New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-26
GEN BUTLER DEPENDS THE COMMUNE

The following is quotation from speech
OF Benz f. Butler delivered last Thursday at Gouees-
ter Mass during the dedcatory services Of the Town
Hall:
6 The S Ola Why Ry,d S H n e o%n or
organization. We have all heard win borTor uiSgSt,
and Indignation Of the great struggle which mas recently
Versailles Government We have all made our minds up
upon IL with more or less intelgehcs, oechuse Ho @
ony heard the story OF that conflict through the mouths
OF the enemies Of the Commune What was that COM n,
mune 1t endeavor OF the people OI .ne ely b "
Paris 10 have town government such as We ENJOY nre
or a city government-in one w0rd, inuItciP b
form of government; that thoy 5e General gov.
ernment OF France They wished 10 secure -, ohas
which no more appreciate tnan tne az That terrible
struggle was the struggle OF city or TWO Hos pT
pie Insisting upon t right rT %s an Of he WorHgnsn
the struggle the aborer, OF the middle clasS o
Tepublic How dreadfuly and fearfully that struggle
was carried on we have heard, ana now uTe9uu lo
what has been the result on future liberties OF man
kind by the crushing out OF the Commune Inc @
fear rolled back tide of republican liberty In Europe
for years and years, II not forever. ,oo g., tho
minds Of the American people We have only Deeb '2la
that they attempted to set hre win h, 3beS
pulled down the column erected TO commemorate tho
great deeds OF the first Napoleon In the Pace
Whyl-upon what theory was that done We are tQil
must execrate the men WHO dd Tho a saiI eorv
~ esn"t 10 Commemorate his Deeds The first act OF
free people to tear IL down and lever 10 te
ground although they might destroy WORK Oh al "a
doing Was not tnat III hcCoruahC" WIN VIZ SF"A' -
free institution5l -. -,
We hear that the Versailles Government oyerpowereo
them and they offered to deliver themselves up ana DC
come Ss NotSnR bnt determination" And then
are told that they said III we are 10 De
then all the monuments OF human desp0tlsm sha !ali
with us the Palace Of the Tuleres, the Louvre an tne
great public buildings erected by me sweat anu tq
nnre1uited labor, shall down IL we are To perish
In fine agony desperatiOand it was an act u les-
peraton by any manner OF means 10 De Jusneu OF
defended but simply TO speak the truth 10 you, Was
What could make wetaught women wei lnstructed ne
leave their homes and tire their own ana their
houses but desperation What was that ACT Du tne
ing of the worm when It trodden up0nf Does IL nc
I'm The mouth OF the lover of American nDery 10 say
that the Iaborng Paris should not pull down the
kings raised by despOtism and wrong Dy ul-
ieautted labor which never In any free Government
could have been made Therefore, thought III on tn'
pie maddened Infatuated, wrOnged IN the nope ana
with the endeavOr to obtain that which we enJOya
municipal Government. That was the struggle OF tne
French Commune. 1t the effect or wrOnged
saw they were but the working men, ana you pOlht
to their Deeds the tearing down OF temples ana
the burning OF buildings. What did the Yer
sailles or tho Theirs Government do when they
obtained the mastery OF the city, They marched them
out by fties and hundreds, the tender women ana sun
tenderer children of Is H. manaced together ana hot
them machinery. Because men were not 1Ounu cruel
enough the act, therefore the ntudHeuSe, gun
that works by machinery by simply turning crank, was
used to them down by platOOns. For the purpose
OF obtaining municipal government ana liberty uhuer
the law, this great struggle has gone on ana pray
and ALL to read il with this view, for the purpose Oh
strengthening your for the Institutions OF your own
Government and for the appreciation or The DeeHs Vi
municipal government.