Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-23
THE PERSECUTIONs OF RODER.
ICK RANDOM.


Poor Roderick he has been terribly
prosecuted. He sold cadetship and con,
t1ibuted the money to aid in carrying on
Stokes ORGANS when he was candidate
for Governor, and the House of Repre-
sentatives came very near cxpelling him
for this piece Of generosity. 1t is true,
the House did pass q vote of censure
upon him for that cadetship traffic,
but then that did not amount to much,
for Roderick still held on to his seat and
paid no attention to the insinuations Of
certain Radical journals, like the New
York Tribune, that he was no better
than Whittemore, who was most uncere-
moniously kicked out Of the House when
he came back with certificate of new
election. But it seems Roderick's per-
secutions were not to stop here. 1t is
now charged that he has been swindling
pensioners and the Pension Bureau both.
The Jonesboro Union Flag, one of the
Stokes organs benefited by the sale of
the cadetship, has the following notice
of this new persecution: .rrr.--..--
"Of all the infamous, most damnable
and wicked cOnspiraCies that have ever
been Matched up against any individual
since the world began, the one gotten up
by the miserable clique of vagabonds al d
cOrmorants, against Hon. r. r. Butler
whose headquarters and head-center are
located at Greeneville, Tennessee-is the
most infamous 1t is simply vile and
villainous attempt to put Judge Butler out
of the way of blood-thirsty Office-seekers.
But, thanks to the sagacity of the Repub-
licans of the first Congressional district of
Tennessee, their whole diabOlical pro-
gramme is known, as well as their ring
leader, some of whose private letters of
nefarious purport are on file at this office,
and which will be given to the public at
the proper time These elephantine
schemes will be checkmated, and their
INSCRIPTIONS authors shown up in their
proper light. Judge Butler will survive
these malicious secret attacks and plot
tings. He will receive the Republican
nomination for and be reelected to Con-
gress by such an Overwhelming majority
as will send his contemplate and devilish
maligners to the wall Look sharp, Re
publicans, and do not be deceived by any
false rumOrs they may circulate -
This invective, it is presumed, is simed
at Mr.. A. II. Pettibone, Radical carpet
Dagger of Greenville, who has dared
to oppose the cadetship seller
for Congress. That fellow must be eff.
fectually squelched for his tcmerity, and
the Union Flag has thrown perfect
avalanche upon him. If Pettibone sur
wives that he may congratulate himself.
The Knoxville Press and Herald gives
another chapter in the prosecutions of
Roderick, as follows:
'Last Friday Roderick Random Butler
appeared before the Hon. c. +. Trigg, at
Bristol, in full force. A large delegation
from Carter and johnson counties were
there to testify in his behalf, and to show
by their presence that it was not safe for
the Radical party to allow Il. X. B. to be
tried and convicted by the Department at
Washington. Buffers counsel insisted
on a trial before Judge Trigg. The Gov
eminent was not prepared for trial at
Bristol, and asked to have the trial con-
tinued until Tuesday, August 80, which
was granted"
Congressman Arnell, of Tennessee, the
friend of George R. Rutter, arrived in
Washington on the 21st inst, and ne
states that Butler denies the charges made
against him by the Pension Office, and
that he expresses his confidence in being
able to explain them away. OF course
Roderick talks confident. He is good at
that game.