The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-30


great purpose for which the state Police was in.
stifuted and advocated by Governor Andrew, and
wherein they were specially DISTINGUISHED rom
dOned and the State police are IN great measure
out OF the hands OF the Governor and Council, who
are directly responsible 10 the people who elect
them, and made dependent on a board Of police
commissioners who are In no way responsible to
the people. agree with all my mind TO the con.
stituional provision that the "several magistrates
and officers OF government invested with authority,
the peoplesl substitutes ard agents, and are at ali
times accountable to them,' and so believing sup
pose that Cher Magistrate is chiefly responsible
TO them for the power which they have entrusted 10
hm to execute their laws. His constitutional
resignation, being the supreme Executive OF the
Commonwealth, hau supposed. Notwithstanding
any argument OF this wise correspondent that it
was the duty OF the Supreme Executive TO see 10
It mat INC otner onicers OF tne commonwealth per-
enforcement OF the laws. 1t Is clearly somebody's
duty TO do so. II not the Governors whose s ~"
BUTLER ON TIE COMMUNE.
al did not see your speech at Gloucester. I've
marked on reading in my notes the dreadful word
'Commune.' What did you say about the Paris
COmmunes see that some of the conservative
republican payers charge You with defending and
vindicating Commune stIocities anu all"
that the Commune Of Paris were lighting for the
right OF local sef-gOvernment and that that princi
no man could synpathiZe with their excuses, yet
we ought not To forget that they were lighting for
liberty, however mistaken; that they represented
the people as against an usurped government, and
that these excesses even we're the acts OF desperate
men, who had been refused all terms OF capitalization
and surrender, ana were palliated in view of the
wholesale slaughter Of men, women and children
by the Versailles government amounting IL is said,
TO many thousands so many that their execution
had to be done by guns worked by machinery, men
refusing to DO it all Isad also, that thought that
pulling down Of the column OF Napoleon IN the Place
might be justified to them In this, that that statue
only COMMUNICATED tho acts OF military chief OF
an arbitrary power. which had built It's empire on
the runs OF republican liberty.
THE PARIS COMMUNE AND OUR REVOLUTIONARY
al might have said that the Commune had the
example OF our fathers as precedent, who. at the
Of the Re on iSa Tew 1own asu statue
ssas they sas. h lSt6 bullets Sand and
treason to republican liberty make the most Of It."
THE GENERAL AS A FRIEND OF THE LABoRING MAN.
alt is charged-you must excuse my platnness Of
with working men, although il is said you will now
try and get their votes that you never attempted to
ton to at least try to do 1t. The PLAIN English Of
this is, Of course, that you are playing the dema-
but sun II Is u.s. sse as su %e 70 state inc case
''Ail men," replied the General to this blunt ques.
non, can men Jddse others 81 the highest standard
standard than their own comprehension OF the
principles Of right and wrong and motives OF
sSHo posa5s tom Men who know
that they themselves would II they could, play the
demagogue. OF course suppose that Others do as
they would do. 1t is their highest standard OF judg.
ment; but man who has been before the pubic for
a quarter OF o century must haYe record upon
most topics of public thought. More than twenty
years ago the campaign was fought IN this State,
which ended in the election OF Boutwell, as Governor,
anu ~ as 1S aS OF G h was en-
labor at Lowell from thirteen and half hours,
which the operatives then worked, to ten hours
day. The Governor was then elected 10y majority;
failing to ger q majority OF the people ne was
elected by ballot of the House and Senate. Repre-.
sentatives were also chosen by majority. When
second
vember there was new election had on the fourth
Monday IL SO happened IN mat ELECTION that the
power to the coalition party and against the wings.
The Governor, and, believe. majority OF the Sem
alto s. failed OF election by the people. The election
al Lowell for Representatives was set aside by the
city government because OF mscount III one OF the
Aldermen afterwards indicted An the Lowell
Representatives, were elected on the ten
hour ticket 80 tina! the III a h men nea
power the Lowell manufacturers committed the IN.
justice have stated. and new election was ordered
election depended The political complexion of the
State. the election OF Boutwell, as Governor and OF
Sumner as Senator. The whole force OF the wing
party was thrown into Lowell to carry it. suppose
THAT the ten-hour movement was then under my
eaa because IN room one ., ine pasard
posted declaring that whoever voted the Ben Butler
cse w%a Dc g Rom the employ IaS
noted winter for tine New YORK Tribune. was
brought INTO Lowell by the wnig leaders to discuss
OF the labor questions during that contest The
discussion, however, did not come on. Mr.. Robin
son, however, desired 10 make a speech on that
subject at the DEPOT which so incenSed the laboring
men that they ran the car on which the speakers
platform was out of the depot, and Mr.. Robinson
escape,i through q window. The 'Ben Butler Ten
nour Ticket was elected. and that contest secured
the election OF charles sumner as Senator, and the
frat agitation subsequently of the laber question in
the Legislature was made by the Lowell delegation.
the following year was elected upon the same anne
in the House Of Representatives ten hour
legislation was had. The workingmen Of Lowell
Will have longer memories upon my record as n
LABOR reormer than my detractors, and am by no
means severed from my carry conviction on the SUBJ
lect OF hours OF labor, forced upon me by u resi-
dencc from boyhO0d In O manufacturing cty'
THE BALLOT FOR WOMEN
l asked "Would you oppose the efforts OF the
they propose to go into The field against Mr.. Jewell
II he is nominated, and they are LOO much In ear
nest to be satisfied with anything but yes OF no
answer. What do you say-yeS, or nOlo
The General replied:-"UpOn that subject have
no step to take or thought to express. COnsde-
rably more than year since one of the leading
advocates OF the right of women suffrage called on
me to express my views upon that subject said
to her then that had not sufficiently examined IL
to have come to q conclusion. and that a topic OF
such gravity ought not to be made subject OF hasty
conclusion, but that whenever l had come to def
mite opinions would make them known. | under
stood that the lady Susan Il. Anthony COM
planned afterward that had not communicated my
opinions and therefore that was to be taken TO be
against woman suffrage. 1t became my Official
duty, however, TO examine the question fully as q
Representatives during the Fory-frst Congress- and
that too upon the proposition whether by the con-
stituton OF the United States the right or Suffrage
was not already secured to women. Upon the best
examination could give came TO the conclusion
that the constitution OF the United States has granted
10 women the right Of suffrage as against all State
laws whatever The reasons by which that cOnclu.
sion was sustained set forth the minority re.
port OF the committee, signed by Judge Loughridge
and myself Having found that women held the
highest offices and were entitled to vote under the
English common law, from which was derived our
system Of laws and the best PRINCIPLES OF which
supposed TO be embodied IN our constitution State
and national could have no doubt as 10 their
right to vote, he voted for and De appointed TO
Office under the constitution and laws OF the Com
mOnw ealth."
ACROSS THE RUBICON.
AS rose TO return it occurred TO me that the Bos.
ton Advertiser and some other papers had expressed
a desire to know whether the General would &C
cept as final the decision OF the Republican State
Convention in case 1t should not select him as the
Gubcrnatorial candidate or the party, so | said,