The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-23
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" Is IOT sInS VI oMtsStOu anu cOillt1IsslOn !,
for theft, for extravaganza, for unsurpa-
tions OF authority; for class legislation;
for inefIiciency, corruption. for aims that
were vile and deeds that were damning.
We must charge upon IL and prore that
it has been guilty of revOlutionizing the
fundamental principles Of the govern
ment. in this, that IL has not hesitatcd to
lay its mailed hand upon the most sacred
provisions of the bill of rights, and tram
pie under foot almost every right that is
reserved by the constitution to the peo-
pie and the states. tf"tt
In times OF profound peace it has rem
dered the civil law subservient to the mil
itary; it has set up and abolished state
governments; suspended the writ of
habeas corpus; it has dispersed the legis-
lature of sister State at the point of the
bayonet and maintained, by the same
power. state governments that were OBJ
noxious to the great majority of the peo-
pie directly concerned. 1t has placed the
military under the control of corrupt and
INSCRIPTIONS party leaders to enable
them to terrorize and tyrannizc over their
political opponents. thus defeating the
will of the majority. and comforting
offices upon men who fattened
OH the substance OF the people and
Knocked at their petitions for relief and
redress.
Congressman Spencer of Louisiana.
who knows what Radical supremacy in
the South signifies, has we'll and truly
said that Republican asccndency in that
section dwarfs aud emlsculates the State
governments and renders them mere de-
Tendencies of the party. The governors
become mere henchmen of the president.
mere satraps of the central power, With
out virility or individuality. What more
shameful spectacle can be presented than
that of Chamberlain and Kellogg to-day.
Ostensibiy they are they heads and gov
ernors OF great commemorative, suppl
ell with all the appliances and machinery
of legislative, executive, and judicial
power necessary tn separate existence
and self-preservstion. while in reality
they are the mere puppits vi the admin
istration, carrying on. encouraging and
fostering deliberate plan to stir up strife
and bloodshed. Is q crime committed
within their State, they, without
seeking or desiring to bring the
perpetrator to justice. rush off at
break-neck speed to their master at
Washington, and crouching ut his i'm
perial feet, proceed to whine out their
dOleful tales. Shame upon such pol
trOOny for partisan ends! They are
actually engaged in brokerage Of
crime, and are never SO happy as when
they can rehearse to their master some
fearful tale of blood. They gloat over
the slaughter Of their poor deluded col
| ored followers, and offer them up with the
sublime devotion of an enthusiast upon
the altar of political success. TO incite,
encourage, and stimulate hatred and
strife between the white and colOred peo-
| pie OF their states is theii dearest wish
and constant occupation. 1t Is the chief
stock in trade OF their masters; it is the
| forlorn hope OF the Republican party.
Eliminate the bloody shirt from the Re
publican campaign, and there is oihing
lett with which to fire the northern
heart. except the party's corruption,
rings, and jobs, and business probation
and financial distress ut home and
national dishonor abroad. -
Under the pretence of protecting him
against the violence and intimidation OF
the whites, the Republican party through
its Southern cnissaries Keep the poor
colOred man under moral and even phys
ical duress that is little short of mora
and political slavery. II claims the ne.
gro as its own, body and soul, by divine
indefeasable right. He has no right OF
choice, no election. His ticket is put
into his hand by his Republican master
and he is expected and required to vote
it. His imagination il infiamed and ex-
cited by most horrible pictures of the
dire purposes of his employers, OF the
man who feeds and clothes and shelters
him Of the man who, when he is sick
attends and ministers TO him. His fears
are worked up until the poor negro is
finally led to believe that the good man
from whose hands he has received 50
many kindnesses is politically u kind OF
"goblin damned
1t is needless to say that while these
agencies are permitted to operate-whilt
hepublieanism dominates any portion OF
the south-there can never exist tina,
confidence and goodwill between tn,
whites and blacks that are essential to tn.
happiness and prosperity of both. IL
Georgia, In Missouri. i'm Arkansas an,
virginia, quiet, good order. lessene,
taxes and increased thrift have com,
through the triumph of the Democracy
Displace the present incumbent of In
white house, with the great iniormcr O
the empire state give to McEnery an,
/ Hampton the positions disgraced b
; Chamberlain and Kellogg, and peac
, will reign throughout all OF the border
, OF the south. and new and better or
: Will dawn for the country at large.
r SENATOR LOGAN wants to know VIII,
: the Democratic party allows South Caro-
INA negroes TO be murdered nv TN