, 1876-07-29

AAA% - - y" "A-st~e
the Secretary Of tho Treasury or yourself that
lie had previously shown. Please state any act
or acts Of The President from that time forward
Indicating to you that he was not in sympathy
with those whisky prosecutions.
Answer-Dcforo procccd to answer that
question:, ! wish to make an addition To my
Testimony Of yesterday In reference to tho con.
tents Of
THE BARNARD LETTER,
on which tl'e President made the wc.l.kn9wn = !,
saa ' Ie avoided. Eitiicr IN tic body 'ot That
letter or In tho accompanying docu-
lncnt there wnsu a statement from Emory
& at S,!i' s e,tn. & st. ISG se t. caaxed tS efds @
being purity to M unlawful combination IN
that cisy to dcfrnud the Government Of It's row
enues. want that fact to be noted, bccanso
dorsesnent as murh With reference 10 that fact
and tliat allegation aA with reference to tho al:
Legations, and that llabcock was 4 party, ,and
that Jim Casey, the pres!dent's! hrother-ih.law,
Treasury would not hold l,is o'liee for thirty
days, Another point. was asked yesterday,
whether tho President consented willingly 10
Tie qualification Of ths ndorsenes On
ietter addrcssea ] Il 10 ns ~ BY 'ti Ge". Dis.ew, III e,
under date Aug. 7, written In the Treasury De-
| pAEt1Hcntt uHu LuRt tut QcClttHIi u tuC
Treasury had addressed a,t official co'ntnrnica-
ton to the President, asking him fur pcrmlssfon
| tn publish that Endorsement, and that at that
date, Aug. :, he had received no response.
nttlsTow TO WI5&OS.
For The purpose Of fixing tho datc when the
"syIph" telegram Was discovered refer to thu
letter Of Gen. Brtstow 70 nc, written frofn New
York, Aug. o. 1876, and which have no ohlcc-
| lows:
New Yony, Aug, &, ls75.-Mr DyAn witsox:
Your letter Of yesterday with ineloeure u r.:
k h s " .ns n e. & ae evsa %hsn nd
.coandrelewho hare combined to destroy me. must
sugeo5:ed cordially aud sa,nSs,'y Or mss .
must: You cannot Lc To- careful about talking q
aspate % an nd's M hssinE sesn t u
sonnecto, ws ps.Fspont s tally known n q , r
talk q anybody about I, Of foat1a, thit + not
meant Tor cen-ure, but for cantfon. ! suppose !
fighting i, Keep thtf friends out Of prison. and to
eo.s ssssfs' s seek ''' s.ssy s.Pss'' ss9
c.nnot turn back, nor WI sop TO ratlcy with
posc to accomplish but the enforcement VI the Inv
hoess eolsf'on o ths i
'fy ;asasss snS s'y lis pre,aen, fully
Witt, as IL eass ssss, u wss.s %
Of his real friends . prevent Ills being n,isled By
webtTr we ns
y eia ssf linn rlain tsoth aud mark hi Il letter
suprosxp lie MEANT IT.
Nov I'm rcsponse to the question of the Chair
man, may say that the Secretary Of the Treas
Mry aud myself, having been ordered BY thu
President 10 scu that nu guilty Inan should cs-
~ t&nf fHf{
tl.ally concluded that the President could not
70 bace oil that injunction without stulttfSing
htmeelf, md placing lis oicczs IL fnlsc posi-
tEeu, and we therefore resol,e! to leaye tue
tlou With tho Whisky Ring at st. Louis to be
dealt will, By los=.l officers there: Until about
the lat OF December, and indeed may say unt'l
It was known absolutely that Gen. Da!,cock had
been Indicted, the relations If Gen. Brstow and
myself with the President we're raesablc, but IS
Houn rs It was seen that BabcocE WAS to bo in
| d!ctcd, tic Idea Of q military, Inquiry WIS
Babcock nnl his friends. Thu Idea Of d military
court waRhroA.htd before th8 Indictment was
found against Babcoek, atid tic fact that the
President of tho Unltcd stntes took ground that
that military. court should sup.sreds tue pro- p
ceedlngs before tho the civil tribunals at 1T.
Louis was taken l,y nysc!f and by the Sccre-
taEy tn be marked Indication Ut his purpose to
UErEAT TIE PROSECUTION IN THAT CITY.
On the sd ur 4th Of pecember,l wrote letter
to Gun. Henderson advising him fully Of my
views und indicating to ilitn tho settled purpose
Of tile Secretary Of the Treasury to sec by all
tllc civil tribunal should not be postponed. or
1cluycd, or embarrassed II he could prevent It
by any proceedings TO Ge instituted or hau be-
forc Il military tribunal. OF that letter l have ave
heafa nathing II from aA tkc i President ol thc
sa1s' St that tdI%a had pS;t1 sssii sir,, u'
ALL ItEt iii 4
my testimony yesterday, until II was scen an,i
. k,iown tilat ticn Da6cuck was Indicted. The
confcrencu between the President auu mysclf,
: which think stuffed yesterday to haye taken
place late In November, took place, as lnu by
: refercnrc to contcsalh,rancous documents, ou
tile s.h Of Deccnabcr, 1915.
ffEsDgNsoN.
It will he remembered that, In TINT confer
csfvc, tl.e President expressed himself to MI
with regard to Gen. Henderson and sir. Dye,
with great bitterness, al''l i!nlacdintely there
alter tsen. llendcrson Was . dismissed trom . th.
IN my written protest, adtiresset! TO th9 secrc
attention ot .o t1s see1ststy i3yx to the fas
of counsel for the tioygfnmclt, tha
Judge Treat, the, presiding Justlyc ut tn
trial In which tho alleged objectionable Remarks
of Con. Henderson were made, Haa said to lIayt
tn notify t!lu authorities here, that III his tudg
incnt Gen. uentierson's rcninrks contained III
reflection ol, fhu President. Also called atten
tlon to tho faet that Eaton, Dyer, and Hciuler
son had ut, In writing, informed me that 10 s.cl
pur;,ose exiated Oh llendcrsot's part, and that
On tho eoutrary, II appearcd from t!lu ufcia
rerorss In my Iusaesslon at the time, and nov
III tho Treasury Department, tint Gen. Hcnler
son went nut ot his way ~ IN argument It
President Of tho Unitcd statcswas altogcths
ahoye rcproayt, Us fur Us he knuw, and u pa.
tie rrcstdeuta compliment. salsl, thercfore, t
= | I'm. Nut III tim IrrNAlrY that | Uitcnttl
. tho Judgment Of Gen. lIe,l,itrson's coleasuc
aud ii thu Court as conclusive on TINT qucsilun
. md t!,4t III my Judgment tho President Of In
! United States ought to rise above persona
9 interests ilnpcsatsyrly required Gen. licl.dsr
i son's retention tn tho prosecution. The dis
c 1niskal of Gen. Henderson was, III my. indg
l.cnt, q fatal blow to Tho prospect Of thu sue
ccssfll prosecution, III Gen. l3ulHuck'a cnhe.
!" WILSON TO EATON. ....
Oily Nj. plaiaiel-lIuyp You tho protest I!