The weekly Butte record., 1863-10-03
Proof Furnished.


falsehoods), which it saw proper TO charge
upon those who voted aguinst its party ST the
recent election. These remarks, separated
from the false and usalignat and partisan text
that called them forth, We are frank to confess
that they look excessively ugly. II the Ap-
peal is fond Of such, il can have another in
..aIment as often as it chooses, for partisan
purposes, to deny to political opponents sympa
thy for hnmau suffering. and denoance them as
traitors. Ugly as they may appear they have
not been si,hQut coed effect, if they have
broken the deafness that has euveloped sin
gle Republican adder 1. is ike casting
pearl before swine to employ courtesy aud
elegance against the f4ise charges of the AP-
peal and its partisan associates. Abou, their
political opponents. ard apparently il mere
wantoDness, they hurl the most outlandish
charges and the merest gibberish OF fanatical
aud crazg nonsense, always being careful TO
wind up with traitors, etc. 10 common with
others%e deprecate the use of harsh terms,
but 10 paper, ~or any other man." will be suf-
fered to denounce Us TRAITORS and rebel
sympahisers," simply on account OF q differ
ence of opinion relation to partisan policy.
Ii is patent to The world that rejection Of the
policy Of conducting the war, as declared in
The Cri;tenden resolution, passed July pad.
1861, and Ibe adoption Of the present policy,
was an Introduction Of partisan politics into
the conduct of the war, unnecessary and uu-
call d for, and has created parties among
people who are not divided in regard TO the
employment Of force for putting down rebellion.
As the Appeals party is responsible for this,
we would suggest that courtesy and elegance
would much better become them, also, than the
violent ep iihets they constantly employ. when
speaking Of those who do not consider the
partisan measures Of the Administration, the
only possible way to save the Union.
The Appeal thinks III the Record is ccnduc-
ted with purpose to aid and not to belle and
embarass the cause Of the Union, it will either
substuniate or retract these charges" We
simply propose to subsantiate them, not that
we feel lmperiatively called upon to do so, but
as a matter Of common Democratic courtesy
towards a malignant contemporary that is ap-
parently determined and persistent in its efforts
to lie down al opposition to It's party. We
hardy expect TO do so 10 The satisfaction of the
Appeal, although the witness we shall employ
to impeach the Appeal, will be Abraham
Lincoln, President Of the United States We
asserted that Louisiana and North Carolina
we're knocking at The door OF the Federal
Capitol for the protection of the constitution.
The Appeal says it is not true that either
Louisiana or North Carolina knocked at the
door Of the Federal Capitol for the protection
Of the constitution" The Appeal misrepre-
sents purposeiy, 10 subserve the cause OF
its party aud net Of the U-.ion The proof
that Louisiana did apply for admission into
the Union as she existed prior 10 the rebellion,
is the Presidents letter of July 10Th, 1868,
acknowledging the receipt and consideration
Of the application, published in the RECORD of
August 18th, 1868. The Appeal says lit i.
not true" that wantel the protection of the
cons,itutio-, and the President of the United
States officially declares that the application
was received and considered. aud the reason
he assigned for rejecting the application was
that the constitution Of Louisiana did not
square with the partisan policy of the Admin
siration or, to use the Presidents own Ian
guage "a respectable portion of the people Of
Louisiana desire to amend their constitution"
Introducing the evidence of the President to
convict the Appeal, may be somewhat like
using huge boulder to kill CAD fly. but it
may satisfy so,,e who would not be satisfied
with less weight of testimony
The Appeal says
"On one occasion, few months ago, dele
cation Of planters from Louisiana. fearful that
the operation of the Proclamation of freedom
dispossess them Of their slaves waited upon the
President and made some informal offers to
return their state to the Union If their claim Of
property right 10 man were not impaired
This delega ion Was not sent by convention
of TIE people-loyal or otherwiSe-of Louis
ana; it had no au horiiy to act for them, and
no power to keep any pledge they might make
for the return Of their State to its allegiance"
Now to show how glibly the Appeal ialsi-
des the facts to sustain the position ofit> party,
We need only quote from the language Of the
committee appointed to make the application
for the return of Louisiana. They say-~The
undersigned, committee appointed by the
Planters Of the State OF Louisiana. respectfully
represent that they have been delegated TO seek
of the General Government full recognition Of
all the rights of the State as they existed pre-
vious to the passage of au act OF secession
This delegation was not sent by convention
of the people, says the Appeal and vet the