The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-10-30


that il originated with those high in Office for the pur
pose Of defeating the election Of Gen. Harrison and
thus put themselves in the possession of their rich
laries They have done this unscrupulously without
the least regard TO the injury they doing pri-
'ae character and have added another TO the nu-
merous proofs that they wholly reckless Of the
means employed TO accomplish their nefarious ends.
ms the matter now stands, there is particle OF
PROOF that even single illegal Hhig rote offered
al the election Of 1888 All that has been proved is,
'ha' some 10 or 80 men engaged in Philadelphia
TO come ON and watch the polls prevent the Loco
ocos from introducing Philadelphia voters, it is
torious they have done for Sc, eral years past, You
will see by the afiidayits Of Messrs Swift, Young,
Badger Miller, and Others. of Philadelphia that this
was the sole object Of Mr. Glentworhs visit 10 that
place, and il he has represented otherwise he has
stated what he knew TO be false. AT any rate the
whole matter rests with Messrs. Stevenson and
Glentworh Il remains TO be seen how they will
| plain the mater
am sorry 10 say that the part Mr. Butler has acted
IN this whole matter is in the highest degree disrepu
table to him as man, and dishonorabe gentle
man ! say nothing Of his Christian profession, for
this seems long agoo have been thrown aside, sunk
IN the slough Of political profgacy. have formerly
dlsbeeved the charges brought against Mr.. B., and
imputed them TO political excitement, personal pre-
JUDGE; but the events Of the past week have left
stain upon his character which years wipe
away. Passing over his agency in getting up the
charges against Messrs Grnne Blaichford Wet
more Draper, &c, in secret conclaye and without
giving the accused any chance to know or meet the
slanderous allegations, next find him al a Loco
| in he pa alinu 10 he
passions of an ignorant mob and holding the follow
ing language in reference to the Mayor of Phadel-
phie: And John Swift its Mayor, the Chief Magis-
trae of the second city in the United States The pched
and Milling agent and participation in forloarding
these stupendous frauds and in conniuing at The
tempiated frauds IN 1910 And by his control over
his police officers, he concocted and marshaled sys
TEN which was successful in enabling 10
here and deposite illegal votes in ballot boxes"
i On. Y. Herald Repor) Now how much more de-
corous and becoming would il have been for Mr. But
ler-how much more in with that charity,
which thinketh evil, which sufereth long and is
kind and which Mr. b Processes to exercise to have
waited few hours till he could have seen how Mr..
Swift would meet this serious charge. But no the
l'hearsay evidence Of the immaculate Mr.. Stevenson
was enough for the charitable B, F. Butler-Loco-
focos his hearersthey must have SANDER viii
fcation, and abuse-and they were not disappointed.
And this is doing he would be done by Another
fact Mr. Butler states in his card that he met Mr..
Glentworth at Mr. Hoyts after he had been informed
that Mr. G. came with the expectation of being paid,
by the reward of office, for such disclosures he
should make and still Mr. Butler consents to meet
this man, and to receive implicitly from him statements
affecting the moral character and good Of
of our most reputable felowcitizens Would man
of honorable feeling who had the least respect for his
own character have consented to receive any state
ments from such person. Would he not Indignantly
have repelled the informer and spurned the idea of
being applied TO, to sell his influence in return for
slandering his fellow-citizens Well may we ask
with Mr. Grinnel can it be that the frequent pros
tituton of that influence the habit of rewarding party
services with the spoils of Office had deadened the
sense of insult at being applied for such purpose
e Certain II is that the man, coming an iniormer,
asking to be suborned, was not neglected" (This
meeting, however, Mr. Hoyt says was purely accden-
tai! This must not be forgotten | regret that am
obliged to dwell thus long Mr. Butler but his
duct deserves, and is receiving the strong and
universal rebuke of every honorable and hig minded
| man
hhother remarkable feature IN tins matter, is the
total disregard of the usual forms of law manifested
by Robert H. Morris, Recorder of this CITY, in getting
up these dispositions As Judge of the Court of SEES
sons, these very cases could they have been sustain
ed, must have been there before him. and yet he lends
himself to the plan of getting up secretly erparte aft
davlts, without giving the accused any opportunity of
meeting them and thus by preudicing the minds Of
the public render it next to impossible obtain i'm
partial jury In SO doing there be doubt that
he has abused and prostituted his Office and when to
this we add that he furnished copies of these deposit
tons corrected at midnight by himself to the conduc
tors OF the Locooco press to be scattered by special
express, all over the country to influence the coming
elections can any doubt that he deserves prompt
removal from Office which he has thus prosttuted
| and dsgraced. If you ask what will be the effect of
this desperate push of the Office holders tell you
will render their overthrow still more and total
The reaction has already begun with terrible force
and 1t is destined carry all before it, At the indg-
nation meeting, held Saturday, in the Park at
which Mr. Butler was chefspeaker, there were about
200 present At the meeting held in the same place
today, although large placards were posted all over
the city not 100 persons present. and they
dispersed without proceeding to business The can
did Loco-iocos, and there are few such do not be-
| lleve word about the frauds; and Mr.. Fish, MIR.
Alley, and other merchants of this city have avowed
their determination to vote the Wing ticket To show
toho are the illegal voters ] may mention that in the
Fourth Ward of this city serenity Loco focos have
been stricken from the Registry and but three Wings
This believe to be about the ratio of the illegal vote.
hitherto taken This is also about the PROMOTION in
the other Wards where the work of expurgation has
been poinp on