The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03

rendered. and was. IN any circumstances.
out an act of war. He was condemned
20 death for an insult to the enemy en-
>igu. Ii was scarcely to be believed that
ON such a charge a human HE should be
taken. Deliberately aud IN cold blood.
Butter was inexorabie. The wife and
children of the condemned man piteous
Is plead for hi life. Butler : answer
was cruel and haunting. A number OF
citizens joined in a petition tor mercy
Butler answered that some vicious men
in New Orleans had sent him defiant let
tiers about Mumford's fate that an issue
had been raised, that il was TO be de-
ridcd whether he was to govern IN New
Orleans or uot'-and he decided II by
keeping the word he had first pronounc-
ed. and sending Mumford TO the gallows.
The condemned man was one OF hum
bic station In life. and was said TO have
been of dissipated habits. But he was
taultlessly brave. On the gallows the
suggestion was made to hini that he
might vet save his rife by a Illuminating
aud piteous confession. He replied to
the officer who thus tempted him go
away" He turned to the crowd. and
said with a distinct and steady voice: Il
consider that the manner of my death
will be no disgrace To my wife and chill
dren my country will honor them
More than a thousand spectators stood
around the ~gallows they could not be
lleve that the last act of the tragedy was
really to be performed they looked on
IN astonished and profound silence.
II BUMMER WHO WOULD A PREsI-
DENT BE!
The Ntcs- Obserrer says the enter
tainment given by Butler To Gov. and
Mrs. Jarvis, and their guests. was paid
for by the Boston Exposition, and not
by Butler individually though it was
al his hotel and his table. If This were
so. Butler surely did not receive pay for
inviting them to ride around the harbor
in his private yacht.
He was known as "Plcayune Butler"
before the war.-"Bottled-up-Butler"
during the war, and Beast Butler
ever after.
Raleigh Neus- Observer says: But
lcr's conduct in New Orleans can never
be forgotten. His very name Is an Of
fence to every man who holds women
in honor. The crimes he committed
cannot be blotted out by the recital of
an occasional act of kindness, or the re-
collection of some spasm of apparent
generosity
-Goldsboro Messenger says: We
have had enough of Greeley and would
advise our Nouthern friends to 90 slow
SO far as Butler is concerned. The
Messenger always ''hews true to the
line" whenever a Democratic nomina-
ton is made. but nominate Beast But
Ter and you. may for once find US on the
bolt"
-Sacrilage. Philadelphia Record
says When Governor Butler said in
his speech Of acceptance, at Springfield:
Would to God this cup might pass from
me- he must have divided the impulse
of his hearers between laughing at the
comic impuience of his prayer and be-
ing angered at its impiety."
The kind o~fconvention which NOM
mated Butler may be inferred from the
fact that while Rev. Mr.. Simmons was
offering a prayer, some delegate yelled,
-"LOUDER! LOUDER"
-Newbern Journal says: "The fact
that a distinguished Southern lady, one
whose deceased husband holds a warm
place in the hearts of all the Southern
people, was recently the guest of Gov
ernor Butler leads us to believe that
there has been a change in the senti-
ments of the people in regard to the
man whom they once pronounced a
BEAST
Many of our leading State papear. and
the Southern press in general, have eX-
pressed modification at the social
recognition accorded Butler by ladies
who under the circumstances were
measurably Representative of their
Southern Sisters. These journals pro-
badly were not aware that Mrs. Gen.
Jackson (and Stonewalls daughter) went
to Boston as the guest of Gov. Jarvis
therefore felt bound to share the Beasts
hospitality at table alons with all the
rest. OF course she had a right TO do
this if she saw fit but that is no reason
that we or other Southerners should
condone his sins. Butler appointed a
negro to be q Judge the very week the
Southerners were there !; but he could
not make them recognise the negro as
their social equal.
p. S.-As we 60 to press comes Char
Jackson which we copy:
Upon my return from my recent
visit to the North. l find some comments
which are not entirely just, from the
Southern press, and in Justice to myself
and my daughter, | must correct some
statement which have been made.
After Joining Gov. and Mrs. Jarvis. who
were going to take the same trip we
were (and where could we find a more
pleasant and suitable party to travel
with, than the Governor OF my native
State aud his excellent wife? y AN invi-
tation was extended to become the
quests of the State OF Massachusetts.
| was advised by Southern friends to
accept it; and it was urged that we
woulal not be the guests OF Gov. Butler,
but of the State. which represented many
coed and noble people. While in Bos-
ton, we were entertained at a hotel. and
did not cross the threshold of Gen. But
Ter. Justice. however, compels ME to
say that he was wanting i'll no courtesy
to the guests of his State. The people
of Boston; and at every point we visited
in the North. certainly gave evidence
that my husbands name was held i'll
such honor and reverence. that my heart
not but be touched with tender
and grateful emotion. l was told thew
him for Ibis moral grandeur. :
Ibis exalted piety; that he was the