The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-17
HORACE Greeles IS. ncn. Bntler

horace Greties vs.. fsen. Butler.
Horace Gresley has recently publish
ed = letter addressed to Gen. Butler. In
which as ssiyfses him 10 cAsnge his
treatment of the Southern people, 9TH
erwise the Republican party win be
rnasd aud go to eternal smash. We
haye room only for the following ex-
tracts. Mr.. Greciey says;
+ assume that yeu realize the ahso.
tle,e neressiiy of the triufnpa of the srif.
!teenlh Amendment 20 The srccess of
tSen. Grains administration. and that
SoU must bsaware that the fate OF that
amendment Is vet doubtful. Ten ad-
verse States suliice 20 deeeat u; aud
seFen-t New Jersey, sDeleware. Mary
land, kenipcky. Tenhesseo. California
Rand oregali--ars alreaay hAyassl llspe.
TAeioss of ofsftmsesase&sva At once 4 en-.
lamity aad hun,ler--one OF those In
/ tense Sigpidiiies which great party II
seldom SLOWED so repeat, How Rhode
island, Indiana, Georgia and Nebraska
stand, need no; inform YOU. Suffice
1t that IL viii require the wisest coun.
sells aud the best efforts 10 avert tho
threatened failure of that great aud wise
measure Of safety, henigniiy aA,i peace.
1 The men now coming TO Congress To
demand that Tennessee be upset, and
I Nirgiais rsmanjed, anl Mississippi
aud Texas held as saiFapics for an in
! definite period, unless they vote as they
/ are biaden. utterly fail to comprehend
the situation They evidently suppose
that we have nothing nj siake--that we
lnay keep three or foar States unrecon-
siructed, and unrerresented in Con-
gress daring PLEASURE. | hope YOU
4 know hetter--at all events. I do. We
! do no; merely need the Nvth Amend
ment ratified before .R7g--we urgently
need il now. II |, be delayed one year
/ louger. we shall have more than ono
State Legislature beside that OF New
/ York assuming to withdraw the ratifl.
cation already accorded and. while
/ von and ,aay rightly deny The legal
validity of such withdrawal. / am sure
neither OF us will dispute It's moral
weight. Connecticut is TO hold an cleo
ton next April, when the votes of her
colorcd citizens wiil be found exceed
Iingly useful if not absolutely needed,
! New Jersey mud Pennsylvania have L.
:. Senators scp5 f,,iHg th the result of
their next state elections respectively.
aud the Ike votes are absolutely needed
IN the former. and probably SO In tho
latter. Several seats in the next Con-
gress from Ohio and other States will
be won 0r lost, aS the right 10 vote for
members shall he exercised by their
whole people or Only hv the whites.
kenturAy. MARYLAND aDdDelewarc will
each be >touly and hopefully contested
lEsxt yene if the arenaTttrt be mean
time ratified, while We shall not elect
one member from all three Of these
STATES ir il be not. To my apprehen-
sion, the control Of the next House of
Representatives win probably hinge Oh
that event
ask you, then. 10 consider AZ q prac-
tical man, whether we can afford to
pies aud choose from among those dis
posed 20 favor TINT amendment--whe
ther IL will not be suicidal folly 10 rcpcl
ANY protiered or possible support. l
ask yoa whether any Rtiel0pt to pry in
10 the motives OF those who may favor
ito asccrtqiu whether they were not
! Rebels, and, IL 10, whetherthev have not
rercuted of having been surh---ls NOT u
childish exhibition of that spirit which
"gocth before y tall.' in short, ask
Won 10 consider this whole matter I'M
! light Of naked. hearty, homely common
sense. ana act upon il as the demands of
the cXigency shall seem to require.
The urgency Of the case must excuse
the freedom Of this appeal. Rightly or
wrongly, The cOuutry regards HoR as tho
/ leader in Congress Of those who have
been most eXaatiDg Ia their require
ment+ oi the dr,rated Rebels. and least
! incllned 10 treat them with confidence
or generosity. The reproaches which I
have incurred in This quarter will never
attach To you, an1 your adhesion 10 the
policy which the occasion demands viii
ncYer be attributed to weAkncss or SEN
! Itimen;bllty. ! ask YOU. therefore. 10
place Yourself promptly aud heartily ut
! the head Of movement looking 10 tho
instant and complete removal of politi-
! cal disabilities whatever from any aud
every one who favors or shall fhvog tho
XVIII Amendments and their prompt
restoration to al ihe privileges OF citi-
2cnship. "Let Us have peace!"
loRAcy GREELEY,