The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-04-27

rent, but nope the mouse will consider
il without feeling l hope no gentleman
will allow any emotion OF disappointment
or anger 70 induce him to put his orator
;cal lance ut rest and to rush at the bill
with the determination to o, crthrow il,
regardless Of consequences. know how
much man i. devoted to the children of
his Ions, and that the children of his
brain challenge even deeper affection. The
boy who builds u stanAa making "love'
and dove, and "ring' and sing" Jingle
reads it again and again with delight, and
wonders why Milton and Shakespeare and
Byron failed TO WOO the muse which in
spires him; and, sir, know from sad eY-
periencc, that tho children Of legislative
mind are also dear to thor PARENTS
- ris great thing to see one. name in
print;
\ bins a bill; although there. nothing
int
Sr, ut the commencement of this
session introduced bill for n stay law.
1t Wa. my only legislative bantling.
Although knew ! could not climb up
its sections into congress, as | might have
done by the ladder Of q railroad bill, l be-
lievcd II was necessary to tue welfare OF
the state. But the Judiciary COMMITTEES
assassinated it. The Brutus Of that COM
mttee plunged his dagger into il, and tho
Cassius and Cascn, and must say to the
gentleman from IIcnry--ct M, followed
his cruel example. 1t ia dead. II will
stay Ii Is now in truth and in fact
u stay law. Like Ophelia oc-
ca,ionally scatter roses ut the mouth Of its
sepulcbre, the door of the committee room
at the Leland. and lament my bantling
My own experience has given me fellow
feeling for the gentlemen whose railroad
] Ia La lad t,,, IL ~,
cntrcat them to be consoled, and to not
because they are childie.s, attempt to rob
the committee of thirteen of its fayorits
Why should the gentleman from Coles,
| because he sees in the features OF this bill
the mouth of the Donshue bill tho tore.
head OF the Durham bill, tho noss of the
Lci,Ze bill and the voice Of the Hildrup
bill, swing his bludgeoa and brsia IL
Can he not see in II the best features Of
his own child Sir, the WORK of the com
mittce was strange. Our bill is made OF
the beet Of all the bills, and in the com.
mittcc room may be seen the beinishes-
tho moes and warts, and hsirlip. and bald.
-hesds-og all them, cut of remorselessly. If
with little skill. The reporter Of the Chi
cago Tribune has called 1t "Jo.epb's Coat
BILL Its, and | believe il will be Q gar
mcnt o! protection TO the rights ofths peo-
pie.
PEELED RODS OF PUBLIC OPINION.
Mr.. Speaker, have been told the courts
will wipe this bill out "a boy with wet
sponge wipes figures from his slate do
not believe this. Lord Bacon has said:
"The lawyers, being bound and subject to
the DEGREES OF the laws prevailing in their
several countries, have not their iudg-
inents free, 5ut write rs in letters" The
was true, when the gentlemen of the bar
sought truth, ns y writer has well said in
their own little world, and not in the
; great and common world; but in this day
the influence of popular opinion 10 as ap.
, parent on the mind OF the Judge as on that
} If the politician. lie advances slowly,
e but he advances Truth runs in even
currents although there may be ripple
, here and there upon its surface, and
I Whatever may be its wihdings,
sooner or later finds its level
4 in the great ocean of the human heart.
c Popular opinion is all potent. The Book
! tells US that Jacob who was no doubt n
: railroad man, since he devoted mos. Of his
6 time to watering stock, tended Labans
e flock, and took him rods Of green poplar
g and OF hazel and of the chestnut tres and
3 peeled white streaks in them and made
the white appear which was in the rods
. And he set the rods in cutters In the
|
= - drink, and tho hocks, looking upon the
It rods, conceived and brought forth cattle
e ring-stresked speckled and spotted. The
T courts, when they look at the flowing cur
rent Of events, see drifting on its surface
= the sentiment of the people-the peeled
: green poplar, hazel and chestnut tree rod.
i Of popular opinion; and, without thor
t own knowledge even they are influenced.
2 and the productions Of their own mind,
;. are, sometimes to their own surprise, ring
s.reaked, speeklei and spotted marked
with the peoples marks.
/ CONCLUSION.
Y It's true the movement Of the people
= against railroad monopolies, and indeed
% all monopolies, is retarded by tho thread
5 bare presidents Of the past that many
!, Of the courts are attempting TO drag the
Z world backwards, us Cacus dragged the
I oxen OF Hercules 10 the cave Of tho Aven-
g tine, but they cannot succeed. The world
d Is progressing and popular rights are be-
: coming more hrrnly rooted in despite of
, snaii.pacnd men who cry stand, stand
q Inc magic mower OF vested rights cannot
G long uphold concentrated wealth in it,
= insolent position, whatever the courts OF
! to-day may believe.
. Sir, not many nights ago many Of the
I members OF this house had the pleasure OF
'.oh'b bposn Ms hlcHIleu, IN BuIWers play
l OF tina. name tThe mimic scene is vet no
t doubt fresh in their memories. In all.
the actor indicated his title to ability in
his profession. In the fourth act he wa,
! great. lou, sir have not forgotten that
, scene. You remember that, when the old
man had been striped of his power, and
! stood before his king and the courtiers no
longer sustained by tho indomitable
Will Of Armand Richlisu his ward
heelng from the arms of the king and tho
, polluting embrace Of BARBADOS, claimed
his protection. and how, whom expostula.
ton had failed, he Invoked tho power of
the religious superstitions of the pas. and
tho then present time, and threatened 10
launch upon tn" head If any one who de-
ned that authority the curse Of Rome.
Then the heads Of the hardened men 10
whom he spoke were barred and their
knees were bowed in awe. So potent i.
the power of superstition. Sir, can il bs
truthfully SAID of tho courts of this land
that they have drawn around tho mo
nopohes OF this day the magic circle of
legal superstition, and believe
that tho people, fearful of their
power, Will not step within It to crush
tnese lheir most powerful enemies? If
tney 40, experience will teach them they
are miStaken for even now fleeing from
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