The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-03-24
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Tie state Ref.,'s,, edited 10y the able
and ssgacious secretary Of HE democratic
state Committee. replying to Our obic,-
lions to his two-cnnycniioU. policy, uses
come very peculiar argument aud makes
some suggestions that viii attract public
attention.
The BtMEriN," .iys the Register,
"spcahs very trong democratic words.
'but We have seen in the past Dpmoc-
tracy 50 exceedingly strong, not to say
rank. that it had no other effect than to
help the Republican, carry thcclcc,ious.'
The Rsg.,'ly has not only seen Dcmoc-
ucy OF hi, rank description. h1t has
/ been, if We are not mistaken. too often
/ IT, mou,hpiecc. The misfortune of thi,
cstimable journal is indiscrciion, an i'm
/ pul,iyo inl!scretoh that comrcls it to
| speak without deliberations and 10 Insist,
with that caruo.tuc>> tina; belongs
! 20 convictions, upon positions
taken without thought, Whether
/ it /, advocating Pcndletou and III,
/ wonderful oreaubachi-m, or the opposite
/ doctrine ot hulliOuism and
/ vbplhcr It j. lcuouucing The "HeW de-
I plrWrg" or the opposing iloa OF Bour-
boni,m ;-whcthcr it i, holding up the
galiautly of the Merritt resolution move
mpul or the cDWaiiiiuc-, OF ,uD.ki>m IN
politics, 10 j. the .amrd delightful. gushing,
..f
weak, able and-lhc opposite. We are
not therefore surprised Tia, the Register
is now "a counselor who Hays "iot rs
.hdc oVr sentiments. These ave change
full times, and We should hccp OF, 50
that we may hayc the advantage OF the
latest fact To teach %, what position to
take in politics, not that We may be |
right. but that Nr may Dc ,uccc,,IJl.'
I'VE noted the other day." says the |
R,grisr. ~ wcll.vlittcn article in the I
Cairo ByLLFIiN, opposing anything |
docking toward, compromise with the !
independents. either in platform or
ticket Now. the editor OF the BuLLu- |
'uN viii surely understand that event, |
may trun.pirc which will give the ut !
most force to that article. or when may
entirely destroy its force" We do not
that any event may happen
that can take away from the article re-
ierrcd to By the Register any OF it, force.
We have said the Independents have
acted without consulting Us: they have
pat Il ticket into the field upon Il platform |
made by Independent political oarpcn-
crs and all this they have done with |
he purpose Of compelling Us to take their |
ticket and platform. We have said. that |
thl- we ought not to do that. II the Iulc-
pendent. wish coalition, they should |
say 80 and deal fairly with
rs: that, il they refuse to do
this and insist upon taking Us cap
tyc7, they should De told to 90
away--to 20 apart by themselves and
play party to their hearts content in their
own little way. But il We comprehend
the Register, that paper believes that
whether the Democratic party Of Illinois
shall coalc-ca with the independents or
make balllcupon them and theirplallom.
will depend upon whether the Dcmocra-
tic national convention shall order the
party to embrace oft money and the 3.Gj
bond theory, or hang to il, bullion
i,uc tradition, that have come down to
il from the times OF jackson and Benton.
Therefore the Register argues, that we
should have two c0nvcntions--on in
which it will be our duty to keep quiet
upon all political quo-t tons, aud a second
in which it viii be proper to say to the
independent party, either; 500 away: we
don't know you, FOR, ~ ou say YOU have
not strawberry mark on your arm
Then you are our long lo,, brother.
Come 10 these arms
Now, Til. i, the very cc,tacy OF poliu-
cal ioolishuc..- NADINE, absolute. It
viii avail rs nothing in the battle OF this
Autumn nothing whatever II IS apolicy
that even Mr.. Merritt will not be proud
Of when hc shah have obtained time
enough from the distrcs-ngly di-,ractug
dujics ct managing The ncmocralicparly
OF the state, TO concentrate the faculties
OF ms mind upon thi- subject aud give to
il a li,llc though eyer 30 little. hi,
bee cam surely DO, Indeed wo may say
with truth, ana vc hope without oncn-
,jycuc--, that ho could do nothing else.
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