The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-08-27
4 WORD OR I wO WITH MR.. MILO
ERWIN.


Louis Globe Democrat of Wednesday in
giving n statement of the ''true condition
of affairs in Williamson county with
the public sentiment there" But in
stead of combining himself TO his subject.
Mr.. Erwin engages in laborcd attempt
to prove that Williamson county is
quiet, peaceablc and law-abiding section,
"whose foibles have been multiplied into
crimes, and crimes into battles"
and whose reputation for lawlcssness Is
not the result of the outrages practiccd
there, but "on account of the storm of
odium heaped on our county by few
reckless editors" "Among the editors
who have libeled Williamson county,"
writes Mr.. Erwin. "none have taken Il
livelier interest in giving it an infamous
name than John II. Oberly OF the Cairo
BULLETIN and II. +. Brown of the Ma
rion Adrocate," and thereupon Mr.. Erwin
devotes two columns of solid matter to
abuse of Mr.. Oberly.
Why Mr.. Erwin should single out Mr..
Oberly as being denouncer Of the atroc-
tiles perpetrated in Williamson county,
list of ''rcckless editors" The editor " Of
the st. Louis Gio5e-Democrat, itself,
which has INDUCED in unsparing denun-
citation of the Williamson county
ontrages, has harshly criticized
Governor Beveridge for his
his inaction, and boldly advised the PEG.
pie OF Williamson to take the law into
their own hands, form vigilance commit
tees and with the aid of Judge Lynch,
teach the outlaws a lesson that they would
remember. So persistent has the Globe
Democrat hccu IN this course utat the cd
wor has been threatened, in anonymous
letters written from law-abiding William
son county, with violence to himself if 1t
did not cease. The following is sample
of one of the letters received by the Globe
Democrat and published in its columns
CARTERsvILLE, Liz, August Is, 1875.
EDITUR of Globe-Democrat
Yore putin in so many things ginst us
that we intend to hey yorc skalp and
| sum yore damd hirelings at Carbondale.
Your thritning us with vigilants commit.
tees. The people darscnt do it they'd Git
thare body full Of shot and slugs.
We will ketch some of you some night
and kill you and you wont no it. You
stop that there work of yores and take
all back OF else we will put you on our
dead list.
We hev found out the man what wrote
that aamd lie In your paper long ago,
A hnN I IL -
hell and the grave.
ONE OF THE BOYS.
All of us is going to do what We saw.
Ii you git Bevridge to send his hire
llngs down here we will send you and
them to hell. We hearn you set Sept.
to hev all the devils to meet at Carbon.
dale and Marion to 20 for Us. let EN-
come.
Mr.. Erwin might and should have in
cluded in his list of RECKLESS editors"
the editor of the Chicago Tribune who
has not been economical of space in COM
menting on the events which have made
Williamson county notorious, nor gentle |
In his censure OF Gov. Bevcridgc for his
supine acquiescencc in the disgraccful
condition OF affairs there. The Tribune
editor sent special correspondent to Will
Hanson, and in addition to daily denun-
eiatory editorials. devoted four columns
Of the paper to detailed history of the
and lesser outrages.
And Mr.. Irwin might have included in
his list of reckless editors " nearly
every editor in the State and countless
number out OF it, who class "the William
son county outrages - "a among the I'M
portant news ofthe day, and few of whom
Tail to stlgmatize these crimes and their
perpetrators as n disgrace and a stain to
'hls whole section of country.
Mr., Obcrly Is willing to be classed
among the editors who have drawn at
tentlon to the outrages in Williamson
county and who have asked aud de-
manded their suppression. lie Ia, done
I'iis, not alone in the interest of law and
order, and for the sake of the good name
and the material welfare OF the whole of
southern Illinois. both OF which have suf.
erred largely from the continuance Of the
roublcs, but also for the peace and pros
per'ty Of the law-abiding aud intelligent
people Of Williamson county itself, many
VI whom MIR. Oberly has met under cir.
r n,a,N OF most pleasant and aus
pclOus charac,o,