The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-06-19
tion of carpet-bag depravity. Here Butler
took the Darrall Tyre In hand and
HSmntA IN all its nhnrds with might :,

tion OF carpet-bag depravity. Here Butler
took the Darrall Tyre In hand and
"Smote on all it's chords with might
Gen. Butler-Being letter written by the
Secretary Of the Treasury to forger, per
jurer and loafer, is that circumstance you
would forget very soon2 Al have not for
gotten it; / remember distinctly when first
heard OF it; first heard of it from Anderson
and next heard of 1t from Mrs. jerks, between
the fifteenth and the end Of January.
Q.-And you wrote to Anderson to come
over and help you? A.-Yes sir:
these papers Anderson had2 A.-Certainly.
Q..And you expected to get into office on
the fears Of the administration or it's attachesf
A.-Yes; that was one of the means.
| Q.-Certainly; that was one Of the crutches
! you expected to walk into Office on, and you
worked it to the best of your ability? A.
| Certainly.
Q.-And don't you believe you failed be-
| cause copies OF these papers had gotten out,
and it was thought the documents would not
heal the sore Mr.. Matthews wanted them for?
Ain my opinion either myself or some other
person suggested by Anderson would have
been appointed but for these documents get
ting into the hands of the public.
Q.-And you would have been willing to
owe your selection to forger, periurer and
blackmailer? A.-You stated him to be such
Q..-I do for present purposes; but you
would have. owed your appointment to his
n1uenCeE A.-YeS.
,Q.,,And using him for this purpose was sim
ply blackmailing, was 1t not? A.-Certainly
,Q.;-And you're sorry you failed? A
Q.-Naturally you are? A.-Yes; naturally
am.
Q.-And we're you not surprised to find this
man Anderson selected as messenger from
Matthews to you? A.--Not at all.
Q.-You knew Matthews knew him to be
what you did2 Al think he was well known
to Matthews.
Q.--And didn't It surprise you that Sena-
tor OF the United States, a lawyer of thirty
years standing which, in my opinion, is the
highest position on earth-a relative of the
PRESIDENT, man OF great power, and a visit
Ing statesman, would employ man like An
derSon; didn't that surprise you? Al was
not surprised that remember, except that
Matthews should have written those letters.
Oh, Darrell is surprised at lastl Not at
the relations between Anderson and Mat
thews; that was moral proposition, reuuir-
ing moral perception, and this Darrall had
not. The only thing that could startle him
in this line would be an upright and honest
deed, and nothing like this was apparent here
He was surprised though, "that Matthews
should have written those letters;' should
have SO ''throwed hisself away without suffi-
cient cause" But, continues Butler:
"n," said he, ''the documents had not gotten
out of Anderson's custody and into the hands
Of the newspapers, your impression is that
you would have got the Officer"
Eyes, sir; / think it probable"
Q.-Then, DR.. Darrall, l understand that
you were willing to hold your office by means
Df forged documents in the hands OF a per-
urer, a loafer and black mailer? A.-Well. |
yes, sir.
Certainly, Mr.. Darrall would hold office by
means Of forged documents and at the pro-
'urement of any number of periurers loafers
md blackmailers. He had never attained to
'ffice by any other means, nor by the hands
Il any other description of persons, and he
las been holding Office for years in Louisiana.
Butler knew all this, and he, as much as any
ther man in America Is responsible for It's
aving been SO. Darrall's confession involved
'utler only less than himself and Buffers
how of scorn only proved that he knew full
'ell the depths Of his own depravity, and had
'ilfully and with malice aforethought done
Ii his shining. Verify, even Butler can serve
good purpose-he alone could have revealed
/ all its shocking details the meanness and
epravity OF Louisiana carpet t-bagger