The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-04
VOLUME I-NO. 167.
TREED.


peculiarly hard and the evidences of fraut
md corruption, which are piling up agains
him are SO conclusive that, unless majority
Of the people of Massachu etts are equally
corrupt, he will be thrown overheard and
never permitted to pol.ute the halls Of Con
gress with his presence again.
The feather that will be apt to break the
back Of this human camel is the bold and saw
age onslaught made upon him by his qucndal
friend and portege, S. J. Simmons, whose ap
pointment as Collector Ct he lo,. Of Boston,
by Grant, at the request OF Butler, and in de-
fiaEce of q violent opposition on the part o.
influential Senators and administration men
created SO great turmoil during the last SEES
sion Of Congress.
Simmons has been regarded as the ater ego
of Butler-the one man who, more than any
other, he relied upon to work the wires fol-
him in the approaching campaign, and there
must have been some violent and very extra
ordinary rupture between these two men,
whose interests had hitherto been SO closely
allied and who had worked 50 well ia harness
| together.
Benjamin will find it an extremely difficult
matter, old as he is, cunning as he is and fer
tile in resources, to meet the charges made
with such terrible earnestness by his young,
impetuous, but evidently courageous and re-
pentant foe.
The confessions Of Simmons, forcibly as
they recoil upon himself, are absolutely
whitening as regards Butler, and no one will
question for o moment the truth of all the
damaging allegations for they carry with
us that he has "done that for the Butler
party, which, at this moment. brings the blush
of shame to my (his) face" that he has used
the power he possessed as United States
officer to intimldate men in the liquor bust
ness into working and voting for B. F. Butler;
that he has frequently packed caucusses in
the interest of Butler, and has received money
from United States Marshal Usher and other
Butler men for that purpose.
All this is simply awful; and what makes it
worse for Butler, is the fact that Simmons
proposes to meet any man anywhere and fight
him in any way, woo takes any serious excep-
tiOns to this remarkable statement. He does
not intend to be put down as insane or as
blackmailer, or in fact to be rubbed out at all,
but to throw himself jim MIR. Buffers pathway,
an effectual bar to his further advancement
Now has Butler urgent need for all his
money, all his wit, and all the assistance of
his friends can give him.
If Moulton, the mutual friend, be a friend
indeed, now is the time, or never, for him to
repay Ben for the advice and assistance rem
dered by him during the Beecher scandal
What with his fearful war record, his Credit
Aobilier entanglements, his back pay grab
bling. his Kellogg black mailing and the
Simmons charges, the soul of Benjamin must
be perturbed indeed.
We are curious to know if a Simmons can
not be scared up among us. Is there no one
among the Louisiana pack of ofice-holders
wAo will blow on Kellogg, or Morton, or
Packard. or somebody in authority?
Suppose, for instance, Collector Casey re-
penis a la Simmons, and gives us the secret
history of the usurpation telling US all about
The illegal and outrageous things that have
been done to maintain Kellogg in his position;
all about the mony. if any, that has been con-
!ributed by S. B. Packard to pack caucuses
md for other purposes, such as keeping the
revenue cutter Wilderness on duty as a State
asylum for refugee legislators, etc. Sofne one
If these men in office here has a chance to J
render himself famous or infamous, or both c
Who is to be the man? ,