, 1874-06-26


An long as ho could keep the field, Ills hdher-
outs performed their parts with a1aority. Wnen
la expected them to como forward and supply
h!B place. they woro unequal to tho responei-
bility. He had taught them to depend
upon his personal resonrces; had edu-
Gated mono Of them to Rpponr In his
stoad; and expected, with strong mans
hoalth, to survive Ill hts onornins. THO contract
waB too largo aud too long. Ills interchangeable
industry WAS no match for tho rising public
opinion which has boon alow1y encompassinB
him. Ills frequent encounters with opponents
Of all sorts taught exportness to them thore
has boen all tho while lilo worm Of wounded
ncnsibity growing at bis hoart,-a wear and
tuar Of foolings as Of fibre aud Its last speech
WAS delivered out Of d mental agony hardly less
moving becauso 1t betrayed, alAo, Bolf acouaa-
tion and guilt. 11e who, atil lighting. Gays lis
own obituary, and reaches past tho gravo to Btay
tho departing Of lis fatne, has already fallen i'll
to the sore mud yellow loaf, and must not loOk to
layo honor, love, obodlonco, or troops OF
friends.
HIs ANTAaoN1Hars.
It npponre that llibtoly will 10 infnftoly lesB
concnrrcd will, DutIor tlan his own times. Oc-
caaion and faculty have 1nado him whnt ho is
Neither built deep nur fnst, broad nor liigli, he
has been selni.detnched character, both in
politics anl war. pooking to rise by akllful ind-
frequently Buccessful part OF d leader without q
party. No man can do this aud rule un1eaB he
be . dcspot. Familiar examples Of this
kind Of adyonturcr are Aaron l}arr, Santa
neiti,or. Ho was wholly deficient il tho con-
Btructiye parts OF public work; llo had no notion
to eivo i rtt tbat sense 'N of y uoct,rity % Which Is is
all tint governments are instituted for
l,ls constituency was floating; blu atandard was
GrunMfie hin Htv1n WnH HntInt1t. FTG HnRmA1 n
hold TINT to scutd would hold ont forever.
poasessing fnlse idea Of the people, ho thought
to appoaBo them by exhibitions Of cruelty
hanging 1nan lloro, ts.nshing woman yondor,
The following, IN order, have boom hts objoota
OF assault:
i. Tho oloction OF Summer. 1862. 2 Tho olec-
tion Of DougIas, 1860. 8. Tho stability Of tho
olenate powor Of tho Executive, 1868. 8, The
co-ordinato power OF the sonato, 1869. 6. Tho
nutonnl Beculitios and currency. 1BG9-73. 7.
Tho gcntility md gentry Of bib Commonwealth
1S72~'79 8. Tho press. 0. Tho merchants. 10.
Hs own colleagues III Congress.
There is nothing loft for Butler to assail but
hiu1seIf; for, III hiH domestic aud parental rola
tion llo is Kind and Rffcctonato. lie is rich, be-
Hidos. Possessed Of those two havens, home
anu Independence, lie Is in position to do tho
Lis Atnlijpoint tho history Of his times.
THE Illusion or suck d man, worn out by
handling, liko tho te-furnlturo Of stage,
cannot bo restored. 1t will take him tho life
tinlo Of q comet to rot.lrn md htana IN tho
huayeuG as l,o did.
HIS sEyEN YEAns IN CONGRESS.
