The New York herald., 1871-09-07
GENERAL BUTLER.
Ben Buffers Battle for the
GOvcrnOrship.

Of tho Caucus byotom-A Mares Nest Dis
Covsred-The General ~ an Indspen-
r dent Candidate and Political Mar
' tyr-His Moral RscHtude--
Hard Rsps at the Party
and Is Leaders
FITCHBuRa Masa, Sept. Q, 1871.
This evening. for the seventh time since the OPEN
ing OF the fall campaign General Butler has Grated
to his fellow citizens. He made his appearance at
this place on board the train from Boston at half
past six O'Clock and was met at the depot BY CON-
mittee appointed for that purpose and conveyed In
a luxurious carriage-which was strikingly In con.
trast with the zone horse shay" used at Ware yes
tarday--tO the Ftchburg Hotel, where he mad sup
Per, &c. ana where he was serenaded by the cornet
band with much enthusiasm. The crowd began to
assemble IN the hall as early a. seven O'Clock,
although the hour for the speech was quarter to
eight and in fifteen twenty minutes nearly every
seat was occupied by the sturdy yeomanry Of Wor-
cester county. who really anxious to hear what
the gubernatorial candidate would have to say and
rushed in pell nell immediately the doors were
opened. Probably ..Hlls ni.8.a
SIXTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE N-
were present before the General came In, with
sprnklng Of ladies' and as quarter OF eight O'Clock
commotion failed TO appear, the rising impauence
manifested itself In the customary undignlfed cries.
cat calls, yes. cheers AND one two, three" which
are TOO familiar to the reader for repetition to be
quired In this connection. For . time yells were
almost deafenlng, ana only subsidized FIVE minutes
later as the General entered the hall and the band
struck up "Hall Columbia" General Butler was
introduced by Captain Houghton one Of mis- former
staf and spoke as foll0ws:-
+ BUTLERis sPEECH. y FL.
FELLOW CITIZENs, LADIES AND GENrLEhEN-It
gives me great pleasure to meet You this evening to
discuss with you the great questions which are ag.
your attendance here, Notwithstanding the great
heat OF the weather. 1t shows your interest as cit
their administration. j am aware tnat have had
no friendly horaldlng. The ordinary avenues OF In
are more Or less closed TO me- for res.9ns
face; There are VARIOUS ways Of coming before the
ssnsing ' candidate for any once The or or.
dlnary way IL to establish headqaarters
send out runners and pay newspapers, and have
hirelings to 60 round to advocate your cause and
pledge IN the ear o. one man one anH a a9s IN s
vote you can by such means and representations
as those who represent you choose to make. But to
iliustrate:-I will show you something | have
brought with me-a document upon that subject
II can md 1t here, and perhaps can.
MARES NEST DIsCovERED.
THE General here peco)a{ed through his manu-.
SCRIPT and papers and Anaiiy produced What ne
:f There, - no said at length. "here it is. This
thing Is being done all round To-day men are can
vassing for Governor under pay. Let me read 10
BOSTON,. August %, 1871
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US your Si A. @. {. b., Secretary ofihs 6ommi'sss.
send your bin, added the General with quiet sar.
casm. (chcers) Now let us see what is the answer.
tLaugnter.)
TO the sEcsErAny q BLANK Political Committee: :
"a. NJ! sss eas 's isy ss%$.s
sRps and Mr. D.v: are strong frisnds o. Dr. Iorns Chsr
again 'S anything happens S Yours, ffsssrnsv ENX
Now. said the General. that Is on one way Of doing
things and that Is what they call having man
presented through his friends.
ss,o vor % WHS rAys wys TTE ,baI srLh LII IN, ,nt WIN
money! What is there In the constitution Of the
COmmcnwealth-what Is there in our form Of gov
ernmenf, thai requires paid hrelings service In
order ,hdt the people NAV find out who they want
for Governor, or any other 01icef Now, then, I
10 come here man to man, lace to face, eye 10 eye
and talk this matter out along with the people, ana
Of Of them hem on the one side and the otner-Cappiause
and appeal 10 my fellow citizens: which Is the
manly way; which Is the open way; which Is the
frank way Don't these men that are willing TO pay
these bills want the Office Of Governor just as much
as do9 And yet you hear the whining
sRonldn'. mention n1' i. at ' alp o. moi Not Si He
should only mention through Q greenOack stuck out
curl Of his neither Zip, held out HIS hand with an
imaginary dollar In It, Cheers and applause.l
No. my friends but win explain s, ia moment
who is addressing you because he chooses tO come
before ,hc people, for that disturDs another thing
sss soush sns paper n tSc
in their hands, and they make what Is called the
public opinion, and instruct the people Tor whom
ey saa s sGs 3 TN thai Whe you cali
free American citizens and thinE you have TO vote
for who you please It is no s,lcl thing as matters
why, it Is just ike this: two conventions get to.
gether. packed BY politicians, stirred up by paid
the one slde man and on the other side man yon
have only got to vote for one or other OF those men;
must throw your vote away. Now desire, II pos
sibe, that
them the various questions which interest them;
and lei the people come together and in their meet.
ings and In their primary conventions let them
choose delegates to the conventions to represent
them tnerc and 10 say who shall be their candidate
for Governor and VINO shall be the other officers OF
the state You see, said the General whipping out
a 'w,pe,n according to The bright lexicon Of our
youth (and proceeding 10 remove the perspratiOn
from bis face), that am plain blunt man, and
speak night out in meetIDg Wherever ] am.
lie gave some "reminiscences In relation
to the way primary meetings are managed IN
the repuOlcan party. When Inc General reached
point ut winch The voices OF the caucuses sup.
posed to be taking, and put The question to an i'm,
ag,nary crowd OF voices, somebody IN the audience
answered, "Ayel aye" SAID the General, 'tnats
about as heavy IN affirmative vote as they usually
get when they pass measure ~ these caucuses.
the republican party have been able to man.
age these things ior some years, and the
question for 10 settle THIS day and this hour IS
whether the laboring men, business men, earnest
men and reform men shall take the matter iD their
hands or not IL Is about time for you 10 settle u
Tor yourselves. Is OF very much more consequence
10 yourselves and your children tnan to me now.n
STATE FINANCES.
"Tnen, are there anv questions which We desire
tvoA In. nfiAy q