The New York herald., 1876-10-26
BUTLER BELLIGERENT.
The Essex Statesman's Reply
to Judge Hoar.
A Personal AND POLITICAL ATTACK
The Record Of the Judge as an Office
holder and a Politician.
posrox. oct. Is. 1874


hts Official and political biography, with reply to
the Judges imputations upon the General" The
first hall OF tho letter - occupied With reply
to the following passage in Judge Hoars letter OF
ceptance OF the nomination ot The Seventh Congress
sonai distrct:--.i have never held pubic once by
my own desire, and certainly wish Tor now''
General Butler gives IN detail the history OF the per-
sona efforts by Judge Hoar certain offices ami
has the following reference 70 tho Judges temper-
II bound by candor to say that never heard any
upon your cond ucs Judge. that the
iulrmny your temper. the peculiarly OF you mind
and the state OF your stomach were unfortunate
that II said OF you by . very distinguished mem
bcr Of the Bar tina, were in continual condition
Of III manners tho bench, both your associ.
ates, members OF the Ear and the
suitors before the Court, because you could
not crafty the bitterness Of your heart by
giving judgment against both parties III every case
au, afraid yoc do not quite understand your
nature You Will pardon me, therefore, if hold the
UP before you tor little while and lei you
Yourself aa othsrs you. aad thereby you
how hiIlo you have realized the grand old Greek
spothcgm. .kpow thyscn'" Hs then sketches the
efforts Of the latter tho Chief Juslceshp Of
lhc supreme Court OF Massach usetts as foows:-
indeed with ali these ,nnrmitics am Tree to say
that you made avery passable Judge 70 try small
wherein thsro were no circumstances TO
the Ebenezer Of your nature. attn mpelcd this
observation TO demonstrate that have mo personal
hoslihty' toward Judge Hoar, which might bc sls-
pected The sevcry OF tho facts reluctantly mar
rate
Upon the retirement OF Chief Justice Rigelow were
you applicant Tor tue Chief Justiceshp that
you not SO enraged that Judge Thomas
was nominate for that position by Governor Bullock
that your resignation Of your seat be Bench
into The hands OF your councillor, MIR Talbot DO
presented 10 The Council 10 case Judge Thomas should
be contrmed 10 show that should council confirm
Thomas. the STATE would loss Judge Hoar from Inc
Reuch--an argument, however, whicn was very dan.
gcrous AM informed as both your associates Of
the Bench your brethren at the Bar ANXIOUS
TO be relieved from the burdsp Of bearing your III
temper ana manners judge. that TO get rid
oi you and get Thomas both al once came worry
overcoming the political preludces Of the councii
against confirming him. and guess would have done
It il had been At tue tme In fu!i practice before the
Supreme Court
Did not your friends, acting with yous knowledge.
bring every influence TO the couucil 10
that confirmation, IN which they succeeded? Did
your friends approach by telegraph ana otherwise The
humble writer VI this letter TO advise ono
of his personal friends. who member OF
the councll, 20 vote against Judge Thomas. and did
not advise S-noi because doubted his ability
rs lawyer. uprightncss as Judge Integrity
OF life, but because icit that ho was not quite sound
constisu,ionay Of the Legal Tender of
gued IN he case Of Parker aud DAVIS, winch WAS
Of counsel Aud did not my fricnd, yielding such
advice ho received from others more capable, as
well my self, vote against Judge Thomas I'd your
iavor, giving the d.term ning majority OF that
questi3ny We're you not urged by your friends, with
your knowiedge and connivance, upon Governor Bul
lock, tor the place OF Chei JusticcY Now, my dear
Judge, u man accustomed Tor many years 10 weigh
evidence, does not all this imply on your part some
slight desire for public Officer You that any
for office, however slight, will convict you OF not
And waen fortified by the representations OF some
OF your associates upon the Bench, that
qualified the place OF Chief Justice, because the
hrmities Of heart and body II which have spoken
make you Liable to take unjust prejudices against
parry or the Other in cases where undoub you
inlnk yourself unbiased, did no, Governor Bullock
pcremptory refuse 10 appo nj you and appoint the
ise ianented Chief Justice Chapnans AS soon as YOU
tost mo liafJ 9ficpHl n INT ouuh
recommendation oil your Representative In Congress.
