Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-13
The n. v. Tribune OH Gen. Butter.

Gobblcr -
"Thc turkey gobbler is au instructive study.
He is an animal Of the most diverse qualities.
Magnificent as he is in his life, he is only use
full after his death He seems to DC made for
war, but he has chicken heart In appear
ancc, when he spreads his tail. rufiles his tcath-
crs, and iuhames his wattlcs: there is no ami |
NAL SO fierce his aspect is graudly martial ;
but at the first prick he collapses like q hlad
der IL shot will make him drop his tail and
sneak away with blanchcd visagc. lie is cruel
and overbcaring he has been known TO kill
bis young, and he attacks the Weak with rapa |
CITY; he delights to pursue timil women and
little children but he il IN aryaut coward, |
and instantly abates his swelling pomposity ut
the sight of stick in the hands Of resolutc
man-,lntil he is out Of the reach OF II. One
| of the most characteristic acts OF the gobbler IS
his peculiar strut up and down the platform,
swelling up and lifting his legs i'll u sort OF
Jerking cunsonancc with the pride within, When
he has attracted the attention OF spectators by
an uncommon gObbc. At such moments he is
simply magnificent He Is the most courage
GUS bird living, when there Is 10 danger. IT.
we could imagine him going to war, he would
lead regiment with the most striking posnpo-
sity and martial bearing. until he heard Il gun,
when he would instantly turn tail and seek his
camp, where his followers would find lnm Va
poring before his tent, rs large rs ever, daring
the enemy to come on. Physical courage Is
not prominent in the gobbler notwithstanding
| his warkc aspect FOR these reasons. and
because he is the most l,ldicrnus Of the feather
ed tribe, we are thankful that the country did
not adopt franklin suggestion ard make the
eobblc1 our national emblem. 1t would be
as ridiculous as it would IL have the face OF
General Benjamin Franklin Butler IN our
| cscutcheon and coin.
Thus introducing the gobblrr, the Tribune
proceeds to discuss him more particularly
| lie is ambitious to become Governor OF Mas
sachusetts. The people of that State have 4
right to take him ii they viii. He has. &C
cording to his own statement. all the qualities
of integrity, modesty, courage, truthiu!uc*s,
honor. IT. says the Tribune "Nlassachu,
sets therefore takes him at his word, they will
! have both swelling and Z martial leader who
displays all their virtues in his own person.
The critic proceeds to consider the claims OF
Butler lie aspires to be thought great rath-
er than good. Next he is "a martyr. Then
as a 'dcmagogue, he wants the nomination.
He isthc brOtherot the !aborcr; nc IS thc dry
bosom friend of the total abstinence man; he Is
more nearly a woman than the female sutFrag,
! lists themselves EIc is the friend of tho ne.
gro, for he says "1f / am not sustained in
more cabins by the prayers Of the co!orrd men
than any other commander in the army; will
never appear in public again. Yet the sad
dcst part of all this, says the Tribune, rs, the
people see General Butler behind all these pro-
fesslons.' Friendship to the colored main IS 4
good reply to all the charges OF the General
enemies. which point tho Tribune illustrates
thus:
Here yer nice roast chick II, cried IN
aged colored man, as the cars stopped II 4
Virginia railway station, Ashland. ''urrH $
yer roast chick n. II tatcrS, all nice and hot
holding his plate alolt and walking the plat
form ''Whcrc did you get that chicken n
Gle asks a passenger Uncle looks at the III
Here's yer nice roast chick'n gent N u: all
fhot needn't 90 in dc house for dat. ''Whclc
did you get That chick n 2 repeats the inquest
tive passenger. ''lIook-a-ycr, says Uncle:
speaking privately, is you from de- Norf?
Eyes" is you a friend Of dc cullud man?
II hope I am" Den don't you nebber aSk
me whar got dat chick;n. Here's yer nice
roast chick all hot
Finally, concludes the Tribune. if the people
of Massachusetts don't take limit will be their
fault; but" it suggests, cold weather is ap;
proaching, and if they do take him, they should
reflect how it will be possible to. enjoy real
thanksgiving and not kill off their turkey goh-
blers. ''-Rich. Dis.
CARPET BAGGERs' AND SETTLERS Inc
Philadephia Gazette and North American de-
votes an editorial to cuIogy Of ''carpct-sag.
| GERS tLeir WOrthncSS. their usefulness, aud
their disinteresteduess. 1t also dcnOuuces the
toIly and shortsightedness Of the Southern peo-
pie in not welcoming them with open arms ami
giving them all they desire The Gazette
knowing better chooses to cOntould carpet
baggers seuatters, needy political adventures
who have come South for office. with the
altogether different class OF Immigrants who
have come to settle. 1t represents tho hostile
t. To carpet-baggcrs is hostility TO ali lmull-
grants This is not true. Houest settlers are
welcomed with open arms The Gazette COM
pares the carpet baggers to the settlers OF our
Territories, and point, to the prosperous Com
monwealths thus built up as evidence or car
pctbag energy and usefulness. Set'led-that
word defines the difference between the two
classes The carpet-bag advcnturer does not
settle and 90 to work lfhe does not get office
or plunder of some sort ut his first hating place.
he hurries on to some other. The settler ac-
uuires land and works it, or establishes some
other business which he Industrious y follows
The people who settled the West went there to
live. The first thing they did was to buy land
and build houses. They became the producers
and taxpayers. This is not the character of
the carpet Dagger, and the Gazette knows it rs
we'll as we do, as we'll as Horace Greeley does
who has branded them as "theving carpet
baggers. Mr.. Greeley Describes them as
Fellows who crawlrd down South in the
tracks of our armies, generally a very safe dis
tancc in the rear. Some OF them
got elected senators, others representatives;
some sheri1s, some Judges, and 50 on. And
there they stand, right in the public eye; steal
ing and plundering MANY of them with both
arms around negroes, and their hands in their
vest pockets, seeking if they cannot pick
paltry dollar out of them. But these fellows,
many Of them long-taced and with eyes roi!eI.
up, arc greatly coEccrned tor the education %
the blacks and the salvation 81 their sonls.
Let us pray" they say But they spcll pray
with an G, and thus Spelled they obey the
| onostolic Injunction to 'prav without ,ra<inc.