Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1878 — No Hope for Congressman Smalls. [ARTICLE]

No Hope for Congressman Smalls.

[Washington Post.] There is no hope for Congressman Smalls. He can hot escape a three years term in the state prison oi South Carolina except through the clemsnev of Governor Hampton, and there is no reason to suppose such clemency will be extended, for the.circumstances of his case will not justify it. On the llth day.of Novembeir, 1877, he was convicted of taking a bribe, and his sentence was pronounced. He appealed to the supreme court, and the appeal has now been dismissed. Mr. Smalls is, therefore, liable at any hour to be summoned from the House to his home to enter upou his penal servitude. For the past year he has been voting with the republican party by the kind permission of Governor Hampton. He was the candidate ot that party at the late election, and is the subject of a portion of Mr. Hayes’ message. He has been held up to the country as a political martyr. He is simply a vulgar criminal. Wo were exposed last week to a pitiless storm, that wet our feet and stockings, and indeed our person all over. In fact wa look a cracking cold, which brought sore throat and severe symptoms of fever. The good wife assorted her authority, plunged our feet in hot water, wrapped us in hot blankets, and sent our faithful son for a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I is a splendid medicine —pleasant to take, and did the job.- - We slept soundly through the night an l awoke well the next morning. We know we owe our' quick recovery to the Pectoral, aud shall not hesitate to recommend it to all who need such a medicine —Tehuaoana (Texas) Presbyterian.