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BsN. BpTLrR'S REPORT.

The proceedings in Congress yester'
dav look as though the Radical party
has concluded TO accept the responsioii
;tvIand stand between the Credit Mo
bilier culprits and the punishment due
TO their rs,caliry InBUTLER rePortcon
cernir the propriety o. impeachng the
Vic. President there is all OF the special
plesding and all Of the sharp dodges
behind technical rules that characterize
the criminal lawyer Buffers experience
in defending some OF the most notorious
criminals OF the age stood him IN good
stead in the preparation OF this report
and the legal obstacles 10 the punish
ment OF CoLFAx Which his ingenuity
has devised are deserving OF better fee
than it il at ali likely he has received
NEsgIrr aas is dead, and the exche-
u.r OF the Vice President suffers there
bv y loss which even the dividends on
III. Credit Muhilier stock have tailed to
make good. BUTLER's fee could not
hay, been very large one IN actual
ca.h. Int it is worth something TO him
10 uul the leaders of the party under
Obligations by stepping forth totshield
them from open AID palpable disgrace.
T.r powc, lrus acquired he will doubt
les turn to good account in the iutare'
etr4 c' the Credit MobiNer Congress
meu being added to the list Of his slaves.
In this mater, BUTLER has outwitted
hi old enemy and rival, Speaker
BLAINE. With an ingenuity quite
eJual To that OF "the Essex statesman,
the Speaker set the investigation on
tot. 1t "panned out well and bade
fair to completely auuih'late the rivals
OF the ambitious g-ntleman from Name
bat here comes BUTLER with his legal
quJubles and prevents The slaughter
that strict justice would have decreed.
The discussion that will doubtless ac-
conuanv The consideration OF the Po-
LAND report to-day will probably be
somewhat influenced by the BUTLER re.
port OF yesterday, aud II Is now eH-
lremey doubtful whether anybody
Will be either censured or expelled
TO- completely in the most enormous
swindIe than has ever yet been perpe
tr4ted upon the people OF the United
St,e-, rhe Cre!t Mohlier company
de raudei the people Oh! OF twenty-three
millions OF dollars, wrung from the
scauiv earnings OF the laborers and
distributed among members OF Con
yre-.. where it would do most good.
The mast prominent members OF the
Republican party, the chalrmen o. the
most important Committees, IN the
House " REPRESENTATIVES, "NAN
ally subs.d zed by presents OF this So
called stock, aud hoth the out going and
the IN coming Vice President took
shares IN the pluuder II seems, how"
ever. that the whole matter Is to be
smoo,hed over; a plentiful coat OF
whitewash is to be applied to hide these
b.emished regulations; and the legal
ingenuity and tact OF criminal lawyer
l. employed to show that there is no
punishment winch the Congress can IN"
ii t. Nearly ;wo years are yet 10 el"pHe
be ore the people will have an oppor>
tu rity OF pass4ins upon the guilt or IN
nocence OF the accused, and this stay OF
proceedings is therefore equivalent TO
present acquittal But the shame OF
the thing will not Np forgotten, and the
people will yet intlic, the punishment
t9e brbed Congress is endeavorlng TO
avoid.