New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-23

We had not fully realized the pitEihleness OF
ex-senator Conklings position until General
Butler, who, apparently, either Is or hopes 4"
be- retained ia the east, laid 1t bare IN an III
t,ryirw published in the cX-SrnaorH personal
or.an. The HtraM. According to General
Bulcr be- Ia, been set upon, mlsrcpreSente',
abused calumnntc.', yiliIicd and cOntIadIcted
by an Administration which could not have
been elected without him ha. been forced into
n position OF autlgonism 10 it. and compelled
by hl, own sense of srli-r-pect to 70. IN his
-,at in the senate; anl " amid al this Hood OF
misrepresentation, c.umry and abuse, he
has madr and could make no answer" lie
" hi, no journals At III, coJnm'nd he cannot
sly VIII 4 hc knows # tie motives and CAUSES
of al this action of the Administration IN
open session wilHout hcin< subject to "A eau
&" t. Order rs rciirtiug upon co-orli-
mate branch Of the Government; and
altogether the ease Of the poor man,
m Nh. Buffers Wow, j. not pltabc. In this
state of things Mr.. Battle. does not wonder
that hr wants to be private citizen, where
" hr can state tie rcatpn~ m''It'~ AMI causes
." Of his own course and the motives, reasons
"aud causes for The c0ul>r o! those WI" OPP
pose him, unclaimed ard free 10 declare
" thr truth. and tie whole truth, rs he sees
and knows it," The American people, who
hlvc been TIM, mr lri In doIM - To the cN-
Senator, motives, 80 soon is they gct the
Butl.rian view and sec how he has been
hampcrrd and hlmsiru., viii no doubt rise
up and m~Iiy him. Ii l. quite probable that
his immediate constituents viii aprroNc his ar-
ton and not undertake 20 r.' linn back INTO
th,. difficulties from winch be- Las made 80
brilliant an cscLp,-hrinHng Pldit with him..
lic wants to be- prv't" citizen" They
will respect his wishes with something Ike en-
thu,ll-m.
And vet we confess that, after reading sev-
,ral columns of very free comment upon the
"rr.,uns. motives aud ral~c,' OF the Admin
i-trifion. given ~ the public under his own IN
,praiion, through his OWN personal organ, we
dp not unite understand why he shonld COM
plain that hr has no journals at his COM
"mlnI ON vhirh hc could call that woald
" enter into hi, contest against the President.
And since these inspired uttemurcS have APP
piled to the President pretty much all the cpl
thrt. known 10 the fsh-woman's vocabulary,
and have charged him in terms with all the
crime, in the calendar, we do not exactly
br i. left unclaimed and free to declare the
tri,tli" II seem, Ia rs that he might, with his
great personal magnetism and influence among
Senators, have procured dsp"nSation from
the senate that would have " nnrhalucd him.
80 that be- colld have said what he had to say
without jariug the whole universe by re-
signing. An excited person once called
upon Mr.. Greeley To "giyc him his
opinion Of him for some fancicd
grievance He, too had the gift of tinency,
like the ex senators scribe and for
about half an hour he poured ont dcnunci-
alton, oath. aud cpithcts, ill the atmosphere
was blue, Mr. Greeley meantime not looking
ND from his desk or pausing from his writing.
one of his complaints, too. was that he had
"no Journals at his command" And be, too.
after a time, began to feel hampercd and Ia
long to get out somewhere where he could be
"unrhainrd." A. hr started TO 20, Mr.. Gree
lev. without raising his head, mtcrpoSel, "Oh,
don't 20: stay and free your mind" Ii occurs
10 III that the Senate, if the ex-senator had
only given notice that he thought OF rc'gning
i'm order that he might feel unclaimed
would very likely have FASTENED Ia say: "Oh,
don't 20: stay and free your mind And that
would have saved all this tremendous disturb
anrc.
The lutheran view throws great light upon
thf. mysterious mystery. The situation in
which our ex-senator found himself when the
Administration opened war upon him. by re-
n,.ing To let him administer the Government,
WIS something more than embarrassing il was
exa,prrating, rasping, intolrrabe. lie had
"no Journals at his command" and he could
rot say what he wanted TO about the PrcSi-
dent without being called To order. 1t was,
in short, tough 80 he resigned. He wants
TO be- private citizen" and unclaimed"
Well let HIM
The success ~ the reporter rs detective OF when
4. hos uot hepn UpifOrmlV