Daily Republican., 1879-05-06
DUTUHER DEFENDED.
Letters from Samuel Hail and the
President Of the butcher Club OF
Philadel pkia.


Philadelphia.
For the Republican.
WILMINGTON, DEL, May 9Th, 'H.
MEssRs. EDIToRs:-I have been of late
very much engaged in writing to show
the public what my opinions were IN
regard to the movements of my friend
Geo. M. butcher, and my communlca-
tions have not been confined to this Sec
ton of the country, consequently | have
been pressed for time and have not
given attention to the article signed by
Mentor" which appeared think In
the Gazette" of April 10Th. beg
leave TO remark that this seems to be
very strange time for"Mentor'to thrust
his personal opinions in regard to our
much prosecuted friend, Mr.. butcher,
into the public press. Why did he not
write the article when Mr.. butcher
was conducting tho reform. 1t seems
untimid and cowardly at the present
dark day Of trouble. Contrary to Men
tors" assertion | think most of the
popular preachers Of this city endorsed
MIR. butcher, during the reform, in pub
lie print.
"Mentor" must certainly be very in
innate with the ministry of this city,
to advance his opinion as theirs, and
not very complimentary to the temper.
ance people VIXEN he intimates that
ignorant people may be deceived by the
whining cant of some reformers
speeches. According to "Mentor's'opin-
ion, there must he great many ignor-
ant people in Wilmington, as Mr..
butcher certainly had and has many
friends. agree with "Mentor' in re-
gard to Mr.. butchers being a "csrpet-
bagger," poor man he has been four
teen years running around, carpet bag
in hand. deprivipg himself of home
comforts and the presence OF vile and
children, to try and save suffering hui
manity from the dread power of that
scourge from which he was miraculous
ly saved himself.
As to "Mentor" mourning that Viii,
mington should have helped mislead
Philadelphia, the latter city or its TEN,
perance people still have confidence IL
Mr. butcher as well be known in Eb'
enzer church tomorrow and the ID. T..
C. OF that city do not propose to change
the name of their club but do PROPOSE
to defend their founder to the last dl' ch
as the committee consisting of President
Secretary and others informed me OIL
visiting the "Dutcher Home" on Friday
May End. Now as to the absence o
religion of Mr.. butcher will beg leave
of Mentor" to change the word chris
tianity. may be IN staken in the mean
ing of both words but think the mar
who would give his last dollar to a pool
man, who weuId put a fifty dollar sui
of clothes on man he was trying tt
save and keep poor drunkards without
number in his family, ever since he re-
formed as he has done, and has help
ed to do and his noble wife been put tt
great. trouble through them, say thi'
Geo. M. butcher has got some OF tha
kind OF christianity or religion i'll hin
which ought to be a little more sand
wichen into every day life.
here give few instances of Mr.
Butchers acts, which perhaps show hi
had no Christian virtues:
In Cleveland, Ohio, when he was lee
turing in the church o1Rev. Mr.. Grant
a woman came weeping to him and ask
ed him to visit her husband who wa
at a hotel on the borders Of delirium
Mr.. butcher did SO, and prevailed
=. upon the man to sign the pledge, pait
y his hotel bill and bought him ticke
t to Leominister, Mass, where he Dutch
er then resided. This man for when
i. Mr.. butcher paid out over 800, 90 casl
t after stopping at the home of Mr.. Dutch
4 er three months, borrowed money o
t hin and an evercoat and never return
9 ed. Another whom he kept six month
t in his family, stole $40, 90 and abscond
II ed. A woman from Portsmouth, N. Ii
A stayed at his home III Leominister tc
r three months, then took the agency fo
;, his book in the city Of Fitchburg, MI
|, d. going security for $500 worth {
l. books for her to start on. She Sc
= drunk, ran away and he had to pay tc
), the books; for authority unto Columbi
f. Book Co., Hartford Conn.
. A dead beat ex-generai of U. S. A
q swindled him out of several hundre
d dollars and stopped three::months in hi
u family on 7th street, New York. Anothe
n man FROM Worcester, Mass. stopped thre
!, months in his family in Leoministe
e Mass, then gotS Sdrunk, frightened h
d wife and children nearly to death an
ran away. mention these cases
show that Mr.. butcher is easily d.
=. cpived by people and can mentio
" ~ many cases giving names and places
10 10 nativity of those he has spent lare
y sums OF money in trying to redeem the1
u u from drink both when the DutcheI
" " lived in New York, Worcester, Mass
y and at my home Leominister, Mas
. If this is not showing chaistian chara
- u, ter in its true way then don't kno
" what christianity is and don't want #
T. By the style Of Mentors letter an
the time of its publication l should sa
r if he was a square christian he'd con
i. out square with his name as do all
"a not hide his identity in so cowardly
ID manner. | say by the true inwardne
|v apparent to the intelligent reader "
N N are forced to believe that in his hea
= he has always hoped the temperan'
work of this city would prove failur
.kA fo,,t tn
I'd willing to say that "Dutcher' has fal
s. ell, perhaps he had better first find ou
is then face Mr.. butcher and express h
rs opinions as freely as he has in the co
le umns OF the "Gazette"
If "Mentor" has any more to say c
the subject, beg him to postpone t.
expression of bis verdict until he HI
III more grounds to go on, and l am at lie
I'd sure to enter the field and give h
l..