Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-11-16
a TRIBUTE no NEGRO vALoR.
The following IS the close OF Gen. Butlor',
sncccl i'm Detroit.

The following IS the close of Gen. Butlor's
speech in Detroit:
Now, friends, in closing do not intend,
at this late hour, 10 discuss the question of
negro equality. am not one of those who
are afraid OF H. and for this reason: don't
believe the negro will be my equal without
he is my equal; and let me tell you, that
when you see or hear man prating about
negro equality, and insisting that the negro
will be made his equal, that man doubts
little inside of him whether the neg. o is not
the better man Of the two. Laughter and
cheers. One single word, then, and have
done.
In 1864, September 90, was ordered by
the co .manding general of the armies to
take the orks on Newmarket Heights, on
the north bank Of the James River The
works were of great strength, and the posi-
ton was in fact the key TO Richmond. A
large rodoubt was built upon the top OF the
hill. In front of il were two lines of ahatts,
one Mt distance OF about fifty ana the other
fifteen yards. In front of these lines was
marsh, in front Of that ditch, and before the
ditch plain of about $50 yards in length.
On that plain | put three thousand colored
soldiers in column of division, closed in
mass. Their guns were nj right shoulder
shift, and the caps were taken from the cones
of the guns, lest they should stop and fire,
for believed that if any column ever stopped
under the fire of that fort il would never
stat again under its fire and make sue
cessiul charge. | said to them, let your war
cry be, "Remembcr Fort Pillow" and take
that work at the double quick. The column
started forward, one living mass of en- II, etic
life. 1t struggled through the marsh, waded
through the brook and over the ditch, broke
little, gathered itself up in solid form once
again, and went forward, reaching the first
line of abattis under a murderOus fire and
cries from the rebels of "Come on, YOU
cursed negroes, VIC want your arms" pressed
through the second line, reached the work
itself, and, mounting its parapet, burst over
! the tortliications, while the rebels, once start
ed, never stopped running for four miles.
And why? because the rebels themselves
remembered Fort Pillow, which Generals
Granger and Custer at Cleveland, fnu' i il
convenient to forget when the murderer
Forrest sent whining despatch to them.
When, Al few moments thereafter, l, MS
commanding general, with my STALL rode on
that clear September day over that plain and
through the marsh, following the advance
of the column, found, as | carefully guided
my horse hithcr and thither lest he should
tread upon the sacred bodies of the dead
and dying, that in that pool of carnage lay
five hundred and GOrtY-siX dead bodies Of
my cOlored soldiers, their faces upturned Ia
Heaven, the sunlight streaming across them,
as in mute appeal for justice to their race, in
whose behalf they had lain down their lives,
and took an oath that my right hand should
forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to
the roof of my mouth, il ever failed ia
insist upon justice to the race of those men
who there laid down their lives fighting fol-
the maintenance and support of n country
which had been TO them one only of bon
dage and slavery. Have kept my vow OF
notp OF this, Judge yc, judge ye.
The Sons of Temperance, at their session
at indianapolis, last week, decided to admit
negroes TO cmbership-allowing them tC
organize divisions of their own, or ioin Tho
white divisions, at their option.
The news from India gets worse ant
worse. From the latest reports il wouIf
seem that something like 1000, 900 of peo
Pile have died of famine on the shore of tht
Bay of Bengal II is too fearful and min
ful subject TO dwell on.
In the little town of Maine. in Broom,
county, l2l soldiers voted at the last election
and ll9 of them voted the Republican ticket