The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-03
ANOTHER VICTIM.

1t seems as if the whisky ring will not
be suppressed until it has, to greater or
less extent, brought sorrow and misery
upon everybody connected with the adj
minlst ration.
The great heart Of the President had
hardly ceased to be lacersted by suspense
as to the possible fate of the private Sec
rotary, when new sorrow looms up.
This is nothing more or less than that
the Acknowledgement, the latest addition
to the administration family, has gotten
himself in hot water, and 10 use iamii-
lar phrase, has gone and put hi. foot into
it, all Though the sympathy which he
felt for the sufIerings of our worthy
President and his equally worthy private
Secretary.
Actu ted by this sympathetic feeling,
and anxious to do all he could to pre-
vent such catastrophe as tho incarcer-
alton OF Bah, Mr.. Attorney-General
PIERREPONT took upon himself to issue
''letter missive' TO be read to the a.
ready convicted but not yet sentenced
conspirstors (who were to be witnesses
for the Government) just before the trial
Of BAB, informing them that they needn't
expect any lenieHcy or modification OF
punishment because of turning states
evidence. OF course the auimus of this
"letter missive' was plainly to be seen,
for it was evidently the notion
of the Acknowledgement that if these
convicted, but net sentenced, conspira-
favor to hope for, they would net be
so much inclined TO be hard on the dis
tinguished prisoner, and besides then, in
all probability, the old sentiment "honor
among thieves would gain in strength
and their evidence would be decidedly
weakened. The reasonable con-
clusion that these were tine motives gov
srDing the Department OF Justice, he's
been forced upon that very Ito Radi-
cal Administration troublesome Demo
cratic majority in the Lower
House, and they have been asking
Mr.. PIERREPoNT some pointed gucs-
tions as to lis conduct. They
want him to rise and explain. Mr. p.
of course cannot do so satisfactorily, so
he evades the question by saying that he
can make the thing all right, but in view
of the fact that other trials are in pro-
gress, it would Tot be proper for him to
make his reasons public until after they
are finished. Mr.. Acknowledgement p. |
may be very Jealous for the honor Of the !
government now, bu. to a locker on, it |
rather appears as if he desires to gain
time, In the hope that he may no, have
to answer his troublesome lnquirers at ali, !
since Congress will he apt to adjourn /
long before all the distinguished |
Radical members OF the whisky |
ring meet their deserts. But we
opine that these Democrats prosecutor.
will hardly be put off that way. They
can see through milestone US far as can
Mr.. P, and it is quite likely they will
want to know plainly why the Attorney
General should have been so careful at
that moment, to warn witnesses for the
prosecution that they would gain moth
ing by helping to convict the private
And before these gentlemen
of such inquring minds cease their ex-
tits also quite likely that the
Attorney General will wish he hadn't
done it, Therefore We end as we COM
menced by saying that before the
Whisky Ring conspiracy is finished with
it will yet bring much sorrow and tribu.
lation to many members Of the Admins.
.ration's family.