The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-09-01

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Aug. 2L-(ieu
Butler addressed large audience at In
City Hall this evening. lie said: Al
though Republican AFTER the straightes
sect, am called upon to defend myscl
By newspapers calling themselves Re
publican, from umhcard charges. llissc
and applause;
Gen. Butler went on TO say that il,
expected abuse from the Democrat,
press, but why should Republican pa
pers malign and abuse him? Bccaiis,
he led the first troops through Spring.
field and Annapolis to Washington? OF
because he brought back the first tlions
and prisoners from Hatteras? or handled
the traitors in New Orleans? or refused
TO swing around the circle with Andy
johnson or managed his impeachment
Tor, later. buried his (Butlcr's) difference
with President Grant, with whom he
had some cause Of difference or had. il,
the Reconstruction Committee. insisted
on protection for the loyal men Of the
South? And yet, said Butler. they
would read me cut Of the Republican
party. That fellow WHO ran away when
he got John Brown into trouble, aud
would testify before the Senate Of tho
United States IN favor
General Butler was here interrupted
BY Mr.. SanbOrn. one Of the editors vi
the Republican, who asked il Mr.. Butler
referred to him.
Mr.. Butler answered. II do"
Mr.. Sanborn replied, amid great con-
fusion, ''that statement il falsc."
Butler then yelled, "Why did you run
Onf NJ q be III ioor a ,,d lno,.o rcw,. ,;.tn,.
to face . man?
Sanborn attempted to reply amid yclls
Of "Put him "ut!" "Specch!" and the
audience being Wild with excitement,
SambOrn WA finally refused u hearing.
Alter quiet had been restored. Butler
reiterated his assertion Mt length, and
sand that twenty-five years ago he had
4 personal collision with Warrington,
the Boston correspondent of the SPRING
field Republican, and had been abused
by him since, because he had. in New
York, put the owner of the Republican
In Ludlow street Jail. Nobody Of the
name Of Butler can get fair play in that
paper. Az for the Hartford COurxnt,
that paper maligmed him because he
Butler) displaced Gen. Ilawley from
his command for inefficicncy and in
The Boston Journal abused
him because Of his speeches. Jewell.
who wants to be Governor, 10 one Of the
trustees Of Rogers, and the Sumner Re-
publican Journal charged twelve dol
lars for printing the report If the Re.
publican caucus At Beverly, because
Butler delegates were nominated.
Butler claimed that the Republican
party. having accomplished its work for
the emancipation Of tho slave, should go
forward to adjust, settle and define the
exact relation Of labor and capital and
protect the ill-paid or ovcr.w orkcd
laborcr from tho extorti0ns Of service.
~ well ~ from its own greed rs from
The greed Of the employer. lie con-
demncd strikes rs illogical and intlcfem-
sible, and beneath the dignity Of Amer
Ican workingmen. The ballot is In their
hands. They can enact their own Laws
snf choose their own rulers. They can
compel the State 10 do its duty in this
behalf, and give 10 labor its rights AMI
restrain capital within the rounds ofits
privileges.
Mr.. Butler also epokc at length on the
state Of finances, and in the course Of
his remarks took occasion to allude 10
The editor Of the Springfield Republican
" his vindictivc and mendacious OPP
poncnt for the Office Of chief executive
NJ the Commonwealth. lie asserted
that while he tButler) and his comrades
we're in the field fighting for the Union,
that gentleman remained ut home Wilt
Tying others BITTER than himself. but.
Ter condemned the cxtravagance of tho
system Of governing the State by Boards
and Commissioners. and said it must be
reformed. This could be done inside Of
The Republican party, but IL il IL not 40
lone Il will be by the people Of the
Commonwealth Irrespective Of party or
Secretary. Men, said Butler, have ruled
IN these matters In your State House
for more than twelve
rears. ever increasing In their demands
Tor places and pay. IL you do not change
hem they will change you, fellow Re.
publicans, and all the people shall say
smen.
sAwIrY CALLS HIN A LIAR AND A BLACK.
GUARD.
The following dispatch was received
rom General IIawlcy, but the Chair
nan refused to allow Il to be read:
HARTFORD, Aug. 24.-I: Butler, in
us speech, said was dismissed or re.
moved from my command, or was ever
'cbuked for my conduct ~ an officer, II
neg some friend To read this dispatch, in
which l say the charges arc infamous
alscloods, and the man who uttered Il |
J liar and blackguard. The last writ
en- communication from Butler con-
'erning my conduct was copy sent me
II his recommendation for promotion.
lSigned j. II. uAWLEY.
~ Fifteen ladies took tho white veil, |
md ten the black veil, at st. Mary's on
Assumption day, the 18th Of August.
Among the number were Miss Maggie |
Heating. and Mas Nina Logan. Of this
itv. The religious name Of the former
4 Slater Clara and tho latter Slater