New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-19
GENERAL BUTLER'S VIEWS.
POLITICS IN TIE SOUTH AND NORTH
THE GENERALS RETURN FROM HIS YACHTING TRrI

ing Just returned from extended cruise Ia his yacht
America. lie had visited the West Indies and Florida
and had come back with much improved health and in
excellent spirits. TRIBUNE reporter called on him and
was received eerially. The General lounged In big
arm char smoking with look Of serene satisfaction or
his face The free and easy ways Of yachting seemed to
have had their effect him. for he much more care
less In dress aud manner than he has usually appeared
/ In the past. Boston air may be expected TO work
| transformation. The talk began with the
incidents OF his trip and the reporter asked him what
| had been his impressions Of Cuba The bronzed and
| hardy navigator replied:
found during my stay OF eleven days in Havana
that there very friendly feeling existing toward
the United States and desire the part Of the Cubnns
that the relations between the countries shoud be
sthl moro intimate. They rcgrct-not entirely from a
pccuniary point Of vicw-tlat the duties have
been so imposed that they prevent the expectation OF
sugar To this country with any reasonable profit They
hope. however, that alterations will be made that
sugar eau be shipped with profit. As TO the
general condition ~ the island found to be In very
BAD way The planters heavily In debit and the plan
ta'ions being abandoned to considerable extent.
This unfavorablc condition Of things thought luc
chiefly TO the expensive government they are maintain
ing. Their army Is large ours which, Of course, Is
ont Of all proportion"
"Did you discover feeling in favor Of annexatlonr
NO II was never mentioned Int do not think
that The island will be prosperous until it is an
| ncNcd"
Where did you 90 TO from Cuba r.
we returned % Florida the trip across proving very
rough In speaking OF Florida have yon ever conSid'
cred hat "a great state IT, what greater one 1t will
he nnd What curious condition Of ITHACA exist Take
for instance it, population. r. the city ~ - Augustine
there probably 100 people who live there the year
round and yet In the winter time the inhabitants mum
Der ahout l5.OOO All this floating population comes
from the Notth. the State 90 Doe general si
arum. Asa result. You viii lind hotels al. through Tie
] .rH.r
hotels In the North. - q state for money -mannr
Il La- hri. future. Northern capital being invested
f. large aIuouuts The cla- 81 people j. 'lAnriue -l-
ei-hucs- giving way to energy. Ihr orange groves are
~ profit From ouc tree '"y gather
from 200 t. lOo oranges thn' arc worth from 10
cent? nI.cc on IN acre ~ ground fuy or SIXTY trees
can placed and the Ic.na'I iof tire fruit b. greater
than the supply The fruit H. SEEING exported e. Europe
| Ia large quantities vt pruit
Have the people mach faith in tie proposed rat Pr
draining The -waml~ ?"
Noi draining the -wamps. lint rcd'ominr the Ever
cla,rs. .ccau-c There uur.ak able signs that the
Lycrralcs were once cultivated. The people have great
faith in the success, Of the plan. which viii open up
large area If thc best .na-lr land in tic country"
Tur TWO rArIlr~ II Inv ~prTH
"wlnc tn the south iii You pay nuy attention TO the
political fcclmci"
"0nly uttr IN general nn' in Florida more rorticn-
Larry There found that The people ".rr sk oi I"u'-
aud were !r-lr.u-o ~ iitins th'iu alone IH- ihnk
comc % much a. aay thing from desire 70 hr'ak away
from thc old pariirt"
riou io You think the Malone 'inrni vi. be "a
vorahly rcceivedi"
"Nc.. tn my opinion It will Tho white people will
never vote for the rprhcan parts nor anything that
IA. T,pubic,n attached 10 a. because they have the
llca. which Ia. b,cn in-iilcd INTO them from
the time they were old enough 10 know anything
and which u ~ much part " their existence A. any
thing can De- that the Republican party and everything
attached To -tlr destroyer % th'r pA'rim"ny the
SLAYER ~ their pnrnt- and tie cn"mY u their country.
u.c,in, thee hiarf strongly a. they do. 'N To he
op,er, AT that they never have voted for the Erpub
uran pnrv and Il ~ unreasonable :" argue that n"y
never VIII The M kuK IN $50 w,r' COMPOSE,
"i-h,.,r' rho-r sent to the Albany penitrntary
" i'el, ,o"tG 4 dccrlc hns pn.scd dncc them The
on,i. ~ 70 m, r'n nov and they are strong
1rfi X, uuhlcau- And M" tnuth1 81 t@hhl are
strl stronger aud more snlwart Therefore r'n7"n
t,,i 49, Iaf, "a. The old PARTIES mniaai.c! lutt ="
long vii Ice. The Nurth against the -,htt "i ,."
proIcr, The Republican party 3tii5't ~, '..r
h,,c Ind NE l'n hrrd 900 th,n %. -i"ntl ~ ' ~ i'
r,rf, /. M, ci, ni, of thNr country, ant ihh II u
-houd succeed it would rai-' ihr h'tn r"T % er
.tavnrt against tawnrtirin L. not the ''-' uInk 'or
this country"
"INIIWrAGInN" ~ MAsaACHl 'ETIS'
VIII Naturalization continue '
"r,iBuotin 90. south. batit D.. on the increase 30
Na--achuctta"
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iu 'hr ud Gay state o.
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ttoH7 i' nee '"'' ""'' .,
usr NLu tiuil l'a't'.i 600 hi- li.N' 'l'- -' d" "'"'
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brt Do. .- afr1liof Doe we. md family -'a~'in- VIZ"
o. -ho'.au H"u lun1'n-. hH' "nr vote l' i"'' 'N'
,f- urrrnrc u"i.'ii'' i votes '" '.. '''Y
mitulIa. uii. M.th tA'r th"l-Aid- '' ""t""'h' '"'
ao uni -lt o. ran 81 % u Oh. '".'- 'i '"' ' ''
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il,,.,nt.l b.. }. D.. Ir..'i q 'irc.l The workbench
know, ,lf. nr, 'lr, o., uDt vote 1hrr,i- Another t"rF