The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-08-25


Judge Dent--brolher in-law TO Grant,
who il 90 be run as the Conservative candi-
dale for Governor in Mississippi thus
touches off Boutwell,:
Washington, D. G.. August n, 1869.
70 Hon. Geo s. Boufveii, See'y effhe Treasury.
Sir:-I shall make little apology for ask
ing your attention tony letter, aud less ior
the nature Of lis contents. You were The
first 20 deny the political orthodox oi my
friends and myself, and by all the rules Of
the foiun am entitled 10 a defence.
Again, you hold an office oi the republic,
and your acts, therefore, are legitimate
ssDjeCis Of criticism by the humblest citi-
zen lhereDf. But in some respects we are
alike. For instance, we are bUlh aspirsn,s
Tor place, with lnls difference: You aim to
be lhe next President, with every assurance
Of success, 'escept' IN the opinion OF the
peopie.
while seek an humber place, with my
hopes in disastrous eclipse. except" in the
judgmen, of Mississippi, 70 in The probable
results 0f the future we buth stand adverse
to the judgment ot The country. In the
pursuit ol your ambition you are ungfatelul
AID unscrupuIous a. 10 the means ot sue
cess. Your organ, the New York Sun, in
the same breath rldicules the capacity Of
your master, ard dwells with emphasis up
on yaur peculiar fitness Tor his Office
Your tool. Mr.. Bullock, became so reck-
less iu lhe manipulation Ut your depart-
men; in the inlerrs. Of your ambition, and
SO defiant oi The wishes of the President
and the country, that 10 save youiseli from
an explosion of popular Indignation you
found it convenient 10 transfer him TO an
other sphere Df scandalons activity, where
bis talents might be exeried with equal ell
Iect aud less ellioniery. Virginia, lennes-
see. Mississippi, and Texas. not 70 mention
anything 50 humble as myself. were OBJ
slructIons IN The way OF your success, be-
cause through President Grants intersen-
lion ia excluding the proscriptiye clauses
from their organic Law these States are
brought into the Union and firmly welded
10 his support.
Now, this Is in direct conflict with your
systematized plans; for what General Grant
gets 10 the next presidential election clear
" Dir. Boutwell, will not get. aud therefore
have you denounced The Conservative Re-
pnbllrans Mhp, are ior Grant, that you may
obtain The proscript,ve Republicans, who
are iur Boutwell,; and oy some strange. dex-
ferrous management and occult political
strategy, you have 80 worked upon the con-
iidtnce oi the President as TO cause him to
flourish The club with which YOU intend 10
break his head by inducing him To join you
IN denuncialion OF the conservative Re-
pnblicans--a party created by his magma
nimi,y and triumphant through his encou-
rsgement.
but, sir. ..'your purpose is easily discern
ible, and has a two.fold objeci--namely. 10
destroy the National Republican party in
The South. and then 10 reconstruct irum lis
shattered fragments Boutwell, party, with
oae Richmond in the tield to strike fnr your
crown. But il you cannut succeed in this
scheme oI desperate enterprise YOU mean 10
tuia'--a result, from present appearances.
much more likely 70 be reached.
Your official Intervention for Wells, for
instance. gave thirty thousand majority 10
Walker. Your letter to Stakes gave Senfer
Tennessee by an overwhelming vote ol Sc
yeniy thousand. Your marvellous political
sagaciiy, now active in Mssissippia and Tex
as, will repeat your calamity and again
0serwhelm you with discontinue and de-
feat. Supetadd q these results of your
unapproachabIe folly the imposition on
these STATES of your iron clad oath. aad the
alienation is complete, landing them ell in
the outstretched arms Of The Democracy.
But the consequence Of your lolly does
not stop here-0hio and Pennsy ylsania and
others will fellow. Decide their political
status In October. and the North will echu
back the condemnation OF the South. and
peal in your ears this fact. that there is stil
left enough OF the incofruptible virtue ot
the republic to rebuke YOU Tor . wanion re-
preston Of that most sacred righlthe eiec-
tive franchise. But, sir, this will nal deter
you from your mad course; you will still
persist until every prop that supports our
naffv IN sfrseknn awax and ela .xhs.lu ma "a fttI