The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-07-31
@ hr Bulletin.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


The crusade against The Catholl,
church. and the uncalcgtcd poor, is to b.
revived JY the Republicans ofOaio dur
ing ths next campaign in the following
| platform, which the ClcYeland Lcader
says will be adopted by the State conycr.
ton Of that party. to be held in a few
day:
Iiast-Fayoring an Amendment 10 the
national constitution lDrbilding appro-
prlalloh' Of public money, property or
credit Tor the benefit Of any institution
un yer scctarIan control.
Second-IaXatlon Of nh property, OK
ccp'In2 public property and cemeteries.
1hiri-All church property TO be- held
by trustees, composed Of members OF the
congregation, society or Institution using
the property.
Iourth-Compul.)ry education. ia.
yoringa law requiring all chilIrin to be
educated either in private or public
schools.
fillh-- fay0ring an amendment to the
national constitution requiring all voter,
after the year 1900 to be- aDlc to read and
write In English before exercising the
elective franchise.
HIAtA-An cnectiYe registration law.
Tor The purpose OF preserving the purity
Of the ballot-box.
seventh The passage Of i law 10 pre-.
vent threats or intimidation OF any kind
by priests, ministers, employc. or other
persons Tor the purpose of influencing
lhcyoier in cNercLius hi, right OF elective
franchise.
Taxing these paragraphs IN their order.
the first means that The north, having had
all the aid it need, Tor public work from
the public treasury, the door must be ,hut
IN the face Of the South. Taxation Of
church property i aimed at the Catno.
lie church, in ID" belief that owning the
!arS Il amount oi such property, and is
mcuber- tor tie most part being poor.
itw uld be unable 70 pay, ana would
consequently lie compelled ~ part with
some 70 save the rest. \ to compulsory
education, we have no. word 10 say
but We do deInT to the qualifications
Tor voters in The fifth section. The righf
10 vote IS tue inalicRablr and inherited
r.ghtoi every citizen, and may not and
ought not TO be taken from him save for
crime. The South I'D, in proportion 20
population more voters who cgnnot read
or write Than any other section. most Of
them having been forced upon u. by the
Republican party. Having adjusted our
,elyc, ~ thi, state OF things, and having
,O!cmiy recognized il, we have no idea
Oi Infringing upon IL, even by an anlici-
patton reaching as far iorworl as 1900.
Nor, what Is more, have we any idea OF
permitting the RepGbIicanparty to DO il.
We want all the representation In con.
gre-s that our voting population cHti,c,
a. TO, and, therefore. ilmot for the reason
that honesty and fair play demand. such
a course at our hands, will oppose the
attempt to be made by the Ohio Radical,
70 take the franchise from the negroes Oh
the South, at whom the fifth clause is
evidently aimed. a to the sixth propO.
have tested registration and
have proved It TO BE- 4 dUlusion and q
snare, INDUCING fraud and corruption.
lhe proposal embodied in the seventh
we have also tried at the
South, forced on u, a. it wa, by Ralica
rule, ami oppose it tor the like reason,
that il leads to fraud and corruption, and
tends to cugendcr cnmities batween the
employer and employed, and opens a
door to All who are rcycng"iully dis
posed. The LegiT's platform Is a bad
one, and if adopted By the ONO Rds
will q an easy one 10 beat before The
ma, ses .-Noophis IgpeR,