来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第25集 第25集》
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New Orleans, Chicago, Cincinnati, in Washington,新奥尔良 芝加哥 辛辛那提 华盛顿, -
and many other cities, North, South, West, you name it南方 北方 西部 很多城市 随你说 -
And then they started bribing the Treasury Department,然后他们收买财政部 -
which of course is where the excise taxes would go to奢侈税自然归那里管 -
Many officials in the Treasury Department财政部的不少官员 -
were soon on the payroll of the Whiskey Ring,很快就从威士忌酒集团拿薪水了 -
especially the chief clerk of the U.S. Treasury Department,尤其是那位管事的 -
the man who kept the books负责记账的人 -
One General Orville Babcock,有位奥维尔·巴布科克将军 -
the president's private secretary, was implicated;总统的私人秘书 有牵连: -
more than implicated, he was involved不止有牵连 他参与了 -
He was charged eventually, although acquitted他后来受到指控 但判决无罪