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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-21
The Most Powerful American.

Hon. Josiah Quincy has reason
for his expectation that the reply he
gives to an interesting question will
"seem absurd to !mest men now iv-
ing" although he thinks it may be
'an obvious commonplace to their
descendants" He asks: "What his.
torical American of the nineteenth
century has exerted the most pow
erful influence upon the destinies of
his countrymen 2" He replies that
sit is by no means impossible that
the answer to that interrogatOry may
thus be written: Joseph Smith the
Mormon prophet" Mr.. Quincy, ac.
companied by Hon. Charles Francis
Adams, hadan interview with Joseph
Smith at Nauvoo in 1874, and the
"impression of rugged power" given
by the prophet was such as no man
has ever exceeded in all the expert
ence of that venerable citizen OF
Massachusetts. Now, whatever may
be thought of Mr.. Quincy's half pro-
ductipn as to the American whose
influence upon the destiny of Amer
lea up to the present time will be
considered greatest century hence,
the very fact that such a keen obser,
yer and wise man perceives such
mOmentous results of the foundation
of Mormonism is alarming. Mr..
Quincy says ''it is at least doubtful
whether polygainy was in any way
sanctioned by Smith," but that
prophets claim of direct inspiration
opened the way for the most mon.
strous abuses under the pretence OF
the divine sanction. "The possibili.
ties Of the Mormon system are un-
fathomable, ,"he says, "and polygamy
may be followed by still darker
revelations. The deliberate opin.
ion of such man as Josiah Quincy
that Mermonlsrn effect such baneful
results that the influence of Its found
er upon the destinies of his country.
men may century hence he esteem
ed more powerful than that of any
other American who has yet lived,
is enough to startle the people and
make them awaken 10 the need oi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-21
THE GRACIOUS ANSWER.

Thy way is dark, my child! Butleads 10 light.
l would not always have thee walk by sight.
My dealings now thou canst not understand.
1 meant II so : but will take thy hand,
And through the gloom
Lead safely home
My child!
The day goes fast. my child But is the night
Darker to me than day? In me is light!
Keep close to me, and every spectral band
or fears shall vanish. 1 will take thy hand,
And through the night
Leap up to light
My child.
The way is long, my child! But 1t shall be
Not one step longer than is best for thee:
And thou shalt know, al last, when thou shalt
stand
Safe at the goal. how did take thy hand,
And quick and straight
Lead to heavens gate
My child!
The path is rough, my child! But oh how
sweet
VIII be the rest. for weary prilgrims meet,
When thou shalt reach the borders of that
To which lead thee. as take thy hand,
And safe and blest,
With me shall rest
My child!
The throng is great my child! But at thy side
rhy father walks then be not terrified.
For am with thee; will thy foe command
To let thee freely pass; will take thy hand,
And through the throng.
Lead safe along
My child
The cross is heavy, child! Yet there was One
Who bore heavier for thee! my Son,
My Well-beloved. For Him bear thine and
stand
With Him ut last; and, from thy Fathers
hand.
Thy cross laid down.
Receive crown,
My child!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-21

Ex- Representative FELTON,, of Geor-
gia, who has the reputation of being
the Moses who is to lead his state
out of the wilderness of Democracy,
had communication in the Atlanta
Constitution of yesterday in reply to
late utterances of Senator Hill with
reference to his (Mr. Felton'sl politi-
cal course. Mr.. FELTON, says: "I
propose to d, al with him as should
do with any other public man, and
judge him by his record, which I
know to be az eccentric, AS unwise, Nv
unpatriotic. and too often AZ SEEM
ingly corrupt as that of any 0ther
politician whose evil counsels have
assisted to blight the interest Of the
state which gave him BIRTH" Mr..
FELTON, closes by saying: II ant
sorry for Mr.. Hill. Blessed WITH
most wonderful gifts of oratory, ne
has frittered away the greatest oppor-
tunities public man ever had. He
has actually done nothing for his
state or country that will live in the
memory of the true, tie good and
the patriotic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-21
Have a Purpose.

