The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-05
4 UurrERENCE OF OPINION.

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discussion with the Cincinnati G1-ettc.
said: The Fourteenth Amendment
j. valid. aud under it Jefferson Dnvi. j.
! ineligible ia the Presidency. This opin-
ion we maintained when the pos ition cost
Us more than any opinion ever sought to
be vindicatcd 10y the Go-et'e."
Tho inevitable inference from hi. j..
that there j. Il strong party disposed To
make Jcfl. Davis n -, mpcratic candidate
for the Presidency" said the Sat. .'o','-
mt.
"lIow the .l,,up0i arrive. at it, inc,ta-
bic Inference We cannot understand"
said the BrLLfrIN. in a tone that intinia-
ted that the BULLETIN wa, alarmed for
the sanity offs contemporary.
1--WE viii try to make the Jnoaar,
| proposition plain, even To The conprc-
/ hcn,ion of the BULLETIN" rctortS the
Jooroai, and goc, to y orh in Til, way:
What was ii that cost" the Courier
! ,IodyHGi 20 mitch: Clearly the maintr-
/ nance of the opinion that 1.-The -Four
! tecnth Amendment /, valid. and that
/ "undcr IL. jefferson Ddyi. j. Ineligible
! Ia the Presidency" How could th, be
! made an occasion of cost 10 the f0g-
| riey-JOgpH0l. unlc., there were anon.
! the usual supporter, of that paper Il con
| siderable class who di,scntcd from it,
| opinion OH this point-in other words.
who believed that the Fourteenth Amend
inent j, mt valid aud that.
in spite of it. "Jc1. Davis
! Is eiigibie to the Pre- ,idcncy who
] ia W Iii t,,
/ the occasion OF iutolcrantly Withdrawing
their patronage 10 such an extent Is to
make adherence TO its views in this re-
,pect II matter of cost" to the paper:
| And il there is such class. what pos,i-
bic object could they have in their intol-
Grant course towards that paper. unle.,
II were to put in practical effect what
they claim 10 he their right--yiz Ia elect
Jeif. Davis to the Presidency. it, defiance
OF the Fourteenth Amendment.
The ingenious argument has not made
the iopr"orS proposition palmer
% than i, was before. The opinion
{ that the Fourteenth Amendmen,
# Wa valid "cos, the C5.,,ie,-
u JJ,Gu1i patronage. The issue between
4 the fDH,.e>-./"Jr,Hl and IL drc-cating
: patron, was upon the broad question OF
& the validity of the War Amendment, IN
the constitution. That paper maintained
the position that however jcctionablc
the manner of their adoption might have
been. that NOTWITHSTANDING. the fact hoy
had been adopted by bogus Legislature,
1t the South, had been crowded through
by the bayonet, they would be held to he
valil-wcrc. therefore, in fact. valid. and
should De submitted 10. The foolish pat
rOn' Of the C,'~irr-JJ.unlt believed the
Amendment, were not valid-declarcd
~ the Democrat, OF the North did AT thai
timc-that they had been adopted 10y
force and violence, and Were. a, Mr.. Blair
expressed it in the Broadhcad letter.
null and Void. "rhi. i folly" ,aiI the
! C'@utSr-Jo0W1l. stop my paper, wa,
! the reply. In thi, way it cost the Cbt-
! yier-Jo07'ai something 10 maintain the
validity OF the Fourteenth Amendment.
| which provide. that no person shall he y
! senator or Representative lin Congress,
or clcctor of President or Nicc-Prcsidcnt
hold any Office, civil or military. under
the | nited states. or under any State.
Who having previously taken an oath a.
! a public officer To support the cJn,titt-
ton OF the United States. engaged in ii
>urreclion or rebellion, nnlcs, such di,a-
bllity shall first be- removed by Congress.
This /, what the Cyin..sr.Lt,.aay
said, aud We hay, mo- doub,
the Sfate Jy.Drdi i aware of the fact. AT
the time the controversy concerning the
validity OF the Amendment, Wa. in pro.
GrcSS between the Cyu,e,'-,f1ul,ql and II,
hot-hcaded patrons. not one OF them. We
venture to LAY, thought that Dayi. miglIr.
even II the Amendment, were out of the
way In any cNi2cncy, be candidate for
| the Presidency. Ihry an knew there
"a> no possibility of hi election. and
AT that time. Just after their defeat. "A ma
jority OF the southern people would have
voted against him, "a. We believe they
would to-day, for any office.
The jo1,,ai cannot. in fairness. deny
That "nr construction Ofth C,yr.cy-.Joyr-
"a'' language /. correct, aud tia, we had
right to say, ~ We do again, chow the
J'""1' arrives At il, inevitable inference
We cannot understand"
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