The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-05


was promised immunity from punishment
if would become an informer; but those
secrets were not revealed, for reasons easily
understood; / was
AN APPoINTEE OF PRESIDENT GRANT,
and his friend and the recipient of his IA
vors, certain obligations were created which
I was not forgetful to regard. Gen. Bah
cock was the presidents private secretary
and there will be few to contradict me
when / say that he was in great
measure, the presidents chief adviser, es-
pecially in cases where his private matters
were concerned. Regarded Babcock's in
structlons as those emanating from the
highest authority, and however my oDedl-
ence to their orders may be concerned,
they were the excuse for my actions Hav-
ing become identified with the purposes Of
my superiors, and sharing their benefits
and intrusted with their confidence, when
disclosures were made and the hour Of
sacrifice was at hand, could not assume
the character of base migrate to escape a
punishment which, missing me, would in
volve the entire nation in the deepest dis
grace. III were convicted knew that the
tenure of my punishment would be limited
to the disposition of those in whose hands
the pard oning power was vested; hav-
ing received their promise of an i'm
mediate pardon, ! put on the sackcloth
of disgrace, and from the high position l
had so many years maintained | descended
to the most humiliating, sdgmatizing
depths-a felon's cell. For seventeen
months l wore the garb OF infamy, that lep-
rous, foul, polluted character which gnaws
at sensitive nature like a worm in the
bud" l not only suffered this restraint Of
liberty, with its unending nightmare OF
moral death, but lived on 10 see the honest
accumulation Of many years Of patient
labor wasted because ! could not protect it
and from an ample fortune upon my en-
trance into political life was reduced 10
penury when released. Those in power
forgot me and their promises; they feared
to issue me an immediate pardon because Of
the pressure Of public opinion, which might
become intensified against them at such a
bold interference to defeat the sentence Of
the court, and was therefore permitted It
languish until my forbearance would en-
dure no more; then l demanded my pardon,
under threats Of exposure lift were not i'm
mediately granted, and l was released as
once.
To those who will cavil at my course the
question will be suggested. Why are
these disclosures made now, when the time
for their effective use II the court has pass
edr Grants denomination would have
afforded a more plausible preIext for the
publication of these disclosures-yiewed
from a strictly partisan standpoint, AMI IN,
fortunately great many persons can dis
cover 20 MERIT in anything which may be
devoid OF political complexion, The puT.
pose OF this publication now has boarder
base to rest upon than mere personal win.
dictiveness or political influence. It is to
expose the yillainles Of an administration
the very mention Of which should excite
righteous indignation and
BEFoUL THE ATMOSPHERE:
but though the crimes Of Marius, who sold
Offices in the public places of Rome, were
as virtues compared with many of the cor.
rupt acts Of Grants administration, yet
there is a very large percentage Of Ameri-
can citizens whose eyes cannot penetrate
beyond the military glory with which
Grant was clothed; who parade his states
manship and would reward his crimes with
an honor no other American ever held OF
sought It is with an earnest and well
considered belief that Gen. Grant will be a
disturbing factor in the politics and purity
of the nation so long as his infamies re.
main hidden, which furnishes one Of the
reasons for this exposure, and with this con.
tribution to the literature Of uncovered
venalty goes forth the hope that
the supporters Of the Grant admin
istration will find the proof herein which
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