The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-10-10
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Hon. AZ. c. Batter.

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The following sketch of Senator Butler
is from tho pen of Ex-Governor B. +.
Perry, in the last iasue of the Greeuyille
Ehterprise end Aounsdineer 5.
General Mathew Calkraith Butler is q
native of Greenville DistFint, and was
born at his fathers Homestead, on Pixies
Mountain, four Or ave miles cas-: Of the
| city Of Greenyilic, where. he was reared
and spent his boyhood till the removal OF
his father and family to the State of Mis-
. was g surgeon in The United States Navy
during the war Of 1912, and afterwards o
| Representative in Congress from the
Districts of Greenville, Laurens, Ander-
son and Pickens. He waa q high-toned
gentleman, of pure and uusullied honor
sud patriotism, cordial in his mauners
and warm in his friendship, possessing Q
tall and strikingly handsome person. and
very popular with the people. All of
these virtues aud graces his distinguished
/ son has inherited.
There are fewer men in South Carolina
who can boast prouder family inherit
ance than General Butler. For three
generations his ancestors and relations
| on both sides of the house have been dis
tinguished in public service, as naval
and army officers, Judges, Governors and
United States Senators. His paternal
grandfather. General William Butler,
was gallant officer Of the American
revolution, and for many years Repro.
sentative in Congress from the Edgefeld
District. His sons, the unclcs Of tho
| subject of this sketch, were oil men of
ability and distinction. Andrew Pickens
Butler was for many years Judge Of
OUR State courts and United StatDa Sena-
| tor. Pierce Mason Butler, was an officer
| of the United States army and Governor
of the State of South Carolina. He
served with distinction in the Florida
war, and was killed at the head cf the
| Palmetto Regiment in Mexico.
| On his mothers side, General Buffers
ancestors and relatives were no less dis
tinguished. His maternal grandfather,
Christopher Raymond Perry, of Rhode
Island, was Captain in the United
States Navy, and gallant officer on sea
and land during the whole Of the Ameri-
Gun revolution. His "oas, the brothers
of Mrs. Jane Tweedy Butler, mother, Of
General Butler, were Oliver Hazard
Perry, the brilliant. immortal here os
Lake Erie, ana Matthew Calbraith Per-
Navy and Commissioner to Japan.
Commodore Commodore Rodgers, sac.hhe.. * ilsa..
naval hero Of the war of 1912, married
the sister of Mrs. Butler, and daughter Of
Captain Christopher Raymond Perry.
Tie descendants Of these distinguished
naval heroes are now holding high offices
in the United States Navy.
General Mathew Calbraith Butler,
named after his uncle, Commodore Perry,
returned to South Carolina with his
mother and family after the death of his
father in Missouri. He was graduated at
the South Carolina College, and com.
meuced the practice Of his profession at
the Edgefield bar. He was, very soon
after his admission to the bar, elected a
member of the Legislature from Edge
field District. This w@s i. iGG0, sit; il
1861 our civil war broke out. He imme.
diately raised company of cavalry and
joined Hampton's Legion. He served
through the whole of the war, and rose
to the rank of Major General of cavalry
in the Confederate army. At the des.
perate battle of Brandy Station in 1863
as lost : leg, but lie nov wa:ks wisiiou;
stick, and very few persons would no.
tice his lar:eness. We will not attempt
to give sketch of his military services.
They are matter of history and known
to his country. But we will say that no
officer of the Confederate army was more
gallant or heroic. In the Invasion of
Pennsylvania, under Lee, the scrupu-
lously honorable conduct of Gen. Butler
towards the citizens of tho country
through which the Confederate army was
passing drew from them the highest nd
miratiOn, and since the war he has re-
ceiyed their grateful thanks.
At the bar Gen. Butler has shown in
the argument of his cases great learning
md f1n, a. hrsl1 Al :
yocate. In celebrated libel case tried
at Greenville some time since. his speech
was said to be, by competent Judges. the
most forcible and finished argument they
have ever heard ia the court OF Justice.
Persons who he'd witnessed % similar
trial at Anderson, in which Gov. Mc-
Duftie made one of his greatest efforts,
say that Gen. Buffers speech was greatly
| superior in every respect; more brilliant.
more logical, more eloquent, more learn
ed and nlore conclusive.
In the Senate of the United States.
where General Butler has just been seat
ed, he is destined to make his mark and
sustain the high reputation which South
Carolina has had in the councils of the
republic for more than century past.
He is comparatively young man. strik-
lngiy handsome IN his person, courtly
| ahu poiisueu III manners, punctllllousiy
honorable In his character, and wins
popular favor wherever he goes. eyen in
a Radical Senate.
General Butler married the daughter
of Governor Francis w. Pickens, and
lives in Edgefield, the home of the But
lers for more than o century past. But
we know that he has strong attachment
for his native district, Greenpille. Where
lie the remains of his honored and noble
mother.