The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-20
THE NEW DEPARTURISM OF MR..
POTTER.

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THE NEW DEPARTURIsM OF MR..
POTTER.
The Mound City journal says, that
when the Chicago Times took the New
Departure, and threw bombshcll into
the Democratic ranks by declaring for
negro suffrage and advocating its adop-
ton, Oberly's paper endorsed the Times
proposition. Oberly's paper did no such
thing; but, on the contrary, denounced
the Times. The article referred to was
entitled: "Shall the Democratic party
live or die?" and the proposition it con.
tanned was That the Democratic party
should step forward and declare for i'm.
partial suffrage as contradistinguishcd
from universal suffrage. If the party
would do this, the Tones claimed, il
would succeed. and the suffrage would be
based on intelligence; only those, white
and black. who could read and write,
would vote. This would. the Times pre-
dicted keep from the polls the ignorant
blacks of the South and preserve the Re-
public from the dangers Of universal suf-
irage. We confess we believed then that
there was much wisdom in the sugges-
ton of the Times. and in conversation
said so; but we did not own the Cairo
Democrat, and those who controlled it
came to the conclusion the Democratic
organ OF Southern Illinoi. must denounce
Storey. Accordingly, an able law
yer of Cairo prepared an article reading
the Times out Of the Democratic party,
and it wa. published as a
double-leaded editorial in the
Cairo Democrat. Some time af-
terward, when we had established the
BULLETIN, we did do what we wished to
do at the time referred to--we gave to
the Times the credit of making a wise
suggestion. In short. we took the New
Departure. and advocated the policy of
accepting. in good faith. the results of
the Wharf.-The freedom of the slave, and the
admission of the negro into the politics
of the Republic. We were denounced by
Democrats, and commended
by sensible ones. Among the sensible
ones at that time was Mr.. PottoI anu |
pthe, Democrats at Mound City. While |
we were combating the Bourbons, they |
encouraged us--badc us ''go in on the
New Departure and boosted that
with them this aener'''-~ vas
agement had the desired effect. We
pressed on. Mr. Potter seems to have
forgotten this fact, and we therefore call
his attention to the following, the origi-
nal of which. signed By Mr. Potter
own hand, we have in our possession:
MoCSD CRY. Ills, May 2z.'7l.
John ii ObeTiy. afro, lie
DEAR cIs :-Plea-e accept our hearty
cOngratuIaiiOn. tor the able ef'Orr you
made in your editorial On tie ..SeB d.
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