The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-18


date. absolutely nnd AT once all thiS
nausea,ing Earbags a an cbscuritv and a
contamination In its relation to what
should be dccorous and dignilicd can
vass Of vital principles and policies. We
spurn tee. The calumny that the Demo
cratic party is disloyal and UNIV rtity OF
trust. Ga the contrary. we insist that
The party historical with Jefferson and
Madi son, Monroe and jackson. Van Bu-
rem and polk-thc Democratic party.
has been prominently n national and
union party. The uiterancc of jackson,
that "ihe. union must and shall hc pre-
served had ripened into political Az
ION long before the date of the rebellion.
Ii is true. in after and calamitous
years, as a consequence of sectional
party North, the Democratic party rs
also the Wing party became divided by a
geographical line. upon certain questions
which, III connections With others, event
uated in secession aud rebellion. Ii is
equally true. from local and exceptional
causes, that msny Democrats aud Wings
in the South sided with secession and TT
b,ilion. 1t is also true, that the great
body OF the Democrats and Wings, North,
dared int face OF persistent obloquy
and fiery persecution. to interposc Them
stlves - i barrier against the swelling
aad tlriou. tide oi military cu0roaCh-
urut ppon constitutional government.
All this Is true and admitted, but that the
great body OF the Democrats or Wings
North. reinforced hy considerable num-
b,rs rom the South, were no, inylncibly
oppotd 20 SECESSION and rebellion and
did ROT Ia equal numbers with the Re
pos4icans, take up arps e. maintain Ma
GGsoa, y lp>iINt, f8i>r and slaudt rOilS.
Calling OVER llie union mnster rolls, TO-
day. Ahal would be the result: 4,
many Hvihr Democrats viii answer by
EXPIRE Slve Silence. a. dead Republicans.
Eke Individual Instances To illustrate III.
general fact. Who aud where were Nc
CElisn and Morgan, Hancock agd Man
sol. Slack and l,aNler Nelson and Ros-
sen, Cri;teRlen aud Burhridgt.
Nio AMI where were these GAL
lan aud distinguished men They
wee democrats from the North o. South
WIN tesraessly carried ;lx Union flag into
iht hottest 81 the Fight hrough, il out ali
sic9ed sad rildled, yet tor that more
slcIoas a. The coDsecrated emblem at
ylcary, shame aud ignominv, then,
10 lht oraCgsrt and A.awiiu. dema.
-o.gssS. political CT military. who would
eSs diSifonar npo0 he nanlt- O, these
paIaots and She4r colnrz,3es whether
LIVING q: ticA@.
FaaIig- Il !. e,avcscl lh&t Northern
Dt4soCraC> prolonged l,le war In
es-iA1n sense ms. 200. j. SGmittti: Tor
Il ney had not rushed in Increased and
sEA-mDE Numbers 10 The rescue, the
vUar w5-id. o. uQi CHI have ended in hu-
na.l!2tlrc fAllGre 81 Ban Run: bui so
rushing % ;le rescue and joined in their
efforts and devo;jcn By patriots OF all
psr;ir-, 81 lie -ailie ssIluncs OF Old
aGlie2b y linss O. siuel or iron, tie surg
ips lit 81 adverse bs;llc was turned
bask ,tl Ibe Union saved. Thank, 10
the Goi Il battles fOrit: aud thanks foy
it. 30 less. Thai General Mcclellan. the
hero II South Mountain aud Au,ielam
Governor seymour. lie organizer 81
Union b2tallions: Horace Greeley. The
philosopher and philauihropisr. were.
respectively. the candidates OF Democrats
in 1854, l>sjS and IN lSa-: and thanks.
moreover. That Governor TilIen. the
statesmen. the second JEFF I
crSon. Who zealonsiy and ably supported
the candidacy Of these illustrious men
upon mon platform, i the candidate
oi Democrats and Rciormera in this cen
tcnnpl year Of orr national existence.
Otherwise. the Democratic party. o.
Iingsished from a few misguided and
turbulent men pr0ies sing utilization with !
il, ,hd not prOlOng the war. But how
stand. the case with It's tradGccr. Prom !
IRnt among the leaders Of HAT charge
men who conspred with success To pros !
'ribe the most able and successful Demo !
cratic generals as probable or possible |
political rivals; who caused Them 10 |
ruff the gauntlet OF disgrace, alike for !
Drc.tminent Success or exceptional fail !
IRE or no failure who cOunseled the or
der staying the victorious advance of our
columns in supreme crisis, and march
ing them home to swell the vote tor their
presidential candidate who, in tact, tim
idly or traitorously, advised submission
10 the capture OF Fort Sumpter. These,
and their abettOrs and sympathzers, in
the act, are guilty. If Mcclellan had not
been denied, without notice, the cooper
alton of Mcdowell ard his 10000 men.
who believes that Richmond would not
have been earlier taken II he had not
been dismissed IRON command after the
battles of South Mountain and Antie-
tam who believes that the appalling
butcacry of the Wilderness would not
have been saved or mitigated We ven
ture the opinion that no wcll-informed
clear-sightcd and impartial military man
in chrlstendom VIII undertake to deny IL.
But, comrades. the war Il over. follow
cd by eleven years OF troubled peace,
leaving the country as q sick man wasted
by long suffering. Its material Interests
are destroyed or crippled, capital is sus-
picious, private enterprise is paralyzed. /
business is stagnaDt, values dwarled. and
the people are discouraged and despair.
Ing. a crisis is upon us. The issue is
one q self preservation, giving rise to
rev ma transccndant political and adj
illustrative questions. The remedy is
not in the hands Of reluctant and pre-
tending self-reiormers. Self.maceration
was possible among the monastic re-
cluses of former ages, but it is not go
among the riotous and luxurious livers
OF the Republican household. Nor is the |
remed.:in the Haunting srecter::of a time |
tatterd and time-faded bloody shirt, or
in theprOmise Of an accidental candidate
for tn, presidency, personifying a COM
promie OF Earring and wrangling per-
sonal ambitions and negatiOn of con |
flicIine forces No 1t is NOT in any OF !
these q in them all but with an abused |
and tOtured people, rouned, rs the chat |
ed liOr, 70 final and overpowering effort. |
When the sovereign Of the forest rUars |
II Is warning to the mousing and ma !
raudins verInin OF his doinan TO lice to !
their congenlal holes and coyerts,
Grange is needed; indeed absolutely /.
necessary. A change of seasons. a |
chang from night to day is according 10 |
tue ouer OF nature. A change of |
oplnins, policies and rulers in order OF |
progress. Let US have a change. II .
cannot be tor the worse; 1t may be for |
the Deter. But TO that end prece-
dent position exists. A wise and ex.
perlcned statesman, firm Of nurnosp