The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-07-15

The Times, OF Philadelphia, an indie
pendent journal which accords the presi-
dent hearty support, has the following
to say concerning the effort to punish the
Louisiana returning board criminals:
"T'here is no disposition on the part OF
the public generally TO embarrass presi.
dent Hayes in any respect. He has done
SO many good things aud promised to do
SO many more that criticism has been
wooed TO silence and enmity disarmed
His good Intentions being recognized, the
tendency has been to smooth his pathway
as much as possible, and as to bygones,
TO let them be bygones. lie is the lawful
president of the United States by. virtue
Of the electoral act aud the proceedings
Hereunder, and he is universally obeyed
and respected as such. But the means
by which the electoral votes OF three
States which voted for another candidate
were counted In his favor are a matter OF
history and cannot be sponged into
oblivion. The men who, by perjury,
fraud anu forgery, robbed Louisiana of
her constitutional privilege, still live, still
occupy the high places they have polluted
and are amenable to the laws OF the
land. 1t is urged that by tacit or ex-
pressed agreement the Nichols govern.
ment Is pledged TO condone political
ofienses incident TO the campaign.
Granted but forgery IS not q political
ofense, neither is perjury. The resolu.
ton passed. by the state senate
pledged the Nichols government
10 discountenance persecution, from
any quarter, Of individuals for past polit.
ical conduct. Is trial for notorious
fraud political persecution? The al.
terstion Of ali official record is an oil.
Tense punishable by fine and imprison-
ment under the revised code OF 1.ouisi.
ana. This was do &c by Wells and An
dersoD, according to testimony taken by
congressional authority The false ut.
terlng OF an altered, forged and counter
feited official record as a true and gen.
uine one Is also penal ofiensc. This, loo
was done by Wells and Anderson &C.
cordlng to testimony taken by the same
authority. With such testimony before
them the grand jury would have
been false to their oaths had they
failed IN indict these men. And the In
dictmcnts being found, who Is to stay
the proceedings In answer to the PRAYER
that comes from agonized lips IN the
north? Not the attorney general nor the
district attorney, for they are sworn to
execute the laws OF the common wealth.
The court Is In like manner estopped,
and the governor has no power In the
premises. To ask Intervention of the
law officers Of Louisiana is to invoke
perjury to secure oblivion of perjury.
There is no way Of getting out of Il.
The trial must 20 on, let the conss.
Quenccs be what they may. Sooner or Ia.
ter the truth Is bound ~ come out, and Il
cannot come too soon. No Innocent
man will b. wronged, no just cause viii
be impcrllcd. Any: compromi, NJ thia
stage Of the proceedings will be entirely
Intellectual to clog the wheels of Justice.
Tho sufferers In that event would be
those through whose efforts the c0mpro.
mise was effected, and they would Tor
ever rest under the suspicion OF compile.
ity In thu crimes they have tried to hide
form SIght, while the day Of settlement
wJuld b merely postpoued. Policy has