The New York herald., 1871-09-17
BEN BUTLER.
Butler Stirring Up the Manu-
facturers.
HIS Speech to the WOrkingmen
Of Lawrence.

Like the crowd around the arena when the grand
pageant dashes out from the stable and circng In
the pavilion Gings sawdust In their faces, the peO
pie OF Lawrence are scattering tonight before the
onslaught OF the so-caed seli-nominated candidate
tor gubernatorial honors-General Benjamin F. But
Ter. The General came here at six O'CLOCK He left
Boston at five ana on the way nither, allured by
the steady rumbling OF the tram and the state Of
exhaustion to which his severe tasks OF the week
had reduced him, he enoyeda quiet snooze; then he
went to supper; then he went to the CITY Hall. All
through the evening the streets have been crowded
to an unusual and most unprecedented extent, and
to careful observer the air was freighted with the
odor OF politics and OF some strong golngs on some
where. There is evidently slight antagonsm here
aoouts between the Butler and the anti-Butler
The hall was filed full Not a solitary additional
individual could have been squeezed in at the hour
to which the meeting had been called, any more
could nine sardines be got into eight cabre
box, and the Lawrence brass band, which
busted itself In the interval OF waiting with
the performance OF certain select and popular
airs, pot DOa1rtes &c. served to attract out
side the building at least thousand persons,
besides the 2,2Oo that were IN. The General ap-
peared prompt on time. He was accompanied by
Mayor william II. p. Wright, and as he stepped
upon the platform he was greeted with an ovation
from the band.
Mr.. WILLIAM WRIGHT, the President when
quiet had ensued, introduced the orator as
follows-"Ladies and gentemen-I have the
pleasure OF presenting to you one who
needs no formal introduction TO New
England Acknowledgement Benjamin F. But
Ter. OF Lowell" The chairman then turned
to the General. who bowed and stepped forward to
the speakers stand when the hall resounded with
somebody in the rear, although nobody to mentlOn
was standing up "Hats ofl' The hall was close
and the atmosphere, therefore, not little uncom-
Portable and before beginning his grafton the Gen.
eral as usual found it necessary to have recourse
to that cambria wipe" but he got ready at length
and proceeded with his remarks.
THE SPEECH.
FELLOW CITIzENs-If there is any pressure on the
rear let the people come forward and make every
please. Fellow citizens, may, ask you to bear
state OF the hall will allow, because, as you
see my voice ~, little affected saed by
the hills Of Berkshire (and here the. General
repeated his sereotyped observations with rela-
are 9n now the mind Of The
'Now," said he, 81 propose to present the views
have ay ana y aa before ySu eae
than your passions, for there is nothing to be
gained with the Intelligent people OF Massa-
statement or by any address to the feelings
when they are about the business OF llfe l am
am candidate for Office heralded to you by tnOu
sand ISLANDERS and million calumnies. have no
fear OF them. have lived, man and boy. In your
neighborhood forty years; and here wish to spend
very few moments in discussing these things.
my representative district to serve them in Congress
three times over, / returned from my public duties
to my home ard there have leisure to examine IN
United States. l found to my astonshment in
running over the census, that the agricultural por.
ton of the state had decreased III numbers while
the state had increased IN numbers" and the
General went on to tell what he knew
a90u' OF the srinas decline o "Now, said 0'une Se
i have been called seli-consttuted candidate.
constituted candidate. Self-conatltuted-l believe
that's the phrase-the Lawrence phrase for it.
| Cheers aud applause.) SIMPLY said If anybody
| wants me for Governor am willing and sad no
more. went about the ordinary common
nothing nothing to % anybody When found most degntfal
stream of coorlng poured out upon me by the
pa1ieRt quiet man for awhile awhile and and viii bear "a
thing two II 1t don't last too long. After little
time was asked by the laboring men OF Springfield,
Mass, to come up there and give them my views
QUESTION OF LABOR REFORM.
That seemed to be the last ounce that broke the
camels back of the patience of the newspapers for
they came out on me in way that would astonish
Boiserous laughter) Well, they proceeded at once
to such abuse as had seen over aud again In the
about o it. Fac malice was the same, the abuse was
channels; Te went 70 Springfield, SIa and
They said, 'What a quarrelsome man General
Butter is tLaugnter.) Now the whole for this
abuse was that had said thought there should be
some Legislation between capital and labor. am
ready to prove what said, and in order that the
press upon your minds the fact that am gong to
give you the exact truth !Cries OF Good good !"
and applause) And here the General proceeded to
that paragraph which was destined to
6 ck it. up penrtea suea NUS Ie a'sT We e GS
You see," said the General turning over the leaves
OF his scrap-book, "this Is my ledger, in which
these people before die. Now, If what say true,
| you never ought TO allow such lying. miserable,
| tCries OF "Goodln and applause Here the General
| handed copy of the EDITORS report to the chair
tooK took ~ LOOK about The hall. .rhere,s he SAID, ID
| II see soldier friend OF mine IN the
ask him to follow the figures which i give" and he
handed another copy OF the Auditors report to
Rea someSoay B. iy' sephen was the the
! reply OF q son Of Erin who sat IN front OF the
Legislature in this State IA slight Iaugh anu they
SIT SIX months In the year, and only adjourn over
| gether.n The orator next br0acned the subject OF
STATE EXPENDITURES,
and said:"It cost in 1861 sl2ooOO Is run the State
$685., 900. GO! o OPP exclaimed man in intense
| excitement. Laughter and wnlstng.) Now let us
! take up that Boston Journal again. "a voice.
| general, they no friends OF mind.'l Pardon
me-" interrupted the orator, al know you are
ask a1a you YOU wGat az reanes yo
on men who choose to falsify as the
e for rom %e subject Of taxation ss Sas
next taken up, and the General read his selr-same
| list Of Boards Of Commissioners. Then he said,
Here they are; but there are one or two more that
| have not given. Oh, well, General" said tro0ly
loyal one, ''never mnd." Yes that will do, Genera.n
,l.tnd Nm M nuQ QfNoV
They say don't tell the truth, generally that am
| Ilar because tell the people that those commls
sioners cost them money "Nhy, my friends" (and
| the General stopped down and, putting both
| arms about that scrap book, ne lifted
| iJ up from the table and poured over
| ITS contents,-"why, my freDas, they abused
me four mortal weeks alter l began by the
metropolitan newspapers and some OF their small
followers in the country, and among the rest the
| Transcript, which Is the tea-table paper-the
| ladies' paper down in Boston. IL represents
like a King Charles poodle dog in lady's