Show GODKIFS GOAD He Gets I Out and Goes For Old Ben Butler The Editor Says the General Mod About General Gen-eral W F Smith in His BootUp is Attvised ivot to Goto New York Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch NEW YORK April 19 Editor Godkin of i the Evening Post appears never to be happy unless he goes for someone in his papor Since Ben Butlers book has been published pub-lished Godkin has given the crabbed old general several sharp raps To these the I general retaliated by saying that the reason rea-son for this animosity was becausE Butler had intimated that he got his Godkins money to start the Nation from antislavery antislav-ery people and did not give the subscribers subscrib-ers their moneys worth in abolitionist editorials ed-itorials That charge evidently doesnt frighten Godkin for today he called the general an old liar and in an editorial says General W F Smith is one of the numerous nu-merous persons about whom the old man has lied in the book and he we understand under-stand is preparing a reply on the advice of friends who take the ground that although al-though few now living believe anything that Butler says yet postority may nOl learn this and knowing the prominence 01 triO pan nuuer tOOK in I tho war may receive his book as a genuine contribution to history Therefore General Smiths pamphlet will I be filed in various public libraries for tie illumination of those who in future aces may get it into their heads that Butler was a soldier or a truthful person From what wo know of General Smiths feelings and of tho facilities which exist here for getting I people arrested on the charge ofcritniiial libel we would advise Butler to keep out of this state His conviction if indicted would be almost certain so strong is popular pop-ular prejudice against him as was shown by the wretched run he made for tho presidency presi-dency in this city in 18S4 So we advise him not to come here at his age as our jails are damp and the jailers young fellows with but little reaped for gray hairs I |