The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-19
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inst. say.
The political 'riti,J. ~ tie Hon. John
n. Obcrly. unc Ut Tie supcrnuiOclsrv
Democratic CERTIFICATES tor thu lcgiela-
tury. IN the Cairo district. are making
wsr ul'un hiri un the yruuuh ulit I've
voted tn ",hr uiiNcI schoIi biil' $50
called ~ tue iwrniy-ci4h,h sci'cra' as.
scipJly. tlIe f4ut -. ob~rit niily No'cl
ITO protect culDrcd clIildrcn IN their
right TO attend public school, ~ ac.
cvr,llncc with the state constitutions. aiid
while, ia doing 50, lie separated liiliisclf
from The large majority II his Demo
cratic associates. who would drive every
colorcd child from the public schools u
they could, he showed his manhood iii
the act. Mr. Obcrly 10 made to realize
constantly by such assaults rs the one
Just alluded TO the narrowness ot TIE
party with which he is associated and
how utterly out Of place any man with
any instincts In favor Of freedom ana
liberation in his breast is in connection
with IT,
The Jourunl is mistaken. The Demo
Gratis of the country. yer, generally. are ~
anxious as the Republicans 10 have the
colored children OF the land educated.
II is however too true, that, in some parts
of So,ithern Illinois, there arc Democrats
who have taught themselves and be-
iicvc, that the I'D nigger- don't de-
serve to have 10 cducat ion no'Iaw."
These gentleman arc themselves in need
OF the spelling book, the arithmetic and
the grammar. but they are ardeht--yerv
ardent. The long heel and the kinky
hair of the ncsrv are ia cir aversion.
These they are opposed to. These they
hate. These they assert are Radical doe
trincs. 10 donouncc which, Is thu dnty OF
all patriots. But-thank Ihs Lord
these gentlemen are becoming scarce in
Egypt. Occasionally We meet ono who
still clings to The wool aud heel Of
Sambo, proclaiming them to bc the hope
Of the Democracy, but day by day the
old prejudice is dying ont, anil soon We
shall have none OF il to complain about.
When Mr.. Oberly voted for the bill TO
protect coIored children in their rights in
the public schools. hc did so in the belle
that ne was running himself as ! Demo-
cratic politician. lie believed. when he
said AYE" upon tho call OF the roll on
the passage OF the bill, that II" would
never again receive the votes vi certain
of the Democrats q! lii- district that the
vote he was giving would retire him
from pulilics in Illinois. But he voted as
because he believed il; hi, duty IN DO 80.
lie does not regret the vote. III. stands
by il and 'lcieni- il against all corners.
But he Wa not mistaken in the effect
Of the vote. u retired him from the leg
stature. and made him the mark AT which
all the ultra heel-and-wOol Democrats
threw their denunciation-. Al the first
convention that nominated Mr.. llarizelI
he was threatened, with violence, and To
hi. OWN establishment, by an address To
the convention. prevented! the adoption
OF a resolution dcnouncimg him for his
vote on the bill spoken Ut above. u j.
true the Democrats overlooked the vote
and nominated linn at Jonc.boro; but
of late Mr.. Albright, the nominee Of the
frs, Joncsboro Democratic convention.
has revived the issue, and is appealing TO
y Democratic prcjudices in jackson county
e tor the pnrp"sc Of defeating Mr.. o.. who
j. not a cant.i,lat. for the legislature
, and has not been al any time.
. Upon this issuc we are willing 10 meet
: Mr.. Albright. Nj, mo-. influential
support.r.-such men as Ncs.r,.
Mockler au.l McIIafe, do not, We
are confident, justify him in hl. coursc;
but he believes i, will win. and he may
be correct in this belief. The most un-
reasonable things are possihl. at Ibis
time tor was not Townes and AIbriyE,
nominated by n reform convention.
However this may be, let III see in
what position Mr.. Albright stanls at
thie time. A few weeks ago. Mr.. Al
bright was iii Cairo, and in Democratic
torch-light procession walked side BY
side, along Washington avenue. with
negro jim Allen. We don't blame him;
Allen did not object but with what grace
= can this conference.-the man who IN
I Cairo parades side by side with negroes
with what grace can he, appealing To il.
, norance in Jackson county, say Vote
. for me. because Oberly voted while he
was member OF the legislature that IL
: any man should prevent a negro child
:, from Roiug to school by threats or vic.
q lence. he should be fined and that il any
g school officer should refuse 10 provide
!. means tor the education OF o colored child
for no other reason than that tho child
h was colored. such officer should also be
/. fined: With what grace: Why, with
II none. lie knows that he is wrong.
l. To the attention OF tie ignorant Dem.
!. ocrsts who listen with patience 10 Mr..
Albrights stuff about the negro school
bill, we call the fact, that durin. the
canvass two years ago, he pledged the
: people OF this district, that he would
have What he and his claquers called
Oberly's Niger bill repealed. Did he:
He introduced bill for its repeal-a
e bill which II ii had been enacted into a
l, law would have added great burdens TO
the already heavy taxes of our people,
= and he was laughed at for his pains.
c He got II started, and there it remains to
this day. He failed TO make good ms
promise. The Democrats of the Twenty.
10 ninth general assembly would not let
him, and therefore his attack upon
Oberly is really AL attack Oh the Demo-