The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-18
THE DAMPHOOLs OF CAIRO.


May the good genius of common sense
protect us' We need his panoply. With
out it we are as helpless as a small mouse
in the claws Of = large cat, q dwarf Lilli-
putian in the clutches Of giant Borbdigna-
gian as helpless as dozen of eggs before
the hungry countenance Of our levee
friend who lately made the eyes of the
placid Judge Bross enlarge to the size Of
plstters by an exhibition Of his wonderful
powers in the rapid disposition Of incipi-
ent chickens; as helpless IS Q negro voter
in the presence Of the fearful but fascinat.
ing Pope, him Of the Aorid face and sly
ness Of Joe Badgstock-"sly, id sly, sir !"
IS helpless, in fact as the dear old boy Of
the mild old Sun We must have pro
lection, or else the damphools Of Cairo, q
small but gallant band of incorrigible
Democrats, who hold 10 the old
faith in its new dress, or the
new faith in its old dress, or the new old
faith or the old new faith, or whatever it
may be called, with the tenscity Of death
to grim negro, ora negro to grim
death, or anyway else that may be proper.
or else, we say, these gallant and wise
gentlemen will actually overwhelm US
come down on Us As the famous Assyria
is reported to have come down, or as the
the Radical managers in election time
and the notorious thousand Of brick always
do come down" This q fact is, which
If our readers doubt, we can prove by q
swarm of witnesses as numerous Is the
locusts in Egypt or negroes about poll
ing booth on election day.
And how ungrateful such conduct in
such men If we could find Niobe she
would weep for us-if money could pur.
chase her tears, Was 1t not The BuLLE'
TIN who conducted these Democrats-may
Heaven pardon their ingratitude out o
the wilderness OF Bourbonism into the
pleasanter but somewhat tangled wildwood
Of Liberalism Did we not do this will
all the tenderness OF a wise and kant
father leading hesdstrong children ava.
from = table flled with candy and ice'
cakes? Didn't they then-msrk how fool
ish they were -didn'. they then denoanc
Us as. no Democrat Didn, they-thes
"long choosing and beginning late" Lib
erals, as soon a. they had been induce
10 eat Of this new food, bscom
enamored of it, and are they no
: now denouncing US because we, who relis
8 1t as we do Jackets oyster stews, do nc
II trumpet our love Of it as loudly a. the
d do, like sonorous metal blowing mar,it
l. sounds Is 1t not true We ask, tbs
10 these Democrats are even now declarin
that we, who have advanced to the from
to oil them again, are "going to aop'' ]
sinm' A lamentsble fact, it follows ,
IKE u shadow in the day time and is
IN. ghosl or dream at night But this
"a the penalty Democratic editor n,vs .,
Il, the privilege OF having a little corome
% sense and grain or two of independence
=, Would that We were as stupid as Il
!, Sun man, and as complete a slave
b. party a. Sambo or Bourbon Democrs
" Now, mark you, gentle reader, ma
" Misi A few days ago we said ut
'o' probable Grant will demand the csssi
VI to US OF q part of Mexico, and, IL be do
the people, having been educated in
the idea OF an ocsan.bound republic
We the Democratic fathers-Jeffsrson, Dou
1t. las, and the other great mon of the par
- will receive with favor Il