Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

The newspaper duel between Gen. Batter
and Mr.. Wayne MaeVeagh, of Philadelphia.
continues. Each side has had two shots and
each, though hit, survives to shoot some
more Gen. Butler, it will be remembered.
charged Mr.. MacVeagh with bribiug tic
members of tine Louisiana Legislature to
abandon Packard Mr. MaeVeagh replied
that Gen Butler lied, and intimated that he
stole, as military cOmmandant in New Or
leans Gen Butler waited a week or two
and then printed rambling rcjOinder full
of little personalities suggesting that NJ At
Veagh is too mean to spend any money Of
his own for bribery or anything else and
that he (Butler) may have the task of in
vestigating him in the next Congress. and
twitting him on his relations by marriage
with the Camerons. The following lara-
graph from Buffers letter Is fair sample
of of the whole:
Do understand you correctly that it is
the want of ability to DO it SAFELY" that
has prevented you from appropriating
considerable quantity of the property It
others TO your own use ?' However, shall
not affect to misunderstood the alnsi1n
which you thus make, but pardon it IN the
apparent loss Of your temper which makes
your writing at once unjust, illogical. aud
unperspicuous. If you believe what You are
brave enough only to insinuate-beetu>r.
although You were young and abie-bodiei, |
fail to recall the number of the regiment IN
which you served in the war for yuur
country's safety certainly you eouli MT,
as managing member of the State Rtpal-
lican Committee of Pennsylvania, have IT,
vited, with pressing letters, which
now have, one who had appropriutrd
wrongfully other peoples property IL come
to that STATE, TO speak on the same platform
wiki yourself, travelling together many mIlts
to attend meetings to instruct your lrure
on public affairs. Besides, my dear Mr.
MacNeagh, the insinuatiOn was unworthy Of
YOU. 1t is neither novel nor useful. and
therefore not patentable. \ half duz.u
dirty newspapers have been enabled IL pre-
serve themselves from bankruptcy kr the
last dozen years by printing the assertions
about me which you only insinua;e. Every
one has his own taste in choosing his way L.
acquire money. but if wIS Obliged to cho,-r
one of two ways, either tn "arproFrriir !;
As military commandment, or TO marry n';o
a family where | WIS neither wanted nnr by
which should be respected, TO get money
to spare. certainly should eho1~t The
former. strange As You may think it.
To this MacVeagh replies tina, Batter
shows signs of failing powers in seur,ility;
that he has told four sheer falSehOodS that
he habitually di>rcgardcS the eighth and
ninth commandments aud that he, Mac
Veagh. will deny no more of Butlcr's false
hoods because those who know him viii not
believe anything he says against anybody.
This last was Of course As good a I, aS I'll Tor
not beginning to notice Gen. Buffers slate
ments, as it Is Tor cca>ing II give them
further notice.
Whether Batter will stop here remains To re
seen and is of little consequence. The pr
7onderance of what little public sympathy
: wasted on the cOmbatants appears IL he
with MacNeagh, as tine attacked party, and
IS the opponeut Of Ben. Butler