The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-14
DristOW Next.

But for n wholesome fear OF public
opinion, mingled with dread Of the House
of Representatives. the President would
md pretext for sending MIR. BRIsrow
shout his business just ns one was fabri-
Gated for dismissing Mr.. HENDrRsov rs a
public prosecutor, when the White House
was about to come under the burning glass
of judicial investigation. Below the sur
face of ostensibly friendly relations be-
tween GRANT aud BRIs1ow, there has been
and there is no genuine cordiality or ear
nest cooperation.
All that the President did last spring and
Ence then in regard to the Whiskey Ring,
was eXtort,d by irresistible proofs Of the
frauds aud corruption. At best il was
nothing moro than to sanction the prose
cutions OF the Secretary of the Treasury.
Had he refused that approval. Mr.. BusTow
must have resi- gued, and Tor srlf-prutcctiun
have gwen TO the country his reasons FOR
retiring. In that event. gIav" crisis
would have been inevitable. ana the pres
ent sensations nlrat nave sunk ont of view,
before one IN which GRANT would have
boen compelled to stand a. the central
figure IN his great scandal.
dent, as usual, consulted his personal in
terest when he consented to the policy
proposed by Mr.. BRsTow, There was no
escape from it with safety to himself.
He.itation WAS certain ruin. With char
ActeristIc cunning he sought 10 make n
virtue of necessity, and TO turn to profit
this very cOustr4lnt upon Executive ac-
ton. Hence his sllrewd phrase: Let no
guilty man escape which had no more
meaning than the other; a." Let us have
peace, when he was pursuing the South
with most bitterness, and exciting strife
by draEOnnades ana hcaitless persecution
But from the day when the war on the
Whiskey Ring became serious and struck
down GRANTS intimate cronies, MCDoN-
AID, JoYCE, and AVERY, all of whom
derived their appointments from hlu
directly while il threatened others with q
similar fate, It is known that he has re-
garded BRIsTow with distTlst and even
with the suspicion of an enemy. The i'll
dictment Of BABCoCK, though known to b,
impending for a month past, has culmi
mated In state Of feeling which wOulC
precipitate positive rupture but for 1
selfish instinct of discretion.
For more than SIX months past, since thu
whiskey frauds have engaged public at
tentiOn, the batteries Of the Kitchen Clbi
net and the whole White House circle hav,
been steadily directed against BRIsrow
These faniliars of GRANT have chosen tn,
time ana place to impress him with thu
belief that the prosecutions in ~. Louis
Chicago, Milwaukee, and elsewhere, wcr,
started with view of making BRsTOw
candidate for the Presidency, ana wer'
levelled mainly at GRANTS friends IN ordc
to injure him as Tho most formidable oom
petitOr. Outride Of these perniCious in
huencos were Senators, Representatives
editors of organs, leading politicians, an'
Others who had either shared in the spoil
OF the Ring, or had incurred compromising
Obligations TO II. They joined IN the cry
and by arrugning the motives of the Sec
rotary, rs well rs by assailing some of hi
special acte, deepened the prejudice whic
Others had already excited. These unite
representations OF course had their effe,
upon narrow, bgotcd, stold, and sells
mind like GRANTS, and the more so b,
cause they conceded with his own leaning
The President considers all the exp,
mres which connect the convicted COZ
EpiratOrs with tho White House, and IL
Indictment Of BAnCOCK, as intended to u
heetupon him individually, and 10 weake
MS position ~ n candidate Tor "A third teri
lie Is incapable Of rising above this mere
peisonAl Wow OF tno situation, and II