The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-01

so far, the editor of the Argus, unable to
longer contain himself becomes so enthu-
siastc in his defense of these characters
as to exclaim "The jury was composed of
men who would certainly do their duty
well in the premises, being composed Of
the solidest men of the city and county"
and then winds up with the flourish that
''of ALL the complaints brought ONLY ONE
had sEMBLANcE Of case in 1t, ETC." All
this will appear very much out of place
ana very ridiculous to the grand Jurors and
to all our people, who knew from the start
that the indictment would be quashed, but
who hoped that it would have the desired
affect and make the officers more careful
as to their dealings in the
future. In trying to give a mole-hil the
appearance Of mountain, the Argus IS
again up to its old tricks, which may be
profitable to it, but which is hardly the
thing people of Cairo relish. We desire to do
Messrs. Hogan and Sheehan justice as well
as all other men, but hardly think it the
proper thing to over zealously, and without
cause, whitewash the characters of men Of
their stripe.
The Republicans of this county are
thoroughly demoralzed. They have re-
sorted to all possible means for strengthen
ing their party, and now that they see all
their efforts will prove frultless, they are
sad and discouraged and about to give up
the fight, 1t comes to us quite straight
that Mr.. Chas. Nellis has expressed his re-
gret over his action in accepting the nomi
nation for sheriff, and were it not
for the fact that he would incur
the displeasure of many of his Re-
publican friends, he would withdraw from
the canvass at this late day. The
chances for the election of Mr. Reeve TO
circuit clerkship have also diminished to
a wonderful extent during the past five
weeks. In fact Mr.. Reeve has reason to
feel very uneasy over the slimness OF his
chances and he DOES feel uneasy, and as
result, melanchola has taken possession
of his mind He has quit kissing dark
hued babies for the purpose of maintaining
the union of these states; has quit whistling
"Oh, dem golden slippers and his limbs
have forgotten their cunning and
refuse to dance their usual jigs.
All this we regret to see. We regret to see
1t because Mr.. Reeve is, as the saying
goes, IA great good fellow and being such
we expect to see HIM repent after November
and Join the party of reform. So far as
Mr.. Damron is concerned, he has of late, in
his candid moments, acknowledged that he
never entertained any hope of being elected
and that he only sought the nomination in
order to increase his popularity in this com
munity. There is but one man on the ticket
who honestly believes that he will be cleo
ted, and he is the most unpopular Of them
all. We refer to old man Marshal, the
coffin maker, who is seeking the coroner's
position. But even he is candid enough to
admit that all the other candidates on the
Republican county ticket will meet with
certain defeat in November.
Senator Wade Hampton made very
good point with regard to the solid south
in his New York speech. He wanted to
know why the Republicans did not see as
much danger in the solid south, wheE it
was absolutely solid for the Republican
party, as they do now, when it is solidly
Democratic. Not many years ago every
southern state was Republican, and all the
officials, both state and national, were Re-
publicans. If it is dangerous for any sec
ton of the country to be united in support
Of any political party, the danger was the
same when the South was Republican as
! IL Is NOW WUpu IL Is DculOCli tlC' ~ uocou I
appear, however that the Republican party
had any fears that the country would be
ruined by Republican solid South, and
it is difficult to see why that party should
predict the destruction of the country and
other terrible evils because the solid South
has become Democratic. AS Senator
Hampton says, the South is not solid
against the Union, the constitution or the
North. 1t is solid only against the Repub-
lcan party. If the South were solid be
cause of its adherence to some principle or
policy that was hostile to the constitu
ton or the interests Of the North, OF
that threatened to disturb the peace and
prosperity Of the country, the Republican
party would have some cause for attempt
ing to excite alarm about the solid south
But the south is not advocating or support
ing anything that is inimical to any othe
. section or to the constitution Of the coun
, try. The southern people, in their objec