Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-09-03
Number Al.

GEN. BUTLER ON RECONSTRUCTION
Gen. Butler. short time ago. made
q speech ct Concord. N. H., from
which We extract the following:
"DEHocRLor."
"If there is a Democrat here-and
thousands doubt not there sre-to him
say. I am Democrat, aiter the strict
est sect Of that political religion have
lived . Phsrisee. And when We
point TO the past for q record, I say 4.
here. in this bright suElight-there-is
no better Democratic record thar, mine:
and he aho clains better. let him show
It,"
"srAYERr." 8,
"And nov let me tell sou szEs d
my deliberate judgment. founded on
observation and experience, that the
question Of negro slavery to-day is as
much 3 dead issue OF the past as the
United States Bank. That thing is
ended. Whatever may be the future
of this country that thing is ended. and
no man except those Rho>go back
to pick up that which IS behind
need trouble himself about that issue"
"sErrLkMEsr."
"Firss, drive out the military power
that now holds the States, the Eve hun
dred Thousand men there. Drive out
the leaders; send them to Mexico, II
you choose, TO make proportion Of
Louis Napolson's army: send them any
wherel get rid OF them. Ny friends,
there are too many to hang; we have q
right to hang them. but many things
that are right are not expedient. Send
them away; get rid Of them; extinguisk
them so far as the land is concerned
Ii must be so; because we could not
live with them in peace when they were
friends, and can we live with them as
enemies? And when that is done, and
loyal men ask to come into the Union 10
become q portion Of this great empire;
we can admit them precisely as We ad- 20
mitted Western Virginia. and as hope
we shall soon do Lo0isians. Having
got rid Of those men who assume to be
leaders, we cau reconstruct the Uniofi;
and, my word for il. my friends, bear
with me or against me as the case may
be In the future, 10 that way only is
there TO be any reconstruction Of ths
Union. And when the nation is recon:
structed, when It's laws are extended
over all that great territory again; when
instead Of having our attention divert
ed and driven now as il is to the ques-
ton Of war, We can bring the whole
energy OF the public mini and the
whole talent Of the public Statesmen Of
the country 10 this question, then will
be the time we can deal with and settle
in the providence of God, TO our salts
faction and to His, this great question:
Of what is to be done with the Afrii
can race. Before that time, ia my
judgment, it is Of little consequences 10
speculate upon the negro question id
any shape. Drive Lee and his myf:
midons from the gates Of the Cspitol
and then look after the African. fod
see l am ending as I begah-ehd the
rebellion, and get rid Of the suspension
Of habeas corpus; end the rebellionI
and get rid Of military arrests; end the
rebellion and get rid Of military p6werj
end the rebellion and become re- nhitedi
end the rebellion; and then settle the
Question Of the African. Applause
Let me be understood--snd think ID
is best--if 1t is the best way to use the
African for the purpose Of getting rid
Of the rebels, use bim. Applause. =
But deal with him not as the end, but
as the means; not as result. but rs
an instrument in our hands, placed there
by God, for the protection OF this
country In this hour Of her PERIL
Continued applause.
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