1t Is not possible for every bow 10
know, at sixteen, just what particular
thing he is to do in lite, but everyone
ought to have some purpose, some
iaudabie ambition, some high ideal.
and then strive to attain it. One of
our number asked me the other day.
If though every young man could
become what he chose to be. That
Was really asking whether the old
adage is true: "Where there's a
will, there's a way" Did you ever
know an aphorism of the ages that
was not based on deep truth /?
"Find a way, or make way, In
40 issspoEtantsenss the adage istvue.
But the will must be full, thorough.
complete. 1t must permeate every
fibre of the boys constitution. 1t
must he permanent and reliable. 1t
must not be ephemeral, superficial,
orhalf-hearted. 1t presupposess some
knowledge of the diff .ulties in the
way, and contempt for them as
difficulties. The means are essential
to secure the end. We cannot sit
down, Micaber-like, awaiting for
something to turn up. to put US in
the place we wish to occupy. If one
wishes to become a rich man. he
must make up his mind to hard la
Dor. early and late. year after year,
till the result is reached; he must
earn, and he must save every penny
possible. Read the life of John Jacob
Astor or Stephen Girard, ifyou wish
to learn the way to wealth. 1t is
your ambition to be learned. or elo.
quent, or h0nored You must desire
1t with all your soul, and strive for
1t as for dear life; and you must not
get discouraged as the years pass by.
But you must have that kind of am
bition which will admit of no refusal.
1t must be discouraged by no OBJ.
SUacles, tnWarted by no miSfOrtuneS,
weakened by no reverses. That kind
of a perseverance. is what men are
made of. / have heard it said that
Lord Beaconsfield, in his boyhood,
aspired to the first place in the Eng.
lish government, atd so he attained
it. The story probably has no truth
in it, and yet has underneath it a
truth worth more than if it were true.
You need haye no childish wish to
become President of the United
States, for generally he who strives
after that place will never get it.
The adage. 1.-THE dark horse always
wins" has great deal of truth in it.
But you can and ought to have high
and laudable ambition to prepare
yoursel for manhood, and for the
duties which manhood shall bring to
yOu.- William A. MouT.u.
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FATHER, TAKE MY HAND"

The way is dark, my Father! Cloud on cloud
Is gathering thickly DER my head. and loud
The thunders roar above me. See, 1 stand
Like one bewildered! Father. take my hand
And through the gloom
Lead safely home
Thy childl
The day goes fast. my Father! and the night
Is drawing darkly down. My faithless sight
Sees ghostiy visions. Fears. a spectral band.
Encompass me. o Father take my hand.
And from the night
Lead up TO light.
Thy child
The way Is long, my Father! and my soul
Longs for the rest and quiet OF the goal:
While yet Journey through this. weary land.
Keep me from wandering. Father, take my
hand;
Quickly and straight
Lead me to heavens gate
Thy chiidI
The path Is rough, my Father, many q thorn
Has pierced me: and my weary feet. all torn
And bleeding. mark the way. Yet thy COM
mand ~ u y \
BIDS me press forward. Father. take my
hand:
Then, safe and blest,
Lead up TO rest
Thy chldl
The throng Is great, my Father Many doubt
And fear and danger compass me about;
And foes oppress me sore. l cannot stand
Or go alone. o Fs ther take my hand,
And through the throng
Lead safe along
Thy child!
The cross Is heavy, Father! / have borne
1t long, and still do bear 1t. Let my worn
And fainting spirit rise to til 1t blest land
Where crowns are given. Fother, take my
hand,
And, reaching down.
Lead to the crown
Thy child!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-21

