The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-10-01

pscity, This being so, we pass on to a
short review Of the Plaindealer's article.
"F. Il. Albright enlisted in Go. F, Tooth
Illinois Infantry, as a private al the age of
sixtaen years. We saw him at tie head of
his company as sergeant, mere boy "a
boy in years, in stature, and with only a
boys sense of his responsibilities as a sol,
dicr. In the Adjutant Generals report of
Illinois he is marked as deserter, bat ia
the Adjutant Generals report of the Unit =
ed States he is reported as honorably dis
charged from the service in July, 1865, and
We have seen with our own eyes his honor
able discharge from the army.
snow, taking it for granted that Mr.. AL
bright, as lad of seventeen years, actually
deserted-this in connection with the real
fact that he was honorGbly discharged
at the close of tie war, is sufficient evil
dence that, all in ALL he played manly
part. But did he desert2 When the order
was issued, mastering one the Tooth and
consolidating the men; with other regi-
ments, every man who was absent from the
regiment, with or without leave, was re-
ported as q deserter. Mr.. Albright was alb
sent with leave, but was so reported, and
from such report the error crept into the
Adjutant Generals report of Illinois. Fur
ther, we state that Albright was tried by
court martial upon the charge of desertion,
but was acquitted. He had returned to
the army by his own voluntary act and
upon proper representation of the facts,
was restored to all his rights MS soldier.
This, too, whileprejudlce and indignation
against the officers and men OF his old reg
iment were worked up to their fullest
height. And now, after the lapse of near
y twenty years, his honorable discharge
rom the United States army is a source of
greater pride than his commission to prac-
Ice law in the courts of Illinois.
"Had Albright as a boy actually desert
I'd, and afterwards regretted his crime and
made the only possible reparation by vol |
lntary return 10 the army, was not his of |
ense condOnedl II not, why are the hun !
lreds and hundreds of men Of the old |
Doth and l2Sth regiments placed upon |
he pension rolls? And, may we not in
ulre, were not scores, if not hundreds, of |
hese men assisted in being placed upon
he pension roll by Mr.. Thomas HIMSELF
Sour neighbor of the Plandeaer is
wrong and has wronged Mr.. Albright. He
hould be willing, with the light we have
een able to throw on this subject, to undo,
s far as possible, that wrong by placing
efore his readers the plain statement of
acts we have given the people regarding
Mr.. Albright's army record.
ave have not written this article with
yiew tc assist the Democratic candidate in
getting votes. Should twenty thousand
opies of this paper be placed in the hands
# the voters of the district, they would not
axe one vote from Mr.. Thomas nor gain
ne for Mr.. Albright. We have written be-
ause Mr.. Albright is citizen of our coun
y-has been for the past twelve years, dur
ng which time we have had pleasant re-
atoms with him, and we desire to do him |
N act of simple justice. In his race for
congress we will smother him under an |
avalanche of votes. Mr.. Thomas will come
,ut of the contest with a majority Of two
thousand. There is no need to use calumny
in this campaign. The result is foregohe
conclusion. And we will further say that
it is freewill offering, unsolicited by Mr..
Albright or any of his friends"