The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-14
THE LAST WORD-WE HOPE.

THE LAST WORD-WE HOPE.
The fight is ended and the victory is ours.
Our chief foe in this battle with rogues, the
Argus, has abandoned the field and left US
all the spoil. AS all know, we commenced
the war upon crime long ago and have
prosecuted it to the present day,
to a successful issue. We
hav. fought number of battles single
handed and alone, save that we were sus-
tanned by public opinion, and we came out
victorious in every one Of them. We were
met on every field not alone by the crafty
resistance of the guilty; by the fierce de-
nunciations and threats Of their hosts of
confederates and sympathizers, but also by
all the argument and sophistry and sarcasm
that the editor and publisher
of the Argus could command.
They resisted US step by step and contested
every inch Of ground until now they have
been actually FORCED to abandon the field.
1t seems strage to us that a newspaper,
edited by what we have reason to believe
a good man; pretending to be published
in the interest Of the entire community
should, whenever occasion offers, seek the
interests of only the smaller, and by the
way, the criminal portion of it.
1t is to be deplored that any newspaper
should, in spite Of evidence that satisfied
even its own subscribers, persist in oppos-
ing the efforts Of those who are laboring to
expose and punish gross public criminality.
That it should seek to defend the guilty
parties until overwhelmed with the evidence
aud the protests Of its own subscribers and
the surgings Of popular opinion, it is at
last driven to abandon its Objectionable
policy
But worse THAI all is it, that when SO
driven, instead of at least coming out can
didy and admitting that il was wrong, il
simply relapses into profound silence
neither attempting to explain, nor justify,
nor excuse its actions. Such
strange behavior compels US to
conclude that rather than work for
the best interests Of the community
al large, it will do nothing at all. If II
can not be allowed to throw obstacles in the
way OF those who are prosecuting the
war upon crime, it will he neutral; but it
will under no circumstances assist in the
determination Of rascality.
This is the attitude of our Commercial
avenue cotemporary. Whether it feels en-
tirely at ease or not we are not in a posi-
ton 10 know, but imagine that it is con-
toundedly uncomfortable. We will not
pass judgment upon it, We know that we
have done our duty. We have IN this case
as in former cases exposed the crime and
the actors therein. We have placed before
the people the ofense in all its enormity,
the crushing, uuimpeachable evidence that
will satisfy them as to theguit of the accused
and pointed out the criminals themselves
We now leave them in their hands of the
public to deal with as they see fit, but will
say before we close this article, that the
proper uulIOilIlto HON Ia SeSolou nave u
very plain duty before them in reference
to the men whose misdeeds we
have laid bare--a duty which they can lily
afford to ignore, now that the eyes of the
people are upon them. And we desire to say
further that any assistance we can render
them (and we may be able to render
some) will be cheerfully rendered.
The Argus and all others who
have striven TO prevent this,
for the people, glorious ending,
will be tried and Judged at the bar of pub.
lie opinion aud we regret that, owing to
their known intelligence we can not plead
forgive them for they knew not what they
did"
LAST NIGHTS COUNCIL MEETING.
His honor, Mayor Thstlewood was in the
chair and all the members were present
The finance committee reported having
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