Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-18
BUTLER.
The case OF ROasrlck Random Butler, Of
Tennessee.
He Is eensured by the House Of RePresen'
tatlves for Bribery and Corruption.
a Brief Resume Of the History OF this Radi
cal Saint, Author Of the sill to Remand
Teanssses to Military Rule.

committPe had arrived at the follow
ING conclusions: lst. That on teBru-
arV Dist. 1869. Butler had recommend
ed the appointment of Aug. {. Tyler,
son of General Tyler, to West Point.
%. That Aug. c. Tyler WAS not a res
idept of the First Congressional Dis
trict Of Tennessee. Sd. That after the
apDointnent had been made an attOr-
Dev of Gen. Tyler had given Butler
$500. and that Butler received IL with
the avowed intention Of using it for
rOlitical purposes in Tennessee. The
committee express the opinion that
the conduct of Butler in appointing a
nonresident of mis- district, and subse
-uuentiy accepting money of General
1yler. deserves the condemnation OF
the House.
Messrs. Stoughton, Negley, Packard
and Asher recommended the Adoption
of the following resolution:
Peso7Ued, That the House declares
its condemnation OF the action Of x.
r Rutler. Representative from the
First District of Tennessee, in nOml-
1sfino A e. TYLER, who was not an
,acf1s3 resident q his district, as a ca
def to the Military Academy at West
Point and subsequently receiving
Tronsv from the father of said cadet
tor DolftfcsI purposes in Tennessee, as
Mr. Logan. Chairman, and Ge5sr5-
on unauthorized and dangerous prac-
tice. -
ComD,ittee. recommend the following
resolution:
ResoiUed. That r. r. Butler, rep
resentative in Congress for the rirsl
congressional District Ot Tennessee,
he aud is hereby expelled from MS
scat as a member OF the house.
The rep,>rt was ordered TO be printed
and Is To be called up for action To-
day.
From the Cincinuati Commercial ;
East Tennessee correspondent, avery,
we ICarn the following particulars OF
the history OF the creature who has
shown himself so anxious to remand
Tennessee back under military rule.
He says:
Frederick Random Butler, who has
suddenly risen to a nOtOTiety he never
before enjoyed. by being charged with
selling a cadet appointment ior nItny
lucre. and then generously saving the
COMMITTEES the trouble Of proving SAID
charge by vOiIptaTily coming forward,
cOnfessing the error and pleading IN
abatement of prospective sentence the
religious Use 10 which ne put the
money, is an East IenneSseean, and
represents the First District.
Various reasons are assigned for his
s;,o-ll7r course in rushing into the
SsTs of tbs Committee like Jonah in,
j, the wba,c's belly, but th6 most
TO ~ahIe one i that he knew from
tsasO, res o., things were Eo'ng ..-... tIaI nls
tne way Il shortly COME anyway
ume Wou. UNFAIRLY cOntsssiTig the
anu ,rSola Thing an, saying that ne va. va,
sorrv the bowels u lne = ~, SIlliiiecoS 49,
would le softened Il va, e. Lis is-:, 5,aaS
he woslld thus eacape " - ,,-,,,'l,l
The loval East 'I'enness 11.sis =. U,3l, ), ~
not believe the charge again. :, a'o,.et lI,.Slo
icx for some time, and there "a 49,. 49,
who vet sneak OF tine ma Ter y - .1I,is
the result of rebel malice, b Ut -
aIv the truth thickens, as the Geti'- =
come in. and they viii all have 10 ac-
knowledge that this specimen Of East
Tennessee loyalty has sold out anu
got the money.
Yes. got the money, but did not
keen il. only a part of IL. some went
r. aid in the defeat for the Senate OF
that great traitor, a. johnson, ana
seine went 70 help elect Stokes - Part
OF it, saws the candid Butler, u KEPT
mvsalf." Probably that was commits
sion for handling the funds.
Butler did not have very IAN
character here, even before the late
uncomfOrtableucss came up. In lo6l
and 1862 he was one Of the most red
hot rebels that ever wanted to XII
five Yankees and not get killed him
self At that time he was unknown
to fame. except as a member OF IN
Rebel Legislature. Upon the record
at Nashville can still be found some
Buffers patriotic speeches, In Whlcl
he denounced the wicked North, 10
carving on the wicked war agaIns
- Southern rights and Southern hon
orr He seems TO have had paruc
ular spite against the man who wrOt
the "fielpeT book, +" and in 1861, mad
a speech upon that interesting subject
When the East Tennessee UnlOnlst
burned the bridges on the Virgins
and Tennessee railroad, in order .
give the Federal army a chance I
come in and take possession OF IN
country, before the rebels cOuIu Le
cover from their confusion, Butler d'
lfvered himself of a speech IN IN
Legislature, iR which he denounce
the Union men just as he denounce
the rebels now.
Notwithstanding he gas one OF I'll
most blatant rebels ia this or an
other State, he seems 70 have ensn&e
his tune when he saw the driit
events. Cor, after the war, he pecan
one of the uOst ultra Ridicals IN Ia
Tennessee, AID, as a eonsequ uenc'
went to Congress. Gov. oehter say
that he stole a considerable amount
money belonging to the widows an
orphans of East Tennessee Dhloh -
diers. and was stricken from tue 70
OF claim agents at Washington Ia co
se0n,NQce. This is the common lal
a mi,no ne people Of MS district, sn
s,oonS wai' informed persons Out
r. lit Is no.' true, it is strange IN
d, tier or his h@udS doh oe1s =. f..
D. qps be used the money 20 ueiS !
-soyns -ebel, like Andy SgillL9oli, iL7,,i. 4
oS@-. :, d in that event, O. tlSi9S - =.
S,--,,id -, excused in this wC-' a
yoCst likely have something 10 "
credit in the next. o., HI.
All All these thines fall with crushir
efact upon Buffers pet measure
Sa.ra tl,is state reh8nded TO initial
1-,le He Is the illuEtriOus author
tbe hin now pending ia congress
that effect. and the recent eA A'O9ut
N-iII have q tendency to put CohgIS
unon inquiry, not only IN regard
The character of Butler, but lnto !
Tnerits OF his bill also. The terltorlii
ization Of a great state Is q nuse
for small man, with a Dao chaiaao ara 1 1
ike Butler, and he should reLIleI,lL 5I'a ~
tbet eauplet which says IN enect ~
iaTCa boats can venture more, Wa
-Tasn ones should keep pnear the shO
When n comes to One-hcrse Gdh'
- ebonId he we'd tasted to the par
With a two-inch cable in the stel
Otherwise there IS danger Of capsl1ii
WASHINGTON, March l7.---Hoo
- StOughtOn, a majority Ileiii oS'
MI ny Military Committee, onere9
lhe 9eat,on Of his original resol9ti'
as iollo Nd ID. That the House decli
t1eSo,ie tsSSe,, 'nation Of the action
It's oO11oSS- ~ u ,9utler, q Representa-
don' u. H. First District o. 1enhes9
iron nonoinating August {. JyissiL,, Y Y
is not an actual / lSIio'Ni ~ Military sc
tpief. as cadet Of the AAlii'd.S Mil -sSoeiy sf
emv at West Point, anu ISul;d %
money from the father OI ssllOi =, n
to be- used for political pa PO7eS ~ a. 4
nessee, as an unauthorlze@ s bar,