The weekly Butte record., 1863-02-21
Letter from the East.
tEpIroRIAL coEREsroxpExcK-l
THREE RIVERS. C,lich.) Jan. .lssa

from the operations OF the sharpers and thieves
who. cormorant Ike, have fastened upon lis
vitals Lazy, worthless drones. and incompe-
petent upstarts. are receiving large salaries for
fleeing the Government The war has been
the means of elevating beggars and rascals into
positions never designed for them BY nature or
natures God. and the country has to suffer in
consequence. Their abuses are beyond belief
and they endeavor TO inculcate the idea that
civilians have no right to criticize their actions,
blunders aud ,hieving. The unfortunate civil
Ian who points out their rascally transactions,
with desire to prevent fraud upon the Gov
ernment and people, is hunted down as a seces-
sion sympathzer. The people, who pay for
all the thieviDg and rascality, have the right
to inquire into the matter, and it Is some salts
faction to know that they cannot be DO longer
deferred from exposing their shortcomings by
threats. They begin to see that they are be-
ing outrageously plundered, and each true and
loyal man is determined to make the business
of the Government his own, with a view Of
remedying the evil.
The Presidents Policy.
The Budget of Fun thus pointedly illustrates
Uncle Abe's policy on the slavery question
Old Abe's a wonderous wag. but his last joke
Is. by all odds, the very best eer spoke.
Since 10 the slaves he cannot reach nor see
He nobly says - Consider yourselves free -
While unto those beneath his very eye
:. Slaves you were born. says he, - and slaves
you'll die"
Thus he will do a thing because he can't
But when he can perform it, says - | shanti
Which shows that Abram has most inyincible
kepuenance to what honest men call principle.
His next attempt, certainly can't fail
lis 10 put salt upon JEFF Daviss tail.
\ Word on Politics.
A moments contemplation of the political
field may not prove uninteresting. The general
difference between the Republicans and Demo
crats presents such broad contrast as to render
it impossible for the searcher after correct
principles to become befogged in the labyriuths
of politicians however skilfully they may
be woven. Gov. SeymOurs message has revi-
we'd the days of craftsmanship at time when
the public mind had been crowded by preju-
diced partizan policy into going round and
round in a circle. like the ass upon tread
mill 1t not only inaugurates anew the era of
craftsmanship, but it confronts and exposes the
blind prejudice of party. The difference be-
tween the Democratic sentiment that has tri-
umphed in New York, and other Northern
States, and the Republican policy that tri-
umphed in California, may be succinctly stated
as follows
Democracy marks out and distinctly defines
the relations between the States and the Gen
eral Government. Republicanism eff;Aces all
lines aud distinctions, and places the power,
which was intended to be distributed through
the whole body of the Government, in its head
alone
Democracy demands that the equilibrium
between the Legislative Executive and Judi
clal departments of the Government be pre-
served Republicanism would destroy that
equilibrium by annuliug las that party have
ever done), the necessary restrictions which the
Judiciary was intended to impose on the party
spirit of the Legislative and Executive branch
es of the Government.
Democracy places the sovereignty of the
States and the freedom of their citizens in the
hands of the States; Republicanism places
both the sovereignty of States and freedom OF
citizens in the hands of the President and Sec
retary of War.
Democracy would prosecute the war for the
preservation of the Union; Repubcanism
would prosecute the war for the destruction of
slavery, not caring whether the Union is lost
or saved.
Democracy would preserve and rebuild ;
Republicanism would exterminate" and
" desoate with the blind fury of an aban-
doned zcalot.
The Democracy are for union of the peo-
pie and of the country; the Republicans are
for the preservation of he territory alone,
without regard to the people
Democracy wants the South brought back,
without unnecessary destruction of life or prop
erty; Republcanism would destroy both prop
crty and people, turning that portion of the
Union into a bowling wilderness, to be coloni-
zed by their American citizens of African
descent"
Removal of Butler.
1t is reported that when Gen. Butler de-
mandcd, Of the President, the cause of his re-
moval, the President replied that he did not
know. Am disposed to believe that his remo-
val was part of Stewards policy to mollify the
French Government. 1t seems that the French
Consul at New Orleans has also been removed
1t will be remembered that Butler and the
Consul had difficulty about some Confede-
rate money, which was decided by Reverdy
Johnson, against Buffers action, and the mon
ey turned over to the French Consul, and was
expended for clothing for rebel troops. When