Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-09
Hear Gen. Butler.

Gen. Butler, before leaving new Orleans
issned spirited and patriotic address to the
people Of that place, telling them plainly
that slavery was incompatible with ihe safe |
" Of the Union. Gen. Butler, II should be |
remembered, was Breckenridge democrat
in 1860, bn no sooner had the first gun
been fired Mt Santer. than he sprang into
the field, where he has been doing patriotic
service ever since. We make the following
extrac, from his address:
saw that this rebellion was war Of the
laristocrats against the mAldlng men, of the
/ rich against the poor a war OF the land
owner against the laborer; that it was a
struggle for the retention Of power in the
hands of the few against the many and
found no conclusion to it save in the sub
iucation of the few and the disenthrallment
of the many.
/ therefore felt no hesitetion in taking
the substance of the wealthy, who had caused
the war. to feed the innocent poor who had
suffered by tho war. And shall now leave
you with the proud consciousness that under
the roof of the cottage and in the cabin OF
the slave, and so am quite content TO incur
the sneers of the salon or the curses of the
rich.
found you trembling at the terrors Of
servile instruction. All danger Of this
:, have prevented by so treating the slave
that he had no cause TO rebel.
found The dungeon, the chain and the
! s... -, ,,a,ns 81 nforcinr, Nhafii urp
Q ip your servants. | leave them peaceful.
laborous, controlled by the laws of kindness
and justice.
! conjure you, If you desire ever to see
renewed prosperity, giving business to
e YOUR streets and wharves it you hope 10
. see your city become again the mart OF the
! western world, fed by its rivers for more
than three thousand miles, draining the
commerce of a country greater than the
{ mind of man hath ever conceived-return
a to your allegiance.
i, If you desire to leave to yeur children
! the Inheritance you received by your fathers
a stable constitutional government If you
: desire that they should in the future be Z
+ portion Of the greatest empire the sun evel
. shown upon--return to your allegiance.
s There is but one thing that stands IN the
!, way.
II There is but one thing that nj this hour
= stands between you and the government
9 and that is slavery.
e The institution, cursed of God, which
= has taken its last refuge here, in His provi
! dence will be rooted out as the tares iron
= the wheat, although the wheat be torn VI
/ with it.
:" ] have given much thought to this sub
< ject.
,s came among you, by teachings, by habi
of mind, by political position, 10y socia
q affinity, inclined 10 sustain your domesti
g laws, if by possibility they might be viii
i, safety to the Union.
o Months Of experience and Of ohserfa
!. tion hare forced The conrtcton that the ca
- istence Of Slavery is incompatible actM N
rs safety either Of yourselves or Of The 0n'oa.
m AS the system has gradually grown to II
u present huge dimensions, it were best it
n could be gradually removed but it is bette
far better, that it should be taken out ;
10 once than that it should longer vitiate I'll
ep social political and family relations of yor
Of country. ! am speaking with no phiIaT
bv thropic views as regards the slave, b.
- simply of the effect Of slavery on the masIe
: See for yourselves.
se Look around you. and say whether 4,
gn saddenng, deadening influence has not 9
od but destroyed the very framework OF yo'
society.
l. am speaking the farewell words of Oh
he who has shown his devotion to his ooantr
10 at the peril of his life and fortune, who
q these words can neither hope nor iniert
Vi save the good of those whom he addresse
rk- and let me here repeat with all the solei
to nifty of an appeal to Heaven TO bear Z
rse witness, that such are the views torcedup
;do me by experience.
Come, then, 10 the unconditional suppe
10 Of the government. Take into your on
art hands your own institutions; remodel the
will according TO the laws OF nations and OF o.
the and thus attain that great prosperity I
sured to you by geographical position, Oh
portion of which was heretofore yours.
Benz. L. BuTLE