Governor Boutwell,, nominated as Attorney General,
another and more lucrative office upon the nrst forma
lion OF the Cabiuet OF President Granty
CIVIL SERVICE RsPoRN.
Your next objection tnat "a sco0er Of civil
service reform" No, Judge. You mistake; an only
u sconcr a hypocrisy. II l understand clvl service
reform means members OF Congress shall not inter
with the executive departments In tho selection Of
their subordinaes. by which those departments
be carried on. Am right in that as purt OF the
scheme civil service reformy Very we'll; let
fact Judge which illustrates tho difference be-
tween preaching and practice.
When The Secretary OF the Treasury directed tho
cutting down OF the expenses OF the Boston Custom
House s4o,0O by the dismissal, among other
things officers, never interfercd adv
in the selection Of officers that be dis
missed, nor did ask have any friend supporter
of nine retained 4 assumed that tho Collector would
know what was Tor the bsueut tho publc service IN
that regard and did not know. Now, Judge, let mo
ask you two three questions
or that reduction did the Collector
relieve from duty two officers from the Seventh dis
trct, ap, on.ed with your recommendation its rep
necessary reduction OF MS force:
Was lie not called to Washington thercupon by Sec
rciary Bristow, aud did he meet you, then mem
ber OF Congress- before the SecrctaryY Did you not
then insist TO the Secretary that the Collector should
restore those men, and argue at icngtn that men
should be retained in Office, although the Collector had
certified the Secretary that their services
longer needed nor the services Of anybody else IN
their places Did the Collector IN your presence
state 10 you that these mons services were not
CURED and did you not still insist that they should bc
kept because they were your appointecss
Wnen r the course OF your speech 10 The Secretary
you referred 10 district did not tho Collector call
your attention 10 the fact that had interfercd
with his action In behalf OF any OF the Custom House
employees my district but had left HIM do accord
ing to dictates oil MS judgment and .nat your
self and bi other who think, was present were tho
only Two menbe OF Congress who had ever inter
tered with him as to winch "f his subordinatss he
should discharges Yielding 10 your importunit,ss
pressed wth great vehemencc d,d not tue Secretary
nuay order tnsso men-good men, doubt not, bct
obey that order. ana not two men thus fast
sned upon The Treasury by you, member of Congress-
that were not needed In opposition 10 tho judgment
Of the officer charged win the carrying OF that
branch of the public scrvicey
That, Judge, is the kind OF civil service reform
scon at; aud nothing but my personal respect for you
anu the entire absence OF personal hostility" toward
on your part prevents my sconing ~ tho reformer
Now Judge, how. alter thai. could you go TO Cin-
clnnai and vote Tor civil service reform you
that regard as well as In regard to tho canddaturs
OF Mr. Blame one thing 10 Massachusetts, and another
Cincnnatiy "Ihou hypocfItc, tho beam
out Of thine own eye, and then thou shalt clearly
10 cast out the mote out Ct Thy brother's eye"
Tue difference between u.s. Judge Is this as under
stand I'LL DO fgl as well as preach you preach .
great deal better Than you do.
TnE SCANDAL
In the matter OF contracts" have never had
maze any contract with the government nor have had
any interest IA any except member VI company
which has done work tor the government, precisely
the same as any otner lndiviiaAl IN ths community.
'Coniracts' IN relation to government matters do |
hear you say Judgey Well, | will tell you vhat I
think would be contract about government Affairs
which would be disgrnccfu tor me enter INTO and
think you Will agree vita II should be employed
by the government or anybody else, 10 give legal
opn on upon and manage Law case, and. after had
done 80 aud become oonscrsanI with all the points
that side, should take employment on the other sdo
ana receive large Ices Tor specially be-
cause OF my Sno~iedge OF the case. got wnen was
the LAWYER Tor the arst party should say had dis
graced myself, my profession and my State; snd am
certain u had done you would have mentioned u
for Congress.
Well then. judge tcorvect me AZ \ vet ths facts