New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-11
WILL THE PRESIDENT INTERFEREi


CAN Journal - ArToaNFy-GENtWAL PIERRE
PONI's EFFORTS 10 PREVENT Ju>rICE-A PLOT
TO FBUsTR, II SECRETARY BRIsTOw.
Prom The Chicogo Tribune (idD Rc,.). Ffb g
We are now Ill POSSESSION Ol information
connection with the whisky prosecutions Ihcre Is VIII
out any question deepiaid plot Ia bring these IT"sec-
tons to an end or break their io;ce 10y pI9anGin- i
ture between the President ana the secretary 81 me
Treasury. We had not believed the runors that nave
been flying about aiAons ne heWsiap Is nn'@ t,.,
much mill they received continuation nom
private advccs That We are no longer lnsthei III
que stonng Tie external evidence of II has also IN
creased within day oI two Inc Puhlctti9n 81 ,ie At
tornry eneIdis singular circular letter 10 d*ifct9t
neys would To indicate that he too Is Likely To- L."
the dupe OF this latest conspiracy Mheh nc ial Pnrtou
lar the charge that the EoVernHtn oiHCias
been convicted who has confessed his guilt tnnd u
unpublished" his words aIe susceptible Of the c'n,
struction that not the slightest immunity shall
will be impossible 10 prcss She more guilty 10 CONVICTION
II his was the construction Mr.. PcTer"nt int"nd d
should put upon his letter II j. ia yio alton 81 TIE
and recognized rule OF exposing c"isp'iiHcN
ard securing me punishment OF the a9ch con.iatoI- "a
the American people, ana when must he lohoW' "ul
despite Mr. Pcrropont, If he opposes ~ unil NC
WHISKY Ring shall be completely hoNen ~ dnd r"ui"'
washington disrn'ch 70 The whisky thieves organ,
I'm this city one 10 bear out tins CON
.truetion, and would indicate that President Grant i
al.o1ihcly Ia bc deceived by ts new aud deep con
spracv for the suppression ~ evidence he IDrOr'n
II must remembered. If tao confessed and ac'ti'd
mont II iluted Yesterday must be "nsprcd aud taken
as lair indication OF the Kings designs the purporl ~
tits ,ta.encut II thai prominent Treasury official h-
been whispering n story int TIE Presidents
| that there wac e"mptrcy among Ger,
his nhe Prcridcnts) most trusted ana con
ndenti.i friends, aud lha with Tins purpose, prom,
neut lrEl at.ari.c OF the Treasury Department had
approached several indicted dist AMI ftuscis ia The
Cty % CHICAGO, and offered them absolute immunity
IRON punishment (Which II utterly nhtu y thct "ot
furnish evidence 10 convict CERTAIN Iffs" hiGh III
esteem % the Pr sideni bu niin'. 10 the nasrinh NJ
of the Treasury Tho Story piocoe"7 u 81 me
accepted these statements as tri ana udl '''ui''n
cnsed tie stormy scene between nm ana secretary
BrstOw which las been rcpnrtd, dhd Which, IL l. pre-
dlricd NAV lead to Sir. BlistoW retirement Inc Ic
sury leg ttaclc referred to a. nav ~ approached IN"
indicted Chicago dsiiers means, without DOUBT, sncl-
tOT-Gcneral Wilson.
Tus il the ex ,crIM evidence Of the conspiracy.
II IL plot deliberately and shrewdy e"n"lNcd an 20
far systematically AMI slliuly worked cut 10 t"'fdN
the President and hi Cabinet INTO rupture WIN 1,r
t.ry BrisOw which snail include is refinement "hd we
Dismissal OF Solicitor wilson, aud lead 10 a USt ~
Abandonment OF TIE war on The Whisky RING, "hl NJ
but Just begun We have reason u believe, ana tnHi-
Gent causc TO charge, that the lago VINO has he'n en-
plOyed Ia poison the Presidents mind ana VINO Wn'%ei
mao the III, Sidcnts The false aud DsdiOus LEE which
recountcd above is other than supervisor y L. Nv
Ton fine Philadelphia DISulct Nn" was IN ihlEtf NV
weeks Amy sucH change az Indicated III thc Tor
ney -Ccnes,s letter or IN the dispatch to TIE WHISKY
RI organ VIII he in the interest OF tue officials va"
nave already indicted, OF the men hig III huthce
who have brought to the bar Of justice anu OF me
SIN hiLher in place and power Who are nov rtthin! '"
escape dctrcto We inform the President thd tie
story told hun which have accredited To super,
visor Tuition il n pure fabrication, cal uatcd aud
intended "a deceive hun and hctay hlm INTO
action which shall enable guilty men 10 ccape We can
ION HIM mat the people ,irmand that he shall adhere TO
partuTc from II II jhiS time VIII create paulc among
the disers WHO nave confessed VIII dctr "er cum!
men from cunfcssng, VIII destroy the evidence which
has already b. promised tbc Government, ara VIII hlhs
the whole prosecution 10 lame nnd iulpolcht 'out
ron Neither Prc.id nj Grant, the Republican I1ii}
nor the A rican people, airld to IsH snch r'-u
and # the Pr sdout sIou be even Tie innocent means
Of bringing 1t abodt, the people W"tud Nc" IVibNc M
terrible because he had been niscd By n-nuating
lagos