The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-07
BUTLER TO MacvEAGH.

A Long and savagely Personal Letter-The
General INDUCES in Insinuations-Int
mates that Macvcagh is Seeking Diplo-
matte Appointment, is Political Triokster,
is Close-Fistod, Married into Family
Where He Wasn't Wanted and for Money,
ETC., Etc,
General Buffers reply to Wayne Mac
Veagh, which he has had in preparation for
over week, has been given out 1t Is a
decidedly personal document. Following
is the letter in full:
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 30, 1877.
DEAR SIR IL received yours of the goth
instant in manuscript after having read it
in print. dictated TO my Photographic
secretary letter to Marshal Pllkin IN reply
to one informing me that his resignation
had been demanded by the executive, and
to that demand be had refused to accede,
and sent it marking 1t personal so that l
am in no way responsible for its getting in
to print. The facts that are recited there
in were stated specially TO be from infor-
nation which / had received from cred
ible source. OF course l could know
nothing of the occurrences personally,
therefore did not undertake to give them
VI a pOibOhei NhNOAIS
ment, save that believe them. If you
had addressed me even printed letter,
couched In the ordinary courteous language
which passes between gentlemen, especial
ly when the one who uses It, 1t is rumored,
is expecting employment in the diplomatic
service of his country, should have very
promptly, upon being set right, made rep
aration 30 far as in my power for and
injury arising from q publication, even
for which l was not responsible. l
never thought of charging you with using
your own money, of which you declare
you chad none to spare" in paying the
mileage of the deserving legislators of the
Packard house. You will observe by read
ing my letter more carefully, that did not
even allege that sit was asserted" that any
money was paid. l frankly confess had
no evidence then, and have none now, that
you paid any money to these dcluded men
after it had been promised them. / desire
in the most solemn manner to acquit you
of ever having paid away any money.
knew, as you say in your letter, you had
"none to spare, and l believed if you had
you would not 'spare it," 1 trust and
hope the event which you hope will give
you command of large sum of money is
in the far distance. / agree most fully that
where you are known you "do not need to
deny any silly story about the use of
money 10 paying for anything, and IT h1d
ever asserted that you did use your own
money for any good, or even political pur-
pose, | should have been guilty, as you in
your own chaste language say, of "base
and cowardly ialsehood." Therefore, re-
peat again,
NEVER HAVE KNOWN OR HEARD CT YOUR
PAYING ANYTHING
to anybody, and as at present advised, with
out more evidence than have now, i never
| will assert such thing as possible You
need not make me excuses as you do for
"not having money Of your own to spare.
| | have known many men without money,
but never knew of one without an excuse
for not having it. AS you state your ex-
cuse, "it is only military commandment
of New Orleans in time of war who car
safely appropriate any considerable guam.
tity Of the property of others to his OWL
use." Do l understand you correctly tina,
it is the want of ability to do it safely thai
has prevented you from approprating 6
considerable quantity OF the property Of
others to your own use ? However,
shall affect to misunderstood the allusioI
which you thus make, but pardon it to til,
your Whiting at once UNJUST, illogical anC
unperspicuous. My phrase was, at is as
serted that $4,000 was paid TO the leading
deseIting legislators, and only 5000 tC
others, disguised in the latter case in the
shape of mileage, so that Mr.. John
son, colored man, speaking ont OF
the innocence of his heart, said or
the floor Of the house that all he wanted
was to get his mileage and &C
home" Now how any person could find
in such statement an assertion that he
paid any money passes my comprehension
| especially say that poor Johnson declared
that he wanted to get his money and &c
home" Not that be had got it. 1t never
occurred to me that any money was paid,
only promised, OIL that the legislators gol
their money for deserting any moe thar
Wharton has got the Office for not imam
aging any business" On the contrary,
promised as a bride for the desertion, the
poor fellows did not get it, but were re.
quired to vote for w. Spofford as senator
before they could get even what was due
them. Now do not know this fact, but
hope and believe the senate will ascertain
it on investigation in the contest for the
senator's seat. would suggest to the Gen.
ate committee to ask certain members OF
the Packard legislature, whose names
will give, whether, after all efforts to de-
moraliZe the republican members and get
them TO go over to Nichols by the commits.
sion had failt d, selected portion of that
legislature were requested by Col. Whar-
ton, friend of Packard, to meet Wayne
macVeagh, and did 30. Whether he ad-
dressed them, saying that
THB PRESIDENT WOULD NOT RECOGNISE THE
| PACKARD GOVERNMENT;
that the troops would be withdrawn the
next day that he had telegram to that
effect that if they would go over to the
Nichols legislature they would be recog-
nized and seated and get their mileage, but
If they did not do so within twenty-four
hours their seats would be declared vacant
and they would lose ALL If the committee
push their inquiry l firmly believe upon
evidence they will find what l have sug-
gested to be substantially true. Now do
not deny the words of this. see you are
fond of denying swords" read in your
letter that you say Wharton "did not man
age or transact any kind of business for
me-" Certainly not. Bless your soul, you
do not call such tricks as these business, do
you ? They are not business, even if you
| should get that foreign mission for
doing them, which l hope you will.
You farther say, ''Wharton was a friend
of Packards." All the better instrument
therefore to get Packard's friends
away from him. 1t was we'll done
and does credit to your training You say
further, "Strange as 1t may seem to some
of them, political results are still attanable
in this country by straightforward and hon.
est methods" True. 1t did seem strange to
me, for more than thirty years experience
in the ways of Pennsylvania political
"methods" and politicians in both parties,