, 1877-10-06
To GOV. CULL0W.

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IN open Letter from thn linn. =. A. Hack.
master In ths Approving Isoard Of the
sou,hern 1.Ifnot. i'sustontiary.
A1Tos, ill.,, Oct. 4.--7o the t3o<r,or. Attorn,g-
oe"e7d, anu A''gr ~ I.".s .s ..'".'.,,. H.,
TLnMEH: Sincerely rcSrrt The necessity that
o.,!ices mo to write THIS letter, aud would ter
tanly refrain frotn 20 doing dill not feel that
- 1,n.rs. milan. ,1i,cl,arvr Of duty 10 my cou-
~eoua..e'.""a "'a. ..'., 49,. ,a'.x..,x
stitne"ts at"' p!oeef reea.l 'or tan mte.ss,s
of the pco1sc tile Whole statc, 's'pcratlvcly
| of xo,,r l,oar1 10 mass uppotiecd
!o"' .ss ..x.n',,,,, ~ Inn tr,.r.... of ,be
FUR 'Ao p,os'.s"" ~, ~ =, N,'e ~
citizens o' Alto' na a'' ~ ny .~"ss u.'a., ~
r''~. LUZ T., "-n, ,ha. n,,rht rive uossl md
s".se" e,.,", ~ os s -, ~. rns,,t yhv chc.t.r
should he rejected a. lo<2t'nn for the new
! renttcptiary. and have the .natter nguin re-
fcrrc,l to Tia Commissioners. certainly had
.s..,. ~ ,.it.,o ,h., a .e,tnin ,,cmh.T ~ vo,,r
feason W p1'se'o sn4s w. ,.' .''' w. ,u".
| .uade 10 nc that should bo Informed 1uss
| when I should have M audience, antl was
..t,,,,ts,oj ~ .., ,hA ,,oor clo.ctl IN nv fare
anI t scsoon ~ M ctln,.cJ IN secre, unt;
fma, ic,,.;nm hn,l heen reached. WA cn,la|1y
ta.,seha1 LIZA uIv,I' ,.nan Sn,r tccis;on ~ tnaIr
tnown' to Ind tint, as an excuse for approving
.,-ni fron, .iistina1,is,r.l lawyer nj Hnrjnv.
tiai fnroi,shiv nj n fair nrel tn tie eifrct ihnf.
,,n,1cr thc INV authorizing tho construction Of
So,thcr, Pcnitcntiary. the Slate could not s,uy
A. XI,,,, IN rmmrrtit;n with hln1iretI ntres of
fnnJ a,mi I'm Mitchell ,,rf,nerty. for the PRICES
nnn,sl lt i,v nm. to.wit,, tH5tN,
"'f"c ,sns 2ot ovare. Until INV the papera the
o., "nS ,,,',rn @ ymr nrccc,;,,ea tbat
as, nSns ~. 1rnn'stti"" hrf"rr ynr i,onti Ia
ali t,,rss arplds to lie s.atc, nor ltil know
thut your board lad anything to do With re-
et,o f,r III nav Tcnttentiary. further than to
~. nn,,rr tI,r law. ns n board tu receive tho
r'i,ort nct. 81 tis cotam.sionere after tncy lad
.spu+ ~ ,otn ~ a XIV" ami m citi,er nnnr1, ~
r r";cct aei' Selection, think. by liz bro.
us.t'1s ~ lie ,aw rri"rrcd to. tho fsria!ntHrr.
