The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-18
ON THE BEACH At SALISBURY.
Great Gathering--A Gay and Festive Time
General Butler Makes Political Capital Gus
Of the Occasion-A Eulogy from Him ON inc
Oppressed Race. ps

ON THE BEACH AT SALisBrRf Maso' \ =
Sept 10, 1865. }
That long and BRIGHTLY apticpated event Of the
annual Salisbury gathering has just concluded ana
some twenty or twenty-five thousand of the fathers
mothers and sons and daughters OF Essex nave
started home with hearts brnfuli OF Satisfaction
and with an abundant supply OF material 10 anord
gossip and anecdotes until the coming OF the iesti-
val again in 1859.
This Salisbury beach gathering, as IL s properly
known here is not new holiday for some two
hundred years ago as the historical orators claim,
the men and women OF this neighborhood came to
the besch 10 have festive frolc, and
their joy and amusement were SO great that
during the whole generation of that ancient
period the reunion was made regular feature. The
occasions ala not diminish in pleasure and the
gene ations that followed succession have wisely
Inherited the idea OF their forefathers "that all work
uni no play makes Jack dun boys and therefore
the reason is furnished for the gathering here today
The managers of the AFFAIR, rather the Committee
oil Arrangements, undertook, however, 10 make Inc
occasion OF 1868 one of national rather fhan local IN
terest ana they therefore invited for their guests
some OF the men Of the country whom the people
have heard most about during the past few years
Even General Lee was asked, also Blair, Pcndleton,
Butler, Wilson, Kinks, John quincy Adams, Fessen-
den, Or. Loring and so on. General Lee II was
understood. would certainly De ON Hdui, Dut Tor
some reason which the Committee OF Arrangements
did moi explain he failed to appear, and a
great many who came 10 look upon and listen
"a the great military chieltain OF the defunct Con-
tederacy Went away sad and disappointed. Other
speakers besides Lee also failed to put in appear
ahce J." ana when time was called the only ones who
responded were Butler Loring and General Schouier.
The first named individual is candidate for Con-
gress from the district in which the gathering was
held, and of course lie could not AFFORD TO miss the
opportunity Of addressing so large an assemblage of
Fifth district voters DR.. LOring. who il "his man
FRIDAY" was Of course inevitable, and had to be ON
hand TO hold Buffers hat while he instructed The
Essex yeomonry. Schouler is also understood to be
u rival candidate OF Butler, and possibly his pres
ence Is hes, explained If this Is fact. Schouler
came 20 ihe beach early in the day and viewed the
beauties OF land and sea, but Butler and LorIng did not
appear uhlli the last momenL and when the three
gentlemen were brought INTO each others presence
their meeTing was only noticeable from the fact that
the butler and Lorlng firm entirely ignored the pre-
sencc Of Schoner, and the head partner did not
offend Schouler by even speaking TO HIM during the
whole days festivities Some OF those present were
wicked enough TO say that Butler and Loring de-
3ayed coming until the last moment for the express
purpose OF avoiding Schouer but those who are pro-
baDly better posted incline TO the belief that the
cellar and tables Of the Merrnac House in Newbury
port had AS much 10 DO in OBTAINING them as any
tniig else. Dropping, however illusions TO such
personal matters II Is but far TO write that the
Beach gathering was success, notwithstanding the
nve thousand Of the young and old, OF both sexes,
had good Time IN spite OF little rain and all viii
cherish The occasion
lions.
The substance OF the speeches, which, however,
Were OF nothing more than local interest, have al
ready appeared IN the HERALD's kilograms. Dr.
lorIng. who was the first brought forward, wOye
into ms thread OF argument good word for Butler,
VINO was 10 follow hiiu and while he was in the
most eloquent part Of the eulogy rustic farmer in
she crowd persisted In interrupting the speaker by
cryin out spoons; whenever the name of Butler
INK. afh nty
ever, and Lorng went on with MS remarks to the |
end. Builder himself followed Lorng. and in his
speech Kept entirely aloof from politics. and III
sequence or beng obliged 10 do this (as the speaker
himself mumaied) he was unable 10 make much OF
speech. General Schouler followed In an eloquent !
