The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-21

| ANY 'H'S NN'S " III luNii hloihNNA
ested () efforts to "save the country as to
distribute "flthy lucre," poor "gush" and
worse whisky with a liberal hand and are
spending much of their time praising the
beauty of the negro babies to their parents
and even going so tar as to kiss them in
large crowds-not for effccr, but for the
purpose of maintaining the union Of these
states But what we desire especially to
inform the public Of is this: During the
past three weeks John Reeve and Joe Ro-
barts have been circulating pledges which
read about as follows; "Wc, the under
signed pledge ourselves to vote the straight
Republican ticket and to scratch no name
which may be printed thereon, etc, ETC."
and this pledge they hand to every colored
man and ask them to sign 1t, A few to
whom the pledge was handed for their sig
nature, refused to sign it and they were
at once advertised-not as Dem.
ocratc 'colored mem but as
Democratic "niggers' and were ex.
cluded from participating in the Radical
meetings, as punishment for their indie
pendence of mind. But this is not all.
Joe Robarts has demanded Of them that
they report to him the name Of every col
ored man who will not vote the straight
ticket and has created the impression that
their names will be reported at Washing
ton and that they will be visited by some
dire calamity il they refuse to obey the
big bully's orders.
Among the worst paid public officers
and, at the same time, the most important
to,a community, are our justices OF the peace
and police magistrates. The former re-
ceive only very small percentage Of the
fines they assess and collect, aud the latter
receive only twenty-five dollars per month.
1t is well known fact that the fines col.
lected are only small percentage Of the
fines assessed, which in the ordinary run Of
business, will not furnish enough fees during
q month to pay the necessary expenses OF
the office, even with the most rigid econo-
my. The squire being thus made DEEPEN
dent upon the fines he assesses and collects,
is led no doubt, to look upon a criminal
with special favor; and while il should
serve as an inducement for him 10 punish
crime whenever it is brought to his notice,
it also sometimes leads an inscription
squire to proceed to unwarrantable lengths
to allow himself to become an instlgator
of disputes between citizens, to induce
them to bring their differences before him
for adjustment, and even to resort to gross
ly irregular proceedings in order to
obtain the funds necessary to
defray his office expenses In
such cases the proper remedy would, Of
course, be the removal of the direlect off.
cial. But it seems 10 Us that under the
present state of the Offices Of magistrate
and justice, with their meager emoluments,
the honest man who consents to fill them
almost becomes martyr to the interests OF
the people. He must not only lay aside
all hope of making living out Of his hon
est labors in the Office, but
must expect 10 use nearly his
entire income TO pay Office rent, stationery
etc. and earn livelihood outside of the
office. This is wrong. An officer in
whose hands is placed the scales Of
justice, and who is required to interpret and
infct the law as the interests Of the com
munity in which he lives may require,
should be independent Of everybody, be-
yond the reach of evil influences in every
form and above all selfish considerations OF
pecunary character. We do not be.
lieve in carrying economy in such matters
too far, lest it becomes reactionary,
and destroys the very ends which it is In.
tended 70 serve. We believe that every
laborer, either physical or mental, is worthy
Of his hire and should earn enough by a
days honest work to maintain himself
and his comfortably This ap.
plies equally to public officials
It is true that our present incumbents are
all living comfortably, but they DO not de.
pend exclusively upon their fees and sala-
ries tor living. We are Of the opinion,
and so must every right thinking citizen be
that our officers of the law, from judge tc
constable, should be enabled to make an
honest living out OF their respective
offices.
CARD OF THANKS.