Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-06
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Veagh's bargain, and ss they cant
Wharton ought to be satis6sd, precisely
like my friend General 6ar6sld, who
having done his best and succceded in
electrDg Mr.. Stan,ly Matthews to the
Senate at the request Of the President,
as il is said, on the agreement that
that the President would msks Llm
Speaker Of the House of Representatl-
YES, will have to be, and ought to be,
satisfied with fair, honest and ''hearty"
endeavor on the part OF the President
to do all he can to make him Speaker,
and if he fails Garfield will have no.
body to blame but himself for not re-
membering that "a bird in the hand is
worth two IN the bush"
Now, my Dear Mr. Pltkin, call
upon you by the love you bear to the
Republican party and its principles, III
memory of many sacrifices you have
made during and since the war as q
Union man in Louisiana, for the safety
of the country, and not for the sake of
holding Office under the United States,
not to throw any impedlment iu the *aS
Of the President fulfilling all the bar
gains which his subordinates made, as
necessary steps in ,uaugurating his
Southern policy, which is to be of so
great and incalculable advantage, not
only 10 the party which you love so
we'll, but also to the country, for the
unity and pac'6cation Of which you
have given the best days of your man
hood.
write thus to you because l thought
| detected in your note to me what
seemed to be an unreasonable tone Of
complaint that you are thus to be sac
r,dced. Remember that Abraham was
about to sacrifice his only son Isaac,
the child of bis old age, to what he be-
lieved to be the will of God aud the
necessities of bis people, and the Good
Book does not make mention Of any
unreasonable complaints or outcries Ct
Isaac on that occasion, aud so, when
you 6ud that the President, in obedi-
encs to the call of bis country and the
public exigency for Its paci6cation,
deems it necessary to sacrifce you, and
take away your office and give it to one
who wore the gray when you stood IN
the blue, you ought not to kick and
squlrm auy more than isaac did when
be lay upon the altar under the knife
of bis father, Abrsham. l an sorry
that l can not write you any other
words of comfort and consolation, but
such as have ] give unto you.
l am yours. truly,
BENJAMIN F BUTLER.
j. r. G. Pitkin. Esq, United States
Marshal, New Orleans, La.
Mr.. Macveash's Reply.
Mr.. Macy Veagh has furnished the fol
lowing letter to the press in reply to
Butler:
PHILADELPHIA, May 90, 1871 SIR ::
| have just read your letter in the New
York Times. Your " informant" hap
pens to have told you the exact oppo-
site of the truth in every statement
respecting me.
Colonel Wharton did not aid me at
New Orleans, but was one of the ldhe-
rents of the Packard government to the
end. He did not manage or transact
any kind of business for NE. He did
moi receive any promise from me in
respect to any office. | have not asked
the President to appoint him Marshal.
So much for that portion Of your letter.
Where | am luown do not need to
deny the silly story about the use OF
money, or to declare it to be, as you
we'll know it to be, base and coward
ly falsehood. For those who do not
know me perhaps | ought to add that
apart from any repugnance on my part
to the crime there we're two practical
difficulties in the way of my commit
ting 1t: | had no money of my own to
spare, and it is only a military COM
manGsnt of New Orleans 10 time Of
war who can safely appropriate any con-
siderable quantity of the property OF
others to his own use.
The fact is that the enemies of re-
Cancellation In Louisiana waste their
time in trying TO discover or invent
some hind of bargain with which at
once to account for its success and to
discredit. Strange as it may seem to
some o! them, political results are still
attainable in this country by straight
forward and honest methods; aud the
country will judge the result We Sc
cured BY its fruits in comparison with
the fruits of the opposite policy-com-
pairing the four years to come of honest
and lawful government with the eight
years just ended of hatred, intimlda-
tion, outrage, corruption, anarchy end
murder.
Therefore, from the bitterness OF
good men misguided and of bad men
disappointed, l appeal to the generous
judgment of the American people, and
| await the decision upon the subject
of our labors in Louisiana, not with
misgivings or excuses, but With conf
dence and pride. Yours truly,
WAYNE MACVEAGH.
Gen. b. F. Butler, Washington, D. e.
Wolves Captured.
William Long - more familiarly
Lpoun ,s ssnIi TIpoia R,iIv ongv