American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-15

MI L. Il ~ "''t = ~ 'N1's4f'- : - 80
Of the Treasury D-pavr monr, vas
recently removed ir.m ctlire against
the wishes and Judgment OF his
quperi,,ts IN the department. Ut ti'r '
Instance ri the President ii the
United Statca
WHAT WAS the cause nj the re-
neral OF Mr.. Vars 81 Il has .rcrn
published. and sfar,ls urC'ntrad:ct-
ed, that he Was rcmoTs''; j5t't;,uS''
nc himself had previously procHg' :;
The removal of another revenue =:
iiccr named W. !. Moore, : iT}'ll'.
ana favorite os Gen. Gram. Tais
explanation o. the removal vi Mr.
Yaryan is universally accepted ~
trua. Under these circumstances
it becomes of interest - inquire
what manner oil man - THIS ". i
More, aud what service he has rem
.leletI to SO Cndear himself 10 The
President CT the United States. The
authentic documents ltich We lay
before our readers this morning
throw a food Of light upon this
sulijrct, and fully answer this per
inent Inquiry.
n The year 1871, when the con
;i;;ct OF the President Of the United
States in attempting TO acquire San
Domingo, was undergoing lnYesti-
CATION by Congress, the Presideni
and his friends were arprehensiTe
Of very damaging testimony from
me Raymond III. Perry, a citizen OF
Rhode Island. Il WAS deemed in
Jortant TO get this witness cut OF
he way. Charges of various crimes
we're alleged as having boon prefer
red against tim III Texas, and on
his allegation, a iequisitiou from
the Governor Of that State was Oh
;ained for his rendition. FEARING
that this reGuisition might not be
complied with. CT That writ OF ha
beas corpus might rescue Perry
IRON, the clutches of the officers, q
further plan was concocted to saizt'
him and forcibly abluct him from
he State of Rhode Island-to kid
zap him, in other vords--and put
him ont Of the way OF tesiifyirG
W. u. Moore, aided by OrY;ile &.
Dabccck, planned this scheme. and
undertook TO carry Is into cxeca-
ion. The letters, which we print,
.u.ly establish these startling facts.
The first Of these documents is u
note, written at the Executive Man
sion, bearing date the 18th OF Feb
ruary, 1871, signed by Oiville L.
Babcocll, the confidential secretary
of the President. Introducing w. B.
Moore to Col. Whitley, Chief Of tie
treasury Secret Service. In this
note BabcOck says to Whitley:
Moore "wishes your assistance in q
matter of interest-to us all,'' as full
ly appears by the subsequent cor
responderce of Moore himself, turns
out to- DO the kidnapping ana forci
Die abduction Of IL citizen to prevent
his tostifyiDg against the President.
The sail" to whom il was OF inter
est of course Included the prcsi-
dent.
Tue second document, bcaring tho
samo date with the first, is G letter
from Moore to Whitley, inc,osing
Babcock's note Of introduction, say
ing that lie is in pursuit Of Perry,
and assigning az g reason that the
integrity of the President is in
question through what he calls
perry's Misrepresentation.
The third document is another
letter from Moore to Whitley, pro-
posing that papers be carefully
detached from one rsquisition and
attached to another, and RECON-
merd:ng. "to avoid interference
with writs OF liabcas corpus. that
the arrest be made in Washington
rather than ia Rhode Island.
Tie fourth document is q third
letter from Moore 10 Whitley, &C
know.ed ging a telegram tro;n Whit
ley, aud stating that rs soon as it
WAS received, tho writer, Moore,
sweut 10 tie Executive Mansion"
to ascertain il q new rcquisition
could be obtained. This letter con
t:iius the following precious insiruc-
,ion as to the course to be adopted
by the Chief Of the Secret Service
toward citizo0 OF this fIee repa5
tic:
off we cannot arrest and hold,
male arrest apyh0so ard take chaa
,cS.D
THO 9th document is a fourth let
ter froin-Aloo, = whitley. from
which it appears thata part OF ~,
scheme was to dec0y Perry into tie
District OF Columbia, where, as had
been stated in Il previous letter,
they had no fear OF labeas corpus.
Tho sixth document is q letter
from Nett.estiip, 4 deputy Of Whit