The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-07

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POM ,.s uI w. confess I had.no evidence then
.,,a have none now that you paid any mo
nav r. theae, deluded men alter 1t had been
,,ro,nised, them. 4. desires in the most so
tnr,n manner to acquit you OF ever having
taid away any money. know, as you say
+, 'vorr letter, that you had "none 70
snare. . and believed II you had you would
rot stspare it.y'b trust and hope the event
which you hope will give you command OF
a large sum OF money ID in the fur distance.
Il agree most fully that where you are
known you T" do not need to deny any SHY
storyn5 about the use Of money In paying
ANYTHING; md IL /. had ever asserted tnas
YOU did use your own money for any goou
Or even political purpose | should nave
been guilty. as you In your own ctaste Fan
p,iare say. Of q base and cowafdiy Iaise-
hood" Therefore / repeat again never
have known or heard OF your paying any
thing to anybody, and, as present ADVISED,
without more evidence than have now
never will assert such thing posslole.
You need not make me excuses, as you
do. for "not having money OF your own 70
spare.''. have known many men Withone
money, but I never knew one Witnout "a, anl
excuse for not having it. ..,.
AS you state your excuse, ]" II Is only
military communicate Of New Orleans 10
time of war who can safely appropriate any
considerable quantity Of the property OF
others to his own USE" -
Do + understand you correctly that 1t IS
the want Of ability to do It "Safety, tnat
has prevented you from appropriatlns a
considerable quantity Of the property OF
others to your own use ,.,..,.F. -
However, shall not affect to miSundcr-
stand the alirlsion which you thus make, put
pardon it to the apparent loss of your tenn
Der. which makes your writing at once I'M
lust. Illogical, and unperspicuous. Ii you
believed what you are brave enough only 10
insinuate, because, although you were young
and able-bodied, fail to recall the number
Of the regiment in which you served In the
war for Your country's safety, certainly you
could not, as managing member OF the State
Republican Committee Of PennsylVanla,
have invited ME with pressing letters Wnlch
I now have, one who had appropriated
wronsiully other peoples. property, to come
to that State to speak on the same platform
with yourself, travelling together many
miles to attend meetings to instruct your
people on public affairs.
Besides, my dear Mr.. acYeagh, the IN
situation was unworthy OF you. 1t Is
neither novel nor useful, and therefore NOT
patentable. A half-doZen dirty newspapers
have been enabled to preserve themselves
from bankruptcy for the last dozen years by
nrinting tbesassertions about me which you
only insinuate. .,...-...; .... 800.
Every one. has his own taste in choosing
his way to acquire money, but If / were
Obliged to choose one of two ways, either
TO Inappropriate it as q military command
ants or to marry into family where was
neither wanted nor by which I should be
rcspected, to get "money to spare" GER
tainly should choose the former, strange as
YOU NAV think it, because at least SHOULD
/ have the money after having committed a
disreputable act to get il, and not liable to
be disappointed, as I might be, after had
waited long for dead mems shoes by the
other method. .... .~.....,.-
There is another denial OF yours Of an as
sertion that did not make. 81 nave not
asked the President to appoint him (Whar-
ton) marshal" never intlmated you had
so done. I have always supposed that you
had never asked President Hayes for the
appointment OF anybody except yourself,
and my knowledge OF that idioSyncrasy OF
yours would have, prevented me. from as
serting that you had asked for the appoint
ment of Wharton. Certain it Is that Gov
ernor Packard has not. Who do you think
is so pressing Colonel Jack Wharton, OF the
Confederate army, that Pitkin, the Repub-
lican and good officer, is called upon by a
Republican Administration to. resign his
| office to make way for the rebeli What
service has Wharton "a brave man, it is
true ever done for the party or the coun-
try to earn high Office, except to help kill
some Of our gallant soldiers, whose lowly
graves we were decorating on the day got
your kind note? .
Let me advise you, my dear sir. not to
lose your temper in discussing political
matters. II you do you will prove your
self unfit to be employed to manage diplo-
matte affairs, even near the smallest court
in Europe, say of Monaco, where they have
a standing army Of sixty-three men only /;
so that you need not be afraid to so there
because OF any danger OF war. l should
be grieved il you do anything which would
by any possibility lessen the chance that
YOU will leave very soon the country, to be
away at least four years. For the rest, as
to the disputed questions Of fact relating to
what was said and done by the commission
OF which YOU were member when in New
Orleans, we will renew the discussion after
committee of Congress, of which it may
be my il.fortune to be a member, has made
full Investigation. Then, and not till
then, il you please, we will renew our cor
respondence, unless, indeed, you would like
to practice upon me to educate yourself to
formulate diplomatic, notes. ..;a.ss .-..s..
Unjust apologize to you for. the seeming
delay between the date OF this note and your
reception Of it.. 1 began the reply as soon
as I was favored with yours, but as reserve
matters Of this sort for recreation could
not finish it sooner, as I have been away,
hard pressed with professional engage
ments. Pray hold me excused. 1, - -,
Il am not only .:truly;'' but very truly,
vours. :. -. BENJAMIN #. BUTLER. "
Hon. Wayne Mac Veagh, Philadelphia,
Pa. .'l - :. ,j.,1,I:i ~ ;;'-'..i '..' ..
BUTLER on HIS, LAST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
eral Butler: Itseems to me- now that 1T was
a sort Of put-up Job on me by, some one
who. wanted to get money enough to buy
his breakfast with the next morning; and il
the man who did it ever, comes into my
office again lie had better get on q pair OF
pants with leather seat. !: The only. excuse
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