The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-06-05

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ere TOO prsjudiesl, 70 b. just.
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A WORD WITH A NEIGuBOR.
Our good friend Of the Mound City
journal says,
We would rather zee white people gov.
srned by whites, and justice dispensed
among white people by white courts. Let
those In Cairo Who voted for Bird, and
wish law diahsd out 70 them BY him, en-
Joy the luxury; but 70 force the great mass
Of the white citizens Of Cairo 10 resort 10 |
Mr.. Bird's court, whether they would or
not 10 On unjust and arbitrary assumption |
Of power which does not belong TO the
mayor Of Cairo or any other city. II
Wood can compel the police 70 take oil
city cases before Bird halt the time, he cen
do u oil ths time, and he can assume any
other illegal power he may choose. lie
takss stride ahead Of tho miscege alton
rulers Of South Carolina and IL quito on q
per with Kellcgg's usurping Louisiana
crew
No person In Cairo who wishes the law
dishsd out 70 him BY . white man 10 com.
PEELED BY any order Of the mayor to 90
into Police MsslstsAts Birds court
Change Of venue lies from Bird 70 Bros.
Why, thss, does the Journal say that 70
force she great macs Of the white citizens
Of CAIRO 70 resort 70 Mr.. Birds court,
whether they would or not 10 On unjust
and arbitrary assumption Of power which
dsss not belong 10 the mayor Of Cairo or
Of any other city? The Journal is either
prcjudiced or stupid. Tho great mass Of
The white citizens Of Cairo are not com.
PEELED 10 confront any police court Tho
great mass VI our white oitissns are not
drunken and disorderly the great mass
OF our white citizons are not vagrants F;
the great mace of our white cit
izens are not continually in
dulsing in beaches Of the peace; tho great
macs Of cur white citizens have 10 favors
to ssk OF the police courts. II the great
mass Of our white citizens were compelled,
BY their hablta, 10 resort 10 tho police
courts, We do not think the great mass of
our white citizens would deserve 10 bc
tried before court whittier than Bird, and,
ifa biscksr ono could be secured IN an y
way, they should have judgment passed
upon them BY Il. The great macs Of our
white oitixsns are law.abiding, and ths in
situation Of the journal 10 a. insulting
- II 10 unjust
The journal says that IL Wood can
compel the policeto take all city cases be-
fore Bird half the time, no can do II all
the time. We admit this but va
ask the Journal TO consider thi,
statement. When the present policemen,
appointed BY Mayor Wood, qualified, they
found In force, by agreement Of the police
magistrates, the rule that offenders against
the ordinances should bs taken before sach
Of the msgistrates on alternate days
These official creatures Of Mayor Wood,
without notice that the rule had been Oh.
rogstsd, themselves abolished Il and took
oil their prisoners before Bross. This the
journal claims was proper. In other
| words, the 'Journar believes that Mayor
| Woods othOsa, creatures may do In th,'
regard Whist be cannot do. They may ia
fact do many things he cannot do, bu
their authoity must come from the mayo
and aldermen. To decide that . polio,
magistrate elected BY the people should
try no cases under the city ordinance, DO.
cause he was black, 10 not within the au.
thority vested In them BY the city council.
II Mayor Wood bad appointed policemen
who preferred Bird TO Bross, and those po-
licsmsn had agreed 70 take oil Oltyprisoners
before bird because Bross hasn't got curly
hair or 10 German or Democrat, would
not the journal have denounced thsm a.
partial aud prsjudiosdf Would not that
paper have called upon Mayor Wood IA
interfere and compel his policemen TO be.
have thomsslvesp There 10 no doubt the
Journal would have done 90. The CASE
under discussion 10 precisely this, sxcep,
that the policemen happened to prefer
Bross TO Bird because Bird did have curly
hair and had not white face. This MAY
b. good reason 70 prefer BrOsA bu, W her
you permit policeman TO mako prefer
sncs for that reason you cannot prevent
him from making . preference tor an,
other reasou that may seem sufficient I,
, him. Mayor Wood has no right TO orde
that one police magistrate shall b prefer
, red to another for any reason, and nsithe
has . policeman that right; but they dis
exercise the power, and the journal sp
Plsuded them.
/ We ask the Journal II We are not RICH
in our position Would il have US, DO
cause colorsd man has been elected 20
lice msg'strats, approve an exercise o
power In our police force which that p.
per deniss to the mayor Does IL asser
that, because tho people Of the city hav
elected colorsd man, who Is . oompetsn
officer, TO sry offenders under the ordinau
oss, THE BvLLxrIx should aAssrt that th
policemen Of the city should declare Abs
no offender under tho ordinances shall
I tried by that colorsd man ? Doss II b,
lisys THx BULLETIN should dsnouncp th
4 mayor because he ssid to his police fore
"Yoa must not sxsrciss such authority
|. We do not believe the Journal can, IL
Il viii put away prejudice. snswsr these que
a tions 10 the Affirmative. No paper 10 ju