The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-19
GOV ERNOR PALMER'S LAST STEP
FORWARD.

GO\ EkNOk GALM Eh LhoI cAhA
FORWARD.
Gov. Palmer hesitatcd q long time be-
fore he took his place in the ranks of the
liberal republicans. lie had, it is true,
often openly and in a manner as bold as 1t
was ablo declared his devotion to every
principle which the liberals are now maxi
ing prominent in their wcll-considered
movement; but, being a gentleman who
is very anxious 10 know that he is right |
before he goes ahead and takes step
which may deprive him of the ability to
be power in tho politics of the country,
no hesitatcd to step from the ranks of the !
republican party and declare his sympa-
thy with those who have determined to |
defeat that party, and thus relieve the
country from the odium of the corrupt
and dangerous usurpations of the men
who have lately controlled ii, and, with |
insulting pcrtinacity abused, villifed and
politically mathematical every member
who has had the courage to protest
against their abuses. But, at last, the
governor has taken the final step, AMI
now stands with those men Of the repub-
, lican party who have broken from the
1 partisan shamblcs and raised the standard
| of reform, shouting for local government
and protesting against the power-absor5-
ing process which is gong on at Wash
II ington.
y In the new political fellowship he has
e formed Gov. Palmer will feel "more at
"' home" than he ever did among the repub-
w. licans. In the past, he was democrat
oe' and, while he acted with the republican
'na party, either winking at or weakly apollo
is giving for its shortcomings, he could no
" resist the impulse to occasionally spea
Inc with his old democratic voice and shou
am the old cries of state rights, forgetting nc
:. to protest, after the most approved mar
III, ner of democratic statesmen, against tn
. ~ dangerous usurpations of power by tn
81 central government. No man can lon
-. advocate these doctrines, and desire al
A.. honest administration of the affairs of tn
;, public, and remain out of democratic fol
bc lowship.
ST, We do not say that such a man canno
ss remain out of the democratic party, be
in. cause it has been prejudice against tina
,s- party which has kept such men so long il
iii the republican party; but we do say, sue
ed a man cannot remain long out OF demo
l.. cratic fellowship. Heretofore, since tn
war; the policy Of the leaders of the demo
cratic party has been to rcpulse the ad
vances of men like Palmer; but, this poi
icy has been abandoned in the face of re
of pcated defeats, and the Old Bourbon
on have either taken back seats or now spea
DIS with the most dovc.like voices, cooingl
Ia expressing a willingness to associate wit
ite the democrats, who, in 1868, wishe
"' to make them wise unto political salvi
ton, and even with liberal republicans
:, to, in fact, follow after the liberals an
no, fight and live or die with them. This il
IRIS in our estimation, an expression of willing
da, ness on the part Of democrats to abando
for their political organization, and, If tn
in Cincinnati convention shall act wisel,
ly' they will do so, and after its adjournmen
led the democrats will swing in solid column
rly into the liberal ranks, and with thos
Tue friends Of democratic principles press on t
10 victory. In this new party--the demo
cratic rose called by another name bu
with the same odor-Gov. Palmer will b.
n no mean parsonage. lie will stand clos
of to the read Of the column and wear tn,
re insignia of authority.