The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-06-21
TQOMBS TURNED LOOSE.
THE GREAT UCTED
SLASHES PROMlSCUOUSLY.

General Toombs made speech in At
lanta on the night Of the 18th. Here it is
"FELLow CITIZENS; am not in this
programme. Laughter l came here
as a listener. ] have not made speech
in public since 1868. ! have been watch
ing events, though. | am an outlaw.
l am proud of my outlawry laughter1
and / thank the living God that l have
lived to see just such Il state of things, be-
cause we shall be able to sift the chaff
from the wheat we can find out all the
democrats, chalk their backs and kick the
others out Laughter | stand upon
the principles of public liberty which have
been advocated for eight centuries by my
Observation-Disclosures as good to-day as in
1887. l stand by free government and
the right of freemen to govern themselves.
You talk to mo about your Grants and
Mr.. Greeleys, and all such stuff. will
beat them ut the ballot box, or any other
sort of box you choose. Applanse and
laughter.
Now, this is Il very plain question
{ there is no trouble about it. Show me a
man that tried to make u party out of the
negroes, and l will show you IA Greeley
man. Show me Bullock man that has
tunred democrat, and ! will show you a
Greeley mana thief that has robbed the
state, and l will show you Greeley man.
Show me one of the Mitchell orphans, and
l viii show you n Greeley man. Show
me state road lessee and will show YOU
Greeley man but show me an honest
man and | will show you an anti-Greeley
man
Why, we have no questions with u.s.
There is not white Greeley man in the
county of Wilkes, tho old hornet nest of
the revolution.
81 am glad We have got them alto
gether. We Will get the new departur.
lists, the Bullock men, the swindlers, the
thieves, in one pile and then get rid of
them
"As to Greeley and Grant, with one
exception, would support old John
Browns ghost, if could maintain demo.
cratic principles and popular rights. l
would support the devil in preference to
either of them, because when you support
the devil you support very respectable
antagonist. He is not u coward. He
fought God Almighty u very respectable
fight, and he fights him u pretty tough
hight till now-so the story goes in reve-
lation.
As to me put my politics upon one
sectioh OF magma Charta. No man shall
be imprisoned, found guilty or exiled un.
less by the decision Of Judge and the
verdict Of jury according TO the laws of
the land. The laws that he makes, and /
will accept laws from no other, So far as
the government Of the United States is
concerned am its enemy. | have trod
under foot the Haunting lie hundred |
times, and | trust TO do it again. They |
are no friends Of mine or Of my country
they are no friends of liberty
What's the difference between these
people Grants u soldier, a sort Of fool,
pul ne loves his friends, sticks 10 his kin,
US kun Laughter, But Greeley loves
hooody--dont even love his wife and is a
wo,hahs rights man. He is woman,s
rlghts man. and ! wouldn't vote for him
Ior no other reason. That's the msttar
with Hannah. Wv matter
~ the women only had the rich, hind
OF husbands there would he no Womsn,1
rights women. Laughter and applause
They say y great deal about his old whit
hat and old coat. His white hat Ia his |
greatest distinction.
~ tell you one thing, said to an
Augusta man, you abuse Atlanta. Why7
Where did Bullock come FROM From
Augusta, my own district. Where did
Conley and Budget and Eph. Tweedy
come from' Why, from Augusts. And