The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-16
Io,,NY0yNG BROWN.
The Man who ..SaSscd" Butier-his
Future Fame.

Washington Special to the Chicago Times
John Young Brown came to Congress
this session with the deliberate Intention
Of insulting Benjamin Butler. When
sense of duty impels man to put an al
front upon another, the act Is stripped oil
ruftianism. Brown was vituperatlve De-
cause his training and conscience toId
him Butler was made to be lnsulted by
honest men. In this view it was just as
heroic to push back gentlemanly instincts
assume the inevitable censure and posi-
bic expulsion and deliberately back
guard the object. of his souls detestati0n,
AS it would have been to charge roar
inc battery, or be burnt ut the stake for
religions sake.
The fact that the young Hotspur had
carefully prepared his words and reduced
his invective to single well matured
sentence. proves his sincerity. There
could be no excuse for q member of Con-
grcss getting angry enough in the caloric
of debate to suddenly squirt out such
sentence But to prepare 1t cooIly in
advance, and then try for several days
for an opportunity to hurl i: at the vie,
Tins head, evinces the sense of moral
obligation which propelled it. John
Young Brown was just as creditaDIe IN
sacrificing his breeding in order to de-
liberatelv insult fellow member whom
he believed ought to be insulted, as John
Brown of Harpcr's Ferry was in laying
siege to the whole State of Virginia.
What man poes for that when he be-
licvcs to bc his duty is something for
which he should be punished II 1t I'M
violates law or dcccncyi but the mau
man for a that and Is entitled to the
praise sure to be bestowed on HIM whose
acts tally with his ideas.
Brown came from State where cOur-
ace. whether of voice or body, Is pass
port to position Kentucky can stand
brave idiot, but has no comfort for an
intellectual coward. Marry spunk to
ability. and kentucky can not lind
enough to give joined traits. Brown mas
notified his Bluegrass constituency m"nE
times in the past that he comes up l" the
measurement they demand, both IN H.
tcIlcct and pluck His GROWING act;
afronting with due premcdltatlon ana
elegant bilingsgate the person whom tue
South regards rs twin-brother to the
devil. sets him Il permanent idol IN their
shrine.
He must be cleared from fishing for
this exaltation. He banged Butler be-
cause he fancied it his duty to do so; not
from an insane yearning for notorlety.
But his fame is hcnccforth eternal IN
Kentucky. lie will. on his return home,
be given a 'distillcry and Il race horse;
Kenduckv can dono less for him.
If his conscience is now satisfied, and
forbears making him an everlasting
Southern Quixotc, to tilt forever at I'M
worthy wind-mills. there is little OF emf
ucncr for which John Young Brown
may no, hope. He Is still on the sunny
side of forty, yet has been held remarE@-
bile in State which grows remarkable
men as regularly rs it does gIorlons wo-
men. Tor nearly twenty years.
lie ran for Congress be-
fore he remembered that he was
not old enough to take his seat if elected.
He distanced his competitor, and was
then obliged 10 wait until the second srS-
sion of the term gave him the requisite
ripeness of years. Since then he mas
sauandcrcd precious time by tervld ad'
/ hcsion to II doomed and Sulky repnlnS
a, a lost cause. His abomination OF But
! lrri,u was So concentrated and cngroSS-
/ ipr that he would not come again to
/ Congress in 1868, though elected so to do
by prr.i,tcut admirers At last he com
promised with his conscience and took a
/ reelection to the present body, stlpuiat-
inc to his soul that he would repay the
iudirnitv of sitting with Butler by IN
sulting him. This otlcnSc against respect
,bility was not 50 gross after all. Brown
came to Congress to insult Butter. a
majority Of Congressman appear to cone
here as an insult 10 the entlre common
intelligence Of the country
Brown has youth, superior intelligence"
forkcd tongue. and prc-emincnt sense
Of honor in his favor. He is an excellent
LAWYER. an able dcbntcr, and his words
ring out with the rich penetration OF Il
silver clarion. If, having made peace
with his conscience by artsticaIly paint
ing Butler n "pusillanimous in war, IN
human in peace, forbidding in society,
and infamous in politics, he Is now
/ ready to wash his hands and 20 senslbly
/ to work. immediate glory and prosperity
await him. Kentucky has not had II
/ Henry CLAW or Tom Marshall for some
wears. 1t is about time. John Young
Brown i, in better trim to fill the bill
than any known scion of that State Of
superb women. celestial Bourbon, and
immortal race horses. But if he fools
away further time paying devour to the
memory Of the punctured Confederacy,
and in coming rhetorical insolence, the
Golden dav for him will presently have
/ slippcd forever. One good insult Is as
( much ns II clean and ambitious man can
atiort to waste oil Butler.