The Bourbons of Georgia amuse
themselves by asserting every few
minutes that there Is no independent
sentiment in Georgia, bless your
heart, no. and that, whatever may be
the case In other Southern States.
Georgia is still entirely content with
bourpon rule. The Independents.
however. tell different story. One
OF their most active members, Mar
cellus f. Thornton, of Atlanta. saws
"Fhere is strong following ofIn.
dependents in every county in the
State, and organization would add to
their numbers. In the contest for
the Goyernorship there are the best
grounds for predicting the success of
the Independent candidate. It only
requires the selection of an acceptable
man to head the ticket, whose good
falth can be relied upon, and In the
adoption of liberal platform, op-
posed to the chain-gang system and
disfranchisement for minor offences.
opposed to the leasing out and mur.
dering ofccnvicts, and the permitting
OF criminals to run at large and swell
the calendar of rapes. burg and
murders throughout the State; in
favor of a more liberal provision for
general education. and the repeal of
the present constitutional provisions
which require that every person who
proposes to vote at any election must
first have paid all taxes due by him
10 the State. county or municipality
for each and every year from the
year 1877. including poll tax (up to
the one preceding the one in which
he desires to vote), the operation of
which constitutional provision will
in few years absolutely disfranchise
One-halt or more OF the otherwise
qualified voters in the State, especial
ly those of the colored race. A trust
worthy candidate upon such plat
form would receive the unqualified
endorsement of the Republican State
Convention for the Governorship.
and would surely be elected. On
such an issue the Republicans and
Independents of Georgia would have
common interest and common
sympathy"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-21
A Summary OF What is Known About
the Center OF Our System.


Exact logic-that is. good level
head-frequently finds it impossible
to accept some of the conclusions of
modern Astronomical science. Mod
ern astronomy is in fact constantly
correcting and altering its own con-
clusiOns. proving this, that the absO-
lutte has not yet been arrived at and
that there are still ages of work to
be- done in ;his line. 1t is Intimately
t0 the credit of Professor C. A.
Young that in his recent work on
"Th- Sum-" published by d. Apple
tor & Go. in the ''InttrDatinnal Sci
entitic Series" he distinctly recogni-
Zes the difficulties in the way Of
accurate astronomical calculations
and very frankly points out the un.
reliability of some of its conclusions.
Ii is not pretty generally admitted
that the sun is but'"a single star
among millions, thousands of which
exseetl him in brightness, magni
:ude ana power" But he is our sun.
"Cut of his rays for even single
month and the earth would die-alI
life upon its surface would cease"
What the ancients felt in this matter
ami fornluIat, d into systems of sun
worship the modern scientific spirit,
aided by the telescope, the pyrhelio-
meter. actlnoneter and the spectre.
scope, has env0lved into the doctrines
of the correlation Of forces and the
conservation IF energy, and so ha We
weighed the sun in the balance and
held its hearts in our hands, and the
following conclusions are, for the
most part, agreed upon: (l) The
center of the sun Is "a mass of in-
tensely heated gases ;" ~ Its face,
or photOsphere, is a shell of lumin.
Gus clouds, the home of the sun
spots. ($) its immediate environment
or chr0mOsphere is composed main
ly of incOndensibls gases az that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-21

None cf the Northern Democratic
newspapers seem eager to comment
on the negroe exoxdus from South
Carolina, and their back wardness is
easily explained. Hitherto they have
charged that Northern Republicans
have instigated all the of
this character among the negroes.
hut they cannot charge that now, be-
cause the Bourbon journals Of the
South admit that the cause Is politi-
cal oppression. This bars out the
Northern Democratic editor. He has
not for twenty-five years admitted
that the Souther Bourbons can do
wrong, and he is not going to admit
1t now ; hence he keeps silent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-21

DR.. VIM. E. Butler, who died re-
Gently In Tennessee, aged 90, wasa
staff officer of Gen. jackson in the
war of 1912. Once he was defeated
by Davy Crockett for the Tennessee
legislature. He owed his defeat to
the fact that he had carpet on his
floor. Crockett proclaimed from the
stump: "Why, my fellow citizens.
my aristocratic and wealthy conIpe-
titor walks every day on store goods
finer than any ofyour wives or daugh-
ters ever WOr0,"
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NUMBER 4s.

eradieating the foul social system of
oa't keCity. Ifprompt acfiaf by
the government to effect that result ia
necessary to prevent the fulfillment
OF Mr. Quincy's cautious prediction
as to what Americans influence Is to
oe Judged most powerful, let not the
se'ion lag one moment. Let Con-
gress enact and President Arthur
execute whatever laws are requisite
to the Immediate destruction of the
Institution Of Mormon polygamy.-
~. Y. Mail and Ezpress.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23
INUNDATED EGYPT.

