. The Southern States. so if maimed in the cause which was lost. Butler waswounded and lost his right leg at thebattle of Brandy Station. He was re-turned to the State legislature in 1866,and, with the exception of WadeHampton, did more to overthrow carpetbag and radical rule than any otherman in his State. He was sent to the Senate in 1877and has since been retained. His termwill expire March 3, 1895, and thatdate will prove the most important inhis life. Under the leadership of the old regime of the State hasbeen struck down. Hampton was de-feated in the revolution, and now all t
. The Southern States. so if maimed in the cause which was lost. Butler waswounded and lost his right leg at thebattle of Brandy Station. He was re-turned to the State legislature in 1866,and, with the exception of WadeHampton, did more to overthrow carpetbag and radical rule than any otherman in his State. He was sent to the Senate in 1877and has since been retained. His termwill expire March 3, 1895, and thatdate will prove the most important inhis life. Under the leadership of the old regime of the State hasbeen struck down. Hampton was de-feated in the revolution, and now all theefforts of the reform element are aimedat Butler. Tillman, after sending JohnIrby to the Senate, now aspires to thehonor himself He has never met withdefeat, and should Butler succeed inoverthrowing him, he will ha\-e struck adeath blow to the third party mo\ementin the State. Butler is a farmer, but looks like aprince. He is good in rough andtumble debate on the stump and yethis speeches in Congress are as polished. WILKINSON CALL, 1-LORI as those of White of Louisiana. Whenadvertised to speak the galleries arecrowded and he is one whom the capi-tol police cannot prevent the throng 45^ SOUTHERN LEADERS IN CONGRESS.
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