Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-06-06
THE DUrCH GAP CANALER.

laDllty' Inc fhliadelphla Times in
alluding TO the matter says
"And now comes General BENJAMIN
+. Butler with the most exquisite au.
Illlts.s >>r...s~S
Morton did well, but Butler has dis.
tanced him out of sight, and drives
the envenomed shafts home TO Hayes
with a degree of impertinence and
pungeney that makes even bluff Ben
Wades letters seem like studied mon
a'nen,s 81 amia6ifty hhyf CLARITY. Bat
the redoubtable warrior.statesman
made one mistake and hit lust one
head too many, lie might have
whacked Hayes with safety, for ho
couldn't well answer indefinite gener.
alities sent fitting about him from
shoulder to shoulder of his friends I;
and he could pummel poor Garfield to
his hearts content, for the Ohio leader
dropped the toothsome morse of meat
from his mouth to grab shadow and
lost both but the bead of Wayne
MacVeagh happened to bcvisiblc when
Butler was out on his clubbing expedi-
tion, and he took the Louisiana Com.
missioner over the pate just us he did
other folk. 1t happened that Wayne
was looking about as much for Bena-
min as Benjamin was looking for
Wayne, and he comes backat the New
England master while he is ongagod
in the laudable enterprise of flogging
the whole school, and calls a decidedly
awkward halt on the anti.paciGcator.
MacVeagh gets the better of Butler
on two points so clearly as to greatly
deform the symmetry of Bulers bril-.
liant satire on civil service reform and
sectional pacifcation, In the first
place, Mac Veagh tells the truth and
leaves Butler rather more than infer.
entially falsifier; and in the next
place, he gets in cruel brain.olout on
Butler by the pertinent suggestion
that its yet possible TO do an honest
thingin politics, however slow men OF
the Butler school may bo in compre-
hending it. 1t was q terrible blow
and delivered below the belt, but as
Butler seldom hits anywhere else, the
country won't call foul on Macveagh.
Benjamin must try again
Mr., Macy oagh, one Of the parties
attacked by Butler, comes back at the
hero (2) in this way
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 80, 1877.
SiR' have just read your letter in the New
York Times. Your 'informant" happens To have
told you the exact opposite Of the truth in every
statement respecting ne.
Colonel Wharton did not aid me at New Or. Z
leans, bat was one Of the aihcreats Of the Pack ]
ard Government to the end. lie did not manage
or transact any kind OF business for me- lie ala /
not receive any promise from mo IN rcspeot 10
any office. | have not asked the President Ia
appoint him Marshal So much for that portion
Of your letter.
Where am known ! DO not need to deny thu
silly story about the use Of N opey or deelsro I, /
to be, as you we'll know It to be false, base and
eowardly ialsehood. Forthose who do not know
me perhaps | ought to add that apart from any
repugnance on my part to tho crime there were
Two Ptaetieh difficulties in the way Of committing
-" "s"el " my OWN 70 spare, hud ~ if U
only military oommandant Of New Orleans In
time Of war who can safely appropriate any con
siderable quantity Of the property Of others to
bis own use.
The TACT is that the enemies OF reconciliation
In Louisiana waste their time IN trying to dis
cover or invent some kind Of bargain with which
at once to account for is success and to dscredt
II. Strange as 1t may seem to seine Of them, DO
ntieal results are still atainable Ia this country
by straightforward and honest methods; and the
country viii judge the result we secured By its
fruits in comparison with the fruits Of the op.
posite policy comparing the four years to come
Of honest and lawful government, with the eight
years just ended Of hatred, intimidation, outrage,
corruption, anarchy and murder.
Therefore, fron the bitterness Of good men
misguided aud Of bad men disappointed, I ap.
peal to the generous judgment Of the American
people, and | await their decision upon the sub
ject OF our labors in Louisiana, not with misgiy-
ings or excuses, but with confidence and pride
Yours truly, WAiNE MAcVnAGn.
Gen. d. Y. Butler, Washington D. o.