The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28

ment would correct II. That did not content hin
and ne again demanded to know II would retrad
at my desk and he standing beside me, nj
Drought down MS hand aud. striking nv speciaclea
k knocHed them upon tho door. wncreupon CoIone
Schouer, editor or the Courier VINO had zen stand
ing by an amazed listener. turned Butler out OF tht
once 70 do nam justice, he was not reluctant I'd
go; on me contrary his evnlutions toward the door
ana down the stairs into the street were performed
with CELEBRITY which gave rise TO the impression
that he feared the Colonels boot would Reinforced
the order to quit. The city laughed ahout the ang
count which we gave Of the collision Eyerybodyi
SAD II was characteristic OF Butler, and | nevers
supposed 1t would he used to point moral In rea
70 the Springfield Repubtcdn's hostility to him. u
doubt indeed. whether any one connected with that
paper ever heard Oi the "coslon' before SO iti
could not have contributed to the G eneraps un.
popularity IN IN at office.
AS for me- why, | have suffered for years under
the reputation OF being "a Butler nan." Butler and
were elected "a Tie Legislature ten years alter tins
occurrence on the same ticket; remember 1t well,
!or ne was dreadful load for the party to carry.
IL Is only fortnight since the New York Nation
twiI,ed me with supporting Butler when he was
elected to Congress; and, indeed, 1t was on this
very account that came near auarrellnp with nv
friend General Hawley, whose paper, the Hartford
C1,ndnt, | partially had charge of In the fall Of
1868. told Hawley he ought 10 let the Massachu-
sets republicans fight their own battles aud Ihan-
age their own a EI: No, he insisted on pro-
gogue. swell everybody knew tliat.n "He was
a blackguard." ''0f course he was" He was q
scamp and q dsOrQaulzer generally. ] could not
deny It. But still insisted that II Essex county
wanted him &c ought be allowed. to take him. and
III
the better for us generally throlanout the Ssstet
! am not fully satisfied That was right, though my
theory That few years in Congress w0uld slokon
everybody OF him Is now In process OF iulflment
This Is not the only time have suffered on But
ler's account. You remember that one year we
asked him 10 preside at the Republican State Con-
vention. was not guilty in thus more than Others
but as l was Secretary OF the committee was
blamed for it. MeeEing Governor Andrew one day
on fremont street, ne. alter 'pass:ng Che tune
oday." asked rather grully why the committee had
invited THAT sooundiel Buuer' TO preside. Igav0
that we invited YOU but y0n declined.r Well. said
ne, with an emphatic sort OF gruut, ''r had sup
posed you would have been fools enough to ask
Butler l would have accepted" l respected his
honest welgrounded. Intelligent opinion and did
not press mine upon HIM any further.
So, in the Legislature when an election for Major
General OF the militia took place. and the "conSer-
vatves' were trying 10 defeat Butler for his radfs
calism by running General Bartlett, l did what
could for the former, and, whatever may Do tna
opinion OF military authorities In relation to Big
Bethel and Fort Fisher nobody can deny that a.
wei at COncord.'' | know OF no man VINO carries
on fight where they fire only powder better than
Butler.* so ] have never re gretled the support
gave him for the MAJOR Generaship. And he wa3
apparently very grateful for II, and acknowledged
the Iavor by neat letter and present | can
hardly call 1t a handsome one IL beng merely hi3
photograph. You VIII see, my dear editor, thaq
Butter hardly make out connection between
the collision" thirty years ago so and the Re-
Dubiicoi'S hospitality to him. He succeeds. howe
ever. quite as well as in most OF his attempts at a
l0gica solution OF the mystery which surrounds tha
opposition OF the pre- 8 TO his nomination. Indeed,
there Is no mystery in 1t TO the 'average'' mlnd4
Butter Is simply political and social nuisance, and
that Is all there Is about him. Yours wign respects
WARRINGTON.
MANoMEr House. SOUTH PLYMOUTH, August rs,
1871.
sNopEe the oalv Of our generals who has beer,
SO lavish OF his powder as to IRE 1t by the "ship load"