The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-02-28

WASHINGTON. p. O.. Feb. %, 1873.


Editor Brookhdpen Ledger
Men who claim to speak with author.
ity o say that Governor Nichols will
not pardon Anderson and will not in
any way interfere with the trial of
Wells next month. Why shsuld he?
The Punishment for their ~offense, under
the law. is very light. The suffrage OF
the people, is the foundation Of our sys
tenn of Government aud these men de-
liberateiy falsifed the returns in such
q way as to change tire result Of q gen
eral election. Surely. the law should
provide punishment for such an act.
and that punishment shonld be inflicted.
Such a crime, more than any other.
should be made infamous. The benefi
Charles of the fraud-tho receivers who
have the stolen goods-mav seek togive
standing to Wells and Anderson by
keeping them in Federal office, but
that or any other support or favor to
the meu is p confession. Pardon is for
those whose gnilt is doubtful, or those
who, by reformation or repentance or
restitution have atoned for their fault.
Has any one, heard of repentance in
these cases? Restitution is impossible
All the good they can do il to expose
their completes and when they have
done hat forgiveness and pardon may
properly ba urged.
To-day, but too late Tor mo to give
You the particulars. IA motion will be
made to take up the Silver Bill in the
House, with n view to it's immediate
passage as it came from the Senate
This will be resisted by those silver ad-
vocates, who dislike the Senate amend
ments, but the best belief at this time
as that the motion will prevail and the
bill pass aud go to the President. II
limits coinage to "a, 600, 900 per month
and gives profits of coinage to the Gov
erument. lrJ g. Erre
The sub. Ccmmittee OF the Pacific
Railroad Committee will recommend
aid to q line which is substantially Tom
SCOTS. The full Committee will dis
cuss the report in few days. A'a
Two bills of interest to soldiers have
been up during the past week. One,
which passed the Senate and will prob
ably pass the House, restores to th:
pension rolls those 1912 and other sol
diers who were dropped at the com
mencement of the civil war. 1t also
gives pensions &c 1912 soldiers who
served fourteen days. the present re-
LGuirement being sixty days, and to the
widows of such soldiers if they were
married prior to 1850. The other bill
is that giving a pension of eight dollars
per month to ali soldiers of the Mexican
War. 1t is believed this bill, also, viii
pass, though it meets with opposition
from the extreme Radicals who will moi
vote money if any of it is to GO to the
South. Mr.. Powers. of Maine, many
OF whose constituents got O Land War
rant from the Government because they
lived on the line of the British Proviu
ces dnr,ug the making of treaty Will
Great Britain, leads the opposition
These warrants, worth S175 each, wer,
given to hundreds who never smellet
g%unpowder, and for service when Their
was 40 war, is the on'y contest in which
we ever gave up territory, and it hard
ly becomes the representative of tina
class of beneficiaries to oppose o small
gratuity to men who enlarged the con
try's limits, gave it military renowr
abroad, aud are now, in many instances
suffering from the hardships OF theil
service.
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