, 1875-11-18
IN CHICAGO.

80 AQAA An04A4AksAT
During the whole courBe Of tue operation OF
tho Revouue laws Of tic United States.
from tho day they went In force to the prea-
cut, there has been In tho mlnde Of suspl-
c,ous people vague idea that somebody v&s d.
frauding the Government. Suspicious people
have been right In some rsses, and they have
theroupon assumed other things, aud proceeded
to consider everybody. from heR1s Of depart.
ments-and even tho head Of the Go9crnmeut-
all tho way dowu, u guilty aud iu the,tatug. THIS
has been carried 10 tar that tho public prints
hayo iu soma citlos toemed with startling dis
u1oBu1oa and hboupded In EeYe!Attobb, which
wore, whan analysed. ncither the ono nor tic
utnet.
III Chicago there has beeu sustalued attempt
ou the part Of ono or two papers TO draw down
condemnation upon the haads Of personB who
had no moro connection with tho Whisky Ring
than NTH Magma Charta- These papers hayo
biated, aud slarred, aud thrown mud without
stint or limit, and have, with repeaitou intended
to bave the force Of taot, inslsted that the rev.
enue officials had more f'Ioof mud more "liuks, !"
aud that terrible sscsets ware about to DO un-
fuldnl. ThiA tonrhea tta CLIMAX Yesterday ~hen
4 paper gAvo lougtl.y aggregation Ut words
framed 10 conway tho ldca thAt another GfAu1
Jury WAS to be called to conslaer Tie Cares
Of culpr,sa compared With whom tue lssely.ar-
rested weFa sMxil fry.
Nov, tue c!ean.shavon truth OF tbs matter is
that thus ID rorlect. but yet u niAy 10 well TO
state tho facts connected with tho pntles always
suspected but never iutlctsd.
2II NAAEa
Of prominent citizsna hive bssn openly aud
repeatedly cauyassed ~ "In tus ring" sul tbs
Owpea GAYu becu uuteF suspicion Tor aomo
time. Against tho tir4t of thsHe there III not
NOW aud peyer hss baen tho SHADOW OF sAaae
Ut psouf, Aod vt ho haH been mentioned all
screen the others.
Two ,nor,, Of tue sx Lad ths honor Of having
their panaea cauyazsad by the Grand Jury, aud
witness 4ttvs wtuebs WIZ called to PROVE suina-
,lt,;g aud tialuissei Oh proving nothing. Ouo
particular w4tutas was Oh tie stand Tor houra,
and lett tho room without hAyin8 dropped d
word impllcat.uH any cue, though thsto WkH \
moral ceilaluty stnt lie waa N tie confidence Of
whatever rlnE theto Wa4.
wanting, but it MA uoE tho right k.nd OF eyl-
4euco. II summed to SHOW usee!Ic1ious, aud 1t
cert4iniy showed catelaasuesa il tho conduct ct
Goys1nnsnt o0ace, ha. IL stopped juss
s4ex 4st: Of psapss. shGsps saS s Soua ss t.
io tho perlormanco Of 4atI, but Ih1u
II was nothing uuder the statue. lu
word, there Was nothing shown thst could not
be explained AWAY on y hyposl0ala OF error. ana
nothing that waA = ueceAaAsY conconltaut of
irsua. uuder these cirouulssanees, tners "as
tho very boat re2aou for uut finding indtcttuoDts
ar. Henry ". k1uK, 3 member vt the jury. s4d,
after hearing ill tia testimony, that. while tlaie
was uuquesuousoly Rood Tu4.on for asserting
lax!ty aud o4Fsleasuess, thata was no ground
for aaseslsug cf!mlusl intoat.
It may ba said that tho testimony ag Ainss
those men WIN tue sxuos - SHAT aadueed In the
case OF Collector EIsAus, triad = Milwaukee
pslore Judge Drammou1 aud saally acquistad.
II may Also b nessA thAs taa attention Of Judge
uxpmmppd himself MAJ ealtsa to tRs testimo1Y
In lhe s4seA. ana ahAs ~ wAa peoashly en Ms ID,