The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-06-23
Voorhees, AFTER Morton.

From the Louisville Cour er-JoucnalI
1t is an open secret, II secret az all,
that the Hon. d. w. voorhees, will can.
yass Indiana Tor United states Senator
against the Hon. q. j. Morton. Mr..
| Voorhees, is accepted by reclamation az
| the Democratic nominee and leader.
There is feeling al ver Indiana that
Sitting Bulls time come, and the
poetry OF the case cannot q completed
until his scalp is held w to he gaze OF
the multitude on the out-stretched armS
of the Tall Sycamore. II Mr.. Voorhees,
can induce Mr.. Morton, or seduce him, or
taunt him, or kick him into Joint can
yass, he will do it. In that event there
will be rushing together of elements
sure enough. We predict, however, that
It will not come TO pass. Sitting Bull
does not dare to face the man who. in
courage, consistency, genius a. l every
manly virtue, is tenfold his superior, HIv-
ing, as he thought, securely gerrymander-
ed the state he will rely upon organiza-
tons money, and chicanery to hold. No
body doubts his capacity in these depart
ments OF the political science, and Tor
this reason the fight to GUST him will be
desperate. 1t would be hopeless If the
Indiana Democrats did not have in Mr..
VOORHEES, chieftain OF respondent pow
ers.
The contest thus laid out year in adj
vance will be the political event OF the
period. 1t will attract as much attention
as the lannon's struggle between Lincoln
and Douglas in 1858. On its result great
things will depend; because, if Mr..
VOORHEES, unseats Morton, finally re-
deeming the state, Indiana will appear
at the front in 1880 as the leading Demo
cratic state in the union. The Indiana
Democracy certainly deserve this, for
they are the gamest, the truest, the no.
blest set of fellows in the world. They
don't know what it is to let
down or back down. Defeat after
defeat has only nerved them
for renewed action. Their conduct last
year was in every way heroic. 1t was
not in the books tor them to get the man
OF their choice, the man who had shared
all their disasters and meyer 1linched, !
the man whom they felt deserved to
carry the banner in the fight. Naturally
the result at st. Louis was bitterly dis
appointing and cruelty depressing.
Naturally they came away discouraged.
But like brave men, they took their
swear out and fell into line cheelfully
and heartily, mindful that the world was
not yet come to an end and hopeful tor
the future. They were richly rewarded |
tor their valorous selt-sacriiice. They |
put their old enemy to flight, took the !
state out of his grasp, and sent him 1ly-
ing away to California.
A still greater battle is before them.
They are to put the last finishing touches
on the already shattered image OF Sit
ting Bull. Led by the Tall Sycamore of
the Wabash, an orator, states
man and q man, they are to start
the ball which is to sweep Radlcalism
out of existence. indiana will blaze as
il never did before. Not even the cam
paign of our matchless Blue Jeans will
eGal the enthusiasm which will be in
spired when the lion with the golden
locks begins to roar and shake his name
in old Setting Bulls fare. There'll be
music on the hills and in the valleys
1t was the Daniel Of old who made the
wild beasts crouch at his feet. But this
our present Daniel will not stop till he
has his foot upon the neck of his advel
Sary.
The Hendricks ovation at Indianapolis
was the first gun OF the canvass. The
republicans may as well learn first as last
what ia in store for them. Mr.. Morton's
hour is run. He has had a great career
OF power, and has used 1t unsparingly,
But his sun is set. lie will have to get |
out OF that snug place and give it to his
better. to Daniel W. Voorhees,, surnamed
the Tall Sycamore OF the Wabash.
Thus endeth the first lesson,