The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-27
BUTLER TO THE RESCUE.

The soul Of Mr.. Benjamin F. Butter is il
arms and eager for the fray. He foresees
new rebellion. For that and that only al
though he has an incidental interest in pro
tecting and defending the rights of the fisher
men Of Gloucester, which are put in leopard,
by the Reciprocity Treaty. he desires to be re
turned to Congress. We gather from his
opening remarks at Gloucester ON Saturda,
evening that he had pretty much made up hi.
mind to retire from public life, when he heard
his country's call, and concluded to postpone
that event until he should have crushed the
new belhon The Louisiana troubles have
fired his III lrtial ord L. They have grown on,
OF the Democratic successes i'll New Hamp,
shire and Connecticut, he think. These have
emboldened the rebels to make hostile demon
st atlons against the Kellogg Government
and although the insurgents, after overthrow
ing the Government which they believed to
be usurpation, made unresisting surrender
to the United States authorities, he is conf
dent that their hostility is directed to the Fed
eral Government and that they mean to over
| throw it. IT. says he i'll a fine burst OF
eloquence, democratic successes in New
Hampshire and Connecticut embolden these
rebels and traitors to overthrow a State Gov
eminent, what would they not do if they
should succeed in defeating me-"
The appeal was string one. Doubtless
his supporters were impressed with the con-
victlon that the perpetuity OF the Union de-
ponds upon the election of Mr.. Butler to rep
resent the Essex District in Congress. Should
he be defeated the rebels viii take heart at
once and march against Washington, the
Government will be overthrown, and the col
ored men left without friend. Possibly the
impression prevails in Gloucester that the pres
ence of MIR. Butler in Congress is all that has
OF ha1.f for OF civ oh
Years, and that the rebellion element at the
South is only waiting to hear OF his defeat TO
re-enslave the bl ,cks and upset the Constitu-
ton. In the dense ignorance of political at
fairs that exists outside of Gloucester no one
seems aware how much the country owes Mr..
Butler, or how much depends upon
his reelection. Let us be thankful that
he knows it and that he has not hesitated from
any scruples of modesty or delcacy from en-
tightening the citizens of Gloucester upon the
subject. How Gloucester must have shivered
when this battle-scarred with two RS in
scarred) hero put The the fearful inquiry cit
Connecticut, have emboldened these men to
take up arms in Louisiana, what would they
do if should be defeated?" 1t must have
thrilled the strong frames of the Gloucester
marines like the bite of a twenty pound cod
fish. Four hundred men, as we are told, sat
calmly and heard him through with his soul
stirring conundrums, but we must believe
that they vowed then and there to return But
Ter to Congress and save the things so threat
ened with revolution, rebellion and over
throw.
He is an exceedingly important person. He
says SO himself, and he never makes spec III
to few friends that reporters are not sent to
attend on him, and telegraph offices kept open
to fling his beautiful thoughts abroad And
yet there comes to us the crushing thought
that Gloucester itself is in an ex, osed situa-
ton, and that the citizens OF that imperied
port, recognizing its danger and the proves
Of Mr.. Butler, may decide to keep him at
home to defend it. That of course will end
the days OF the American Union: but there is
consolation in the thought that great many
Of us Gun flee to Gloucester and be safe.-N
Y Tribune