The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-17

luEdinStk 1odCfHl aulnOfltyt FccclV~
&c its a blow at that banquet. cali
houn. W twas the next speaker, vain
~ atte lkaed rescue by the toast,
The Uh>~k; Next to our Liberty most
dear; ~ we all remember that 1t
toan oIv be preserved by respecting
the rid Is Of the states and distribut-
! ing ePNlly the benefit and burden of
the Jt7ion'
! "Ntl1ihcation thus became q dead
issues and Gen. Jackson told us at
the Hermitage, among many other
things that If Calhoun had persevered |
in the disorganizing and rebellious /
proceedings set on root by him In
| South Carolina he would have hanged
him."
March 21, 1850, Mr.. Butler was mar
ried to Mary Russell, daughter Of
Charles H. MARSHALL of the Old Line
oe Liverpool packets, and 'on our
wedding trip, which extended as far
South as Richmond, we stopped at
| Washington. We called at the White
House and were graciously received
| by President Taylor. | had a curios-
ity to see the hero OF the many VIC
turtles OF Mexico which had won for
him the highest place IN the gift of
the country. !,
Making a Honeymoon Call
On President zach" Taylor.
"He did not altogether belle his cog
nomen OF old Rough and Ready for
he was q somewhat weatherbeaten sol-
dier. But no man who has had the
command Of armies is wholly out OF
J place in any supreme position, and In
his case. as with other military Presi-
dents, there was no violent transition
from major-general to Chief Exeou-
!, tive. The interest OF our visit was
| much heightened in the retrospect by
: the fact that 1t was oniy few weeks
later that he passed away"
= In anticipation of his marriage Mr..
5 Butler had bought from William Mr..
! Evarts, whose family had outgrown
, it, n house in East Nineteenth street,
No. 81, one of row of five twenty
fCot-front houses built by Daniel Lord,
the eminent lawyer. And in this con-
nection we get an interesting sidelight
on real estate values in New York.
81 bought the house for $6150 After
living in IT five years sold It for
$1,000 to DR.. willard Parker, who pre-
sented 1t to his eldest daughter on
the day Of her marriage to my brother
benjamin f. Butler Jr. My brother
and his family lived in ii for over six
: years and then II was sold for $4,000,
and later on, after some important i'm
provements had been made in II, 1t
was again sold for $4,000.
Mr.. Butler continues: During a part
! o. our residence in Nineteenth street
our next-door neighbor was Horace
: Greeley, who carried his personal &C.
centricities to some extent into his
domestic arrangements. He kept o.
goat In his back yard, and appealed,
when necessity required, to his neigh
bors to aid him in looking after his
, sas-meter when the lights went out.
Horace Greeley, as Neighbor
Drops I'm Most Informally.
AS the houses in our row were iden>
teal In appearance, 1t was not strangel
that Mr.. Greeley. with mind intent on
great affairs, should mistake one cl(
the others for his own. Returninf
home one time carrying a box of ted
be made an Intellectual attempt to enJ
Ter my house. My w:fe. hearing some
one at the front door, opened Il rath-
er suddenly, and the founder of the
New York Tribune was preclpitated,
tea chest and all, into our front hall "
Mr.. Butler met Gen. Fremont at
dinner in his fathers house. No. 81
West Seventeenth street, i'm the spring
OF 1856. He impressed me as an
Interesting and attractive man, but
not made OF quite the stuff which, at
that period OF our national history,
seemed requisite for presidential
candidate. While his canvass aroused
much enthusiasm and consolidated
activities Of the members of the nav
party by patriotic fervor in bright
contrast with the old-tlme conserva-
t'sm Of the Wings and Democrats, the
time was not ripe for Republican as
Tendency"
In the spring of 1857 Douglass came
to the city of New York and, says our
author, Il met him at n reception
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Bancroft. He
} had just married the foremost belle of
washington society. who, as our hos
tess said to me, had been a queen be-
J fore she was n senator's wife. She
accompanied her husband on his east
eln tour and was certainly a woman
CT remarkable beauty and intelligence.
Douglas himself, while not prepossess-
, ing In appearance, being OF diminutive
stature with disproportionately large
mead was of course a most interest
ing ana impressive figure and owing
10 mis- stand against the controlling
element OF his own party was hailed
VITA something of the applause ac-
corded Il hero"
Mr. Butler saw Lincoln on his first
visit to New York, and he saws:
When first laid eyes on him in
the Astor House, where he was lodged
his face had aleady asbumed that
grave and care-worn expression which
) became more and more characteristic
: o. him as the years went on. He was
4 on mis- way to the seat of government
there' as It's executive head. to take
arms against a sea OF troubles. not
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