Daily national Republican., 1863-04-04
IMPo ANT LETTER FRoM
NEW YORK. % E
GENERAL BUFFERS RECEPTION
ERscts Produced by the Publication OF
Lord Lyons's Correspondence,
Developing his Sympathy
with the COpperheads.
NEW York, April Sd.

NEW YORK, April Sd.
The reception given to Gen. Butler last night,
at the Aacademy Of Music, was remarkable
event. In every respect It was fully up to the
auticlpatlons, and must have been most salts
factory to the General himself.
The vast building was crowded, even to the
roof, and the enthusiasm Of the audience on
his entrance, and at the various striking points
Of his speech, was unbounded. 1t was quite
evident that ho felt himself to be master Of his
position throughout the whole Of his two
hours address, and that he made a deep i'm
preston upon the intelligent minds which gave
him unnaggiug attention.
II I was to select any portion Of his address
which, more than others, stirred the audience
to an outburst of appreciation, 1t was that
which exposed the cold-blooded policy Of Great
Britain towards our Government, from the first
beginning of the rebellion down to the present
hour. have never witnessed more intense in
dlgnation than that which swept like storm
over the immense multitude when, after reca-
ptulating the successive acts of unfalrness,
not to say peridy, Of the British Government,
he gave point and force to the whole by devel-
oplng the intrigue, so glaringly disclosed in
the recent letter Of Lord Lyons, set on foot by
the leading Democrats of New York to procure
the disruption of our Union.
Indeed, this letter Of Lord Lyons has made a
most deep impression upon the public mind;
and you may feel assured that 1t is destined to
hold marked place in tho history of the re-
bellion. Gen. Butler, very properly for him,
dealt gently with Lord Lyons in his speech;
but not so does the popular voice deal with
him. 1t is quite true that In his letter he puts
into the mouths OF the leading Democrats who
were around him all the offensive propositions
and suggestionsi but it Is equally true that
they were on such terms Of intimacy with him
that they kne5 TO iShom they irers making their
trditOroUS GpprodehsSj and 1t is manifest, too,
from the language of his letter, that he gave
them no rebukel Nor were their communica-
tions to him mere light and casual conversa-
tious; for he deemed them Of such Importance
and dignity as to be worthy Of special dispatch
to his Government at home, giving information
which might guide that Government in the
course of policyto be adopted towards our own.
How unfair and mischieyous such conferences
between a foreign minister and traitors in our
midst may and must be need not be argued.
| But 1t is absolutely startling to learn upon
such lndubItable evidence that such conferences
do take place. And to what painful apprehen.
sions does not the discovery lead us II Lord
Lyons has done this once, the question forces
itself upon the mind, "what else has he moi
done And II he has done this, what have
other diplomats at Washington done Hal
MERCHR-has sTGcKI, and the rest, who al
hold such close confidential relations with on
another-have they done llkewisel And ls tn
monstrous Misrepresentation, which has spreat
over all Europe, concerning our Governmen
and Its troubles, to be traced to influences sucl
as are laid bare in this astounding publication
OF the letter of the British Minister at Wash
ingtonI
In connection with this subject, seeing Mr.
Clay, our Minister, who Is on his way to Russla
on the stAgelaSt night near Gen. Butler, / coulC
not but reflect what row would be kicked NJ
in the diplomatic world, II, on his arrival at St
Petersburg, he should go into secret confer
ence With the symPsthiEers, who may be
found there, with rebellion which is raging IL
Poland and If, in an hour of indiscretlon, Snt
in accordance with his hatred of monarchi
cal governments, he should not only listen ap
proyingly to their suggestions as to the best
mode Of dividing the Russian Empire, hui
should sit down and convey them to Mr
Seward In an official form for the guidance ot
our Government in measures which we might
feel tempted to take to encourage and aid the
rebellion existing hersl
am not mistaken, then, in saying that this
Development, so unaceountably made in the
publication of Lord Lyons letter, is destined
to produce serious results; and as your paper
circulates in an atmosphere breathed by diplo,
matte nostrils, 1t is well enough that they
should begin to scent the rising gale.