Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-04-27
A Need For More.

Much notice has been made of an al
legged sharp trick, played by Senator
Hampton, Of South Carolina in Undue
ing Acknowledgement Brewster to write
his now famous letters to the United
States district attorney, urging him to
do his duty in the election eases in that
state. 1t is possible that the senator and
his admirers look upon this as 4 shrewd
party scheme. Ii so they are welcome
to any pleasure or profit which they can
get out of il, TO hear such ringing SEN
fences as bristled in all portions of these
letters all lovers of good government
would willingly consent that Senator
Hampton should exercise his political
dcNtcrity much oftener than he does. 1T
is not question of Democrat or Repub-
lean. says the Attorney General in his
first letter, 1t is q question
of enforcing the law, to maintain that
law which is the corner stone of all our
Institutions did not write to YOU for
a political purpose OF to produce politi-
cal effect. The thought never entered
my mind. | am not here to stir up pO-
litical strife, but am here to enforce ODE
dcuce to I'll, law, and that | am deter
mined to do, and am resolved to exact
from all those who represent this de-
partment the strict and yigilant per-
formance of all their duties i'm such
eases. no matter what may be the pub
lie excitement that surrounds them
They must bc rs far above that rs the
Judge who presides over the inyrStiga-
ton. Strike at the top no matter who
it hits, Democrat or Republican. | say
again, politics in the party SENSE have
nothing 10 do with this but politics in the
broad sense has The life Of the nation
ha, to do with il rs long rs it Processes
to be n democratic republic founded on
the rights OF suffrage, freely, fairly and
openly expressed, and honestly pro-
nounccd bv those whose duty it is to
pronounce the result of elections
If thj, be ,olacing balm to the tricky
senator who claims the honor Of having
induced the letters let him anG his as
>ociatcs make the most of il. Certainly
10 the sentiments expressed above all
lovers ot true government will cry
hearty amen.
4.I'k,
whole judicial and legal force
of the government must be exc
cutcd by these eases fairly and fully. If
they result in conviction it must be a
conviction obtained by legal means and
in a legal way and to 4 lawful end Il the
punishment Of grea, criminals. If they
result in acquital it is to be hoped that
it will be just acquittal, and that being
the case. all men will be satisfied. and
glad. too, that scandal put upon the
public elections of any part Of the coun-
try is wiped out but if acquittalS are
procured by irregular means or by un-
due popular influence eXertcd and local
hatrcdS existing they will be n disgrace
upon those who have performed such an
unjust verdict. and the men who are
discharged will pass out of the court
room as much degraded As if they had
been convicted which is but the opin-
ion Of a majority Of the citizens of this
republic formulated into few concise
sentences.
The whole letter rings with the senti-
ments of true patriotism and consuming
loyalty 1t is possible that the Attor-
ney General united the Democracy Of
south Carolina, but he awoke the slum-
herring Republicanism of the Union.
Not until every citizen Of the Republic,
be he white. black or red. can walk up
To the ballot box and deposit his vote
unawed and untrammelled, and have
that vote counted. can there be any STAY
by the party which, holding the reins
Of government, are responsible for every
notification Of the laws
During March only fifteen drummers
visited Natchez. Miss, and they paid
$50 for the privilege.