The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-24

Col Broadhead's speech in the Bah
cock case touched the marrow OF mat
ters. He referred in polite terms, but
with unmistakable significance, to the
meddling by the President with the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, re
voking, by telegraph, through one OF
| his private secretaries, a well. considered
order for the breaking up Of whisky
rings. Broadhead did hot ask exactly,
us Henderson did, what business had
the President to do this, but he meant
that. 1t was an arbitrary and stupid
performance on behalf OF the President,
and one OF those acts that degrade his
Administration, Droadhead pointed
duce the letters that passed between
Babcock and Joyce willie the whisky
ring was I'm operation, and the letters
that were sent under cover by Babcock
TO- Mcdonald. We quote u few SEN
tences from Broadhead;
when he said Government, he did
not mean the President, nor Congress,
nor any Of the department officials, but
the people, and the law which was
framed for their protection. During
the last ten years enough had been
stolen by Government officials to pay
the interest on the national debt.
avery served the ring to give infor-
nation, but he could not interfere with
and prevent raids, A more powerful in
fluence was necessary, and Babcock
was the man for the purpose. The tes-
timOny against him exists in the fact
Of the significant character OF the tele-
graphic correspondence between him
and Joyce and Mcdonald, and in the
fact that he made 80 many persistent
efforts In behalf of the ring here to pro-
tect them from interruption; In the fact
that Everest saw the mailing of money
to him by Joyce, and in the fact that he
correspoDded with Mcdonald under
cover after the latter was under indict-
ment.
"It was to him that Joyce appealed to
have Douglass ordered to call off his
scandal hounds. 1t was to him that
Joyce give advice that care must be taken
in the successOrship Of Ford. It was to
him that Mcdonald took the stolen let
ter OF Brooks to Rogers, in order that
the practice of raiding st. Louis might
be broken up. 1t was to him that Joyce,
on learning that the order for the trans
fer OF Supervisors was in critical posi-
ton, telegraphed we have informa-
ton that the enemy weakens push
things II was to him that Joyce ap-
piled for information as to whether or
not the Secretary or Commissioner had
sent anybody West.
1.-The defense had claimed that the
letters written by Babcock to Mcdonald,
under cover Of Major Grimes, were OF
an innocent character. But what was
the necessity for this correspondence =?
What was the necessity for such secre-
cy? What was the occasion for his thus
using his confidential friend? And
finally, why are not those innocent let
ters produced, or why is not Mcdonald
put on the stand to testify? Major
Grimes recognized in that simple fact q
strong ground for suspicion, so strong,
in fact, that he boldly asked Mcdonald
il Babc0ck We're In this thing ?''
Taking up the revocation order Of the
President, Col. Broadhead said the Pres
dent had declared that Babcock did not
influence him In the revocation OF the
order transferring the supervisors. But
that did not prove that Babcock had not
worked elsewhere to that end. The tes-
timony shows that he went to Douglas
who had the power to fevoke TIE ordar
II shows that by warning that pontle.
man OF the disastrous effect which this
order must have on his prospects for
preferment, he tried "a induce acticn ON
his part. 1t shaws that Joyce on reaeiy.
ing information that the order had been
reduced TO q temporary arrangement,
seiegraphed to Babcocl,, :" push things, y
and they were pushed. The explana-
ton which tAa President and Sapervi-
sor vutton gave for the revocation Of
that order. were, not ~ all adequate TO
the act. fSensatfon. They explained
that it was revoked because the super
visors all over the country bad learned
Of the order some days before, and
that they had time to Straighten