, 1876-02-24

except by au acqulttal l'y 4 jury OF his coun-
trymen. To exempt him from trial, or Ia dis
chargo lin, without trial, would havc been to
disgrace him forever. and to bcsmircl, the
Administration, from tho President down, with
tho filth Of favoritiBm in tho ADMINISTRATION Of
Justice.
If Col DAncooR bo guilty, tlon lo ought
to be convicted, the abuso of his high posi-
ton, md Of tho confidence and friendship Of
tho President, nggrayating instead of oxtenn-
ating hia guilt. fho bo innocent, as tho jury
In his case will probably determine, then his
yiudica,ion III that form was 70 essential to
his character that ho could not bo yindicated
In my other way.
Since the proceedings wcro instituted in
tho cnso OF DADcooK, the President haa been
importnncd, directly aud indirectly, by tho
counsel Of BAncocK, Ivy tho friends Of DAp-
cocE, by tho counsel and friends Of nil tho
indicted thieves in tho country, including
men in Congress-, by Senators md cx.Sona-
torH, to look upon tho Secretary Of tho Treas-
ury as personal oncn,y,-rsing his Office for
tho oppression and persecution of the friends
OF tho President, and seclsing to disgrace tho
President by tho conviction Of those who arc
ncar and friendly to himi Every whisky
thief in tho United States undor indictment
and in danger OF conviction for robbing the
ruvonuo hna added bis wall to tho general
howl against tho Sccrotary Of tho Treasury.
They layo tried, aud seemingly successfully,
to poison the mind Of tho President with IT,
ing stories that Mr.. Dn1sTow has bonn Mt
tempting to mako himself conspicuous by
malicious efforts to disgrace tho President
mud members OF lis household, and all this
in tho hope that, with tho dismissal Of Dnls-
TOW, mud his courageous, able, md efficient
assistant, Col. Wilson, there will 10 a prac-
ticnl abandonment, OF at 1enst failure Of, tho
prosecutions, and vail the guilty mon will
escape"
Wo warn tho President against this fatal
error. Tho Administration has gained new
lustre, hns won national confidence, has
6ilanccd long-standing roproachos and doubts,
and earned character for fearlcssncss in tho
discharge Of Its dntiea, by tho bold and mau-
ly conduct Of Secretary BR1srow. The honor
mud credit now belong to the Administration.
Docs tho President imagine that he can dis
misa the Secretary OF tho Treasury at tho ro-
quest Of tho convicted and unconvicted
thieves and robbers md their paid attorneys,
without courting aud receiving TINT disgracc
which pertains to the official protection OF
czimo? Ho may dismiss tho Sccrotary Of the
Treasury, but in so doing ho will dismiss
| witt, him tho honor aud credit which the
country Inns given tho Administration for the
magnificent aud successful battlo with an Or
ganizcd body Of of1icial and other robbers
Ho will givo d flint contradiction to any claim
by my member Of The Government to IN,
share in tho prosecution Of the guilty aav'
by tho honest anl fearless Secretary whit
dared to do his duty.
Let us hopo tint the President will SEQ bo
fore it IL too lato the selfish, tho criminal
and tho vindictive spirit which actuates thes
| yillains who whisper calumnios md brcath'
suspicion ngainst his Cabinet officer, and TIM
ho will sparo the country, tho Administration
the NepubEcan party, and his oycr-carncs
friends, tho disgraco which must follow auol
m act as it is now given out le intonds Il
commit.