, 1875-01-04

From Tie Eo,tpn Glot, Der. %.
4 complimentary dinner was gwen to Gen.
Bntler at Yonnga Hotel, yesterday. By about
Joscrh II. Chadwick. Of Boston, Charles Powers,
OF Wntert0nn anil J. IL. Collins, Of Cambridge.
When the announcement was made that such a
dinner waa to bo given, manr people sup
poxed that it WAS to have Bome connection
witA ihe Senatotnhip. or sosno tosHl'le
bearing upon the future political course
Of Gen. Butler, but it waa entirely innocent
OF anv buch intenliop. It proved precisely What
waA iutcndou. and waa simply Eocial occas,ou
Il great interest to the eighty OF moro geutlo-
men WHO were pzescut. aid WIN represented tho
yaroua elements Of society and busueas. ns
we'll as official life. Nethcr was it strictly Re-
publican afialr, - seSeral Democrats woie pres
ent
The Genera! nado one Of the best speeches Of
his life. and it YVES warmly received. In gianc-
ing ut his defeat, be alluded in u h1lnorous MAN.
to the various rcasons alleged tho1efor, aud
did it i'll Enthusiastically these wor,,s;
They a,y It Vas tie press which defeated me. But
III locking snso the diptr:c In tho Heart OF tte
.nonwe1th. where ilp Of thu preas was a candidate,
foit.l that lie lost nsure yoes thar, did no rem
el'detl That II unt the press. 1t said that
simmansi.m did 1t, 1ut found thtt In one Of the
Bu:cn districts friend Of the Collector elected
rlBdei tas it could not te tiat antie HtA it be-
caa.e did nos telcR 10 the church. Dat looked in
in the church, and who gives largely IN SUPPORT II was
defeated and our loss ~4s heavs Rnl curclu'led It
clud not Ge berRuBe xas not In the Church. Then
lucy eail /: the taluy-grrb that did 1t. nokel
III another district ami fouud TINT the who took
tie uck-ray iu 1885, 1856, AMI also III 1s9, aI sho
nude tho lest sIecch that made for It In tle
Hcuec III 1872. waE elected by large majority. /
,nGde UP my mind It Vas not that Then somebody
eaid Oh, ya1 voted for JEFF Davis fty-seven times
in tho Charleston Convention, and tho people Of
Massachusetts, have no. forgotten that" looked into
| Mr., D.wea district and found tbeEa e'o ted by a
heavy majority, nan who voted with mo in the
Charleston Convention. ! raw then that tho next
| C9nRTetB would coltHtp = man who voted for Jea
Dawn ftts-tesen times well ~ this one, sud
ciuaed thst it wa not that. Que Of the roa
and three ye.rs ngo. IN cahyass through
the State. said that wv needed change at the State
uoute that element was needed to overhaul The
ookp and correct tic ahuRes which naturally grew
OF long cont.uuncs In power. sill then that the
people needle! chnuge, and thatH It w1s not made tn
the outside. Time h4s shown that there truth
in tie remark, the change from Is, 600 majv1:j
to 900 against !n two years. time Ehows that the eo
pie hayu male 1t true without rar:ng much who The,
two yoaFs IF hsrd service, y eshstus VII,
I minority In Congress during the Eoi.tes
struggle of the ne4s two years viii be topst
work Nhsestr dlyislons Tiers may hnvo been % t;
the wion OF my lradcrship in House With rtrot't
majority, there would probahv le objeetitn to
le4diag for.oru hope Ia the minority.
You hear much Of inve.ttgatinn, gentlemen, and
Eress mbes, Iut you need hava NO fear, gentlsinen
when those committees iusesugate, Of the quest Of A
evening.
Gen. Butler was warmly appaude5, every fev
minutes. He touched on many poilth. ant
rendered his henry thanks to tho gent lan,et
| prcBent for the spontaneous testimonial OF the
| regard and respect for him.