The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-11-12
THE DOLLAR WEEKLY BULLETIN

tl00 prtco Of the WEEKLY CAIkO DULLHIN
% One Dollar per annum, making y the
sheapest psper p,iblished in Southern Illinois.
AFTER THE CAMPAIGN.
ONE of the most intensely aggravating,
tbines We have had to do In connection
with our duties as editor of this paper has
been looking over the exchanges Issued on
or before the day Of election. Those OF
the Liberal sort TEEN with injunctions to
"vots early, to "vote the Liberal ticket "
to save the country" to put down Rad
icali.m," and so forth and so on, intermin-
gled with the many cheering assurances
that Greeley can be elected y that the
Liberal ticket is sure to win" that ait
requires 1856 electoral votes to elect
president; Of this number Greeley will
receive the entire South all Liberal
newspapers agreed on this-and such
Northern states a. each individual editor
conceived would givea majority for the
Liberal ticket that the Liberals are
hopeful" that the Radicals are despond-
est" ETC., etc. 1t has al
most made US feel like lay
ing down our lead pencil, emptying out
our paste pot, pocketing our scissors and
forswsaring the editorial tripod forever.
And as We sadly ponder over these useless
injunctions and false prophesies Of our
mistaken editorial brethren, VIC picture to
ourselves what might have been il they
had all been borne out in truth. How our
pen would have skinned over our paper
and left behind it our joyful impressions of
the good that was to follow the election Of
Horace Greeley-of how straightforward
principle and old-fashioned honesty
would have ruled in the councils Of the ma
ton; of how the prosperity of the North
wo0ld have been confirmed, and the rcvi-
val Of the commerce and credit of the now
beggared and desolute South would have
been assured of how bad men, like Butler
and Cameron would have sunk
out of sigh! and been heard
Of no more forever; Of how
all the promises made in our Liberal plat
form Of principles, would have been car
ried out to the best of human ability, and
the country have taken one more long
stride in its march towards greatness and
honestly, earned for itself the title OF being
the best and freest government under the
sun. But giving ourselves up to it, we
conclude to contemplate the situation as it
10, not as it might have been. Gen.
Grant is chief magistrate Of the United
States for four years more and holds his
lease Of power by as strong an indorse-
men. as was ever given to any president
before. As we sit alone and ponder, our
one most fervent desire is that our ante.
election predictions may prove false that
Gen. Grant may cut loose from the cor.
rupt men by whom he is surrounded; that
he may look upon the South with the ey,
ola patriot, and not as . partisan snt
that he will relieve it, as far Is his powe
extends, from the grievious burdens it i
now struggling under, in the shape o
grasping and uuconscienceless officials.
We picture to ourselves how one an,
then another Democrat would hav
dropped in on us; how one and then al
other jovial Liberal Republican woul
have popped in on US how we woul
have shaken hands together and con gra
ulsted each other on Our glorious victor
and all have been jolly and good mature
together. But the best laid plans, OF
Horace Greeley is defeated. Gen. Gran
10 reelected. We are sorry and out G
sorts. Our sanctum is pervsded by an al
ofquiet which assures us that our friend
are out Of sorts, too that it is the day afte
the fair; that the play is played out, tn
curtain down, the lights out and the peo
pie depsrted-where? Out into tenn est
uoa'' stormy night, in which angry wind
blow and threatening lightnings play, O
into the peaceful, quiet paths which shsl
lead US into the perfect day Of our great
ness as nation and people,
Who shall say?
LAWYE1S.