IL ,,ruviiinr fur m Anproyit;r ijoarJ. WIS par.
tT,'ar IN miartni, an tI,at Boar,l n one Of lis
%n xmrc.s ,r n1r.,os. nj t,lyin 1crs, asYict
~ ~" i,oar simli II f,rco,ns 1,eccssarv. s,,t,.
no.tnr % lint tho Governor and Auditor al Public
Auouats would recognize Him un.lcr the law as
,,., ems's epteanrIinarv rxncnttnre fnr othrr
@"1 so;.n.el. '
inI. .,cnt,cmeu, you well know that there
snio ~ ~ the otI Frnitcntiary al Alton. whicl,
s"a,,,. " IT, he ti,c great ht~.Eear with you, nn.l
~, nIsn knnw tfat thu univ nrf,nIaitiun frn,,
tttn,, hcfnrr tta S,,y IL sst1Eera wAa MI nffnT
10 sell item lDO acrcs oi iaul on tnc caster,
fs',ntimn M cc.fn,rit, al n, ill., o., t}.c sout.
aiim ~ t. md three trtmk iincs Of ralroad or
H." " ~ an H.. tr"rf viii thc sfrret 1nn1ns
~ H.t,a Watar wnrLs md strrnt rnnus nj Tho {! i.
H. Eomnanr srirmit DIRECTLY Il, thn rrf,l,l,tis
o{f"rrI iwithont adlItjunal cusf to tjle Statei !
uini II wsh urounds was nrcseutctl viii t.ls
r'',s,.ai' sIc frnrt r,,ntannr III acro. from
nnv Mvp ,,sr, ri wIicl, tho Cunm ssoners wcre ner
nh nj, II III In sclrsI the rcurc id arrrs, at cost
MI ~ .r,cri xiili mr. arrr. whtch trn.t comes
mi,hin III ~ I'm rrrrenuitites ri thc law II
r.t"rarr, w. ,chotsrrr wos n,n,Ir In anil t,frcr h
r.. III p.n,t"ctfnrrs~thc Mttri,eIi rrorertv-
~ 10y 80, Ia, mi c,rrs n Iun,J a,iotninrs
! Tnfs usopos,tinn was uiat!o BY me IN cooi
fnlth' renrrscmtinr mn lid the civ of Altot
n, ~. nwnrr ~ III. fa,i offered. u,d wns Icfi
viii H., C,mn,nisaiI.nrrA in liz t,nsf]rrnl bs
,s.n II, cssr nj thr rriertIon nj Chester. aI,t
s.,l',,,' ~" ,"nn""tn. wi,atcrrr viii III al,
p r,.nt,srttarx u, plInly cxnrcsky4l wan iii
ns.n.ittmn +, tts terms. tint / nrrsutn,Ii ti,r
sryv.nI ,,n1cr.tnri ,hat fbry hsi lid riSht 4
isy Il wtthnmt thc advice Of coullaci
Il .a,Its thul in utl,i,tion 10 thr trnal on[nion
70 '' .'.r i,nar.1 rca., an tlrlbrr,tr1
rutst,,.T".l m c.inns.vc brtcf or nrrumrnf
t",,,1, ~h. In. 1HTa;inn nj rlcstpr si,n,,li i,
,r,s.a, H.. rc,,Iluo" tl,at ,o,cr uhici, Inv
b H., Tun, l., I'M fnr', nj n trtr,ar siUnr,l h
T"ic. mi tv" ntirr cittzr,rs ri lIcstsr. nj
!. n torsn int'rsstr,i in that ioratln,,. in,i
,rov.s nn,v ti,at t.lics,cr il IN thr Misaissin,l
u ftIrsr chm,, "Irt,ty miies below ii. Iouis. mi
~. r ~" i".n,fon ~ thc Snuti,sr,, i.nitrr
I stasy. sna.. II .,ss "oint aud am aroen.litur
- | ~ - Il sII1 MI far p,fsnn nr1 f,rnt.hln
y, or,:,t I"hor fnr un,rifut-' fbat IL wnniI. In
inrr. nrtrnt ntI In rievelnrfnv tlle nlttprai r.
. .s,ss ~ Hfs.nnri ~, III, ,n,noaitc .i.lc ri IL
= rs,"' nnn ,,r",rhIv. ~, s,pnr ertrnt. nil In Ii,
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