The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-11
our samples now on exhibition before plac
ing their order
G. r. STUART, Eighth street.
TO MIR. sHEEHAN, GREETING.

| ~ Nhhts SAAAhAAhANt tis|AIA
tbs an old maxim, that anger denotes
weakness. That he who, in the discussion Of
a principle, or the defense of a position re-
sorts to unjust denunciations, exposes the
weakness Of his cause and acknowledges his
defeat. But If this is true in mere matters
Of opinion, how much more so must it be,
and how ludicrous does it appear, when a
man, accused Of grave malpractice in Office,
resorts to brute force to establish his inno-
cence, Does it not prove that the charge,
supported by the evidence, is overwhelm.
ing in its effect and that his perfdy is too
firmly established to admit of refutation by
the production of counter proof
| An officer of the law, whose sworn duty it
is to protect the citizen and his property
against violence from criminals, and who,
so tar from performing that duty, allows
law breakers of every description, not only
to swarm around and over him like vultures
over carrion, but encourages, and even
conspires with them in entrap-
piag their unsuspicious victims
whose career is marked by debsuchery, dis
honesty, intrigues against those in his
charge, violation Of the trusts confded 10
him-a coward by nature and notorious
rascal by practice such being has made
itself conspicuous in this community by at.
tempting to clear himself of well sub
stansated charge Of swindling, not by dis
proving the charge by counter
evidence; not by proceeding under the
law whose majesty he is bound to assert;
not even by a positive denial of the facts in
the case, nor yet by resor. to open, manly
O. physical force, but by mean, cowardly
assault-by an act Characteristic OF Aim and
his gang" which would stamp any nan
as contemplate bastard, unworthy
Of the respect, even Of the bully TO
whom he is allied. Such man,
1t may be said, is Mr.. Sheehan
who enjoys the affectionate guardianship Of
the Argus, and, with the proof in our
hands, We challenge him to any honorable
process by which the strength of that proof
can be tested But he will not accept the
challenge. He knows better. He prefers
TO use the argument Of the assassin, who
strikes his opponent in the back and then,
crazed with the idea Of his own weakness
in honorable combat, maltreats his victim
while he Is welterlng in his gore.
The manner in which he assaulted us last,
evening, showed only too plainly that he
dared not have recourse to proper means
for his vindlcation, and that he was too
unid to face Us, though mere boy in COM
parisOn with him. We were standing with
our face toward Taber Bros show window,
speaking to City Clerk Foley, when, like
his partner, Hogan, the assassin, he sneaked
up behind and dealt Us powerful blow in
the back Of the head. which stunned US.
When We regained consciousness we were
lying on the floor in Coming's book
store, and he had just been pulled off and
WAS kicking US vigorously. But We sustain
ed no serious injuries for which we are not
however, under obligations to Mr. Sheehan,
who was, as might have been expected,
heartily applauded in his dastardly attack,
by Squire Comings, who has repeatedly
disgraced the title he bears.
The reason for this unmanly act on Mr.
Sheehans part is well known to the read
ers of The BULLETIN. twas because THE
BULLETIN, true 10 its duties as guardian
Of the public interests and an expositor of
public crimes regardless OF person
or selfnterest, published the facts about
robbery which occurred in d down town
bagnlo and of which Chicago man was
the victim. These facts we obtained in
part from a colored man, who acted tor Mr..
Sheehan in the recovery of the money; in
part from the woman who had committed
the robbery; in part from the jailer and in
part from the victim himself Each con-
trmed the story of the other, and all, with
the exception of the victim, concurred IN
the assertion that Mr.. Sheehan had received
eigbty.one dollars; and the later asserts that
he received from Mr.. Sheehan only seven
.Y.six dollars.
The statements Of those parties was all
that we published, and, If they were not
true, would gladly have rendered Mr.
Shcehan the use of these columes to dis
prove them. But the Argus, with remark
able consistency in rashly jumping to the
defense of persons Of a certain character UNI
dertook to clear Mr.. Sheehan Of the
odium attached to him by the testimony Of
these four unimpeachable witnesses and by
merely denying the charges, re-
solved the case into SIN.
Mia question Of yeracity between the four