The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-09-12
General Butler on the War.

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home Gen. Butler, that distinguished gen.
tleman spoke as follows:
Mr.. MAYOR AND FELLOW CITIZENS:
Your words of welcome are most dear
Home has brought to my mind all those
associations of childhood, youth. and man
hood that cluster around that sacred
Dame, and in my absence [ have known
that here at loa.t my motives would not
be misunderstood, my acts if worthy
would be appreciated, and my reward
would be most dear. 10 the appreciation
of these my neighhors-if in any thing
have deaerved we'll of my country OF have
been enabled to render a service to the
glorious csuse for which We all lasor and
to the Constitution which We all love-
haze received more than my reward 10.
night. The appreciation Of NY eighbors
and townsmen is fit reward for greater
services than mine.
| have endeayorei to do ny duty. and
With the noble Massachusetts, soldiers tho
left this town with ne, and so far as &C
ton and purpose are concerned, think
We cau say you have nothing of which
you need be ashamed. Lowell hes sept
out the best regiment that has left the
Commonwealth, and therefore the first in
| the United States. The first to be bap-
,ized in blood at Baltimore. and the first
martyrs in this second revolution, which
is greater than the first, We the Sixth
the Lowell regiment
And when one day the 9Th marched IN
to Baltimore again about this time in the
evening, with the rains Of Heaven falling
upon US, and the lightning OF Heaven
cleaning upon our guns, | saw a.pecta
Gle more splendid than I bad ever be-
fore beheld, or than usually falls to the
lot of man to witness--a spectacle of % or
al sublinity. Treason bad done its work
and driven the soldiers from the town,
bat another power bad brought them
back and claim for Massachusetts, for
the 6tb-that no man shall say that the
soldiers of Lowell are not to have the
foremost honors Of the war Applause |
More than that, you sent after them
other companies, aud of one | have the
right to speak word, as it came uuder
my own coGmand. The "Ricbardsou
Guard was better equipped and better
cared Tor than any other company that
had marched froD Massachusetts, or iuto
Virginia and | am glad to say here pub
icly tbat at the request of the officers OF
the regular army at Fortress Mouroe,-
that company was made part of the reg
uiar garrison at the Fortress-a CON.
plimcnt that bas been paid to DO other
company By the officers of the regular ar
my. [Appiause.]
say again that Lowell has reason 10
be proud Of ber soldiers; and have not
her soldiers reason to be proud of Lo
Weiil
You say well, Sir. there are no parties.
We have country torn at the present
hour by Intestine var. aud until that
country is put in peace. in quiet. there
mu-t be 30 party aDd no thoogbt of party
No eoDproai.e applau-el. DO yieldipg.
nothing tut the strong arm, until the elo.
Tious flag of the Union floats over evers
inch OF territory which belongs to the u
n'tsd States of America, Loud cheers
and applause
For one, Il trust that tLcre may be DO
attempt at peace. and after remaining . |
te~ days here. | am ready 10 return to
my duty, aud never return to Lc>ell un-
III the last tine. or until the work ia ao
We mu-t have peace, but
peace in which the power of the Govern
ment Is acknowled ged; it must be peace
" hieh secures the constitutional rights Of
all men under the Federal Government,
and no other government Loud ap.
plause With my fellow soldiers, whom
have left for the hour, there is no other
feeling, and We have heard With pain and
regret that there was any other feeling
cherished even b. few Why. Sir. let
US make peace for the hour, and it
would not be sixty days before we would
be involved in war again. if the result OF
hat peace was the separation of this u.
mon into two confederacies. We must
rave the whole Of this country under one
government, or else no govcrnuen at all
Applause There is DO middle ground t
We must pour out blood and treasure
he first like water. the last like sand a
lntil that is accomplished. If you have :
10 country, what have you Ieftl Moth. /
ne! We should bo base to give up the g
ich Inheritance bequeathed to US Sy our b
atbers, and leave to our children o1lv c
roken and r0ined country.
Mr. Mayor, | have been led into di.
ress'on from the more appropriate duty
the moment, to return to you my sim b
ere thanks for this too great honor. | ;,
seeive it. not for myself, but for the - =
rave troops under my command, and :,
le gallant navy to whose exertious we :,
re mainly to attribute the recent victory. >
receive it for the gallant Commodore :,
tringham (applause), and l would call ;,
our attention to the fact that he Is a son .,
NJ massachusetts,, that majority of his =,
,et fitted in Massachusetts,. 80 that :,
was on the whole pretty much Massa-
'uSetts enterprise. When we are abroad
do not echo that prayer with which
our official docn,nents ara .loso5