The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-12-05
Letter from IHUsHiu0tOn.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December LIST, 1874
The near approach OF the day set for the re-
assembling Of Congress reminds me that have
been negecting my purpose to drop you another
letter preliminary thereto.
The return Of thu peoples Servants" as they
used to be clsssed, 10 The Capitol will be one OF
unwonted interest TO themselves this time, if not
outsiders Wemiy imagine not Il few inquiries
exchanged by the wounded after the November
battles as to chow il was done" and what the
cause was. or course. ingenuity will be taxed
to the uttermost 10 convince inquiring friends
that it was something ipss dscreditable than the
real causes that makes il necessary tocontemplate
their claims upon the treasury of Uncle Samuel
as OF short continuance -sonething purely acct
dental certainly nothing having the least refer
ence to any shortcomings ns to duty, or failures
to proofs of fitness, either intellectual or moral,
for re-elec ton. OF course not
Well the oug-drawn out Safe Burglary"
trial is at an end, To the relief of Williams of
course-he having been acquitted and Of the
public feeling so intensely wrought upon for five
or six weeks, however 10 the contrary as to Ilar
rington and Whitley They have a new trial TO
look in the face This was evidently contrary to
the expectation of AT least one Of em-Harring
ton-jud9iug by his bearing while the jury were
out. An acquiilal without leaving the boz, or
after a show of deliberaton at most, was what
the friends Of the accused fully expected aud bet
on freely have referred to the accused as hav-
ing been called upon to look new trial in the
face. But should not be Mt nil surprised, were
the Government to instruct It's representative, Mr.
Riddle, 10 enter mol pros One purpose of he
Government was TO ascertain what really had
been the completely Of their Secret Service agents,
If any, 10 this disgraceu alfar-this crsel affair
rs to the alleged purpose TO destroy the character
OF Mr. Alexander, rs the head and front Of the
late Investigation Of District alfeirs. Thus the
right or wrong OF The suspension Of Col. Whitley,
which led to his resign liion by way of antcipa-
ting his expected removal, if conscious of guilt,
was at the least to be settled by bis trial As The
Treasury Department can hardly be left by the
evidence given ON the trial 10 doubt that detec
tive has been detected in more or less wrong do
ing, no further test as To Whitley, and no further
justification AS to lis own action, will be deemed
Necessary. So that in view Of the saving OF al
least ten thousand dollars in addition TO nearly
that sum already expended by the Government
alone, with liberal allowance to its able special
representative a mol. pros. would he, perhaps,
the best thing in the premises. If this is not or
dered, The protesalions of Mr.. Harrington and
his friends NAV he reckoned as having had con-
troll to The contrary You will readily perceive
that he in the full hope of final acqutal, which
he is understood 10 entertaia would prefer to
the life long stigma Of escape punishment through
divided jury whose return showed that four Of
their number. at least. believed him guilty of The
crime wherewth he WAS charged But, suppose
these men do get trial and the result should
turn out TO be different-which PREDICT it will
uot--it will avail very little practically however,
the technical. The number of the larger aud
more permanent jury of the whole people no
will pronounce him gniltg, will continue great
as to crush out bis purpose 10 continue in the
practice of his profession here las he gave it out
in his remarkable speech in bis own defense, ar
dsnt rs his temperament is and conscious Of recii
;udr though Charity may allow him to re lily be.
am aware that in writing of the acts charged
upon these 'couspira,ors" as constituting
"crime," have not given them their technical
classification But have only cassed such acts
as the law m akers on2ht to have class d them
II is little less than farce to put men charged
With such conspiracy" against what Il just
man values more than his life q 'misieme ,hor
Shakespeare long since made the diff -rence he
tween Stealing my purse, " which the law 'kes
"crme," and '6lching my good name, y which
We 6nd classed as n "msdemeanor" only
The question Of ''.he best government TO, this
District" is beginning TO attract a lively interest,
GOT only locally, but generally II is to come
before the "Peoples Meeting for debate at its