New-York tribune., 1874-11-24
GRANT AND BUTLEWS PARTNERSHIP.
THEIR HATRED AND CONTEMPT FOR EACH OTHER
THEIR ALLIANCE TO GET WHAT EACH WANTED
GRANTS SERVICE IN MAssACHUsETTS-DUTLER S

THEIR HATRED AND CONTEMPT FOR EACH OTHER
THEIR ALLIANCE TO GET WHAT EACH WANTED
GRANTS SERVICE IN Observation-Disclosures 5
SERVICE IN CONGRESS-.
To the EditOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: No one has pointed the moral of the
defeat of Gen. Butler, which most OF all needs to be u
derstooi The downfall of the Essex statesman" is
the sharpest rebuke of insincerity in politics. Butler
has long been kept power by who despised and
hated him bat he has himself t0adied to an Admins
traton which he both despsc1 and hated 1t is no secret
to many that Butler spoke most contemptuOusly OF
Grant during the years after the war when the latter
was hObnobbing with Andrew Johnson, and apparently
courtlng the Democratic nomination for the Presidency.
Grart had an eq la contempt for Butler and he DIS
closed it in his well-rcmembered parase about
the bottled up" General. When 1t was seen
that Grant the inevitable Republican can
didate IN 1853, many who knew the feeling eX-
isting between Grant and Butler doubted whether
the latter would support the party nomination 1t was
hardly deemed possible that these two men, each hating
and fearing the other, would become the closest OF
friends Yet such the fact Each could give what
the other wanted and each engaged In the degrading
traffic Senator Sumner, always first in the confidence
of his party, deposed from official influence an
enemy of Administration The country did NJ un-
derstand what this meant. But when last Spring we
saw the entire Republican delegation from Massdchu-
setts snubbed make for prOtege OF Buffers in
the CustOmhOuse, the country could no longer
d0ubt That Grant, secretly hating Butler
ever had yet put the whole patronage or the Admins
traton in his keeping. This Is what Butler got US his
share in this TRANSACTION
Buffers boast TO his hcnchmen is that he always does
well by his friends He has given Graut 100000 increase
of salary Surely Grant has found such seIV!ctaOle
tool as Batter handy TO have the House or Repre-
seutayes And vet his most seryceabe use remains TO
be Told Butler the scdptSOat or tho party, Dear
iug away the the leaders. from Grant down to
williams. and leaving them apparently as gOod as new
Most OF about the Salary Grab have fallen on
Butler while Grant continues IN calm enjoyment OF his
ncrea cd perquistes and nobody says "A word. Alas
for the party for Grant! Tue poor scaesOa broke
down before could get fairly started Tor the Wilderness
and the pretty much where they were before
No need to pity him now. He made his bargain
deliberately, aud he has mad his pay 10 the fu CnOos
ing the pleasures of sin, he must know that they
only for "a season. and he cannot complain II tney
followed Oy tOrnents. Others snned ignoranty; but
his Keen intellect never deceived by Grant Know
ing the cOrruptOus OF the Administration none knew
power it could must at the last load him
never-ending infany. He has Dyed the he must
learn to endure other. For who have supported
Grant,sm during the past two years 1t will b. i'm
mense credit to any who prove himself fO0.
Many OF them Gen. Butler is precuded from that
Grant himself cannot escape. He will try to throw
Butler Of Le would have liked 10 DO years
Will be too late. The most stryiCeaDe ally that any
President had carries his chief with bm In his
destruction. The most dsreputabe partnership in
modern politics Is ended but the surviving partner
will have two longer to realize the assets
close up tne business OF the concern W. f.
RoeHestcr, ". J., Nov. 15 1874