The New York herald., 1871-09-09
commissioners again came IN TOR q snare OF arren-


tioD, and he retolo
THAT LITTLE STORY
Of his then about Warrington ~ think warringtoa %
that ne is We ~ bad man. HIS name is William s.
Robinson, aud he Clerk OF she House Of Represent
portions Of his former speeches. s.Now, why do our
LEGISLATURES SIT longi Because they fnd II pleas
into AL these things to show you that there is not
the slightest dependence to be placed your news
papers IN matters appertaining to politics, because
MY CONGRESS I0NAL CAREER.
The Boston Journal, the Boston Advertiser, ana
langner,-were very much displeased with me. and
they undertook to tell the good people OF Essex tnat
to CONGRESS- But evsn after they had done that
and kept IL up for three or four weeks the people
gave me larger majority man ANYBODY ese % oaS nars m
were duh articles in the Joarnd, and spiteml ar
tlcles In ths T,anscrIps but what did they ,. 40.
&. that's So" @ said many 90 ahead' 'enera' your
The General next took up his springfield speech.
TO Springfield the abuses Of me took another turn
and they said, "Ah now ne is going TO make
iis anybody wants to hear ti iLanghtcr.l the Gen;
era then took the New YORK Irtouse 70 tesK, anu
he is ana he is now ssumpins the West on that pro-
position against President Grant. Now, think
na s Grant a. , 1s ana sn o sne
those letters whicn read At Flicn1urs the
WSi' VIII publish 1t. have said nothing
bur viii unless their hounds stop abusing me,
and their master Is responsible. Master, call on
a0f s' a % 50 @ swe
mounted me- The General next passed TO repe
titon Of his former remarks with relation 70
hibitory question. Are you in favor Of the Pro.
hibMory lawrn asked man, rising up IN the @
don't enforce II. should I make O good Governorf
tories Of mo MOI" and applause, while the qncs-
ina Hea the ees auesson SUPPOSE coDtInuea tho Gen.
eral. that was not In favor OF 1t and did en-
force y as wen as y should be enSrced ,S should nos
why don't you answer tho question: pursued
me executive ofcer ourht to have no opinion as
to the law, responded the General. When the law ls
OF OF the statute book shall be reaoy to give my
as % fe 81 @
the last part OF the speech was, as usual, devoted
70 woman s1rase vi sl1 time ne general sad nat ne
declaratory on that subject Suddenly he was In
terrupted.
voice" How about the Seventh Vermont Regt
The Seventh regiment, said the General, was re-
ported to ut the battle o. Baton Rouge as having
run away from the enemy, aud l ordered their
rGna aH'n cnees ana snrsSs Of the
widest description, many In the meeting bouncing
up and down In their seats and crying, "Oh on !
highly excited vislbillties.
Tue General's question proved bombshcll IN the
gentleman flung OF his hat and shouted, III General
Butler says ran away from that regiment ne's o
liarp
'Stop O moment" commanded the General
"Easy, my frlend." lGrOans and dozen ''tigers. ~
81 won't aud don't want TO see Vermont SIAN
nobody's slandering Vermont, returned the Gene.
rail- ordered the cOlors to be taken away, and then
upon representa- lions that that report wrong.
acquitted them and ordered the cOlorS to DC re-
stored. Now what have you got to savf"
"a have 10 say that you denied them court of
10 this the General quietly said. ''rhat my dear
Sir, Is mistake OF yours.n
'No, IL antF'
"a know better |"
"It amt 80 % iCneers and hisses.)
The General then explained that the whole matter
be found In the records OF the War Department..
But the queslioner was still IN rage ana persisted
in asking. al ask you II they were not good sol.
es he @ ha Sa
that 70 YOU aesirss" Langn,er.!l,
Il can't tell-thev ought to be. (Cheers.) Now il
that il the only accusation that can be brought
against me have done a great deal better than 1
Tue General was here handed o paper by the
chairman on when was written "will General But
money Inc laooring men OF the State put put
IN the savings banks IN 1870 than In ISL" and
y
moment later he said that In 1861 there saved
$j20Ju,0O0 and 1870 500 00O O00 or $l1O 05O.
VOICE" What was the pay OF members Of Con-
gress In ls60f'
The uRNERAI-"Three thousand dollars.n
What was tho par in lS7oyn
" Five thousand dollars, sir,
"And you take the difference, and yet blame War
reni0n Tor taking what he hasf" tremendous
.Weli," said the General 'T have not taken the
difference. have taken the salary established Oy
law when ! came into Office. have never
tired TO increase IL ask the Legislature
year by year for a hundred dollars or so
more. Then let me tell you another thing, my
friends In Congress any man that does his duty
earns quite 5000 don't know but that Warning.
ton earns hisr
ANY other man got questions s-(cheers and
calls)-whie the whole hall was scene OF
yRToar and confusion ana several private
Pe euI {als e0S|$ nY lSst long Jus,
the General stated It as mis- intention If elected
SaS ss sH M Eli apa SSssq
The band played, and at quarter past ten O'Clock,
ing, the crowded audience broke up.
For sacrilcglous Interruptions and lively question
1ngs the orate At Milford mas been chiel OF the
eight, and 1t was not to be wondered at that the
General although ne had wttiiy paried every thrust,
at the close, physically speaking, was quite ir not
entirely used up. However, ne was Immediately
escorted TO the residence OF his host by the band,
and the curse was considerably taken Oh by little
serenade. ,-lI