The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-14
WANTED: A LEADER,


the votes. As this majority has frequently
appeared in the election returns, we are
justified in believing il is not cphemera,
but permanent. Why it is so, we do not at
present propose to inquire. The fact, as
we state it, is realized by all the astutc Re-
publican politicians, who live by office, or
who breathe an atmosphere Of political
hope; a nd they tremblc at he prospect o! a
united opposition.
Nothing is wanted but a leader 10 COM
bine this opposition. Since the death OF
Douglas the Illinois Democracy have had
no leader. They have rallied, only as the
highland clans used to rally, under local
chiefs, of more or less political sagacty,
who, being only human, have often been
Jealous Of their allies. Our worthy Itcpub-
hcan opponents are wiser than the Democ.
racy IN this regard. A large clement Of
the Republican party dislike Senator Logan
it is not using too strong language to say
they hate Senator Logan. But they
submit 10 his leadership, and obey
the crack of his political whip as promptly
as the trained horse in the circus obcys the
whip of the ring-master
In seeking fora leader, the Illinois De-
mocracy do not need to choose a many-slded
political somersault turner like Senator Lo-
gan, whose views of the financial question
have been as varicgated as his opinions con
corning the late rebellion. We can find in
our party, men who have been always con-
sistent Democrats, who have not been
swerved from the line Of Jettersonian, Jack
sonan Democracy by any popular clamor or
any sectional excitement
Prominent among such men is Hon. VIII
liam r. Morrison, the representative in con-
gress for the past twelve years from the
Bellevilie district He has acquired ma
,ional reputation, not by the arts Of the
demagogue not by brilliant facility Of
speech, commonly called eloQuence; not by
riding on the crest of popular wave, put
in motion by disturbing elemcntn the
body polite but by demonstrating, with
out any violent effort, that he is truly a
man Of affairs that he is endowed with
unusual capacity as legislator, that he is
a gentleman in the largest American sense
of that word, and that he is a cOnserva-
tive Democrat, who is always ready to battle
for the constitution in the halls of congress,
as he was ready to fight for the Union in
the army of his country,
William r. Morrison is in the prime Of
well preserved manhood, being about 80
years Of age. Twenty-one years ago he
was speaker of the house Of representatives
OF the Illinois Legislature, and he proved
himself equal to every emergency Of that
position. lie served with distinction as
colonel Of an Illinois regiment and was
wounded twice at the head Of his command.
After the war his nelghbors sent him 70
congress and have kept him there twelve
years. He has been chairman OF the COM
mIttee Of ways and means, the most impor-
tant congressional committee, and the
chairman of that committee Is recognized
as holding the position next to the speaker,
in congressional honor. He is at present a
member OF that important committee, and
Is regarded as one Of its most useful and re-
liable members. lie has nothing to OK.
plain. Credit Mobiler in vestigatons have
no terrors for him. The most reckless po.
litical slandercr dares not charge
him with any vote or act
of even suspicious character.
With great respect for the other leading
Democrats of the state, we desire to place
William r. Morrison prominently before
the Democracy Of Illinol as the fit and
proper man to receive our support for prcsi-
dental candidate in the next Democratic
national convention. We claim 10 patent
for nominating Mr.. Morrison, nor Tor sec.
onding his nomination. Prominent Demo
cratic papers in New York and Pcnnsylva.
MIA have already placed before their reader.
the name of Mr.. Morrison as a suitable
man upon whom the Democracy Of tho
whole country can unite at the next elec
ton for president and the Illinois De
mocracy should feel proud to be able t,
present TO our next national convention fo
nomination the name Of one Of her citizens
so well esteemed at home and abroad as i