New-York tribune., 1878-07-09
1Ur rNTNVJTED GUEST.


Mr. IJustus Schwab, Mr.. MADDOX, ana othtl
celebrated statesmen OF the "cOmc-outer
class. are not mt all pleased at General Butter
announcement that he is going to JOIN theti'
They are not sure that there Is room IN their
porty for such very large and expansive per-
son. They have not invited him II; they 90 ho'
quite like him and upon the whole thry 'h''N
they will not let him in. We do not suppose
that General Butler will be abaShed' ne i
used to rcbuifs. He takes an aHrOhf as oii' VI
the ordinary incidents of politics, ana mus
notbiup unnatural or ont of the way III pubic
questioning of his good faith. lie has sat 1T
50 many tables as an unlnvIted ana "h"e'-
come guest and has made himself 50 much al
home in that situation abusing the hoHt ah"
hcctoring the servants, that he does not III 'he
least mind being told that he Is not Wah'eo'
OH he will get in never fear.
Indeed we do not see why the Nalloh'l
party, or the Grcenback party. or tNe ooin
muniStic party. or whatever 1t Is to he cailen'
shouId not he very glad to get him. Among
the CONSPICUOUS and noisy men OF that organ
izatlon-thosc whom the Editor OF me Adroc"e
irrcvcrcntly describes as the monkeys UP II
"polcr-thcrc seems to be, prcposterouSly
enough. some doubt about General buticI .
political opinions. But in his letter 10
friend in California, already printed Ill LIE
TRIBUNE, the General has made frank pro-
lcs,ion of the very cornerstone oi the Lapol
agitator's creed. "Thc workingman here Is
e. thc sovereign" writes General Butler; by
Z" his ballot, he can always make himself icIt
"if he will, and command laws Tor his pen
"ctt.n That is all; no matter whether
the laws are just or UNJUST cl'I''
or unequal the wOrkingman can com
mand them for his own benefit, ana ne
must be taught to do it. The most ram
uont of Communist, can well afford To follow
4 leader who breaches that doctrine. All the
worst evils which the enemies of republican
institution, predict under our form OF gov
crnmcnt-cla,s legislation, the. coniiscation oi
property, the reputation Of debts the drSliu,-
ike rlc of an ignorant and impa-sl"ncd mon
flow straight from that prnGplr. y great
many thoughtlc>S writer's and speakers, VII"
have no sympathy with Butlcri,m and Com
munlSm. are nevertheless DONG Il great d''''
by an ignorant and hcadong approval OF some
of the Commmsfc stock phrases, to prola-
sltr thc>. mi>chiryouS ideas and one oi the
IDEAS 70 which they are constantly lending
strength. i, the radically false oIc that either
worhingmcn. or any other men, ousIt to
command laws for their own benefit.
In one part ot his letter General Butler de
clare, that "thc cld>, of legislators who have
.hiibcrto controlled the Government ought
io hr turned ont because they have acted III
the interest Of certain classes, whereas gov
crnmcnt ought to be for the welfare of all
I'm the next paragraph he say, that another
cL,>-ilat of the IIbofiu- mcn-ought no" Ia
40 what hc condemns the present Legislators
for doing; and hc closes with an expression ol
dcyout thauhiulucs, that the working cI1-Sr'
of California have sent delegates "to 1cyI-'
"thr hw, of that state IN then interest.
The principle which hc thu, maintains l~ con
triIy 10 the fundamental dogmaS of American
drluociicy. oar entire system - based on the
theory that "all men are created equal,
and have equal night, which thcF are Justified
I'M maintaining alike against dc>pouc hlnS'
aud tyilmi,al mljouurs. What becomes "I
,uuaL 70 .ht, when clI-,c, command Legislation
for their own bcuchtl " Nha, becomes oI
.uual ri-ht, when the many, who ar" poor
resolve, that j. H. for their interest - take Ia,
uropcrty oi the few who have saved some
| thing from their caruIu-,i That creditor,
air dc-pots, and therefore those who have
borrowed shall not payl That uou-ploduccr>
are vampires, and therefore tho,' who have
produced m Abundance, and been frugal and
prudent. shall not be permitted to live oi
their surplus! General Butler l. not fool
low long does be think the American rcpIb-
lie could last If his theory should be cNtab
l,hcd IN practice! How long does hc think
it ought to last