The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-07-19
Let iIie Truth DC Developed and
Insliep Done.

! Decduhe tine lntulOtIS VI tle A@Ou4TiH''"
( Returning Board have been indicted
at New Orleans, on the charge Of
forgery in changing the returns, and
express regrets that such q proceed
ing should have been Instituted. II
they are good citizens we can hardly.
understand why they should thus
| feel in regard to the matter, If Mr..
Hayes was actually elected honestly
and without fraud, The establishment
Of this fact would be ofimmense ben
eft to him, his friends and the coun-
try. No intelligent man will deny
| that the title by which he holds biz
Office is clouded, and in the opinion
| Of a vast majority of the people it is
tainted with fraud, # that cloud
could be removed and the suspicion
Of faint dispelled we do not hesitate
to say tba! he would become one Of
the most popular Presidents we have
had for many years. Ifhis support
ers really believe he was fairly and
honestly elected they should not OPP,
pose, bit court rather, a Judicial in
vcstigation of facts. Certainly a ju-
dicial trial viii be much more likely
to develop the truth than any inves-
tigalion by Congressional Commit
tees or by any other political depart
ment Of the government. If Mr..
Hayes title to the Presidency is good
every true patriot in the land should
not only be willing but anxious to
have the fact established What a
burden Of doubt, distrust and discon-
tent it would instantly remove!
What a blesaingi it would be to the
country to clear of such a cloud Of
disgrace aud get rid of such a bone Of
contention!
On the other hand, if he was ole-
waited to the position he holds by
criminal frauds, why should any true
friend Of the country desire to have
the guilty parties escape punish
ment? Isthe forgingoEretwns where
by forty millions Of people are cheat
ed Of their rights and fraud enthrou-
cd in the very heart of national life
currents, to be condoned, while the
man who FORCES another's name to a
note for a few paltry dollars is huat-
ed to prison as a public enemy?
The eight by seven commission de-
cided that the States have supreme
control in fixing the method OF elect
ing electors and declaring thoresults,
and that the general Government
has no power to gobehind the results
as declared by n State. On that bas-
is there is no remedy for such frauds
when once committed and no way to
prevent them except through the de
tcrriug influence Of tho prompt .i,o"--
ishment of the guilty. Iftheresults
of such frauds are irreversible and
the perpetrators of them are to be
screened from punishment, for party
reasons or through partisan inHuon.
ces, what safeguards have we to rely
upon in future elections?
Let the trial proceed, and let the
investigation be as fair, just, thorough
and perfect, as human power can
mako it, and iftho guilt of the accas-
cd is established, let them receive
such punishment as will strike terror
to the would.be criminals against
national honor and national life, and,
on the other hand, if their innocence
is established lot them 60 forth freed
from the foul faint of crime resting
upon them in the public mind, and
all true citizens will rejoice in their
delivcrance and the disappearance of
the dark cloud of fraud hanging over
the CAicfMagistracy oftho Republic.
-Mriac Standard.
Notwithstanding the poisonous ar
rows shot from lt2dmond's bow, at
Mr.. Hogg, the gentleman still sur
wives, and is growing in popularity
with the voters Of the county. They
know Mr.. Hogg has made most eff
ciont Superintendent of Free Schools
and they intend to reflect him on
the 18th Of August next We direct
attention to Mr.. Yeager's article in
this paper, which completely refutes
Rcdmond's misrepresentation and
fully yindicatcg Mr. Hogg from the
unjust charge made against him by.
Redmond.