Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-12
y LETTER.
T.B. MUST MIND HIS P's AND e's.


General Butler, who gives il TO the pgb.Ic lest
some one might suppose that he woali be
swerved in his execution of public duty by
threats OF ISLANDERS, which, il true, can be iDEes
tiC2tet. BY whom and for whom this paper
was written must, for the present, be left TO its
own internal evidence:
The ADMIRAL has heard that letter is said 70
be in hands, hostile to him, purpOrtlng TO have
been written by him to Admiral Farragut, AS
"a iirg General Grant.
RON circumstances and hints gwen him
within the last two weeks he believes u. holds
or controls this letter. he states il 10 be utterly
false, and SAYS that II any attempt is made To
Use suCh letter the following will result
l. He will prove the letter a forgery. and will
trace IL TO the parties concerned and will punish
70 the fullest extent.
. Ii such letter is produced ana So proven
u will greatly ipiUTe Mrs. F.; will not injure,
but benefit the Admiral.
5. lie can prove that he never wrote in his
own hand to +.
i Believing from BIS speech that he holds
or instigates this letter, he will publish in full
his correspondence with b. at New Orleans
5. That he will make public all B's trans
show how he not only gave passes 20 rebels 10
take in clothing, harness aud provisions to
rebeldon, tthe proofs being all in his posses
sion but viii prove also that he was drunk
nearly all the time he was below Fort Jackson
and Fort Philip, and was drunk the dag thew
surrendered 10 the navy. He will prove that h.
tr1cd 10 eDtlce HIM into arrange nent by
which - 600 bales or cotton in North Carolina
should he placed in BIS hands and employed
PERSON with commission to make disreputabe
oveIiureS.
He will state TO the country that he knows Il
has been, and il, intriguing against q an. Grant
with the deliberate purpose OF defeating his
nomination.
Hewiu publish his private journal in which
are recorded facts and circumstances extremely
injurious TO B., and which Il. does not wish 10
be known. Ii is believed b. would have no
difficulty in getting any letter produced IN Pc
APPARENT handwriting. as he has many old let
tiers from him, probably, now in his possession.
=. has many OF the strongest and ableSt papers
in the United States now ready To take up his
cause TO attack and expose all parties arrayed
against him.
He is president of the Mississippi association,
having about SEQ members. The leading ones
believing that u. is hostile TO r., have proposed
TO open on B., not only in the West, a. they
have on Logan, but throughout the country.
They have thus lar abstained solely at the re-
quest OF p, who, so tar from being hostile to B.,
has admired HE political talents and the adroit
ard bold manner in which he acts In the House.
The entire Western press will act with the
Mississippi association in defending Z. aud in
attacking his sdversaries.
In relation TO the so- called last words of Far
rsgut about the gridron tag, l.. has letters
from Commodore Pennock that all said by B.
on that subiect IS a falsehood. That all the Of
fceTs at the Portsmouth yard, as well a Farra-
CUTS son, concur in and viii prove that state
ment false. Their letters and statements have
been voluntarily sent to p, as he did not intend
10 notice the remarks or Il. in the house, al
though urged 10 from the West and East. p
will publish letters written after the capture OF
he forts below New Orleans, which will nut him
night before the people; and will also publish
the history OF the transfer OF the vessels ~
tured at the ports, appraised and transfer ed 70
the government, and sold hy Il. To his brother
with whom he acted in partnership, making
,Hge fortunes, and OF his using the coal cap
tuTed by the navy.
AsP.h has thus lar been friendly with b.. and
holds facts and documentary evidences Alch
VIII DESTROY him il used hy himself aud friends
Ior that purpose, IL IL evident that the greater
advantage lays with Il. II he sustairs p. at this
time. thus binding him by friendly acts instead
OF awakening uHdyiDg hostility by using false
paper which +. has the ability TO show /. forged
while even If it were "a genuine letter il could
not be proven so. The only one who could, il Il
were true, so show it, would be Fsrrsgut. lie
Is dead, and if living wOuld instantly deny its
authenticity. Any attempt, therefore, of y. 70
injUre, either by himself or aid OF any of his
triends, since l.. : suspicious have been awa!I
ened and his watch been kept for weeks on Il 3
movements, would result in far more OF injury
TO Il. than by any possibility ~ z.
AS the friends of =. have traced directly 10
b, for weeks past, certain ad.Oit movements
of b., there is no difficulty in fully exposing
the whole proceeding and object a. against
General Grant, and this with the fact that the
erslre republican, and large portion of the
INDEPENDENT, party of Pennsylvania will stand
by and back up Z. TO any extent. This will
lose Pennsylvania to the republican party COM
pietely and entirely. and the split which the
Mississippi association will create in the West
will SO demOralize the republicans there that
the party cannot fail iii being utterly broken
up. IL is clear that BIS interest in co opera
ting with p, and Ills clear political foresight,
should prompt him At once to come to . clear
understanding with T.. He can gain more by
this than by any other course, and il be desires
the Presidency, il is his first stepping stone to-
wards il. If the intended publication of the
forged letter is Tor the purpose OF iDiurinZ q.
over P.'s back, IL will utterly fail, rs +. has the
evidence not only 10 reiIte il, but 10 completely
explode all TIE plans Of b. in this movement.