The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-25
THE DAILY BULLETIN SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST

bonds shall be sold, That tn national
debt shall be eXtinguished rs rapidly0s the
interest Of the people will permit, That
the capitol Of this country shall be depend.
ent upon its industries for Its earning power
That the legislation shall favor labor in.
stead Of capital, That the will Of monopo.
lies shall end and that corporations shall be
subscrvicnt to the rule Of the people. That
economy shall govern in all departments Of
government both State and National. That
the ciyil rule shall be supreme TO the militia
~ interest Of peace.
That the nation shall have charge of that
which is national and the States shall have
control of that which is local
To whom shall the people look for these
rcformsI There are in this country two
well organized parties, Just AS there should
be, and just AS hope there ever will be.
They are essential to the welfare Of the re-
public. The one keeps Il close watch on
the other.
Civilization can only succeed by organi
cation, and progress can only he sustained
and promoted through political organiza.
! ton.
do not sympathze with the oft repeated
cry that parties and men are all corrupt.
We would fare much better by listening 10
open, manly discussion OF principles, We
want TO hear less Of men and more of meas.
| urcs.
The Republican party has had control Of
the government since 1860. 1t has framed
every policy OF the government since that
time, and the people are now calling it 10
an account. 1t has promised relief To the
country, but has failed to give it; it has
promised economy and civil service reform,
but it has multiplied offices and increased
the salaries, Its financial measures are but
repeated failures The pretended friend of
the people, it has favored monopolics and
! upheld extravaganza II has abandoned
the doctrines of It's founders and the people
are deserving it.
The proud party that once held sway in
every Northern State has not an uncontestcd
| field to-day even stern old Massachusetts,
stands in doubt and when no longer able
10 defend il, recent policies it turns discus
| sion into dcnunciatiDn. II cries war
| treason and rebellion 10 hide il. shame
/ in times of peace, They point to the
! National capitol and say. look there
fourteen eX-rcbc officers in the Senate and
eighty in the house. They point to what
| III Sc men did b fore they came but To no
&C; OF djs'r.dit sine; their return. They
forge. to tell Us how these men 90, into
| Congress, or that Alcom and others, the
| first eX-rcbcIs that came to congress, took
| seats upon the Republican side Of the house.
| That Grant took Alderman into his cabinet
and Noisy into his confidence. That he
| loved Wells and Anderson and hated sum.
ncr and Wilson, That he pattcd the rebels
| that bowed to him and discarded the Pr
/ triots that dared maintain their indcpcnd.
encc. They forget to tell Us that the 18th
amendment to the constitution of the United
/ States provided that no person shall be sen.
! ator, or representative in congress, or clcctor
of president or yiCc.p rcsiden', or hold any
! Office, civil or military under the United
States or under any State, who having pre-,
| viOus.y taken an oath rs member of con-
| gress or in officer OF the Unit 1t Ststcs, or
as Il member of any State Legislature, or as
an executive officer, or judicial officer OF any
! State, to support the constitution Of the
| United States shall have engaged in insur.
! rcctton or rebellion against the same or
| given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
But congress may by a vote o with rds
of each housa, remove sucn disability.
Now this amendment was adopted
| by the States and WIS cspcci.
ally adopted by every rcb, State.
! before admission back into the Union OF
States, and thereby every rebel of promi.
nence was disbarrcd from holding Office in
State or nation, and a Republican congress,
! by two-;hrd, vote, did move these dlsl-
! bilitics, and welcomed back into congrcs,
these very cx-rebc, who are now there, and
yet they complain Of their coming, II there
is anything wrong in their being there, the
Republican party is to blame The act
was "A Just and humane one, prompted by
good motives and have no doubt accepted
in the same spirit. 1t should command 81.
lcnce until these men have broken faith
and diShOnorcd their seats in congress.
The "irrcprcssblc conflict that once di.
vidcd the free and the slave States has dis
appeared Mr. Lincoln said in his cclcbgat-
ed Springfield speech: "A house divided
against itself canno, stand, nor can thi.
country long exist half free and half slave.
do not expect the house to fall, nor do !
expect this country to be divided, but do
expect it to become all free or all slave.
Thank God, it is all free to-day, and none
! but trecmcn trcads lis soil and shall we
continue to be divided! There is no real
cause Of strife now between the north and
south We have had a terrible civil war, TO
be sure, but we are all one people again
and mnst continue to he one people. not by
force Of arms, but by love Of country, or lose
| the results of the war.
stood in Temple hall, in the city of st.
| LOUIS, in 1915, at the great commercial con
vcntiOn of that year. II was composed OF
delegates from the Northern and Southern
! States.
Gen. Sherman walked int, the hall and
was Invited to a seat upon the &c, when
some one rose and stated that Gen. Joe
johnson was present, aud moved that he be
invited to a seat upon the stage also, The
motion met with an unanimous second. and
when ! saw the great mashal of the march
| to the sea, step to the center of the stage AZ d
clasp the hand Of his great rival in tina,
campaign, and saw the hearty shake that
each gave to the other and heard the
mingled shout of patriot and rebel that
! echoed and re-cchOed through the hall,