Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14

GEN. BUTLER VIEW or GREELEY ELEC-
rIoN.-The following is from a speech
delivered by Gen Butler at a large Grant
meeting, Haverhill, Mass.
Let us not be deceived. The old enemy
which has been fought for the last ten years
Is now rallied under a new leader Were
this a personal contest; were itsimply ques-
ton whether it is Mr.. Grant OF Mr.. Greeley
to be elected president, it would be Of little
moment. That Is not the question but
the question Is, who is to come into power.
what party is to rule The prosperity now
enjoyed in the country is the result Of re.
publicauism in the past. Horace Greeley,
when he undertook 10 lead the democratic
party, became, TO all intents and purposes, "a
democrat, and democratic men were bound
to democratic principles. Ii Greeley Is
elected that party must rule. The democrat
ic party is the party who starved our 1ris-
onCrs at Andersonville and at Belle sic.
We are now called upon to shake hands with
them - across the bloody chasm, oG the
pIetense that they have changed. This be
could not agree 70 do, unless he was sure
that any man woman or child in Haverhill
can now walk through any part OF the South
in "a fety that the rights and privileges o
all the people OF the south are properly pro
.ected. School houses are still burned IN the
of d man IN the SOnth for no other reason
than that he was a United States revenue
officer.
Addressing lrishmen, he said Il is a
principle of our government that American
citizens shall be protected by the national
power in their rights wherever they may be
found on foreign soil but the Cincinnati
platform says this principle shall not be
ma utainei If a man appears IN one of the
southern states. because that would be Ger
trail im.
The Cincinnati platform says the ku-klux
legislation shall be repealed, and the states
shall control these thinss. Many OF these
laws passed by Congress were drawn 10y his
own hand and all he regretted was tha
they were not more stringent but nothing
u ore severe could pass Congress because o.
several weak-ku republicans, three OF
whom be noticed have since come out for
Greeley These laws were for the protection
of men in their rights on American soil as
firmly as upon foreign soil. 1t Mr.. Greeley
Is elected these laws are to be repealed ami
no interference can be made for the pr0tec-
ton OF the lives Of cJlGrei men IN the South.
l. NJ GreeIeg IS elected the Sh0eWakers Of
HarsrhiI i-il BE- tr5ea 20 PAY for the S.arcs
,rlicl lrere en- qpapa'ed 5y the irar. Ii H..
Greeley is elected this thing will be done,
and there Is only one thing which viii pre-
vent it, fellow c,tiz ms, ana that Il, We may
be called 10 march south again, If Mr..
Greeley is elected we shall see a financial
revolution such as has never been seen be
fore. sLch as has not been known since the
days of 1887 and 1857. The possibility
of this has caused an advance in the price
Of gold since the Cincinnati convention.
How | like to hear Frank b I'd, Charles
Sumner, W f. Robinson and Charles g
Davis talk about turning the republican
party out OF power. because it has been in
power Tor fifteen years Why, | know a
maa who came here to this city, last year.
and SAID that the party IN power ought 70
be changed, even If we don't get as good
men in their places He went everywhere IN
the state, talking about 1t and what was
the answer the people gave him? Why they
actually refused 70 nominate him for govern
or at the state convention. Cloud laughter)
And now these very men who would ut allow
the republican party 10 be ousted from Iower
are the very ones who are trying To break II
up. with Horace Greeley at their head
Aud now let me give you a single word of
advice as to how you snail vot- When
you cast your vote reflect Tor moment on
how your brother, how you father, how your
friend now lying 10 yonder graveyard, would
vote il he were here and having answered
this question to your own satisfaction, drop
your vote in accordance with it, and Gen.
Grant will be sustained by larger majority
than ever before.