New-York tribune., 1871-08-25
BUTLER'S SELF-DEFENSE.

CIAL SCHEME-wHY HE LEFT THE DEMO-
CRATs-THE LABOR QUESTION.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug. A.-Gen. Butler
addressed the citizens Of Springfield this evening at the
City Hall, speaking substantially as follows:
Although, and boy, have lived in the old com
monwealth OF Massachusetts, more than forty years.
although have been before my countymen for various
capacities yet, although Republican after the straight
est Sect am called TO defend myself, by papers
calling themselves Republican, from unheardo charges
They do not now confne themselves merely TO calling
hard names Hard names hurt nobody, for III hard
could hurt anybody he who speaks to you woulu
have been dead long ago applausel. and am 80 i'to
used to hard Names can remember after went lh'o
the war the earliest abuse that got and 1t as uo rs
some Of the rest have brought with me what you can
all turn TO- the Rebellion Record first volume page
and this the OF him who speaks TO you as pun
lished in the Rebel newspapers
the Massachusetts, troops 10 Washington aus, ar Pes e. Gsnd
native Liberia Laughter and spPause Oar teaaeri may
e % % Be Mn be, .Ss So1 ooSpeeno S se S9 en b Bue bis
have seen another pedigree OF myself puDlSneu
to-day with about the same exactness OF lacI "h"'
have done be thus abused by newspapers cali'ne
themselves "Republicanp What ofense nave coin'
mtted against the Republican partyf Ihat inc Delio
cratic papers should so abuse, magn me is matter
OF which take no note because they have aDuseu INC
worse than any other man; but take that
"a high compliment because IL SHOWS
that they feel that 1 have injured them worse
than any other man in leaving them and taxing part
with the party of freedom. They are right Lay on
Every blow you strike ia evidence that struck goOd
blow against you Every word you say shows That you
feel what have done But that kepuO,cah newspapers
those calling themselves Republican but which are
owned dyed in the wool, blue hgnt, Hartford Conveh %
ton. Federast, newspapers IN the disguise OF hrpuD
lcans-that they should abuse while they remained
in the Republican fold is most remarkablel No. as We
shall see, not remarkable.
Why, say-what is it for' We. IT that left the pro-
fesson which was at least giving o0peence 70 lnyse
and family. and at the call OF my 1untry, and AT the
order OF your Governor On thai day. for the first time
troops marched through Springfield bound to the capitol
at Washington; when you came OUT 10 meet me, anu
when even The Springfield Republican hailed me ms
The saoT T nor1n eCau,c od @ Bom6re smd
curbed Rebeldom in the first phase Of the Rebellion or
teras brought back the first 1000 prisoners and the
first $50 guns taken from the Rebellion by Union arms
fT to and showed some capacity in
ecuting the laws there and hanging the traitors as
should like TO hang some other traitors eppause
only made one Democratic vote the less. Applause
and laughter Is the editor Of The Republican IN the
The speaker continued citing his position during the
during the Impeachment trial &C., as proof OF his
loyalty 10 he Republican party. He continued:
Was read out of the party because was put at the head
Of the Reconstruction Committee IN Congress and carried
universal sense Of the party indorsedf Perhaps s iQr
you see am pressing this question home, as mo ~
tween myself and a. that distinguished Ga gentle,
L
United States should not adjourn last March until it
passed bill to protect Union men, black and white,
throughout the South from the and murders of
the Ku-Kux assassins tremendous cheeringl; and |
held Congress thereI have right TO say It renewed
my part my friends to say that held Congress there
until the bin passed which Gen. Grant is now exc
Although had cause of difference with John A. An
drew did not undertake TO elect the peoples candi
member DO you up here i'll Springfield know any body
that did, Laughter and applausel And yet he would
ran away when he cot his friend John Brown into
trouble and would not dare to go and testify in the
of the United States in his favor Applause and
sensatiOn This Is telling truth, Is II mott lAppause
AN INTERRUPTION.
f. G. sanborn dnerruptng) Gen. Butler refer to
met
Gen. Butler do.
sanborn-Then Il is falsei
Buter-Hav MT you to it in the Senate of the
United statesl Why did you get out of the door Great
applause.l
sanborn (standng in his chair at the reporters table,
Il happy TO have an opportunity to answer t6at
question Hisses great confusion, ana put him OutI
The Chaiman-Will the gentleman be seatedf
F. G. Sanborn-Gen. Butler has asked me question,
Gen. Buter-A single word. Shall this man abuse me
e RepsOean all day. then Occupy my Ies @e an III P1
MIN out !" and great eonfusionl
sanborn-Gen Butler asked Inc q question, ana VIII
answer Il when he has finished.
Butler-NOw, gentlemen, let us go on lireat comm,
rent This meeting has been called by the citizens of
this city to hear Cen BnteE ana ne Is @ PCd 70 % TN IN
Springfield Republican, who abuses everybody lGreat
sanborn-I hope our friends will hear tina General.
[Cres of Put him out, and great confusonl H..
than this in snc have lived here and yet no
has been put out when he sat quiet ana wanted TO
ne SDringfed Republican aud its editors do not rule all
the people OF this city. IA Voice" That's SOL
Gen. Butler-NOw my friends there need not be all
his heat n
and that thing all he determined without dnybOdys
getting up and making disturbance. Now let ex-
Anime this matter will state the facts Just under
stand them and If am wrong shall beg the gentle
man who lived in springheld--whom we all
we're Notwithstanding that he evidently entered
what II took 100000 to do. to wit to free the slave
earnest men, / have doubt. One OF them
iDhabant OF Concord and being an inhabitan OF the
town Of Concord and being Of Secretary TO that As
sOcaon the Senate Of the United States choosing nves
tgae the matter summoned him 10 testify before the Sen
ate Any one would suppose that man engaged IN the
states and engaged with such noble worker as john
have said stood by the old and told linn when
he went down there that would stand by him. and
am one Of his men, ana am proud 70 say so Bnt that
did not come, and he was sent for. He had not
married a wife and could not come" as ! under
ITEHG ITHttd States Marshal % was sent to arrest
lin and bring him before the Senate but he tried 10 get
could escape ar my old friend Jef Davis, did, under
cover Of petticoat ILaughterl Then he sued the U.
E. Marshal and was lawyer. This Mapped in Middle.
sex County, and l defended the l. :. Marshal,
and he never got anything ont Of the Mar
sbal-peOple don't out of my clients usually
and the consequence is have been abused by 1he
Springfield Republican ever since That what they
cd journalism. II 80 happened that 2j years ago had
a personal collision with Warrington, The Republican
correspondent. 50 have been written about since
bv The Springfield Republican, and then though The
Sprinarteld Republican must 20 wrong had a nephew
Who was in New-lork and acting under the order of
ms principal he put the owner of The SprHged Replb-
lean IN LudOWst Jail and the consequence has been
that there has not been anybody Of the Butler
who can get fair play IN The Springfield Republican.
That is ali there j. OF it,
He then reviewed the attacks Of various journals made
Oh him. assigning the causes Of each.
BUTLERs FINANCIAL SCHEME