Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-04

ful lobbying which has occurred in many |
years. Gen. Tyler, father of the cadet
appointed by Butler, swore that it was
not intended tepay the money until after
the appointment was made, although in
fact the draft reached here the day before.
The man who made the arrangement with
Mr.. Butler, and who paid him one thou
sand dollars, swore the first day of his
examination, that as far as he understood
the matter, the appointment was made
for peucniary consideration; that he
could not say whether Butler would have
made it if money had not been used, and
that hsTcould not say positively that
money was paid before the appointment
vas made, one event followed the other so
closely. Afterward, this witness being re-
called, remembered that nothing was said
of money beforehand, and that the pay
ment was not made till some time after.
ward. Both the witnesses and Mr.. Butler,
himself said good deal of Gen. Schofield |
having been active in securing the ap- |
pointment, but the General, when sum |
moned, testified that he never knew Gen.
Tyler's son had applied for an appoint
ment, or that he had been appointed, or
even that Tyler had son. Gen. Tyler, |
testifying on this point, SAID be never
knew or believed that Schofield expressed |
to Butler o. any one else desire to have
young Tyler appointed. Butler himself
after making one statement for the COM
mittee, withdrew it by permission for cor
rection, and returned another substantially |
different. Upon the single claim, very
loosely supported, that the money was
not paid until after the appointment,
and that the bargain was not agreed upon
before it, the House voted down expul-
sioD, refused to entertain a motion that he
be requested to resign, and then passed q
vote of censure. Maynard made an effort
with members of the committee this ]
morning for further postponement, but
to no purpose. Butler then busted him
| self with some of his friends during the
| entire morning hour, urging them to vote
against the report of the chairman. But
Ter himself inquired of members of the
committee, and of many members of the
House, if they were Masons, and this is
but an indication of variety of means
used in all directions to secure acquittal.
The whole thing has been humiliating and
| disgraceful"
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial RadicaD writes,
March II: g..
| "Mr. Butler during the reading of the
| evidence remained on the floor talking
with this member or that, and his friends
were pleading for sympathy and working
| up votes in his favor. There seemed to
| be no modesty or hesitation in his button
boiling members, and, unlike Deweese,
| Whitemore and Golladay, he went about
| the House in the most unbIushing effront-
! cry, lobbying for his own acquittal. A
more shameless and melancholy specta-
Gle was never seen upon the floor. Every
excuse and motive which ingenuity and
| cunning cOnld devise was made use of.
The charms of brotherhood in Freema-
sonry were invoked, and even the pitiable
| subterfuge that Andrew johnson would
be elected in his place if he was expelled.
was brought to bear to save him from
| the disgrace which has overwhelmed him.
''The galleries were well filled, and the
visitors did not fail to note the disgrace
full scenery. Some members, as much
lost to feelings of delicacy and the pro-
prieties of their position as Butler him
self, sought his companionship, and con-
suited as to the best means OF comprising
his acquittal
''When the clerk had finished the read
ing of the testimony, vote was taken as
to the adoption of Logan's substitute, and
it was rejected by vote of III to IS.
Nine members, finding that there was not
the necessary two thirds, flew the track,
and skulking into The halls and committee
rooms, lodged the final vote. The ques-
| ton arose-Shall Roderick r. Butler.
member of Congress from the First Dis
trict of Tennessee, be expelled from his
| seat in the House on this vote? The
ayes were 102, and the nays 6S, and as
two-thirds had not voted in the affirma-
| tiva, he remained a member of the House.
Seen. Morgan desired to offer reso-
luton requesting Mr.. Butler TO resign;
but the Speaker ruled it out of order. 1t
would have been useless, any way, as was
| said by member who voted for his ex-
| pulsion-sYOu can not drive him out of
the House except with his own blood
hounds and a battery of artillery
''Of the sixty-eight members who
voted for his acquittal, it is noticed that
| Covode, Churchill, Bowen, Brooks, and
| all others who are suspected of completely
in the cadet business, voted for his &C
| quittal
This is a specimen of the manner in
which Radicals wrote of this leader eff
Tennessee Radicals. Notwithstanding
one hundred and two of his peers in the
House of Representatives, being a ma
jority of thirty-four of those voting, have
put on record in the most solemn form
their conviction that he deserved expul-
sion, that he was a disgrace to the body
of which he was member, he field on to
his seat with tenacity the like of which
has never been witnessed in representa-
live body. In any other country and in
other times in this country, this man
Butler, even with the impotence he has
shown himself master of, could not stem
the tide of oblOquy he called down upon
himself. This case is a most fOrcible
commentary upon the character of The
men that have been thrown to the sur
face by the late war and the rule of the
Radicals that has followed that event.
This man Butler who thus brings disgrace
not alone upon himself but upon Tennes-
see, is trusted leader Of the Radicals in
this State, and has recently been nomi-
mated for reelection by a Radical conven-
tion in hia district What ,,,uoF ba tho
character of party that seeks leader
in such man
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