The New York herald., 1878-11-08
Il AM SATISFACTED.'
Officials, Bankers, ClergYnsn, Capitalists,
Newspapers, All Against Me-
ISHMAEL NOW II ER \ i.
~ Will Show Them the Liyeliest Corpse
Ever Seen at Funeral
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
BosToS. Nov. 7, 1879
Anybody who happened to call at General Buffers
ONCE in Pemberton square yesterday or to-day and
succeeded in gaining admittance to the s.nctum sane
forum would once decide that the defeated candi
date was only adroit politician but something
of philosopher He talks calmly of the result OF
Tuesday election though he had no personal in
terest whatever in the struggle. He has carefully
studied the causes which led his defeat and looks
at them Just a mathematican regards the solution
of problem He is busily engaged in the prosecution
of his law business in the square, and stranger could
not get the slightest impression from chat with him
that anything unusual had happened The HERALD
correspondent has visited the Office few times since
the election. and this afternoon. in company with
another gentleman. was granted an interview on the
recent political battle in which the doughty General
was vanquished.
TALK WITH BUTLER
Your correspondent opened the conversation -
follows ~ have called, General, to have talk with
you concerning the political campaign"
General BUTLER (raising his head and looking slyy
as he knows well how to dol-You mean the last
campaign.
CoRREspoNDENT-Yes.
General BUrLER-Well. sir, hope that everybody
is well satisfied with the campaign and its results
am. You who with me during my canvass
reporting my speeches remember that said very
early that the happiest election night would be my
self. if. perchance. my opponent was elected by
small majority, while 1 had large vote. Precisely
that result has coyle about Mr. Talbot received Of
the Faneun Hall democratic vote from ten to
fifteen thousand votes, probably nearer the
latter figure, and about the same num-
Der of prohibitory votes. Take them of
Mr. Talbots and add one-quarter of them. which
Y All uh< kx
elected. which now repeat am very glad am not.
far as personally concerned. because it would
entail upon me hard and arduous duty in the SER
vice Of the State, and for the inadequate pay
ment as could earn more than the Governors salary
In q single Law by fees paid to me by willing
rents. Cool reasoning would have assured me that
It was next to impossible to win.
DEFEATED.
CoRzEsrospEsr-Upon what grounds did you base
your expectations of defeat
General BUTLER-wen, every federal ice-holder
including Custom Houses and their dependents
there; every postmaster. with all their clerks and
dependents; every State officer, amounting to more
than one Thousand. and all drawing pay from the
State every county officer and every city officer of the
eighteen Cities with exceptions and their retain
ers, employees and dependents; nesrly all the COM
bined press Of the State, including the religious
weeklies. one Of whom, at least. know had been
subsidized previously against me; . large portion
of the clergy especially those located over churches
highly ornamented with painted windows; nearly or
quite all the higher graded schoolmasters. whose
salaries made high in flush times. have not
come down, but would in case Of reform;
all the treasurers and superntendents and
agents Of manufactures. of whom the Same may be
said; all Of the colleges which dependent the
STATE and the hired officers Of nearly all the railroads.
whose salaries enormous while the dividends OF
the stockholders are small were all combined against
me. OF these all who had men in their employ or
control were advised to use civilized bulldozing upon
their employees and workmen against me, strongly.
urgently and Btteriy. And these men, holding off,
cial places would nearly. If quite. be equal to Mr.
Tabot's majority, especially If we reckon their imme
diste relations which IL is but justice to say wouM
not increase the vote largely, most of them in
once Added to this was the whole force Of the ad-
ministration and two Cabinet officers one of whom
was brought here to speak to the men OF
his own race. organization of both of
the old political parties, the combined organized
capital and the State and national banks the managers
capital many of whom did not desire that their
stewardship of the money nrusted TO them should be
looked into, some of them old gray headed men, who
were found jealous to bear torches in the night in
procession and the best orators of the party brought
from the several States. willing Presidential can
didate willing Senator with Presidential hopes from
New York, the two Senators from my own State,
uit III,
with eight Representatives in Congress speaking to
save themselves against with neither OF the other
two saying word in my behalf. with many mem
ocrs Of the bar of Massachusetts,, some OF whom
earned more fees for their services in the campaign
than they have earned during the year, together with
The Collector Of the Port of Boston and large
ber OF custom House officers made oratorica force
which should have been competent to annihiate any
less just less dear TO the people and less i'm
facts demonstrate that the people were with me at
heart. and the majority of the people not holding
Office or their relatives not holding Office, voted for
me. This IL shown by the fact that received more
than any other candidate for the Office OF Cover
nor ever received VINO was aefeasoa, ~ ana more votes
In this State except in a Presidential year. and
greater than the total vote Of all candidates
tor the years 1861, 1863 and 1860, which years
were Presidential years. Nearly one hundred and
thousand Of the voters Of the State stood for me-
An spite OF ali this and it ought than satisfy
the reasonable ambition of any man.
ABUSE STRENGTHENED HIM.
CoRnEsPoSpEsr-Do you think the personal abuse
beaped you by these Speakers injured your
General BuTLxR-No. l feel very certain it has
have had dozen men come TO me and say that
they had thought of not voting for me,
but that the personal ,n hous' .. ws,cn For haa
myself never said harsh word land you gentlemen
OF the press who were with mo during my canvass
and reported all my speeches know this personality.
OF any man. except two, the Collector Of the Port Of
BOSTON, Mr.. Beard. and his coadjutor in slang. the
Junior senator, Mr. Hoar who could not finat words
to defend the fair and great OF Massachu-
petts In the Senate when she was attacked by Mr..
Blaine, and both OF those men made personal violent
and virulent attacks upon me, and upon those who
supported me, and exhibited carrcatures of me be-
fore turned upon them.
STILL THE oRyENBACK RULES.
COMMENCEMENT your judgment what VIII be the
result Of the campaign with reference to the future Of
political parties
General BuTLER--Thc campaign indicates that the
leaders Of the two parties the republican and demo-
cratc 10 be found together hereafter in favor of
their supposed common interest In the money ques
ton and they leave out the older principles which
have heretofore been tho recognized principles Of their
parties the republicans having given up the brosdest
and noblest plank of their PLATFORM equal rights Of all
mpn, equa protection under the laws to oil men. and
the democrats having also abandoned the platformof
Jefferson and Jackson 30 become the defenders of the
theory the Of bank notes the only honest
money. The masses Of both parties sooner Of later
wal desert their leaders and coaesce in the opposition
10 them, did the OF the whg and democratic
parties desert their leaders and unite against slavery
That shows that the money for the use OF the