The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-14

| frankly confess | had no evidence
then, and have none now, that you paid
any money to these deluded men after it
had been promised them, | desire, in
the most solemn manner, to acquit you
of having ever paid away any money, |
knew, as you say IN your letter, that you
had none to spare, and | believe, il
you had, you would not spare" it, !
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 in
paying anything; and if | had ever
asserted that you ever did use your own
money for any good or even political
purpose, ! should have been guilty, as
you, in your own chaste language, say,
of "base and cowardly falsehood." "
Therefore, repeat again, never have
known or heard of your paying anything
to anybody, and as at present advised,
without more evidence than have now,
| never will assert such a thing possible
You need not make me excuses, as you
do, for mot having money Of your own
to spare" have known many men
without money, but ! have never known
one without an excuse for not having it.,
AS you state your excuse, "it is only a
military commandant of New Orleans,
in time of war, who can safely appro-
pirate considerable quantity OF the
property Of others to your own use p
However, shall not affect TO misunN
derstand the allusion which you thus
make, but pardon it to the apparent loss
of your temper, which makes your
writing at once unjust, illogical, and
unperspicuous. If you believed, what
you are brave enough only to insinuate
because, although you were young and
bodied, fail to recall the number
of the regiment in which you served in
the war for your country's safety-cer>
tainly you could not, as managing mem
Der Of the State Republican Committee
Of Pennsylvania, have invited, with
pressing letters, which now have, one
who had appropriated wrongfully other
peoples property to come to that State,
to speak on the same platform with your.
self, travelling together many miles to
attend public meetings to instruct your
people on public affairs.
Besides, my dear Mr.. MacVeagh, the
insinuation was unworthy of you. 1t is
neither novel nor useful and therefore
not patentable. A half dozen dirty
newspapers have been enabled to pre-
serve themselves from bankruptcy for
the last dozen years by printing the
assertions about me which you only
Insinuate.
Every one has his own taste in choos-
ing his way to acquire money but if |
was obliged to choose one of two ways,
either to appropriate it as military |
or to marry into family |
where was neither wanted nor by which |
should he respected, to get money to
spare certainly should choose the
ormer, strange as you may think it,
because at least should have the money
after having committed a disreputable |
.ct to get it, and not be liable to be dis
appointed, as might be, after | had |
waited long for dead mems shoes" by |
he other method.
There is another denial of yours of an
assertion that did not make: 81 have
lot asked the President to appoint him
Marshal" | never intimated
hat you had so done. | had always
opposed tnat you had never asked
resident Hayes for the appointment of
nybody except yourself, and my knowl-
dge of that idiosyncrasy Of yours would
ave prevented me from asserting that
on had asked for the appointment Of
Certain it is that Governor
'ackard has not. Who, do you think.
so pressing Col. Jack Wharton, of the
confederate army, that Pitkin, the Re.
ublican, and good officer, is called
pom by a Republican Administration
, resign his office to make way for the
ebel2 What service has Wharton la
rave man, it is true) ever done for the
arty or the country to earn high office
Ecept to help kill some of our gallant
oldiers, whose lowly graves we were
ecorating the day we got your kind
ote.
Let me advise you, my dear sir, not to
'se your temper in discussing political
latters. If you do you will prove your,
IF unfit to be employed to manage dip,
matic affairs even near the smallest
ourt in Europe, say of Monaco, where
ley have standing army Of sixty.three
zen only, so that you need not be afraid
go there because of any danger of
ar. | should be grieved if you do any
ling which would by any possibility
ssen the chance that you will leave,
cry soon, the country, to be away at {
asst four years. [
For the rest, as to the disputed ques>
ons Of fact relating to what was said
nd done by the Commission, of which
ou were member, when in New Or. {
ans, we will renew the discussion after
committee of Congress, of which it
ay be my i'll fortune to be a member,
as made a full investigation. Then,
nd not till then, if you please, will we
new our correspondence, unless indeed
ou should like to practice upon me to
lucate yourself TO formulate diplomatic
ote. vaHlf -f4 I.t.
| must apologize to you for the SEEM
lg delay between the date of this note
nd your reception of it. I.began the
,ply as soon as was favored with
ours, but as reserve matters of this
,rt for recreation, Il could not finish it
,oner, as | have been very hard press
with professional engagements. Pray
old me excused. ii 4di io 3ff
l am, not only "truly," but very truly
ours. e' BENZ F. BUTLER.
The Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, Phila-
slphia, Pa. ....a ~.
Following is the letter of Mac (
eagh qian um irs ylaml'
eI Philadelphia, May 29i 1877.
GEN. BENZ. BUTLER Your informant hap /
ms TO have told you the exact opposite Of the In
nth in every statement respecting me- Col
haFtOn did not aid me at New Orleans but was
le Of The adherentg Of the papkau nj Cavern uant