The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-24

GUS crime as that with which we now
stand charged. II is this; We are too
young" "Oh, yes" says Dir. Worldly
wse-msn, she gives US more news than we
ever received and pursues the right course
generally, but then, you know he's too
young" We feel very guilty of this awful
crime and hang our head in shame as we
write this item, fully aware that a generous
public, though apt to forgive many wrongs,
will never pardon US for crime so notori-
Gus. 1t was only the other day that, on
request, We modestly ventured to give our
opinion on some political question to an
old gentleman, but finding that his usual
stock of information had forsaken him he
was unable at that moment to reply to our
statements and etfectually disposed of them
by true Pickwickian wave Of the hand
and the remark: "Why, young man, |
voted before you were born" That was
enough. We wilted. We felt at the bot
tom of our heart that our statements,
though true, were false and that this
WAS so for the simple reason that Il
voted before you were born And
we walked off with fearful eyes aud
melancholy thoughts, mentally cursing our
fate 10 not having become twice as old in
the same length of time. But like the wor
thy Georgian, whose name We have forgot
ten, and at whom the same charge wa
hurled like a thunderbolt, we are fond o.:
vindication, and will say firstly that We
can't help our age and that it is not our
fault Second, we are trying to grow older
every day. Third, we are succeeding
Fourth, we will be much older than We are
before we undertake the impos.
sibility of pleasing everybody and
filthy we may say, for the benefit of the
chronic grumbers, that we have made ar
rangements with George Steinhouse to keep
our head shaved in order that We may be
able to present bald head to their critical
gaze on short notice, and thereby not only
satisfy popular prejudice but be enabled
to ''hold our own" in whatever argument
we may engage.
The editor Of the Sun is young man.
| True. so are ws-but we have a fa.berly
feeling for him, and II pains US to see him
lie as outrageously and so entirely regard
less Of the sacred truth as he does. In fact
he lies-we say it kindly-as only Repub.
lican editor whose conscience has strayed
to the north pole and who has long been an
outcast from the Democratic fold, can lie,
and we take this opportunity to tauntingly
tell him that uness he shall initiate our
example aud become as truthful as the
books OF Moses he will sooner or later EN-
igrate to the domain Of the tEident-tailed
boss of the sulphurous regions and there
receive the vials of wrath which are only
in store for men who have degenerated q:
he has and who are of his political persua'
sion. But to the point. He says that we
speak of our colored friends AS "niggers.
God forbid the thought for in so doing We
would only be initiating COL John Reeve
who styles all those colored men Demo
cratic niggers" who refuse to be used as hi,
tool and sign a pledge which require.
them to vote the straight Republican ticket
We have too high regard for our colore(
people to either by word or deed otfen(
their tender sensibllIties and have laboreC
increasingly to gain their good will anC
esteem And now that We have by sincey
expressions Of regard, obtained the esteem
and good will of many good colored man
this swamp angel from Carmi this personi
tcation Of nonenity, doth accuse US of
crime, rather than be guilty of which W
would lose our good right hand-yes, lose Gu
| lite and sit at the right hand Of God be
fore we are ripe for the position. Sine
| Mr.. Joy is in need of dwell
ing at the present time we will wager hir
e q house and lot, or half
} dozen Of them, and put them up in hi
1 friend Squire Coming's hand, that th
:, word "nigger" orly occurred in these co
c umns on one occasion, and then as hsvin
: come from the lips Of Joe Rob.rts, job
e Reeve & Co.
1t is claimed by the friends of NJ
l John Reeve that he did not, while out lee
: tioneering-kss negro babies in larg
i crowds for the patriotic purpose Of "mair
' tanning the Union Of these states" and tn,
he is too much Of gentleman to do an.
:. thing Of the kind. 1t is possible, notwitl
}. standing that we received our informatio
n from stalwart Republican,
IS say it is possible notwithstanding
II this fact--that Mr.. Reeve did NO
/. kiss the ruby lips of AL
IS the negro babies in the count
It We are free to admit that we do not b.