The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-13
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4 WISE LETTER From THE
GhEENBACK STATESMAN.

a., CN.iSS,TL december en- IN.
MeSsrs. E'hsetmaH, Firsst,as. Eapgh-
man, committse Of Iaritqton
GENrLEMEN-l regret that ! cannot
accept your invitation to be present. nt tho
next annual celebration of the Sth of Ian.
uary. II would have given me prea,
pleasure II meet and take counsel of hose
VINO are 50 well grounded in the faith and
pthcllcc oil the democracy ~ the men q,
Wayne county, and with them 10 recall
the principles and examples Of the found,
ers of our party.
Two great dangers imperl free institu.
lions under the policy of the party now in
power Inc Splrit OF centralized military
government attacks everywhere the con.
stlution ana corruption in office DESTROYS
the civiI administration. | do not sneak
mercy or chiefly of special defalcations
however startling, but of the general deg
rah"'oh OF the 81 ndurd cf official iptcg.
ri'E' uh'lI the Offices ia both tie civil and
mllt"ry service seem to be considered the
property Il the party, to be dispensed and
nunl'"'s'ered primarily for party aggrund-
i@emeht or personal profit.
These dangers grow out of and ore in.
! sporadic from the present organization of
'no iePuo"cth party. Its foundation, lis
philosophy, ITS history and its leaders rec
| oShl|e military power and the corrup,ing
use ol money by official patronage ms
lrsltIhrie forces in ordinary civil admin
t'on' ana now more than ever are they
brought INTO active exercise. The d.mn-
cr"'lc party eoniront' this theory and de-
hounces these practices.
Founded upon the idea of local povorn-
ineht, Jealous of powers granted to au-
q Ia ct,
are esscntIhi 10 the honesty necessary in
republican institutions, il maintains with
more determined purpose that the military
must be subordinate to the civil nutnors,
ana that offices are Il trust for the peonl.
not spells for tho victor. f'
It's powerful organization enters cycrv
village IN the land and numbers umon,,
It's adhGrehts, nearly onc-h tlfthe people,
rs intellectual, us pure, n patriotic, ms nm
selfish, Us any Of their icllpw.ciiizcns
lhey are toe numerous 60 be cowordIv
Ihey are too patriotic to be luke-wnr,n
they are too sincere in their purposcs md
convictions to be driven to dcspordcncv
by ten years of rcverses. They havo
shown constancy in defeat ms well a.
wisdom in victory. If ! understand their
feelings, they Will neither dis5and their
organization nor flee the field before the
contest commences. Either course, thew
S,SSeoeNyc, wolld yield undisputcd sway to
W Nv re,ent administration, which could
sos,'s ~. undivided attention to the de-
ann Vim ,Tm its ranks. An advancing
in Gio%, 'ne enemy either dispersed OF
,rortte ~, "vN'r loses divisions or regi-
able To- nick OF oW y" d. p'ni,r, and is generally
or thoughtless strarglcrs. ~ "o"'"cro"s
| III there be IA. f. ,l,;
oers OF the republican party wGSy mem mem
prove the ideas which dominat" H. a''aI-
mlhl'tratlon Of President Grant. ma nu-
prepared to oppose his recollection ,b me
should declare their purposes. orgnni,s,.
their party, develop and manifest tboir
strength, and if il may predict the future
they viii have no just cause, even tbe
most sensitive and timid among ,hcn,
Tor refusingto cooperate with the demo.
cratic party,
W hen its authorized convention shall
speak it will remind its adherents that the