The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-19
JUDGE DENTS LETTER To sECRE.
TARY BOUTWELL, ...

jUDGE DENTS LETTER TO SECRE-
TARY BOUTWELL, |
When o privateer bears down on q arst- |
rate man-of.war, and pops OF ono Of her |
small guns at her, she must expect either TO |
be blown out Of water or TO DO treated with
silent ontempt; and when q small politician,
made reckless by his vanity, PUSHES into
print, pouring out the virulenco Of small
mind in an attack upon such a man a.
George 8. Boutwell,, he will probably DO
treated by tho latter as q high-minded and
humane Admiral would treat the insignia
cant and waspssh privatcer.
Thus we thought as We read yesterday the
letter Of Judge Louis Dent TO Hon. George
9. Boutwell,.
Mr.. Boutwell, needs no defence at our
lands. But when candidate for the gov
ornorship Of a sovereign State casts himself
INTO the political arena as Louis Dent has,
and while aiming his shafts at ono In whom
our great leader has placed the very highest
confidence and trust, strikes blow at the
President hlmsclf-who, whilo saying, "Art
thou In health, my brother 2" strikes him
under the dfth rib-wo consider Il tho Re-
rrBLIoAs's duty as the warm supporter of
that President TO take notice Of the attack.
Mr.. Louis Dent has been prominently
named by q party In Mississippi, calling
itself q conservative party" as candi-
date for the executive chair Of that State.
And there can be no doubt that his name
has been thus used, because he happens to
be brother OF tho vito OF the President Of
the United States, In the hopo that the In
iucnee Of tho President may DO brought
Into requlsition to insure the triumph Of that
party, which 10 made up Of tho odds and
ends, not to say the very drcgs, Of secession
ism.
The President has promptly repudiated
any sympathy with that party, and evil
IDENTIFY intends to let his illustrious relative
"paddle his own canoe"
smarting under this rebuff, and desiring
to wrcak his vengeance on some ono, Judge
Dent pounccs upon the Secretary Of the
Treasury In letter by no means exalted in
Its tone, because the Secretary has thought
proper to doubt whether the party who are
seeking to make the judge their tool are
politically orthodox.
The Judge opens with the assertion that
he and the honorable Secretary are sin some
respects alike" instancing that while the
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same as that spoken Of by the old poet,
Hyperion to satyr." While we shall not
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eminent Illness Tor that high place, and his
Aoliity 10 NIL IL aeeeptaoly, he Is daily giving
evidence oy ms mastery manner OF admin
istering tho Treasury Department.
Judge Dent has evidently been studying
the fable of show we apple, syim.n II,
has rn;,,.Lo, h,,n,,,< ,ba, 4, ali Aron.
other chaste, CHOICE, anu aboriginal hgures o
rhetoric, the Judge says TO Secretary Bout
we'll
gu nave so worked upon inc confidence
oI the PRESIDENT as 70 cause MIN 70 hourisf
tne cup win when you intend TO break hii
mead, by inducing him 70 Join you In denun'
citation OF inc CONSERVATIVE hePublicans-a
party created by ms magnanimity, and tri-
nmphahs through MS encouragement"
Now, this Is what we call aattcring-very
aattering-to the President, and we have A
susnic,on that bo I. sbrovd oror,h % a..
S,S.,,,'.t.- w ose
tnc POM ""uou'N s ocihg ePcciaiy ihuicated
by US.
We cannot hut thank the Indigo howcver
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iof INC aulnlSsioh That tue PRESIDENT permits
himself to be advised by good, sound, Re-
publican statesmen, who have at heart the
,rosnort,v ~ tho on,,ro country an, ,h., ~
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stems iayorabiy 70 sueh adViee'
Judge Dent evidently "secs as through
class darkly," and considerably "over tn,
left,n when he undertaken his final summiu,
nm ~ the wonderful effect of t,o,s act, q