The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-14
BENJAMIN n. BuTIEn.
What HI Know. About Hayes' southern
Policy.
mem. raca Of y Political sermon.
Especial 70 N. I. Herald,

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Especial 10 N. \. Herald.l.
WAsHtsaroN. April Cen. b.. =.
Butler has been In this city for the last
two weeks, attending TO business In the
local courts and before the depart
ments. For some days past theirs has
been rumor that he and Senator
blaine have agreed TO forgive aud forget
their old time battles, political aflit1igs-
Iity and bitterness, and the ono In the
Senate and the other i'm the House lead
the radical Republican revolt against
the policy OF tho Administration in re-
gard to the Southern States. eat
A representative of the Herald called
upon Cen. Butler last evening, when
the Massachusetts, statesman gave some
OF his ideas on the political situation.
In reply TO the inquiry what he thought
OF the policy Of Cancellation and pacias
cation, he said, with the most transpa-
be, We are ell happy. The whole
country IL happy. We have all been
waiting long time for the blessed con-
summation that has come to us under
this new political dispensation-the po-
lltical millennium. God moves In o
mysterious way ,hisswonders to perform.
All our quarreling and pickering, the
strife between the sections. are at an
end. In truth, the lion and the lamb
In what to the Herald representative
seemed the direction OF the Executive
fnansion) the little child IL leading
them. All our political disputes, con-
tests and rivalries are over now and
there never was such q blessed eondi-
ton Of affairs"
"How I should like" said he, ito
preach o sermon on that text as applied
10 the Administration In Parson New
mans church." He continued: You
read the resolutions OF the Now Eng
land Methodist Conference q few days
agof Those ministers represent the
sentiments Of the New England Metho-
dists. Every one Of them Ia o Republi-
can. The old fashioned Republicans OF
New England believe in precisely that
doctrine, no matter what your newspa-
pers may say
At this point the Herald representa-
tive made inquiry, General. shall we
consider all this as for the publie?"
lie replied, II do not care whether
you print 1t or not. am not talking
treason, and / do not intend to talk trea.
son. The Herald Is welcome to make
any use Ii pleases OF my IDEAS"
After q few minutes pause and some
vigorous puffs of bis after dinner cigar
Gen. Lut[er said: "Would you like &c
hear from the Bible q definition OF this
Louisiana commission business ?" Lay,
ing down his cigar the General took
from small bookcase near his desk al
edition of the Bible. and, after fumbline
over Ii for some time, read, with an In
deseribably humorous facial expression
the following.
"And unto the angel Of the church Of
the Laodiceahs write: These things
saith the Amen, the faithful and true
witness, the beginning Of the creati or
OF God.
ST know thy works. that thou ar,
neither cold nor hot. / would thou wert
cold or hot. 30 then because thou or
lukewarm and neither cold nor hot,
will spue thee out of my m outh.'
"What do you think will be the end
Of the policy OF the Administration 2"
"Well," said he. call our political his.
tory teaches us one lesson, which 10 this
Compromises have never won; ON the
contrary, they have always failed and
destroyed the men who made them.
Compromises ruined Clay and Tyler
They have ruined parties. Will the
present compromise be an exception
That is the question.