The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-25

Ihey were not up TO the spirit Oh the
time, which requires all friends Of the
Liberal cause to bury In forgetfulnes the
differences Of the past, and, in the present,
when the good Of the cause is under
consideration, to put aside every personal
consideration. They fell into the pit Of
disscntion, and wrangled into division Of
the forces of the Liberal cause. They
were foolish, when they should have been
wise; headstrong, when they should have
been conciliating; rash, when they should
have been discreet. They committed a
crime against the good cause of Liberal
ism, and with them be the responsibility
for any evil that may befall il in this part
of Illinois.
When we sock 10 discover the cause
which led 10 the failure 10 weld the Demo-
Gratis and Liberals of this district into a
"o'"on'ous "hoie, W. hhu ~ lying ciosc
to tho surface. 1t is tina. foolish DISPOSE
ton Of members ola party to push their
personal friends forward at the expense
of a cause, a disposition which has been
fully developed into perfect proportions in
Southern Illinois.
1t will be said THE BULLETIN should
not speak in this way, but quietly pursue
the path marked out for it-suffer itself to
be led meekly along and teach itself to
sing the song of perfect satisfaction. But
The BULLETIN will not do So The
BULLETIN will speak plainly, and place
the responsibility for the present condi-
ton Of affairs where it belongs. Too long
have the drill masters Of our party, here
at home, aourshed menacingly their trun-
cheons in our face, ordering us to be silent
when they did not wish us to speak and
to speak their words when they did not
wish US to be silent.
In the FIRST place, the Democratic and
Liberal parties in this part of the state,
and particularly here in Cairo, have been
controlled by gentlemen who have not
much political sagacity and not any dispo-
sition to leave the old party ruts. They
were welded to men--the Democratic
managers TO Wall, the Liberals to Jones
And out ofthis small beginning have come
oil the difficulties which now beset US, be-
cause in the convention these men dom
mated.
When the Democratic visitor:
to the convention arrived in the
city, they were soon made aware Of
the fact that there could be effected nc
concentration of the Democratic and Lib
eral forces on Mr.. Wall; and many OF
them--the msjority--were willing and anx.
ious to do anything which could honora.
bly, be done to effect compromise, and
when they were told that the Liberals would
weld Jones il the Democrats would yield
Wall, for whom majority Of the dele.
gates had been instructed,) they expressed
a willingness to comply with this sugges
ton and when they asked "For whom
will you Liberals vote beside Jones p
they were answered: "Willing foI
Crawford" Mr.. Wall said; al will
withdraw if that will secure harinony-ii
Judge Crawford will consent to accept
the nomination" The intimate personal
friends of Mr.. Wall urged this compro-
mise, and were willing to withdraw him
from before the convention. But there
were some refractory spirits in the Demo-
cratic convention-men who cannot be in.
duced to yield prejudices or partialities in
any cause; and, in the Liberal convention,
the dominating men were determined to
compel the nomination of Gen. Jones /;
and, therefore, when the conference COM
mittee met-the composition Of which, in
both its Democratic and Lib
eral membership, was unfortunate,
being not of that kind out of which
peace could grow-when this committee
met the Liberals refused to yield Jones'
and, to compel his nomination, demanded
admission to the Democratic conyen-
tlon with vote for every two hundred
votes cast for Grant in 1868 thus propos-
ing to cast sixty-two votes, the Democrats
having but sixty. The extreme unreasona.
bleness Of this demand will be seen, when
1t is stated that there were present in the
Liberal convention delegates from only
three counties. To this demand the Dem
ocrats could not, Of course, accede. Sensi-
BILE men should be ashamed that they
made it and patriotic men, desiring the
good Of the Liberal cause more than the