, 1875-12-27

which tho inter- OCEAN published on Saturday
was followed BY sinilar attack, though not
going to s1,ch extremes, in tho Washington
dispatches of tho Chicago Tines yesterday.
There is but one construction to ba placel
upon such conrss, mud it is TINT there il to
be desperate effort Nude to forcp Secrptnry
BulsTow out Of the Cabinet or compel Him to
abandon his prosecution Of tho rorcuuo
thieves. This programme in to receive the
active support Of the Democrats in Congress
Tor at least section Of thcm), who hnyo i'll
augurated it with EAHpALLY resolution in
structing tito Secretary Of The Treasury to
expose all tho Government cascs before they
are brought to tria1 TIC theory is that moth
lug would be SO much in tho partisan interest
of tho Democratic party as to stop tho Repub-
Ican efforts at reforming orery bratcli of tho
public service, correcting Ill tho abuses, md
punishing I'LL the offenders. Tho Democrats
will receive assistance in this crnsa4le against
the reform element Of tho Republican party
from the corrupt men who have attached them
selves 10 tho Republican party for personal
gain The whisky thieves and thoir .ows-
paper organs viii join in this movement
against Secretary D81s7ow, hut We 1ayc con-
Edcnce that thu force Of public opinion will
prevent the SUCCESS Of tho dishonest md dis
honorable scheme, The people havo given
so hearty support to the reform measures
Of tho Administration, and notably to the
war on tho Whisky Ring. TINT Secretary
UatsTow III quite certain 10 be sustained
against any Clique Of self.confcssel cor
ruptionists, no matter how formidable IL,
number or influence.
These late ASSAULTS on Secretary Dn1srow
seem to be based on the allegation TINT Gen.
RADcocE IL to appear before tho Democratic
Committee and "make startling reyela-
tons about the Whisky Ring, relying upon
the statute which provides that such evidenco
shall not be used against tho tostifyin9 wit
ness in my criminal prosecution. But it
was supposed that Con. BAncocE had no In
formation about the Whisky Ring which
could implicato Aimsolf OF anybody else.
We presumed that ho had never had anything
to do with it. This We lad understood to bo
tile position which he has assumed relative to
the charges which have been brought against
him. This YVES the reason, "a We supposed,
that Con HANCOCK called for q military
court Oh inquiry. conscious Of his own pure
Innocence and desiring to get the spoediest
sindication. hut II it is true, az nllegcd by
both lnter.0eean and Ijnaa,, that ho has abon-
doned this position aud determined to mako
a " CLEAN freast and general statement OF
all he knowa about whisky frauds in this
country, In other words to "squeal" on his
conhdants, VIC hope that llo will not fail 10
tell tho whole story whon ho docs tsuueal,"
let it implicate whomaoovor it may. There
ia no danger Of It's damaging tho Republican
party which consists OF mora than hall Of
Tic entire voting population Of the United
states, with common desire aud q common
interest for tho exposure Of frauds md tie
Of revenue thievos. The Repnb-
llcan party as whole Gun better utIord to
have oil abuses corrected by exposure than to
have thom covered, denied, or condoncl. II
Gen. B4AcooK is in position to assist il, this
effort we hopo'that he will do so, eyon It it
be for tho purpose Of protecting himscle.
We havo no doubt tint Secretary DR1srow
will be abundaptly able to yindicats himaolf
from tho irresponsible charges ma.lo against
him, andwl promote and encourage my aud
every additional contribution that can be
matle to tho exposure Of tho frauds. Lot no
guilty man escupe,