Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-26
THE BEAST.
The Concentration of all Political Favor
lllsm, Chieanery aHd VillaiHy-Ad-
dresses to the Solid Men Of
Springfield, Mass.

I
dresses TO the Solid Men Of
Springfield, Mass.
General Butler addressed a large
audience in the city hall this evening.
He said, although q Republican Of the
strictest sect, I am called upon to de-
! lend myself against unheard Of charges
made by newspapers, calling them
selves Republican. Kisses and ap-
| plause. General Butler went on to
say he expected abuse from the DEM
Ocratic press, but why should Repub-
lican papers malign him2 Was it be-
| cause he led the first troops through
Springfield and Annapolis to Wash
ingtOn, or brought back thousands OF
prisoners from Hatteras, or handled
| traitors in New Orleans, or refused TO
swing around the circle with Andrew
johnson, or manage his impeachment,
or OF late buried his (Butler's) differ
/ ence with President Grant, with
whom he had some cause for differ
ence, or as the head of the Recon-
structiOn COMMITTEES insisted upon
protection for the loyal men OF the
South? And yet, said Butler, they
would read me out Of the Republican
party. That fellow who run away
wnen he got John Brown into tFou-
BILE, and would not even 90 and testify
before the United States Senate, his
favor Butl was here interrupted by
P. B. S8ndbOrn, one of the editors of
the editors of the Republican, who
asked il Butler referred to him. But
L. 4 Il fn1 ia
great confusion, that statement is false.
Butler then yelled, why did you run
out of the back door, and leave your
sister to face the man ? SanbOrn
attempted to make a reply amid
yells OF put him out, etc, the
audience being wild with excitement,
and SanbOrn was finally refused a
hearing. After quietness had been
restored, Butler retracted his assertion
and said that twenty-five years ago
he had a personal collision with
Warrington, q Boston correspondent
of the Springfield Republican, and
had been abused by him since; and
because he had a nephew in New
York who had put the owner of the
Republican in the Ludlow street jail,
nobody by the name of Butler had
caught fair play in that paper. AS
for the Hartford GtlrGnt, that paper
had maligned him because he, But
Ter, displaced General Hawley from
his command for ineffiCenCy and
| incOmpetency. The Boston Journal
abused him because of his speeches.
Jewell, who wants to be Governor, is
one OF the trustees Ofthe Rogers estate,
and the same republican journal
charged $12 for printing the report
of the Republican caucus at Beverly,
because Buffers delegates were nomi-
mated.
General Butler claimed that the
Republican party, having accom-
plished its work of emancipation for
the slaves, should 20 forward to settle
and define the exact relations of labor
and capital, and protect the ill-paid or
OVerWOTked labOreT from the eXac-
tions of avarice, as well from its own
greed as from the greed of employers.
He condemned strikes as Illogical and
beneath the dignity of American
wOrkmen. The ballot is in their
hands. They can enact their own
laws and choose their own rulers;
they can compel the State to do its
duty in this behalf, and give to labor
its rights, and restrain capital within
the bounds Of its privileges. Butler
also spoke at length on the State
finances, and in the course of his re-
marks took occasion to allude to the
editor of the Springfield Republican as
his yindictive and mendaciOus OppO-
nent for the Office of Chief Exec
utiVe of the commonwealth He as
serted that while he (Butler) and his
comrades were fighting in the field for
the Union, that gentleman re-
mained at home villifying better men
than himself. Butler condemned the
extravaganza Of the system of govern
ing States by boards and commissions,
and said that 1t must be reformed.
This could be done inside the Repub-
lican party; but if it is not so done, 1t
will be by the people of the common
wealth, irrespective of party. One set
Of men, said Butler, have ruled in this
matter, in your State House, sUbstan-
tally for more than twelve years,
ever increasing in their demands for
place and pay. If you do not change
them. they will change you, fellow
Republicans. and all the people will
say "AmenW
The Boston Advertisers enmity was
accounted for by his (Butler's) threat
to sue that paper for libeling Anna
Dickinson. when she, poor, friendless
, -irl. gave her first lecture in Boston.
b, tier there reheaTsed his differences
Ditb the Republican party, and de-
rIarad that bOndhOldeKs ought not to
be Maid ~ gold; told the soldiers that
pensions a a're SO paid.
In referrip'Q to his political career
Butler acknowledged that he voted
fiftv.seveu times in the Charleston
for JET. Davis, for Presi-
Dental nominee. Di0 it to save the
Union. But when his Southern friends
became traitors he was ready TO beat
down secession.
Butler rehearsed and defended HIS
career; told how he had
been urged by his friends to be can
didate for Governor; he had concluded
to do so, and would announce 1t
openly and boldly, and not get the
down on rum tavern some
where, to say it for him.
The remainder OF Buffers speech
was devoted to an attack on the Mas
Board of Charities and a
discussion on the labor tariff
question.