Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1863-04-10

-hpey Means 10 be Used u Crush The Rebel.
Aon-1he Traitors 10 be Despoiled Of their
Posssssions for he Benefit Of the Union Soldier,
The Altitude and Diplomacy Of Foreign Pow
ere Critically Reviewed, &c.
General Butler was rendered grand rrcep-
ton, at the New York Academy Of Music, on
thursday evening, by the meDbeis and friends
Of the Union League Of that city. The lremen-
dous auditorium was densey crowded with both
ladies' anu gentlemen, aud the greatest ,uthusi
asm and good feeling prevailed during the eve
ning.
After thanking Mayor 0ndyko aud the men,
bers OF the Union League for the honor conferred
in rendering him public reception of such mag
nlhcence General Butler proceeded to review the
| history Of the rise md progress of tho rebellion
at some length. We are sorry That our limited
space will not permit us to reproduce the whole
speech for our readers but we are gtatiel to
present the salient points OF the address:
WHY GEN BUTLER sUsTAINs THE GovERNMENT
am an cid Audew Jackson Democrat Of
twenty yeurs standing. [Appnuse aud three
cheers for the old hero Of New Orleans Aud
80 far as l know have never swersed from his
! teachings, Applause Up to tile time when
disunion TOOK place went ms fur as the tnrthest
IN support Of the constitutional rights ot the
South, however bitter or distateful 10 me were
the obligations which my fathers assumed Tor my
F III tut compromises ~ lut CONSTITUTION. 1lry
made them all, and il was not for me to reject
the bitter. took them all Applause Fol-
low Democrats, l,touk every ono because they
were constituted obligations lappuuscl, aud
taking each and all, | stood by the South and
Southern rights under the Constitution, until
advanced and looked into the pit Of disuuiDn, and
not liking the prospect, quietly Withdrew
| Laughter aud appluuse] We went apart from
that hour und We nre forever npnrt You may
/ INDIA nf fla avhnn I tI, -
cember, 1850, shook hands on terms OF friend
ship with Jefferson Davis, mud on the 9sth Of
December, 1859, had The pleasure of reading
| his proclamation that | was to be hung at sight
Laughter and applause
And now, my friends, If you will allow Inc
this linc of thought moment, us we come up
to the point Of time when these men lnid down
their constitutional obligations, | will inquire
what were my rights and what were theirs AT
that hour they rspuliated the Constitution of the
| United States by solemn vote under the forms OF
law, in solemn convention, Aud not only that
but they took arms in theirhands aud undertook
by force 10 iend from under the Constitution
what seemed to them the fairest portion for the
heritage which my fathers had given to me and
to my children rs q rich Legacy and when they
did that concluded, from every fact that they
had derOgated and forfeited every constitutional
right, and had relieved me of every constitutions
al obligation to them. Loud and continued mp
plause And when was called upon tu say
what should be my action in regard to slavery,
was left to the nntura instincts Of my heart as
prompted by Christian education ia New Enr-
land Applausel- and dealt with il accord.
ingly, Tor was no longer bound by constitutions
al obligations. Applause. Then undertake
to CHIN, respectfully, but earnestly, that tie
some sense Of duty to my constitutional obliga-
tons and1o the rights Of the States which rc-
quire me, 30 long as they remain eyal, 10 sup
port the system of slavery-that same sense OF
duty and ot right, say, after they hsd gone out
from under the Const tuition, caused ms to follow
the dictates OF my own conscience, untrammeled
us | had been heretofore. Applause Anl
so, my friends however misjudging may have
been-and speak to my old Democratic friends
Il claim that we went along step by step to-
gether up to that point, and we shall still 60
along step by step. Ii the sacred obligations
that hound us together had not been broken, |
would not thus have been left to follow the die
tates of Gods law and Of humanity fLoud
applause.
aus UNIoN-DUr NOT AS 1T WAS.
And now, my friends, do not know but that
shall commit some herCsy but us Democrat.
and as au Andrew ckson Democrat say That
am not for the Union US il was. Loud cheers
have the honor TO say, us Democrat, aud an
Andrew jackson Democrat, that ans not for tie
Union to DO agaln rs it was. Understand me.
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