The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

act of the assassin. Secretary Blaine treat.
ed him almost as a brother, and tho preju-
dice engendered by the New York senate
rial contest was speedily wiped away.
Arthurs friends intimate that he would &C
cept the presidency only until successor
to General Garfield could be elected by the
people; but Arthurs friends are not good
Judges of human nature If they are honest
in their limitations. To say that Arthur
wouldn't accept the presidency in case of
Garfeld's death, and hold on toit with all
the energy that his Canadian Johnny-Bull
parents have impaired to him, is equal
to saying that Joe Roberts wouldn't drink
butter milk, or that Cairo isn't booming,
either of which would prove the authors
ignorance of the facts or total disregard of
the truth
| The question has been asked whether
the president or the government will be re-
CURED to pay the physicians and surgeons
fees in the present crisis. The government
both will and ought to pay the bills, wheth-
er it could be "required" to do so or not.
Doubtless there is existing law which would
allow it to be done; and if there IS not, con.
gress will no doubt pass q bill allowing
these expenses There are so many and 80
obvious reasons why this is proper charge
against the people that it Is a wonder there
could be, as has been intimated there is,
any considerable discussion over The point.
The BULLETIN reasons thus: General Gar
field was shot as the president of the Unit
ed States--as the chief representative OF the
Government because he administered that
government in certain way, which was
satisfactory to the majority Of the people;
he is the country's patient life or death
seriously affects the country's interests; In
wounding him, Guitteau wounded every
man and woman in the Union-wolIded,
in certain sense, the body polite of the
Union; to cure the Presidents wound is to
cure the Unions wound, and therefore it Is
the duty of the Government to bear the ex-
pense of medical attendance upon the pres
ident.
The war between the Wickliffe and
Blandnlle factions in Ballard county, Ken
lucky. is still raging bitterly, as IS evident
from the last number of the Ballard county
News, published at Blandville. Three times
have the Blandvllcites been defeated
twice at the ballot box and once in the
courts but still they refuse to be comfort
ed and continue to question the justice OF
the verdict of the majority. The following
from the last number Of the News is a
mournful tale mournfully told and we hope
it is greatly overdrawn: "Our citizens are
looking out upon the future OF Ballard
county with uneasy forebodings, and well
: they may. Every one who is not blinded
by party strife realizes the fact that our
prospects are anything but bright We are
divided into factions. "A house divided
against itself shall fall" So long as we
keep up furorc about the location Of our
county seat, we cannot have that harmon.
Gus action which is so necessary to prosper
ity. Our county is in debt. People of
other counties see our folly, and are
quick to make capital of it.
We want ito see this party spirit
| die We want to see long, strong pull
together to get the county out Of debt. We
dislike to see property depreciate because
no one is willing to pay full value in a
county where there is so much confusion
and disorder Down with this idea of an
other vote. 1t can he productive of no
good, but must be productive of much
harm. The main thing is to get the matter
settled and let it stay settled. '
For years past, this idea of division has
cropped out In Ballard county, and not
withstandng the many rcbuffs it has met,
it exists to-day. 1t has been repeatedly
shown to be npracticahlc, mot to say i'm
possiblel, and even if practicable,
not in any wise polite. There
are now about seventy "pauper,
counties in this state, and we think it re-
, qulres no very profound studio, to show
that if Ballard county were divided into
!, two other counties, no more "pauper"
= would be added to the list. We are of the
opinion that 1t would be rather a difficult
matter to induce the Legislature to take
!, such a step The idea OF division is sim.
& ply an emanation from the hotbed of the
contention, and is the offspring Of political
% gamesters who have IAN Ak to grind" In
,f conclusion lot us say to you that the prime
= interests of our county demand speedy
4 and final settlement Of the difficulties un.
der which we labor. Let us await patient
= ly the decision of the court, and set oul
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