The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-19

shows that il was not generated In the wri-
ter. but that IL is elements collected from
persons whose vile thoughts and base
characters never permit them to associate
with the pure types Of civil society. His
letter Is collection of the foulest elc-
ments to be gathered from men whose
standing in Lie never allow them to look
on the genial, genteel and elevated part
of a christian community. lie takes
these bitter drcgs that he has been a life
time in collecting and storing away in
his hollow head, combines them into a
| compound, that would do credit to II
! devil Qf it was an original production
for righteousness and depravity of heart
private character of gentlemen, whose
| private and public actions entitle-and
justly entitle-them to rank among the
brightest jewels of Illinois. lie says the
bargain and sale both hath been ratified,
the papers approved and now stand be-
fore the people. He evidently has ref
| erence to the nomination OF Col. Townes
and r. L. Albright. Where does he get
the slightests pretext for asserting that
the delegates of Union, who were Col.
| Townes' friends, ever did single act
to confirm this assertion? Was it they
who encouraged the bolt in the Jackson
| delegation? If so, why did they do it !!
What could they gain by such a shame
full act? The Union and Alexander dele
cations had already met in caucus and the
result of the vote of the two counties was
known | presume to all who felt an in
terest in the issue Union county. in her
county convention, instructed the dele
| gates to the district convention to cast the
vote of the county az unit tor Col.
TONNES for state senator A
motion was also made in that
convention to cast the vote of
Union for "Horatio' for representative,
which was promptly voted down by lG
to l3. The Union delegates, in their
caucus, instructed their chairman to cast
the entire vote of the county, according
to the instructions of the county conven-
ton, for Col. Townes for state senator
Alexander held her county convention
before the call was made by the chair.
man OF the Democratic central commit.
tee. They then thought they were only
entitled to delegates in the district con.
vention, and consequently selected only
that number. After the call was made
giving them 8 instead of z, the delegates
with the approval of their fellow.citizens
in Alexander, agreed among themselves
that the delegates already chosen
should cast votes in the district conven.
ton. They had not been instructed by
the county convention to cast their votes
for any one, but were left, by a vote OF
the county convention:whollyu ninstruct,
ed, leaving them to cast their votes as
the strength of the ticket seemed to
require.
When the Alexander delegates met in
caucus, their votes were 8 for Col.
Townes' and , tor Mr.. Mayham. The
5 cast prOportionate share of9. ORC 81
votes for Col. Townes, and 24-7 votes fol
MIR. Mayham, and their chairman was
directed to cast the vote as agreed in
caucus.
The jackson delegation, as | under.
stand, never arrived at any conclusion
as to how they would vote-whcther by
their chairman or otherwise. There APP
peared to be division among them
about something but l think | may
safely say, that the cause was not known
to Townes' friends of the Union delega-
ton. They judiciously advodcd any
discussion OF the matter with them, be.
cause they foresaw the consequence
that, though they might act the part OF
peace-makers to conciliate the good
feelings of the jackson delegates, that
evil-designed persons would peryert the
meaning of the conference as they are
now.:doing to imbttcr the feelings against
and lessen the strength of Col. TOwnes
Jackson had lG delegates and they
were instructed to vote for Mr.. Mayham
l
were instructed to vote for
Col. Townes. They would then
stand lG for Col. Townes and l6 tor Mr..
Mayham. Alexander then casts 81
votes for Townes and AZ votes for Mr..
Mayham, and the result is % 81 votes
for Col. Townes and Is IL votes for Mr..
Mayham. This fact was known before
the convention assembled. Then, if the
Union delegates acted so basely, what
was their gain by this traffic? Col.
Townes then had majority OF 6-7
votes and this was all they desired. The
Union delegates, together with Col
Townes. had all the time asserted that il
they could not carry the vote OF the del.
egation honestly and fairly, they did not
desire his nomination for the state senate
II this matter was one of traffic." a
bargain and sale why was the Hon.
!, Judge Green and the Rumseller in deer
= confab: While " Horatio" brands Col
9 Townes and Hon. +. f. Albright as mel
G who have the baseness OF heart and foul
D ness OF purpose to do almos
l any act of meanness, he styles Hon
e John IL. Oberly as spotless asa lamb
What votes did Judge Green give, an,
> what did he get in exchange? What di
he desire in exchange? There was n
aspirant to the state legislature in Alex
snder. "Horatio" does not tell u