The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-27
BUTLER
-. ne is Opposed by Ex-Govern0r HaWley'
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a,tea 'ae ,eSter to Hon Richard ii. Dana, Ir..
cong ratulaiing him upon his acceptance % Of the |
SUd ssslnss Butler, Il in the Filth Congressional Dis
triot Of Massachusetts. In this letter ne says
Rebellion viii always be held in grateful re. |
membrance. His strong Will, fertility OF @ lnted'
ness made him greatly useful then, bat II he is |
20 be uron the wrong side OF the controversy S
concerning the national th debt d tsnsed rsdo
Gals, he will be the most dangerous man ~ ~ IL ~
the United States Some say tnaC nas ne 1ushed HIr
forward, but thst he yields temporary, Will Will
ultimate rSot purposes 10 pqPaaSd fSso anS
the bad tendency should become stronger here,
after. will he not continue TO accompany anu
accelerate Is? But If, as l suppose ne sincerely
what be believes in he will fight for, and that
men with him. Shall New England send so
powerful man to give new life TO the neresies
butNAve been almost wholly rooted out OF Re-
publican fields in that region? ,,,
Please count me among those VINO pelleVe
without doubt, and say without hesitation any
where, that the financial policy pressed oy Gen,
che honor of our country. II 1t is to be carried
Into effect, let IL be done by the champio anu
a6ettors OF slavery and secession: eC Of ren1di
alton, "open or covert, threatened or suspeoossuE q
and then something of honor Will Dc sa'eu W
vi" II is Claimed hat General Butler is so able
AND prominent effnrd his defeat Rather
- ,,sseY That radicaiism can always afford to
do right, and can never afford TO give uo any
posed advantages to Reconstruction ana lLnpar- PAT
tial suffrage cannot say WHEN, when e neen Incon one
siruction policy Of our party or It's purposes con
ernng financial matters stion AS 10 1ne se es'eF tG
tue radicalism and true conservatism: II all
Republicans were ready TO Gonslner nes 8on-
essential and of little consequence, would not
the nation be rushing to repudlation ana an
Immortality OF shame? 1t seems so to me.
A Talk with the General.
A correspondent writes to the Boston Even:
Ing Traveller of last evening. giving report of
. recent conversation with General Butler. in
which the latter gave his opinion on
Conservatism and RadicaIism
as follows:-
"Now. General" said, "there is one-very
serious charge made against you, not only
anonymously or editorially, but over the
Initials of responsible man. 1t accuses you
Rannhlieap uistform SO as to make it read that
sit is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of
Interest thereon whenever 1t can possibly be
you say about that?"
The truth is that this financial issue raised
against me is simply pretext. 1t Is q part OF
tine world wide and eternal struggle between
conservatism and radicalism, My opponents
are conservatives am q radical Republican.
How can we be otherwise than opposed? De-
publican party, they saw in the financial ques-
tion preext to excuse their opposition to the
Know that my warmest supporters and friends
are the radical Republicans of the coun-
y sGa by by and a sSs G 9ads asrfRss
newspapers, l am opposed by some of
he ali the and journals
in full cry. Like will seek ike; and at no dis
a 1ae
Z g ssan II IL Sa; Sq . ssSsd
me that the word was possibly in the original
platform; the change or @ forgery ger has been n made
that the rate of interest should be lowered as
soon as it honestly can be done, is to say that
lowered If eyes % be h9pss'y rsas tb
same. Possibly is the only word that makes
sense there"
Alter this, the conversation turned upon
Personal Matters,
as follows:-"By-the-by General" I inter-
rupted, would you care to to tell how that
charge about the spoons was first started?"
oe one Alter the Rca
mond when the semi. Rebel Legislature was In
down there to take command in the place OF
Ord, One Flint-I think that was his name
Guccd a resolution advising the people, In view
of my coming, to lock up their spoons. The
resolution Of course was @ immediatey rejected
become the staple T3f,. Sf Democrats
us It's author, % who was then Navy Agent at Nor
folk, was soon after found q defaulter TO the
Government to O large amount, and ran away
10 England. He illustrated the fact have
stated-he knew he would steal spoons as he
did the Government money. precisely as Mr..
Atkinson believes that don't wish to pay the
bonds according to contract because he took
advantage of the law to cheat the widows and
orphans out of $4,000 in gold out of $4,000 he
had borrowed from them. Indeed, most men
Judge others by themselves as 1T is their only
standard for judgment"
The Relations between Butler and Grant
were adverted to as follows
"They charge that you will not act in har-
mopy with Grants administration. How is
Bhat?" asked.
"I say that the charge is a slander on General
true progressive Republican principles, upon
which, assume, his administration will be
conducted. OF this can have no doubt, and so
his administration Will have no more ardent
supporter than myself"
General Fitzpatrick
Is to take the stump in the interest of Richard
II. Dana, Jr., and against Butler. In his letter
announcing this determination, he says of the
latter
have recently returned from our victorious
political battle-ields in Pennsylvania. OHIO,
and Indiana, and / found in every city and
country town in which spoke, that / mad to
contend not only with the Democratic party,
but with the damaging influences of General
Buffers deliberate and criminal Endorsement
of Pendleton's repujiating plank in the Demo.
cratic platform; and believe that every honest
Republican to-day in this contest for the pre-
servation of our national honor is convinced
that we are lighting the Democratic party plus
Benjamin II. Butler.
/ have also seen In the newspapers to-day that
Democrats throughout your district rapidly
combining in his support. For these reasons I
feel that his defeat is as necessary as that of
any other opponent of the Republican party,
@ anu our eTsE1 I Leader, whose bitter personal
have conversed with and asked the advtca
of many. very many of the ablesO and best nen
of the Republican party, and withoat excen.
tion, they have all advised me to accept ySnr