Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-11
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WEDNESDAY,, APRIL H. 1877.
Gen. B. F. Butler.


General B. F. Butler has been in Washing.
ton for the last two weeks, attending to busi
ness 10 the local courts and before the depart
ments. For some days past there has been Il
rumor that he and Senator Blaine have agreed
to forgive and forget their old time battles, po-
Iitical abimosity and bitterness, and the one 10
the Senate aoi the other in the House lead the
radical republican revolt against the policy e..
the administration 10 regard to the Southern
States A representative Of the Herald called
upon General Butler last evening, when the
Massachusetts, statesman gave some of his ideas
on the political situation. In reply to the in-
quiry what he thought OF the policy of concili-
alton and paoi6caton he said, with the most
transparent irony 81 am as happy as [ eau
be. We are all happy. The whole country Is
happy. We have all been waiting long time
for the blessed consummation that has come to
US under this new political dispensation--th
political millennium. God moves in mystic
| rous way his wonders to perform. All our
quarrcling and pickering. the strife between
the sections are at an eGd in truth, the lion
aud the lamb arc lying down together, and
(glancpg in what to the Herald representative
seemed the direction OF the Executive mansloD)
| the little child Is leading them. All our politl'
cal disputes. contests add rIvarles are over now
and there never was such blessed condition
! of affairs"
After few minutes pause and some vlgor-
Gus puffs Of his after dinner cigar General But
Ter said :-"Would you like to hear from the
Bible definition Of this Louisiana commission
buainess?" Laying down his cigar the Gene
raj took from ! small bookcase near his desk an
edition Of the Bible, aud, alter lumbiiog over
it for some time, read, with an lodescnnabIy
humorous facial expression, the following
And unto the angel Of the church OF The
IIa0aiceans write: These things saith the Amen,
the faithful and true witness, the beginning OF
the creation Of God.
know thy works, thai thou art neither cold
nor lot. would thou vert cold or hot. 30
then because thou art luEewarm and neither
cold nor hot will spue thee out of my mouth.
How should like, said he, TO preach
sermon on that text as applied to the admins.
tration in Parsou Newman church" lie con-
liDucd, You read the resolutions OF the New
England Methodist Conference few days ago
Those ministers represent the sentiments o the
New Eugland Mcthodsts. Every one OF them
is rrpubiican The old fashioned republicans
Of New England believe in precisely that doc
lrine, no matter what You newspapers may
say"
AT this point the Herald representative made
inquiry, General, shall wc consider all this az
for tho public?
fIe replied, Il do not care whether you print
| it or uot am not talking treason, aud DO
not intend to talk treason. The Herald is wei
come to make any use it ploascs OF my ideas.
What do you thick will be the end of the
| policy Of the administration?
| "Well," said he, "alI our political history
teaches one lesson, which ls thls-CompromlScs
have never Won; On the contrary, they have al
ways failed aDd destroyed the men who made
them. Compromises ruined Clay and Tyler.
They have ruined parties. VIII the present
cornprom3a be an exception? That IS tho
0ucstiou. What is the situation? Mr.. Hayes
IS the first President who has not brought 10
tha BEGINNING Of bis administration House OF
REPRESENTATIVES with him. Grant did it. The
folIy Of the Southern leaders gave Lincoln
majority in 1851, and SO all the way back with
ont, | believe, an exception. But the next
| House il against the President.
| "lIoW about the SeuaLe-what Is Inc ma
majority there :! asked.
"Iouisiana aud South Carolina will in short
time make the division OF parties there So close
that no one can tell what will happen. Sharon
will he absent three iourths OF the time looking
after his silver mines and while he, aud others,
uossibIv, are absent what becomes Of the ad-
ministration, unless We are 10 have, as we have
now, the lion and the lamb busincsaY
But" said [, "how about organizing inc
next House on the administration plan
General Butler laughed long, loud, hearty
laugh.
|
ration leader Speaker =
said Rutlpr 1--WE shall see. Gen. Gar
field is a worthy gentleman. He would grace
anv nosilion, and esnccially the Speaker 8 chair
THAT is, if he could be elected. Beng an
Ohio man, do not know hut that he ought to
he elected. They had such hell fired ma
ioritv ont there in the last election that they
oupht to get whatever they want. 90 not
know but that it would be good idea to give
ovcry man Of the majority an oihce. :,
Going back to the Louisiana contest, Genera
RntI,r said :---"Prcsidcnt Hayes evidently
does not know what manner Of mao Packard
ia He had better send for him and sec how
he compares With Hampton. His lcttcrto Mr.,
HAYES Yesterday moroiDg is exceedingly able
one Of the best things the newspaper types nave
set up for eome time.
did he write it -
II think he did lie Is Il very strong man.
. He does not like uc, but concet MS ability.
We differed four years ago On the Louisana
business. Then was opposed to DureII ana
+ his midnight oricr, and thought there should
! be a new election. iorcsaw some such trou,
bic as has com, upon Us, and [ did all L could
: to prevent it. was defeated aud 1t has come.
g How we shall get cut Of it the future only can
tell. H. Wush Cor. Nceu Yor1: Herafd.
THE TELEPHONE. The exhibition ol the
telephone at Lincoln Hall, Washington Mon
d,v nipht was witnessed By large audience