The _Record_ asserts that, "this is about as near the truth as
Butler ever gets," and then goes on to make some additional statements
which, to say the least, are exceedingly interesting, and _proofs_
of which the Editor's Table respectfully requests.
The _Record_ says; "It is true that his (Butler's) name was
proposed for the nomination for Vice President in 1864."
Upon whose authority does this assertion rest, and _by whom_ was
General Butler's name thus proposed?
The _Record_ says:--"It is also true that he (Butler) heard of it,
and objected to the plan not for the reasons he now gives, but because
he '_didn't want to run on the ticket with Abe Lincoln.'"_
Intensely interesting this, an important fact it would seem for the
future historian. But,--will the _Record_ please quote its
authority?
The _Record_ says:--"That this was the ground for his (Butler's)
refusal to take the nomination, in case it should be offered to him, was
well known to those who were informed of the exact state of affairs at
the time.
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