Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-31


r?cton for three months Patrick W. Lane and
Emma Coburn were each fined SIS and costs for
iornication. Llne paid, but Emma was COM
mittei.
Gru. Butler in Worcester.
large audience was assembled at Mechanics
hall last evening to listen to Gen &. f. Butlei's
speech on the political issues of the present
campaign. A few ladies bravcd the elements to
hear what the general would have TO say and
previous to his appearance the organ gave forth
patriotic music under the skful management
OF Mr., Henry 5. Rice. AT eight O'Clock Gen,
Butler made his appearance, and was accom-
panied to the platform by Messrs. Z. II Pea
body and J, T. Manning. Mr.. Peabody, as
chairman, introduced the orator of the occasion,
who occasionally moved his listeners to APP
plauSc or laughter, and was listened to with APP
parent interest to the end.
Gen. Butler began by thanking his fellow
citizens for Drawing the inclemcncy of the
night to hear him. For the first time, said he,
thep90Pte now occupy the PLATFORM not the pol
iticians, and are gathered here to consider mat
tiers of the highest importance, a circumstance
foreign TO any other nation. In no other coun-
try in the world can the people, the working
men, assemble to discuss the topics of the
times. Abiding to the fact that he might
speak in desultory manner, he said his thou
sand occupations rave him but small chance for
careful preparation. Although not in his
own county, where he had lived man
and boy for forty years, he felt
that he was in the commonwealth which
he had tried to serve to the best of his ability.
lie was obliged to be somewhat personal, for he
was so unfortunate as to have nobody TO speak
for HIM. Why, is this, he asked, what have l
done, who have | offended. | have been told
that | have no right to present myself as a
candidate for the high office to which aspire;
that it is presumption on my part; that the re-
publican party made me all am What am
then?-a candidate. was a candidate for gov
clnor eleven years ago and got more votes than
any other man that was ever run by the party
that then supported me. / am told that the re-
publican party made me a general. Not so. |
made myself general | am grateful to Pres-
dent Lincoln for commissioning me, and claim
the distinguished honor of escaping any 5reret
title, while | received the honorable appoint
ment of major general. While owning to no in
dcbtcdness to the republican party, am CRATE
full to that great party for the support it gave to
the cndeavors TO save the unity gloly and id-
ture of our country. | would not like to see
that party injured; that is why am here tc-
night. want to see it a party of progress and
not left TO the merits of politicians who desire to
make it like the old wing party. do not want
it to bow down the knee to the Baal of monop-
oily and capital. The party cannot afford to
slight off the element represented by the labor
men with its former great majority already re-
duced TO 5000. Then there are the prOhibtionist
men with the purest and highest motives, who
have been Sloughed off, when we cannot afford
to lose them.
Speaking of the statement that he desired TO
break up the republican party, he denied it, say
ing that his votes in congress would always be
found in accord with those of the foremost re-
publicans-among others that of the honorcd
representatives of the Worcester district Who
are the men, he asked, that charge me with the
intention of breaking up the party and organ
izinga bolt Look for them in the lot of men
who go down to Boston to organize a Jewell
meeting, at which Mr.. Davis, of Plymouth,
boosted openly that he will bolt if Butler is
nominated Let him boltl For one such bolt
thousands will take his place--if it is possible TO
fill so small a space.
Gen. Butler said he came into the republican
party not by the back door, but head foremost
lie came when he did not know whether the
party would live or not. He was ready at the
call of 6l TO march with Massachusetts troops
OF course his democratic friends at the south
forgiviug him. He had committed the unpar-
donable sin. And now foolish republicans are
trying to bring the demoralized democratic par
ty into power again. The speaker rehcarsed
his experience as military commander at New
Orleans, his allusion to the hanging of Mum
ford being greeted with loud applause When
he fed $4,000 starving women and children at
the south at the expense of the rich rebels the
republican journals remembering his old
thrusts while he was with his democratic coad-
jutors gave him but faint praise. Aud the
democratic press shouted out you're thief"
In the fall Of 1861, said the speaker, when came
home to raise troops for the Ship Island expe.
dition, | kept my transport steamer, with
two thousand men aboard, anchored for
twenty-six days in Boston harbor, whereat
tea table paper (rranscripD wondered what
Butler was thinking of. He ought to know
better than to keep his troops in that position.
o, no! said another, he is in collision with the
owners of the vessel; the longer she lays there
the more money they put in their pocket. The
facts were that when my men were embarke ed
an order came TO me from Washington to report
there Immediately, leaving the expedition ahoat
in Boston harbor, where | was ordered
to hold back the expedition, for Mason and
Slidell had been captured, and the government
feared complications with England which might
make it necessary to abandon the Ship Island
expedition, using the steamer to bring back the
troops already there, nstef of sending more.
This was secret and could not be revealed
So / listened, day after day, TO ISLANDERS, with
no power to reply. The same paper is hound
ing me yet ] have been pursued as no other
Il candidate if the people regard it with
favor. hired no newspaper; ! took head
quarters at no rum tavern.
On the day on which was to speak in Spring
field said Gen Butler | read in the Republican
attacks of the vilest character upon me. | was
going TO that city as any citizen has a right to
do, TO confer on grave questions of state polty,
whcreupon was greeted by that paper with the
bitterest personal abuse Ghoul-lke the editor
goes back fifty years and rakeS up my fathers
pones lie here read a passage from that paper
BaullSy,' and ended with "Butler damned by
everybody that ever travelled with him." The
reading OF tue article was greeted by the audi
ence with shouts Of laughter This said Gen
Butler is high journalism! For fifty-two years
my lhlhei mas slept IN u peaceful grave His