The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-04
BEN BUFFERS FRIEND.

There has been found one man In the South
mean enough, base and shameless enough, TO
express himself 40 ready and anxious to well
come Ben Butler back into association with
Southern Democrats. He lives In Georgia
perhaps In Aleok Stephens district and he
was developed by the Chicago Tribune. What
his name Is we cannot say. but he subscribes
himself to o letter to the Tribune, "a South
ern Democrat" God save us from such
Democrats and from such Southerners!
The communication whereof we speak, and
which scandallzes the Southern Democracy
In the signature appended toit, was pro voked
by the query propounded by tho Tribune
"What will the Southern section Of the DEM
ocratic party say to aving Ben Butler as u
Democratic leader?" 70 this question this
Southern Democrat replies with long
defense and eulogy Of Butler. Butler Is
not SO bad after all. He has always
been q Democrat ut heart. He helped
to break UP the party In 1860, but
he did not mean to do 1.-THE was
"hood- winked and deceived by tho secession
ists." ae all other Douglas Democrats were
Since the war he has sided with tho dominant
party" Though at heart q Democrat --and
he has deserted 1t only from the instinct OF
self preservation" and now, since he secs Its
Inevitable downfall true to his Democratic
principles" he Is merely seeking to return
to his old allegiance. So this communication
goes on, reeking with loathsome laudation
Of sentiments which, II imputed to an honest
and clean minded man, he would resent us q
deadly insult.
But tho most remarkable and. at the same
time, the most impudent part OF this conmu-
nication Is deliberate defense Of Buffers
robbery OF New Orldeans households and his
infamous order directed against the ladies OF
this city. What this defense may be 10 Of no
Importance the Southern man who casl
remember that order without indignant
scorn and hatred for the beast that issued II
Ia himself SO degraded, SO destitute Of every
characteristic Of the race to which he claims
to belong, that his condemnation would be
eagerly sought for and his praise as heartily
avoided by oil men who reverence female
virtue or manly honor.
This remarkable communication concludes
with the following language:
He Ia our American Talleyrand, always nd
herring to common sense. We Will be glad To
swap off many Of our political idiots for Ben
Political billingsgate is the inheritance OF
every public man. an unfortunately TOR the
good name Of the South 1t is profusey INDUCED
In by too many Of our southern papers. 1t is
100 often with us substitute for argument and
Is attractive to tho ignorant. the vulgar and the
vicious. Ben Butler has been spatter cd with q
large amount Of this slime but there are many
Southern gentlemen who know and appreciate
his good qualities. Ben Is not q statesman. btu,
O clever politician, no worse than the rest Of
that class In any part Of the country.
3d. let Ben come. he will find plenty OF con-
genial associates.
Abuse for Butler! He can never be abused
He Is the one solitary human being alive that
Islander can never wrong. The Almighty
must need produce o new Therstes, and, ever
then, there must be found for his scurrility 8
place lower than human degradation has vel
discovered, that Butler may be scandalized
John Young Brown, an obscure and unknown
man, made for himself not merely a nationa
but worldwide reputation by simply para
phrasing him. And, yet, this Is the man who
"will find plenty Of congenial associates ii
the South among gentlemen who know anc
appreciate his good qualities"
Well, we are forced into the humiliatinf
silence of the man who, when he reached the
ton of the hill, found the tailboard of his cart
gone and his sawdust all spilled. We can't
do justice to the subject.