The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-19
THE ELECTIONS CASE,
Two Letrcrs From Attorney General Brew.
ester Concerning the South Carolina Elec.



Two Letrcrs From Attorney General Brew
ester Concerning the South Carolina Elec-
tion Cases.
CHARLESTON, 6, c., April 17--During the
preparation of the South Carosins election
cases for presentation to the Conrt Attorney
General BREWSTER addressed two kssters to
Sanders, special attorney for the United
States. These letters were written since the
Senate called for the ether letters OF the At
torney GeneraAon the prosecution. of the
Soath Carolina cases and were not included
among those se1t the Senate.
In the f1rst Letter, under date of April 4.
attorney Genenl Brewster write5- Mr.
SanoscTs saying:
WhatI desire TO say szpressl sbyou apd(ttrsrrb
byon) to br. Melton i1tfiis: That these are s,t no.
liucal 1rosecuIions. Poliucs do not enter ito
shorld u so far as Mellon in ths peTformanoe of
mas ofhelsi duties repessnsng tfts Depart menssi is
R,n1h,, II Il - - not a2eslcn OF Demoera OF
to maintain that law which is thesoorDer ssonestf
ali our ins1tutions. d,z not wr.trvou for a To-
tho1ght never entered en- % sage net s
70 sir u2 political strife, but l aiS
heree TO enforce obedieree 10 he sw. ana
enat l&ta aeSeImined to dc sand sn resolved to
str 81 and vgilant Performances of aii, their iIi
ties ~ Such cases, no mas!er whe- may be the.
public excitement that surrounds saena / saw
again, politcs-in party senss-aas-no<-inc 70 a.
with this but politics in br 1asi has The
life OF ssNstlon has TO do with 81 Iwhlse1d YOU
the stenogFapheTs you want If can spare Mr.
ker III send him again . is a 1sznarkable
thing that these stenographers atthe iastI1noment
ehoulo 1alt yon. This must be inquired into. so
| may understand how ii is you sre crippled TINS
in the performance of these duties fortunately
snave anFei pstea that there might be senae such
deficiency and there will be in sarlesto7 by the
TINE t you rsceiyetnis suitable peI5e to perform
Say to Meiten-that the whole for ,e> OF Ja.sjctsl
force of the legal force of the Government must
be exerted TO t-y these cases fairly and fuzzy II
tney result ia.eonvsetonit must be oenvicten OBJ
tanned by legal means in a lawful way anda 70 a
law Dal end. ana punishment of the great srim-
mails. II hey result in acquital Is o be hoped II
ali viii be ssed and saa oeisg ,oo the t ease ss
scan hl put upon public electisns rofi any
part o. the. country is wiped, sut.
irregular means undue popular insuenceexf
eried ana local hatreds excited they will be dis
grace upon those Who have procured such.uR jast
yereict, and the zen and women whoare dischar-
ged will pass out of the Court room as mucis.de-
graded as If they bad been convicted ssyagasn
fair play all around 10 the Government andte the
accused.
The second letter is as follows
DEPAraxENT OF JUSTICE y
WASHINGTON, April 10. 1sSSS
To Ny Dear Mr.. Sanders:
Your letter of the4th of April is now before me
containing copy, y,of the opinion of Judge Eond
and Judge Bryan. gcan not see how Judge Bend
or Judge Bryan could have decided other than
they have decided bpt IL appears to me that them
formation orindiceEnents containing such chargss
Tor conspiracy shousd have been prepared before
this and lied as new and distinct complaints rs
against these new saYties, who were ifregulasly
intruded upon former information. 1t is rattssT
late in the day. for these things might have beo,
prevented, and fear that the delay will either be
the cause OF the escape of some of these persons
or involve the Government In heavy expenses
hereafter in pursuing them. / answer they
ought to have been or ought to be indicted or
there would not be an attempt now to put n
these informations.- Il is rather loose way os
doing business Mr.. Northrop the person WIN
you say filed these informations, must have done
II IN a very careless way; but perhaps it may be
said-and il isonly Just and fair to assume c
could be said-that he was not in possession of
the knowledge you now have, upon the faith oS
which these coents were framed. But as
soon as that information was obtained, then
new Information co2ld have been filed, and thev
ought TO have bean fled or indictments could
have been presented, and ought to have been pre-
sented. / DO not want TO be harsh and exactings
in this business, bat these matters involves ques
tons OF great magnitude, and the public at large,
neglect or omission upon the part of those in
charge of these cases will be subject to very stern
criticism, as OugAt 70 be. 1 have before said In
letter which you have that have nothing TO do
with the assertions that every lawyer in Charles
ton and all leadins slawyers in the Counties where
the prisoners reside are employed, and thai
behalf ofthe defendants. The better they are
regularly defended, the better il will be for fair
administration otsjAetee, and the better and more
strenuously they are defended the more firm,
should be the prosecution so that justice can be
ultimately had. There will be no merit in trying
or conducting these great if they are to be
conducted in 3sovenly careless way upon
either side. Honor Is in attempting to do in ,
straightforward way what ought TO be done, no :
matter who opposes, or what the result may be-
Let the effort beto strive to attain the right result
that is all that can be asked of anybody, no mat
what may be the consequences. s"