The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-04
CoNKLING'S MISREPRESENTATION
From Louisville conr.cr.JoarrsI


Senator Roscoe Conkling. the alleged
BoanyTgcs of the Republican party, in his
recent speech made certain statements in
regard TO the South, which should have
been answered on the spot and il is strange
that Il was not done.
He advanced the idea, with more ;han or.
ainary emphasis, tina, the rightof anyportion
of the Union 10 share in the appropr;a.
on for public buildings, internal improve.
ment, etc, is entirely dependent upon the
amount OF revenue il pays 70 the Govern
meAt. This is strictly sectiona.
principle, but the republican party not be-
ing national party, nothing else can be
expected from Conklinc or any other
pillar Of that peculiar political faction.
Among other things Mr.. C1nkinr stated
that tie Southern states pay only $l3G2t.-
l52,s1 Oh, Of the $234,s5L41l,G1 paid hv
all the state, IN customs dues and internal
revenue tax collected by the federal GOV.
eminent IL has succeeded in gc,tinc
this ass VIBRATION published all over IL.
country, and the Republican organs ar
renewing their vigorous mcndacity about
a. NIL. L.. q,
,.' T'' ....t.% ana n'ha"c',y OF the
~ So So vi course all "',.,,A'
ava .'t;' .','', ~, ''."r "r '''y oi Nr
N'HN'','- ga, 'neA'' "1'l was urSl@nel
to H'ld.. a,Tcsh III, aaimo..ty Of hi, party
t, the South.
We oi'' '','4'.oh 70 Inc lNc' lha' OIL IA.
total internal revenue receipt. Of the United
>.",.> government When amounted 70
St!''VlVo'o' the south pMd on tobacco
f7y,'''.V'l' On H4Uor>' SI)VJoVO",
W u""As ana stamps Sl'1oo.VVV' or
'o'~t Oh Soo'o"O"oo~over one'nah the
'o''l Nce.p's 81 'he government IN o'aer
W'so,' Inc south pay StO,uoO,VoD out OF
~. ET-'Vo0'olo co..ette., on tobacco Sl5-
uU''V'V o't OF me Sp''p'J'pP cp-ec''u on
liquors exc" ana Hl.loo,ooo Collected on
oaANS an" stamps. - much Tor the inter
Ia! revenue
A' % customs il VIII DE discovered ina,
60 81. ('."N..'- "'Su''',s ,'"' I,,y 9o'''',I"
60 ,',, ,''y ~, ,'.S '.N ana a ,,S'PS
I,".' o,S'oi' "','oUn' % 80 ''VoJ'V'', "no
on, ', az, ''l' 0'''"' pays "U' '''> u'a" f"'''
yo''Y''' va ivy ''.V'','" -'" >l,' COZ
. IVA" - much LOT me G'Alr,"ui9nN o.
wv I"UPer Nc"oh' ~ '1e hePU'N'ah,
o''' '''' 7'u''.' 10 ',.' sUN'1 .', anu ih'e'h".
..'c."' 'Vc''r'S % '"e Er'''I"' Govern
'"I""
lam 'e' Us see VIVA, me >on'H 'Uf'h'r
cou'I''U'eS 10 me WoaIth OF the country
ANU 20 ,nc prosperity OF mat portion OF II
N".Ie VT. 'ohNnnG ana ms >coihn@ tficn",,
''>'"c. ne S'V,l IN lhr single arutlc 81
cotton COZ alone furnishes SlSoooo'ooot 10 s'0o'
uou,VVV "l exports orohc'ihlF' thecnti'c cA-
l"T'> W t''' country Nhe also furnishes
'oo'Voo hogsheads 81 sugar 'and 3oooOo
u"ss o, r.Ce, nnr NthI' inc New England
states I''oo'ooo'oVo oa'eS OF cotton Which
~ t'''''u. ,,, aou Il'o S'"os worth NOT
w. '''an S![V'oo"'ooo' me manufacture OF
N,ien furnishes the people, OF mat section
WIN "'c"u' an" eh"u'es 'ie nlGh'lhlnaed
s'"''s"'ah VINO ABUSE an" Why the South
v" every occasion, 10 amass fortunes.
We submit that even these few ponder.
Gus and irretutable facts are sufficient to
upset the persistent efforts of the Republi.
can leaders to minimize the importance of
the south and to produce the impression
among the ignorant Republican masses in
the north that the south is given over to
idlcncss, crime and revolution The record
of the leaders in this respect is n most
damning one to themselves 1t un.
folds the hypocricsy of their reit
crtcd asscvcrations that the Republican
party Is the party of the Union, the party
OF progrcss-thc national" party. Every
indecent assault, upon the South, like tha,
of Roscoe Conkling. is an assault upon the
American Union. Every speech O, Conk.
ling, Edmonds. Blaine. Logan or lIoar is n
declaration that the southern pcople have
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