The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-02-04
Fitzpatrick Vi. Butler.


fict between Fitzpatrick and Butler,
ever since the former canvassed the
Salem District against the lattcr for
Congress. M age
Old Ben recently moved to legis-
late Xii. out ofthe Chill Mission by
consolidation, and Xii. thus goes for
Ben in the following closing part Of
a recent letter to Gen. Hawley's Con-
necticut Courant:
.What does General Butler know
of Chill? Absolutely nothing-just
about as much as he does OF finance.
He desires to pay off the national
debt, without paying it; and he de-
sires to reduce our expenses and pun
ish me without accomplishing either.
It would be we'll for our legislators
to read tho history Of Chill. A gen.
tleman the other day said to me,
"Your residence is at Lima, the cap
ital of Chill, is it not ?" "No, sir,
Santiago is the capital of Chilli" "Ah.
then, your port is Callao p No, sir,
Callao is the principal port of Peru
Valparaiso is the principal port Of
Chilli He seemed to know as much
OF the geography of South America
as the Englishman does ofthe United
States. Now, after the United States,
Chill stands FIRST in the family Of re-
publics. She has had no revolutions
in years; her people are industrious,
energetic, patriotic, and truly repub.
lican. They are the Yankees of
South America. Her institutions OF
learning are equal to our own, and
no nation has made more rapid strides
in civil and religious liberty, and all
that relates to . perfect, liberal, and
just government, than she during the
past five years She exports more
wheat and other necessaries Of life,
and has more miles of railroad, than
any other nation Of her population. -
Her copper and silver mines are un-
surpassed in all tho world. Our trade
with her has increased rapidly since
the war, and with proper efforts can
be increased one hundred fold in the
next three years. And then her true
friendship for US during our war GER
tainly cannot be forgotten. ! ssk
General Butler TO 60 to the State
Department and ask Mr.. Seward how
Chili-G God bless her-sympatbized
with us in our struggle. He will tell
General Butler in the language Of Mr..
Lincoln. that among all the nations
of the earth in true sympathy, first
stood the brave little republic OF
Chilli" And then when our great
President fell and the news reached
her distant shores, our former minis
ter, the Hon. r. Nj. Nelson, will tell
yoH that one universal cry Of heart
felt grief went up from evety home
in Chill, that all places of business
were closed, and the 1c Deaa, sung
in all the cathedrals Of the Republic.
Yet General Butler would forget all
this and reduce our mission TO such
a people TO third or fourth class,
and say to them that they are OF less
to Us than Mexico or
Brazil or Italy. Well it is worthy Of
him; of the past record and present
efforts of the man who in 1860 could
vote fifty-two times for the traitor
Davis, and afterward urge upon the
American people the election OF
Breckinridge, when he knew that his
success was our ruin who could in
1868 advocate Reputation and finan-
cial ruin; who, after his protestations
that he was the true friend Of fUlysses
S. Grant, yet ran away from Lowell
to avoid him, and on the same day
accepted the hospitality Of New
York Democratic club and there talk.
ed over the reorganization of the
democratic party, when he should
have been extending words OF wei
come to his future President to tho
city Of Lowell the boasted radical
who could write the Louisville Jour
nal that although he had been the
bitter enemy Of the South during the
war, he now could do them more
good than any other man the advo-
cate and lawyer, the Republican aRd
statesman who, after most vilely de.
nouncing the President of the United
States before all the world, dares TO
meet him face to face, extend the two
hands of friendship and wish him
happy, happy, happy New Year.-
tie need not pause now in his at.
tempt to destroy our influence and
commercial relations abroad.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
s.Sa J. KIRKPATRICK.