The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-03-24
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and Blaine and Washburnc and Conk'
ling and Bri.tow and Morton-all good !
men all candidates for the Presidency
all got lots OF Friends. Between them.
you understand, don't like to declare |
preference. you know: but good I'll |
how do want to he ON the winning
'side!"
There j. nothing in this expire, sion tlat
indicates the element OF hcro.worship ia |
Hon. Dick Oglcsby's composition. tie
l. oiIc of those practical bodies. Who
thinl, more Of the success ~ their cau-c
particularly when there /, money Ia Sue.
cess, do you sce9 than Of the advance
ment of the personal or political fortunes
of any OF tie head men, among the adj
vocates of the cauSc. In thl, our os-
tccmed senator Richard i, unlike the
great body of the Democratic party.
which is an aggregation of hcro.wor,hip.
crs-a lot OF men who cry against Radio
alism tremendously il not mu.ically.
loudly II not aIway- ,cushly: but who,
when they come TO compare not,- among
ihcmsclvcs, wranglc about mru moro
than measures and throw success away.
But the Democrats. even I'm their
wranglc,, do not lose sight OF the desire
for success. They all say: Good Cd
how We do want 90 be- ON the winning
side The trouble j., they don't know
how to get there. They are afflicted hy
the possession Of too many gcntlamrnlihc
Hon. Benz. II. lIill. of Georgia. vh0-uc
must he permitted 10 ,ay-taih too
much with their mouths; too many crazy
gentlemen, like Hon. Robert roomhs.
who talk incohorcnt fooli.hhc>, taat
sounds like reasonable ut,orauac,-lIll
not pleasantly upon northern ears, too
many hard-shcllcd fellows who believe
to-day is neutrality-suspicious. who live in
the past, dcprccating the suggc lion that
time have changed in America as else
Whereabouts who believe a man with
black skin i' id Hicgcr who ought to
BE- worked like an oN and regularly lnr- T.
rupcd ITO make him mind i-placc. curse I.
him. too many In short, too many in .
lernal tools.
In defeat these Democrats may uc
Lord have mercy on their souls are
neck but in success most troublesome
cllows. In defeat, they will say to you;
Wen. run it; get the thing mto shape
We don't care. Anything to beat Grant,
you know They go back. saying this.
ITO the shadow and hide
'om the public. Then come.
lccesS 10 the party, say in a city
+ county or state, when out spring our
'oublesome friends, with pleasure upon
very feature, and cry. in the most joy
us tones: "D--n it didn't we scoop
hem; We've got EN-, now. Down
With en- say, what do you say now,
o Pcndlcton for Prcsiucut-chE
Another State and so on for the he
Gaming brightly, take you by the but.
In-holc and say "~ee here. now: you're
| little soit--l,ind of Republican. du
on sec:--"iyc up too much for success.
10 yOu understand WHY. curse it. old
BOY, backbone is what you want. pco-
pie with rs Bound To- win. Want 10
tell you, now. Mustn't have any more
going on. of the party. stand square to
he OLD thing. Bound To win. Nhardo
rou say 10 putting Jcll-Lost Cause
nan, Won know-iorward for the Pre- ST.
lcncy: D-n it, sir: none but the brave
deserve the fair
OF course defeat c-ults from the indis-
rect uttcranccs of these troublesome iel-
Ows, who are not numerous but who are
10Th loud and active. Then retirement
gain. and again success.
just before the New Hampshire cleo .
ion, our troublesome friends were run .
ing things with high hand. They .
ad put good many improper men into .
roper positions at Washington, such as,
or instance-but ask Speaker Kerr .
bout it,
we beg TO call attention to tic fact
hat we put this mildly, because to speak
,ut would be offensive to the gentlemen
who have iu now our party ia their
,ccping.
They had permitted Mr.. iIillto speak,
or them, Mr.. Toombs had made
.pocch. Jefferson Davis had written
ctter in which he had express Sod pur-
pose to forgive the North The great
wrong 1t had done hi people in defeat
ng secession. Mr.. lpmur's caucu, bad
lone nothing on the financial question
The House had done not much on any
question. Clymcr had buudcrcd, But
eXubcraut were om troublesome friends.
They assured ~ that the exposure Of cor
ruption, a, IN the Bclknap matter, would
surely defeat the Radicals and rein tate
uc Democracy. Tho fact g., they
would say 10 you, "Nc'yc got Gun tighter
than thunder. They can't get away from
"a. Aud now wn must get thing into
shape. We must nominate agoOl square
ticket as lillun tor President, ID yr
must 20 north for the candidate, aud
lllllior President. Lamar, did you
SAY: lie won't do. He too soft. llill',
better We must be- tough Dhi time,
because we've got 'cm. Don't tain 10
'us. We can't sec it. None Of your
David Davis in OUR, ifyou please. why
he wa. ID Republican once, wasn't
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