairo Democrat while under the
control of John II. Oberly, ESQ, cause
lessly denounced the Rev. r. j. Shores, as
an 'ignorous and dangersome man. On
more than one occasion, too and at times
when Mr.. Shores was consistently pursu-
ing the even tenor of his Christian way,
Mr.. Oberly ''papered him" as an 'oleagn-
Gus blatherskite' and rectangular section
af a solid hypothenuse." During all this
time, we maintained an editorial connec-
ton with the Democrat; but that Mr..
Oberly's uncalled for and persistent de-
nunciation of Mr.. Shores met singing re-
proofs at our hands, and for time seri-
ously marred the friendly relations between
Mr.. Oberly and ourself, we are able to
prove by John p. Fagin, Moxley Mag
unicuttle, Captain Samuel B. Hamblet on
and Culpepper Cutpurse,all ofwhom main
tanned business connections with the
democrat, and heard us mors than once
hay, fifty times-beseech Mr.. Oberly
to "let Mr. Shores alone = and especially
not to avail himself of our side of the
paper to vehicle his vituperation to the
public eye. But what did Mr.. Oberly do ?
He tauntngly told US to emigrate to 'the
domain Of the tridenttailed boss Of the
sIlphurous regions and then straight
way poured out other vials of wrath upon
the devoted head Of his accomplishing
victim These oft-repeated personal as
saults finding voice on the SIDE Of the pa
per of which we were the ostensibls editor,
Mr.. Shores naturally enough charged them
to our account and Mr.. Oberly having
failed to "lift the VEIL" the Reverend
gentleman remains under the same err
roneous impression to this day-clasping
an Oberlytic porcupine to his broad bosom,
in fond dalliance as friend, while he
repulses in anger and In scorn, the
Harrellothic lamb, "whose fleece is white
as snow" 'Tisn't right
The author Of the above is man by
the name of NJ. B. Harrel. We know
the author personally. During the tenth
of century, "or thereabouts,' and until
moment since, he was our most intimate
personal friend but all that is ended now,
and he may expect, when next he crosses
our path, to be required to defend his life
from the vindictive assault we intend to
make upon him. While that gentleman
was associated with us in the Democrat
we held ourself up before his gaze as a
model Of truthfulness, and endeavored, in
every possible way, to win him from the
habit of telling whoppers, into which he
had fallen by association with Len Faxon
and himself. We struggled with him but
all in vain. On every possible occasion he
would attack, in an outrageous manner, as
he still continues to do, the Rev. Mr.
Shores. And what was worse STILL he
would glory in his shame. He
would make an assault on Mr..
Shores and then complacently smile
at his own skill in blackenng the
reputation Of such an estimable citizen.
But now, what do we behold This same
Harrell deliberately charges that all the
abuse that no heaped upon our friend
came from our pen! He actually declares
that 1t was Oberly, who, with presump-
tuous acidibility, and in the light of the
lamp Of oleaginous experience, which
aickered in the ftful breezes of doubt,
like reed shaken in the wind-that it
was we who were responsible for Harrers
own indiscernable and incomprehensible-
aye almost rude-yea, even boisterous,
wanderings from that which only the pure
Of heart like ourself, could comprehend
and admire in the strong
Herculean mind of the highly
intellectual colored man who presided
then and presdes now lin new tuilding)
over the destinies Of the First Colored
Missionary Baptist church of Cairo. This
being the fact, we desire TO be understood
a. not wishing TO continue to fssten Har-