The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-24

bold relief uhp hs cannot be elerled, and
~ he dsetres Democratic s,lcccss. his
dutyiS rdain II i, tc Step o,It ct &c way
Of 1t. Il appear To It's that tho good
taste and geu,lcmsnly instincts which lac
l. universally credited Will possessing
should imrci him 10 thi, cotlrsc. In a
district that gives 20 large a Democratic
majority as does the Filliclh, ii Il bomo-
cratic uuminee fluids himself 50 objection
able from any cause. whether just or
othCrWlse, that lie cannot carry the dis
tliCt, we should presume lac would
choose TO resign his candidacy in favor OF
some man who could. Principle, self
respect aud good taste would ali seem to
combine to impel linn To such "A step.
We speak now earnestly rs u friend and
supporter OF Col. Towncs. as one who
viii continue To support him from nat
urai leai,y 10 party in case he remains a
candidate, though knowing that every
effort in that direction Will be irl,itless.
lie certainly cannot deceive himself or
anybody else into the belief chat his elcc-
ton is possible. lie knows full well
| that the prominent men and newspapers
OF hin party in Jackson. Union and Alex.
auder counties that oppose him repre-
Il
majority. If the iult force OF this fact
has not reached his mind, Judge Craw-
| ford and his other influential Union
| county friends who laborCd hard for his
| nomination and vouched iur him cXtrav-
agautly. should see that it does and pre-
! vail on him TO withdraw.
! We apprchcnd that Judge llilcman
would readily consent to Withdraw from
| his dubious ii not diSCroditable position in
| such IN event. ana that the district COM
! miJtCe would then nominate nam not
| identified with the late discussions and
| generally acceptable 10 the party, a man
| ike Hon. Jesse Ware. the present scna-
| tor. There are probably others Who
could be Is easily elected, though 10 one
| occur, to us who probably would give
strength to The party and ticket TO tie
| same extent he would. Ills record i
! greatly in hl- favor with people tall par
ties. Il shows that lac accomplished
moro for his constituency a, he late ,e~.
sion Of the general assembly than any
| other senator of either party. got more
bills enacted into law, the largest portion
OF which, though necessarily general IN
| tlcir apparent character were designed
tor the benefit OF his constituents partic-
ularly. and were mostly introduced in
! answer to petitions from tnem.
But we are no stichlCr for the reelection
of Mr.. Ware, though believing cOmpro-
mise could hc more easily effected on
him than on anybody else, thst he would
| strengthen the ticket quite rs much rs
any other man could, and that no man
could represent and serve the interest, of
the district better than lac. ANY good
man acceptable to the party general Y
| Will do. The main point is - elect 4
Democrat. Col. Townes suits u, but
we see clearly he cannot be elected, and
shall view il rs an everlasting shame if
at this crisis, The most important likely
| TO occur In the history of the party in
this senatorial district for many years to
come. the State Senator is needless ly
thrown into the hands OF the Republic.
cans. We are deceived in the character
of Col. IoWnes if he is not equal to the
emergency. and does not win respect and
honor from his opponents as well as
friends by exhibiting the Indignantly he
cess arY to insure his party success in this
district NJ this important period.