The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-12
THE BLOODY SHIRT.
II 10 Only in its Sanguniary Folds
that Hayes Hopes for Shelter
from the Coming Storm.
New tho MOslel Ref0Psner VabosOms
Sl00selG - His HP1end.

tFrom the Hon. W. c. Gaston's letter in the
steubenyile (OhiOl Gazette.l
SrUBENvILLH, O., Oct. 4, ls1G.
HoS. r, B, HAYES, Governor Of Ohio:
IouR ExCELLENcY Last evening q
friend placed in my hands copy OF the
Ohio State Joarnal, dated October 2, IRON
which clip the following editorial, viz !:
"A Democratic refOfmer, calling himself
W. c. CASTOR. has been making speeches
in Eastern Ohio. in which he says that
vate conversation: On the question OF
finance, the resumption act, and the ne
cessity OF reform. We will be badly beaten.
We must wave the bloody shirt and re-
"Of course Governor Hayes never
used such language. publicly or pri.
yately. Furthermore, no One who knows
him will believe that he used ii, and no
one who does not know him Will believe
so when the story is told by q man who,
Ia the very act OF telling IL. advertlses
himself as sneak. To retail in public
q private conversation. known AT the
tune TO be private, Is about Is small aH
act a. twO-legget creature in the shape
of man can be guilty of. but TO invent
such Q conversation and then retail it is
gratnitous selE-degrsdatiOn.'
sm the gentleman referred to above
ss"A Democratic refOrmer. calling him
self w. Z. CASTOR"
The we'll known relation which that
paper sustains to You ss your personal
organ, would justify me in the belief that
the denial and brutal attack therein made
were by your order or with your knOwl.
edge and approval. But knowing as !
do the infamous falslty OF that denial and
the consequent gross injustice OF the at
tack on me, prefer for the present the
made without your order, knowledge or
approval or if made with these, that
your memory has utterly failed and
sadly needs reviving. To the latter
work let me first ask your attention.
When you visited Steubenville In your
stumping tour OF 1875, accompanied by
DIR. j. L. Updegraff OF this county, | was
introduced to you by him rs the ''silver-
tOngucd" CASTOR Of Stcubenvlle. And
now that remind you Of it, for a pur-
pose, you will remember that, on rctir-
ing from your presence, I took yOu by
the hand and remarked, Governor, re-
greet that we must defeat so good man
as you this fall, but it must lie DONE"
Following this, by published appoint
ment Of the Democratic state Executive
Committee Of Ohio, earnestly aided in
the canvass OF the state against you. 1t
would be strange indeed that. under
these circumstances. you would not
know who was and what / was doing
during the summer and fall OF 1875,
When the canvass opened in Ohio this
fall, the same committee announced me
In the leading Democratic journals OF the
state, AS one OF the gentlemen who had
~ IN
actively IN the canvass against you-and
subsequently announced for ME q long
list OF appointments in various counties
of the state. Surely SO Observant man
as you, and SO much at stake in Ohio,
did not fail TO "bc informed and know"
who were the men that were managing
the battle against you here.
1t was under these circumstances, and
exercising tho right to bclicys that you
would know both mo and my mission,
that ! called at your Office to pay re-
srects to you rs the governor OF Ohio,
on the morning OF the 10th OF September
last. Not finding yOu in, reached the
west front OF the capitol building Oh my
return to the Neil house, when ! was
Joined BY gentleman whom ! did not
then know, nor do now, with whom
entered into . friendly conversation.
From the tact that Ire told me thas he
WAS Just from the session OF the supreme
court. aud held iu his hand copy OF
this laws OF last winter, | supposed him
| to lie . iawyer-and from what subse-
| quently occurred between you and him
- to the state OF the canvass between
Hurd and Cox In the sixth congressional
district. Ihave reasons TO believe that he
lives In Toledo. While engaged in con-
veraatiOn with him. YOU came from the
south front TO the west entrance where
we stood, and recognizing, called him by
name, aud shook hands with him. I
then told you that had called to pay
my respects, when you gave me look
Of familiar recognitlOn-tOOk me by the
hand, and expressed your pleasure at
meeting me. IOu then made some COM