Tho now life Of Con. Butler began In tho
Fortioth Congress-. March 4, 1867. All that he
had uouc Ill prior to tnt ttmo wont not to Lis ac-
count. flo Ind boon prompt soldier, and tue
memory of hiR iiorco represaory work on mobs
al Baltimore, Now 0r1eans, and New York sup
planted i'll tho popular mind hia failure at Fort
Fisher, and tho c0utcmptlouB notice Of lis Dor-
muda. Hundred campaign in Gen. Grants final
But Butler cntorod upon hts new life in no
chastuncl spirit. It was known that ho had
come to CongroBH III q why akin to carpet-bag-
gery,-pitchny ls tent In another district to got
timely residence there; and. while this species
Of carpet-baggeEy seemed very brilliant to the
grouna1ingH It dono'cd the unsorapulous course
OF Ills subsequent career and. besides, melted
him to like smart trickery in Congress. Ho had
all the rivaIries Of tho War to avengo in tho
Public Public pa5!iament,s aud Ills seyoritsy ~. with Il,
polite. Lie had tho Lessons Of the War, az we'll,
to recito IN the WAY Of picking up money be-
times. These two dispoaltionh-rot aild
rapine-hIvo defined hiB Legislative career for
aoven yeais. 10 torrorizo and to amaas money
have beon the tSo arms Of his body. Irish COM
bativcness mud Yankee wayb nnd means made
up our departed friond. For tho rest, ho was
without a principle. =. Ho bad always boon a
Democrat beforo tho War; hut in soyou years
no haH not assertud Que Democratic principle.
| unless Capitalization, liberalization, aeraria1i.
ism, and contempt OF al chccka mud balances,
DO such. He appears to have adhered to sin;
cero di.1iko of tho Puritan character and
rabblo against it, but he also won't to tho OF
tre1nity Of concession to tho fold negroes; ant
wherever bis unbiased Bagacity would have
directed linn right, somo repn'sion from tho true
eide drove him oyor into error. Thus thoro II
nothing ntoilig.blo in his careor: It iB rowing
| episode, like tho story Of Admiral C0chrano. II
| his unscrnpuiouynoss Ind bsen Of any compen
nntion to the State, nc might remomber. tho act
III that Congress sat with lin. as colleagues
tho preAont Senator, William D. Washburn..-re
aud tho eingrateful Boutwell,, WHO had the ait II
| u1e hts shoulders to climb into tho Senate win
dow. There was Dawes. too useful to DO dis
pcnsablo; Onkes Amos, whose mcnaory Dutle
| left mora doubtful by uefont!ny; Banks, til
swintl!cd remandor of r. for1nor llowery growth
Hooper, Twichell, Baldwin Of Worcester, an
tue doal Eliot.
THE nEtRnsson ron COIN.
Gen. Butler ut onco put him4elr in the from
rank Of opposition to the President, aud Q
severity toward lilo ton rpbelous Stntos. Ii
proposed to govern tho latter by Constitutions
Conventions which should nominate civil otti
cesa to tho military commanders Of each dir
trict, without conterring with the latter, .
|
TINT only Is votes wete case for 1t out of 1885,
At tho opening OF tho ballots for President /
Joint Ounvuuti0n Of Congress, Feb. 10, 18Gs
butler objected to recolying tho vote Of Gcorgl'
and raised tho most d'sgracefnl hnllabaloo oyt
witnessed OH such all occasion. yet carrying III
HouBe With him, lIo reported the MISSISSIPPI
aud Texas bills. by tho first OF which hs son-i'
law hocamo United HtatfB Senator strAlyht fto1
tho Federal army, tho groApoat abueo Gen. Bu
ler haa yot found In any West Pointer.
In ahots, Dut!or was tlio champion Of the CO.
| qulstadoroB of every Bouttcrn btato and ht
iept them down In Washington US he ruled No
Orleans. always with stern, ropronsory, and "
not cloau lianda. Tho mailed glove llo wore ",
naied with gold. Tic Southern element his bill
returned to tllo House aud tho Senate aupportt
hia ovory measure, ut rapnolry, AMI mado the rnw'
Of corruption overwhelming. Many men, pool
rious Of fame, wUra advooates OF these Recot
atruetlon measures, and proiltud hythe yore tl.t
brought to tho party; bit Mr. Datlor haH oke
J sAn .nost out Of tint policy: It a.lhcrad h,y III
to tho lust. 1t il III sympathy with him still. IL
tween nutlor and Grant the nogro IL Atandn
like Webster between John Tyler anu Fanetl
Ilall, suylug, "Whofe Bliall go!'
ItIH T0pNf,ST HTEF.