Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-02-28


Anderson and will not in any
way interfere with the trial al
u cii>neXt month. Why should
ne! lie punishment for .heir
"iiense, under the law is very
light. TIL suffrage of the pee
pie is Tie foundation of our
SYSTEM of Government and these
men deliberately falsifed the
returns in such way as to
change the result Of d general
election. Surely, the law should
proN ide punishment Tor ouch an
act, and that punishment should
be inflicted. Such crime,
more than any other, should he
made Infamous. The benefcia-
rics OF the fraud-the receivers
who have the stolen goods
may seek TO give standing to
Wells and Anderson by keeping
Them in Fe.eral Office, but that
or any other support or favor TO
the men is a confession, Par
don is for those whose guilt is
doub;Iu or those who, by rcfor-
nation or repentance or -resti-
tuition have attCned for their
fault. Has any one heard of
repenta. &c in these cases? Res
titution is impossible. All the
good they can do is to expose
their accomplices, and when they
have done that forgiveness and
pardon may properly be urged,
To-day, bat too late for me to
give you the particulars, a mo-
ton will be made to take up
the silver bin in the House,
with a view TO lis immediate
passage as it came from the
Senate. This Will be resisted
by those silver advocates who
dislike the Senate amendments,
bat the best belief at this time
is that the motion Will prevail
and the bill pass and go to the
President. 1t limits coinage to
81 100000 per month and gives
,hc profits Of coinage to the
Government.
Following the passage of this
bill other financial legislation
may be expected.
"The mills Of the gods grind
slowly. but they grind exceed
ing sure" On yesterday our
regular murder was Of a patent
medicine manufacturer. He had
tried life as hackman, but the
mere taking Of twice or thrice
what was his honest due did not
satisfy him, and he entered up
on the more lucrative employ
ment Of manufacturing "mixt-
ure" that was warranted to cure
any disease Of man or beast.
The instrument Of murder was
a stove poker, more speedy but
not more certain in its results
than the medicine the misguid-
ed man had made and sold.
The subcommittee Of Tie
Pacific Railroad Committee will
recommend aid to a line which
is substantially Tom SCOTS.
The full Committee will dis
cuss tie report in a few days.
Two bills Of interest to sol
diers have been up during the
past week. One, which passed
the Senate and viii probably
pass the House, restores to the
pension roll those 1912 and 9th
CT soldiers who were dropped at
the commencement of the civil
wa. 1t also gives pensions 10
1872 soldiers Who served Il
days, the present requirement
being sixty days, and TO the
widows Of such soldiers if they
were married priorto 1850. The
other bill is that giving a pen
sion Of SIS per month 10 all SOL
diers Of the Mexican war. 1t
is believed this bill, also, will
pass, though it meets with OPP
position from those extreme
radicals who will not vote mon
ely if any Of it is to go to the
South. Mr., Powers, of Maine,
many Of whose constituents got
a land warrant from the Gov
crnment because they lived on
the line Of the British Provinces
during the making Of a treaty
with Great Britain, leads the
opposition. These warrants,
worth Sl75 each, were given 10
hundreds who never smeIled
gunpowder, and for service when
there was no war, in the only
contest in which we ever gave
up territory, and it hardly be-
comes the representative of that
class of beneficiaries to oppose
a small gratuity to men who en-
large the country's limits, gave
it military lenown abroad, and
are now in many instances,
suffering from the hardships of
their service. AUSTIN.
TES The Manchester Guar
dian in noticing the withdrawal
of Col. N. J. GEORGE from the