The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-21
The President and Butler.

AhO w uShlhSVoA correspondence VI
the New Orleans Crescent gives the fol-
lowing interesting account of the re-
cent meeting of the President and
Butler, surnamed 'The Beast"
have just received accounts of an
audience granted to famous ex-Gen-
eral whose rule in New Orleans has
become darkly historical. The inter
view was lengthy, extending over one
hour and half, during which time the
notorious Benjamin employed al the
arts of which he is capable to impress
the Executive mind l do not pretend
to report the conversation verbatim,
but present the substance of it, and in
some parts the exact words employed.
have also good reason to show that
the Crescent is the only journal which
has received accounts of this important
interview. I may premise that Butler
has for some time been frequenting the
radical haunts, and although holding
no otiIicial position, recognized as an
efficient wire-puller. The President
was not astonished, therefore, when
card was brought in, requesting the
honor cf ''a few minutes tete-a-tete,
but having been wearied by repeated
interviews on this same subject-the
signing of the Freedmen's Bureau bill
MIR. johnson had became exhausted
and petulent, and said III his expressive
manner "When did he come? Well,
let him come in" After being seated
face to face with tie President, the
''hero of New Orleans" laid out his
case in full, urging the approval of the
bill, and suggesting its adoption as the
basis of compromise between the
Capitol and the White House.
The President, with his usual imper-
turbable manner, listened to the entire
rigmarole of the politician, and then
answered him with the words of q
statesman; words that were doubtless
Immediately reported to his radical
friends in waiting: General Butler
you are very well yersed in the astute
. theories now urged in the capitol, but
let us leave this fim-fam and come
: down to plain common sense. We
{ fought this battle for the Union; our
entire course during the war was an
endeavor to restore the States to their
constitutional positions; we tried to
10 so in Georgia, and l ask you, would
YOU not have received Georgia during
, the war as a State Of this Union had
she sent representative to Congress:
{ Wherever I found green spot OF 10y
atty in Tennesses [ tried to sustain 1t,
and endeavored to obtain representa-
ton for it. If they were States ther,
why are they not States now? You
have appointed judges over them, you
collect taxes ia them, and you refuse
them representation. Why they have
not even a delegate like the Terrific
) ries. Their voice-the voice of eleven
: millions of people-cannot be heard
J in the national capitol. This is hard
| and unjust. Are you afraid OF few
Southern members? Why admit those
who can take the oath and send the
: rest home to have their places filed by
! other men? You think to soothe me
i by admitting the Tennessee delegation
because I happen to belong to tina
: State, but the rights of every State o
this Union are equally dear to me
Your party talks very much of support
g ing my policy, but when it comes t
$ voting, you follow q different course
t You talk of my kingiy conduct "of 10
d sing my head;" this is almost equivalen
d to enticing people to assassinate me
/ If you proceed in this manner, revC
o luton will not be far distant. In th
e name of God, when is this to STOP
e This bill secures them--the negroes
20 all they ought to have, and httl
more, too. I do not say whether
. will sign the bill or not. =
Hon. J. P. SCALES Monday las
End inst, all that was mortal of tn
" distinguished gentleman, were consigr
# ed to their last resting place in Eve
T green Cemetery. Capt Scales was we
.o known throughout the State, and Ell
ioyed the acquaintance of nearly evel
i citizen in Carroll county, and we al
If proud to say, "none knew him but
~ love him"
l. Death heeds not what wreck he maxi
% when his scythe goes forth to slay,
he would have spared little lenge
- one whom the whole community love
and honored so much. The deeease
was man of strong social feeling, an
A his straightforward, upright ways, hi
h. won for him the friendship of all WI
~. L -. H. xroc a lind husband