New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-29
ow.RRNGToNs" REPLY TO BUTLER

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"WARRINGTON'S" REPLY To BUIhhh'
~, "A, Editor Of Tie Boston Jourual' >,
The personal collision, hand to manu-
which Gen. Butler SAYS he had with me some twens
Ave wears AGO" was lust this: think it was IN l0i4
Tbad rcportcd for The Loceu Courier (of when
tbe assistantcditor) very scaly and disrepu'. ,ho
Nv which Butler had got a criminal releaseu ,rneS
rrisopers dock in Concord Courthouse % ttipc
70 my post and was day sitting al III! rnort
whom Butler entered and asked who "ro'o tract
,,,d hluI wrote IL. lie asked me IL ~ rod made
replied that II ne WouT d correct t. That did nol 0on
tsut him and he again dcmanaeI w being seated
- Certainly not saidL WhereuPVbe bRought down
udek - md he standing beside me, nc t0cEed them
Gs 6hnd. and, strikng my psc6cnef. editor of The
non te So had been standing BY an % ipstce me-
tYrned Butler out Of the ONE ontreTv his eyoluons
was not and down the stairs into the street were
~,nrIoed with celebrity when ghNe . i d resn}orce
SION hst n ' mir The city laughed about the aceQ.
biCb .e gave OF the collision LNedS oUu sgrrnosed
was C i 1sed 10 point moral In relation 20 me
" NouI SeI5 Republicdu's hostility TO hm, DOUBT, IN
Ited ne cniiIsion" before. SO il could not have
niTibuted 10 the Generals unpopularity IN thaI once
,,ntStion Of being Butler man" Butler ana were
ced 70 the Legislature ten years after TINS
he sal .
dGl load FOR the party 10 carry. IL is only Tort
ybt since The Nep- York Nation twtted me with sup
12ting fuller when he elected 60 Congress; and
!jead N was on this very account that came near
5uarreng with my friend, Gen. Hawey, whose PAPER,
4IS Hartford COGnL partially had charge OF IN the
Fan Of 1868 told Hawey he ought TO let the hassa-
chusetts Republicans fight their own patties anu ii
sysinst Butlcr. He said he "a demagogue. Wen,
sTerybolv knew that" Gle was b. ckguard" .Of
generally could not deny H. But stu nsSLSu tp ~
Il Essex County wanted him II ought to be aowe1
take him, and, on the whole II he coua pG boUt
there much the better Tor us geheraiy us Sigbt
fle state ] am not fully satisfied that was TSu'ji
though my theory that few years IN of flfment
This is not the only time have suffered on Phiot
arCount You remember that one year we hshgu mn ~
preside at the Republican state Jss Secretary
guilty this more than others, Su t a. Meeting GOV
Andrew one day Tremont-st he aItef passing tno
time oday asked rather GIgy Wy tG r rnS ave
some excuse and added You know, Governor tnat we
invited you. but you declined Well sald ne, VIII
NJ CTlut. III | supposed you WOulu
have been fools enough 10 ask Butler would nave a9
-cpted." | respected bis honest, WeilgrOuhueu let-
cent opinion. and did not press mine upon MIN any
~ IN the legislature when an election for Major
General OF the militia took place, and the Conserya-
yes trying to defeat Butler for ms Radieasm by
running Gen. Bartlett did what could for the former,
and whatever nav be the opinion OF military authorities
u rrlson 10 Big Bethel and Fort Fisher. nobody can
lsny that said If one OF our former Governors
he did well Concord" know Of no man who carries
On gt where they fire only powder better than But
.er' 50 have never n greted the support gave MN
lr the Generalship. Aud he apparently very
grateful Tor it, and acknowledged the favor by neat
letter present-I hardly call ii handsome one
!. being merely his photograph. You will see my dear
{ litOr that Butter hardly make out connection
between the collision 80 years ago OF so and me Repno
IS we'll most Of his attempts at logical solution OF
The mystery which surrounds the opposition OF the press
=, bls nomination Indeed there is mystery In 1t TO
tls leverage" mind. Butler is simply political and
social nuisance, and that is all there is about him.
Yours with resDect WARRINGTON.
Mano,net House, SOuH Plymouth, Aug. Is, 1871.
Generals who has been lavish OF
q powder a. " ere Il by tie ship load"