The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-12

remarks as 10 our late Excess.
siye rains and the ruinois tinancia enect
they had upon the sta'e ia'r' '"e"
closed. ~.
You have not forgotten That shorty
after, 1 asked YOU this question, 'uoN-
ernor, do not your friends annoy you
quite rs much rs your enemies anu
that you smilingly replied. Yes. ilueeu
they do: my enemies annoy me pu. Nv
tie my friends. n great deal; NY ques
ton had beea suggested ny tue I",..
which you will remember, WAT you wtie
vigorously button-holed by an elderly
gentleman AMI detained some minutes.
immediately after YOU had turned the
corner of the building on the west front
You then asked you friend II there was
any doubt as to the election OF Cox. anu
discussed with him the state OF his cam
vass for some minutes. after which YOU
continued with an expression OF your
views upon the general canvass. l stoou
by silent listener. Your friend made
remark about the wonderful uprising. oil
the people in 1910, and you replied that
.'that political upheayal was owing en-
tirely to the desire of the people for
change You then Immediately pro-
ceedcd to say that the desire existing AT
present for change was due TO our IMAM
| cial disasters, depressed industries anu
| general hard times. You immediately
added. as you remember them. these
words: son the question OF iinance.
the resumption act, aud the necessity oil
reform we will be badly beaten.' This was
indeed. an unexpected statement Tor me tu
hear from you. What think you, sir, was
tny astonishmcnt when. without mo
ment's DELAY. YOU added these exact
words. viz: I'VE must flank the issues.
VIC must wave the bloody shirt, and re-
vive the bitter preiudiccs of the war.
They were burned into my soul and
memory rs with An iron secthing hot
from tho liricst furnace. Mark me, Gov
crnor, do not say that you used these
last words in substance. solemnly
aver, a. in the presence of my Maker
that you used tic very words. Those
and none other. And now, if your mem
DRY i, still at fault, permit me to remind
you of another statement made in immc
,liat connection. which will aid in its cor
rection. DO YOU not remember ut say
ing this: "Bainc wrote ne from Main'
that. until the last thrce weeks OF thcl
canvass, their ,tumpers had devotct
ninc-tenths OF their speeches To discus
sion OF finance and civil service reform
and only onc-tcnh 10 "waying the blood
shirt" aud that they were losing ground
hat that they changed tactics, and durini
the last threc weeks devoted nineteenth
of their speeches to waving the blood
shirt. and only one.tenth to ''civil sci
vice rciorm.'' And do you not remeu
Der that having made this statement, yo
added. "Geu,lcrnen. We need not CUES
at the effect--thc election is over and W
know the result
And now. your cXcellency. are yo
still lncredulous and forgetful as TO hay
ing made the statement referred to:
so, permit Inc to remind you OF anotht
statement made also in immediate col
nection with it. DO you not remenbt
that you made this remark Bob 1Bge
soils you called him Bob, long specc
OF two hours in Columbus'c consisted I
, nothing but holding up the dangers OF
united South against united North.
You did say so and you cannot have 10
gotten Ii.
Let me remind you further, governo
Don't you remember Of saying in Il
course OF the conversation that, "Tilden
canvass has been 4 blunder from Il
a beginning" and THAT his hobnobbii
e with Gov. Hendricks at Saratoga and Il
n delay OF his letter OF acceptance has 10
/: him the confidence of the people," Al
n surely you have not forgotten that yt
s said Of your opponent: "iilden new
t was anything but cunning TammaT
1 the election had taken place last ia
= three weeks earlier than it did, shou
/. have been beaten ~. 200 votes But VT
= weary you With further reminders:
these avail not, the entire convsrsatle
r would prove unavailing.
J. Aud NOW, governor, il in view OF the
) reminders to the truth OF " hat YOU Il
0 ready know. You persist In authorizing
E approving the denial herein referred {
!, you must pardon me for saving, sir, Ih
: II will be at the expense OF your truthfl
C ness, honor aud manhood. For You ,
e know, a. yOu live and Your Divine jud.
. lives, that the statement herein INA,
e Is true in substance and in tact.
The statements made We're mat
without asking OF confidence on yOl
part, or granting on mine, They were
you we'll know without solicitation an
: voluntary. The truth Is that you faile
TO remember me Alright, and in the sin
! plicity OF your heart JUMPED to the COZ
;, clusiOn that was Republican. Int
:. the first OF them was made | had 7
reason TO doubt, nor did doubt. b,
that You knew who 1 was, ana that
!, was engaged in the canvass OF the stat
= In aid Of your defeat. | submit to yc
!. therefore. that 1t is gross abuse of tern
2 to characterize me as sneak for exc
!. cising the right and performing the hig
|, duty OF letting the people Of the Unite
= States know what manner OF spirit the
|. were placing In the control Of the go,
, to the presidency.
y 1t only remains for me to add tn;
= these statements are subject TO verilic,
: ton by my solemn oath, whenev,
q you shall request 1t. | would regr'
: that your denial, il made, should bic q
: credited likewise, for being so done, yo
y would have added moral perjury to col
: scious lying.
, With kind personal regards,
: remain your Obedient sevran
/. w. &. CASTOR.