A correspondent of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean ola recent date gives the following
description of the condition of things in
Mound City, Metropolis, Shawneetown and
other places in Southern Illinois: AT
UIin, twenty.one miles out on the Illinois
Central, the back water from the Cache and
the sloughs that put out just above Mound
City is first met, and with the exception of
a few clay mounds the whole region is from
three to fifteen feet under water. To get to
Mound City got off ut a little station four
miles out, and in an old dilspidatcd Mich
igan Central bobtail caboosc, with mis-
cradle little mule for a Locomotive, jolted
over vilainous corduroy road for half
the distance, and then took skiif for the
town coming in by the National Cemetery
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23
Green's Larger History of the English
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23

Indiana ladies refrain from Gains
borough hat, and numerous weddings take
place over there every day.
AT Coul,erville, on the Cairo Short
Line, the high wind Of Tuesday assumed
the torn of tarnado and did much dam
age to property.
Frank K. Chesterman, alias "Kelly,"
died st the marine hospital station yester-
day evening. He has relatives living at
Covington, KY, where his remains will
probably be taken for burial.
"A week or two of intemperance is ex-
pected to follow the Mississippi floods.
There Is always q reaction after so much
water. Old Father Noah himself didn't
keep his feet long after the dove got in
with the foliage.
Tho Illinois Central railroad gives
notice In another column Of land excur.
sion to Storm Lake, Iowa, trains to leave
Cairo on the Sd Of April, round "trip only
tls, tickets good for 30 days. J. Fl. Jones
wall give full particulars.
Tits not much too early to begin prep.
arations for the celebration Of the first of
May. Other communities are already en-.
gagged in devising ways and means to usher
In the Aowery month In q glorious style;
Cairo needs not be and should not be
behind.
Tho remainder Of the rat,ons on hand
st The Tenth street icommisary we're issued
to . few colored families yesterday fore
noon. This ends the fun, and thost
who have 10 for not been able to muster
up courage enough to make application fo
rations will have to do without OF depent
upon private charity.
Grow Dogs squaw was examined |,
the federal court at Deadwood until III,
feet oEher marriage to the chief was con
clusively established, when the Judge rule,
out her evidence % to the murder Of spo,
ted tail. Crow Dog vas placed on tn
stand and made out clear case Of cell
defiance, entertaining the audience Wit
hi savage illustrations.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23

was and is not IN a condition equal to that
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23
Dissolution Notice.

The copsrtnership heretofore existing be-
tween Henry Elliott and g. W. Buchanan,
under the firm name of Henry Elliott q
Co., is this day dissolved by mutual CON
sent, Henry Elliott Withdrawing. Mr.
Buchanan will continue the business at the
old stand, No. rs Ohio Levee, will collect
all bills due the old firm, and pay oil it's
debts. The Office Of Henry Elliott is at
No. 10i Commercial avenue.
HENRY ELLIOTT. I,
g. w. BUCHANAN.
Cairo, Ills, March 1889. Ut.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23
EXCURSION TO NORTHWESTERN
IOWA.

The Illinois Central r. II. will run a
land excursion to Storm Lake, Cherokee
and LeMars, Iowa, leaving Cairo at 4 80
p. m. Monday, April Sd. Fare round trip
only $40. Return tickets good for 80 days.
For prices Of lands and further infor nation
inquire Of J. II. Jones, ticket agent, Cairo.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23

Receipt books, Cairo date line, perfora'
ted stub, suited to any business, manutac-
u ed and for sale at the Cairo Bulletin
flee.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23
SPECIAL LOCAL ITEMS.

Not,css IN this column, eight .ents per line TOT
s,st and Ave cents per line each subsequent insei
atom. For one week. 90 cents per line. For one
month, 90 cents per iine'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23

To STEAL an umbrella IS at last crime.
But IT man steals a bottle of DR.. Bulls
Coulgh Syrup to cure his cough, can 1t DO
called n crime.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-23

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