Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-25
RODERICK RANDOM AND HIS
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The Radical Congressional Convention
at Greeneville on the 2lst inst, which
nominated Roderick Random Butler, of
cadetship and pension netoristy, for re-
election to Congress, adopted the follow,
ing resolution pto& eOS
''Resolved, That this Convention re.
cogpize hon. R. r. Butler, our present
Representative in the Congress of the
United States, as an honest man and
faithful public servant, worthy of the
confidence of the people, notwithstanding,
the low SANDERS and denuncistions of his
political enemies - sr g-ra ssr a7r,
1t is curious fact that the day before
this resolution wasadopted, Mr. Schwartz,
an agent of the Pension Bureau, left
Bristol for Taylor5yille, the home of Dir.
Bntler, to arrest him on charge of for
gerry, upon which he is to be tried at
Washington. This charge originated
with Radicals, and is being pressed by
the officials of the Pension Bureau, who
assert their belief in its tfuthfulness. His
troubles have originated with members of
his own party, and the members
of the convention that adopted the reso-
luton we have quoted are not ignorant of
this fact. In his speech accepting the
nomination, Butler complained that he
was terribly prosecuted individual; that
'tno man had ever been prosecuted more
! than he had; and that ''the difficulty
was he could not furnish everybody who
had voted for him an Office" Butler is
more honest than the men who nominated
him, for he places his troubles just where
they belong. He declares that his Radi-
| cal prosecutors would 'fsell their party
for ten dollars in greenbacks. He GER
tainly knows the men who compose his
own party They are all after offices and
some of them will sell their party for ten
dollars. Is it any wonder that such a
party elects such man
Butler was very severe in his denuncia-
ton of ga small clique" of his party in
Greeneville, characterizing them SIS "vaga-
bonds" who had been writing letters to
Washington to effect his ruin. The
Greeneville National Union (Radical)
says:
fMr. Butler in his remarks accepting
| the nomination on yesterday, was evil
IDENTIFY in some sense excited and this
| may serve as an excuse for statements
which at another time he will no doubt be
willing to correct. The Republicans of
Greenevillc who believe that it would be
better for the party that some other man
| should be nominated are not confined
to four or five, but embrace, we be-
lieve, a majority of the town. All
these have been Mr.. Buffers steady
| supporters ever since the first time he
was candidate before the people. Mr..
| Butler is surely not a stranger to graft
tude, nor would he wish TO represent q
party which he can carry in his brooches
| pockets 1t is nothing less than the duty,
not only of the public journals but of
every public man, to inform the people
that when they vote for Mr.. Butter, they
support man who has been dishonored
by unanimous cenSure of the House of
Representatives. To admit less than this
would be acting in bad faith. The charge
| that certain citizens of Greeneville have
been prosecuting Mr.. Butler, and were
the cause of his arrest we have heard re-
peated by others besides Mr.. Butler, but
in default of proof we pronounce it with
out foundation.