The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-11

become blind and paralized that he calls
upon others to give him what is daily
placed before lis eyes in the dispatches
from Washington The record Is near at
hand, Brother Burton; it is as easy Of &C.
cess to you ns to any other Republican ed
itor, but You can not, yol Il lrc not, use 1t
as weapon Of defense for Thomas and OF
ofiense against his ID ,mocratic opponent,
whoever he may be. 1t would prove,
even in your able hands, worse than use
less thing; it would prove to those who
trusted in it to be treacherous; it would
wound those who used it, Your resolution
to be "blind deaf and dumb" to Captain
Thomas claims to a third term in con-
gress is no doubt the result Of thorough
acquaintance with the captains record
and desire to promote the interests OF the
party by suppressing it. In that resolu'
ton lies your own and the partys' only
hope of escape from certain defeat. But
your silence shall not triumph. The truth
you would withhold for the good of the
| Republican party shall be heralded abroad
nevertheless and THE BULLETIN will do
| its share of the heralding
The st Louis Republican looks upon
the appointment of the Mississippi river
examining committee appointed by con-
gress Tuesday, and which is to meet in
| this city in November for the purpose OF
examing the government work on the
Mississippi river as a scheme to "thwart
and obstruct the work in question 1t
| says: "The sublmated confidence in the
triumph of the right and chivalrlc defer
ence to the demand of enemies might be
| excusabe in these gentlemen from the
banks of the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers if they were acting only with refer
erence to their own individual affairs, but
| they had no right to take any such loose
view of question which so deeply con
cerned the greatest interest of their con
stituences. The Missouri and Illinois
members who sat in dumb silence and neg
lected 50 obvious and importanta duty as
was imposed upon them when the enimies
of their constituents were 50 active and
alert, and we're acting through agents 50
conspicuous deserve the strongest kind Of
rebuke." Captain Thomas was one Of the
members who sat din dumb silence, etc"
| He is even member of the obstruction
committee his record on the river and
harbor bills during his terms of office is
not such as would give people to under
stand that he is an enthusiastic supporter
of the improvement of the Mississippi.
! He has had greater opportunities to do
good effective work than any of his prede
cessors have had, AS member of this
last committee, he has another great OPP.
portunity to make himself. felt
in the right direction-to redeem
himself will he do it? The meeting
of the committee here is to take place I'M
mediately after the election in November,
when his action need not be influenced by
any personal considerations. Whatever he
may do then may be looked upon as being
dictated by his true feelings with reference
to the question of greatest Importance to
his constituents. In the meantime we shall
fight him and seek to defeat him, because of
| his past record which convicts him of be-
Ing anything but friend Of Mississippi
river improvement.