The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-26
McNamce-B Barnes.
The Husband of Mrs. McNamee Makes
Il Few Remarks.
He INDUCES in % and Calls Dr.. Barnes
Naughty Names.


kAoLrN, ILL. May -, 1873.
EDITOR GAzETTE.-Please allow me, for
this once, and this once only. to reply to
Hon. . John +. DIETRICH. whose card ap.
pears in yonr issue of May 4th Whatever
doubts may have been on my mind as to
the gentcman's truth and veracity have
been dispelled by his witul perversion OF
facts. The gentleman , starts out 10 say
1T would not be proper for me 10 permit
myself to be drawn into ancwspaper cOntro-
versy with anyone about the subject mat
ter Of his card, but may" &C., and the
Hon. John straightway goes for a newspa-
per and cndcavorS to Though laboriouSlyJ
set himself straight before the public. The
gentleman harps good deal about investi-
CATION. Does the gentleman call itinvesti-
CATION when he attempts, AS he did on
Monday, May lst to order me from the
room where the embarrassing" was 90
ing ont Is it not rather intimidation
when | had to caution the Hon. = gentle
man to keep his hands to hmsct,-that |
did not come to he abused by him. nor to
be insulted by his honor: Mr.. DIETRICH,
why is it you and your co-laborcrs on the
investigation whitewashing operation don't
publish the proceedings of your so.callcd
investigation. Why do you not publish
the testimony of the witnesses examined!
Come, John, before you leave us for the
kind of a whitcwhasher you are. Let the
light OF day into You mode of investigation.
Investigation torsooth, My dear John,
if did 20 to Tennessee, let me assure you
| was not paid to 90, but | could get paid
to stay away, and that, too, Hon. John L.
DIETRICH, 10y parties not Il thousand miles
away from your investigation chamber. Il
will not stoop to Use fitting terms to ex.
press contempt Now, John, is dot so.
Reserve your contempt, John, for your
whitewaShcd doctor, whom you never
alluded to in your virtuous high indig-
nation article. thank you, John, for
being 90 careful Of me to be sure not 10
cause my arrest What did | do to you,
Mr.. John. that You should cause my arrest,
or am to understand you are the guardian
of DR.. Barnes. II the lascivious doctor
thinks he has cause for my arrest, the courts
of the country are open for him. Now,
John is it not because the libertnc doctor
don't like to face a jury Of his country.
men, bearing the character for female de.
spoilation that he does: Had the doctor
not "check' enough to he seen parading
the streets Of Anna no more, rs in
former days in the hey-day his sclt-import-
ancc, or is he attending more closely To his
duties! was not aware that it is a per
sonal thing To publish the fact of an aspir.
ant for congress. ] presume some will
think, too, am personal when intimate
that it is good to he II politician. Just see
how easy it was for the Hon. John to get
his son into snug berth at the asylum
that Of assistant clerk. Was this the price,
my dear John, you got for your whitcwaSh'
ing, In conclusion, Hon. John +. DIETRICH,
no one expects you to do anything more than
what you have done. You went through
the form of an investigation but il was well
known what your verdict would be before
You convened for the purpose. You may as
well try {, cleanse BccChcr Of the stain of
Tiltonisnl, as to attempt to prove the i'm
maculate character of your lechcrous doc.
tor. He is too well known for any vindica-
ton At your hands; better mind your can
lidacy. John. The doctor may or may not
continue at the head of affairs here, but