Miusioh 10 the day, tle memories clustering around
H. and the pleasure which II must afford the Essex
county community to mingle in such annual ova-
Hons Alter Schouer there were speeches by local
celebrities and music by brass bands until the
shades OF twilight warned the festive throng to wend
hs way bomewafd.
The occasion of the gathering was taken advan-
tage Of by Butler TO get poiitica meeting IN
Of the nelghborng towns In tins district and Georg,
town was the locality selected. From the beach in
company with stale constable, he proceeded TO
that town and IN the evening delivered an address
IN the Town Hall before an audience OF about 200.
II was composed almost entirely OF ladies, many Of
the other sex going away displeased because the
doors were closed against them, until nearly all the
females who desired 10 he present had entered ana
secured the best and about the only seats In the hall
singing by the village glee club and one OF the
verses OF Their campaign productions was ~ Iol-
lows
Hurrab hurrah hurrah
GENERAL Butler 10 right aiier the traitors
And All Union haiers
Hanah hurah hurrah
We will shout aud sing
Harrah s asrab hnrrabl
The General was, OF course, greeted with hurrahs
when introduced 10 the meeting, and the band
.hined IN with the time honored air OF "Ha TO the
Uhlel' as he stepped forward upon the rostrum OF
the pretentious Town Hall. lie proceeded to say,
when quiet came around, that they had met upon a
nomentous occasion, for they had assembled to
suit and determine upon the men whom they should
make choice OF a. enact and administer their laws
privilege, he added. which II enjoyed by no other
than The American people. They had once crushed
HreDelhon with arms now they must crush another
~ The ballot box, and II appropriate that they
-hOdd hold such a council as this together. He
would not, like some OF his opponents. heap abuse
both seymour and Blair. aud they were both great
deal better men than the platform upon which they
stood. Hard names, he added in a meaning way,
never Killed anybody, for il 1t had he believed ne
would nave been dead long ago. The political abuse
OF the present day he did not think was half ~
plentiful MS that during the jefferson campaign but
the party newspapers OF those days were not
nasty as those now. lie then undertook to enume-
rae the various party divisions and contests from
the time OF Jefferson down 10 the present, claiming
that all the while, until the birth OF the abolition
party of Massachusetts, slavery was outside OF all
Tile dividing issues both parties agreeing that the In
stituti0D was protected by the constitution. These
sboiitionists he maintained, we're more farsighted
1, 70 be a crime against God. ana were determined
20 8gitate until II was cleaned ont OF existence.
AL inls tllne ne (Mf, Butler) was democrat ana
lawyer, and believed that according to the consti-
tuition, slavery should be protected and he always
adhered 10 his' opinions, come veal or come woe.
THIS was his opinion when he was In the Charleston
Convention where he forced TO vote for repre-.
sentative man OF the South. That man, however,
was defeated and Abraham Lincoln was duly and
constiuuonaly elected, whereupon the South forgot
all of It's constitutional Obligations and committed
sn act OF treason against the goyerment IN doing
that nc leli that the southern people forfeited ali
rights ana privileges and when he marched
against them with the boys Of Essex ie went with
the determination 70 conquer them. HE then gave
. somewhat detailed account OF his Operations I'M
Maryland early IN the war. dwelling specially upon
Che event OF ms conscaton OF the three escaped ne
gToes ~ MI. Mallory. THIS expedieut. he added
became al once popular in the public mind. ana mis-
judgment as lawyer and his acts ~ "a genera
were everywhere approved. OF ms New Orleans
expedition ne said That when he entered the city he
found large number VI colorGd soldiers whom he
had been lighting, but instead OF iying with the
whites they determined ~ remain and do what they
could for the Union service and n WAS