The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-05
GEN. B. F. BUTLER'S FOURTH.
Words or REPROACH HURLED At THH
LOVERS or FREEDOM
The Men who ARE Called Communities In Que
Day Demanding Only what was Demanded
by the AboIitIonists of Thirty Years a TO.

by the AbOntiontsts OF thirty Years Ago.
NEwBURYPoRT, July 4.-The dcmonstra-
tion Of the Greenbackers here to-day was at
tended by fully two thousand persons. who
were enthusiastic Gen. Il. L. Butler delivered
the principal address lie said: More than
one hundred years ago our fathers found it
necessary to unite to protect against wrong and
oppression. to disonthrall themselves from the
measures Of one King and his Ministers. Their
children meet on tho same anniversary to see
whether they may not disenthra themselves
from the expressions OF n thousand kings and
their minsters-the money kngs-the most
powerful monarchs in the world to-day. Their
hands are heavier upon us than those of King
George were upon our forefathors. Why is IL
that in a land where. in the East the storo-
houses are bursting with the products Of man.
featuring industry and in the West the grana-
rics are overnowing with the necessaries Of
life. there being perfect communication between
those sections. there are men hungry in the
East for the food that is in the West and men
naked in the West for want Of the clothes and
shoes Of the East2 The evil that
causes this cannot be reached by sporad-
ic riots and violence. The starving men
who made the riots OF last summer effected no
alienation Of the public misery. Strikes are
below the dignity Of American workingmen.
They belong to another country and to other in
Slllullpus linn ours. our remedy is the DullOt.
Communist is the word of rcproach applied
10 workngmcn who see wrong in existing af-
fairs and believe in remedying them. as 'Abo-
ltionist was the word Of reproach hurled at
the men who struck Tor freedom IN the earlier
dayS 81 thls generation. The same men who
called the reiormers OF other days Abolitonists
are calling the rciOrmerS Of to-day Communists.
Communism in europe IS the desperate protest
ol Ia" downirodd"n and oppressed. and finds
It's vent in yiolcnt demonstrations and vain en-
deaNors; Here such course Is unnatural Our
people have in their own hands the power to
mould their condition, All they nred'i is unity
ana organization. and they will control. The
Legislation Of our land has for many years been
exclusively in the interest of the rich and the few.
eriul and united in purpose. th"v send their
! Of the votes OF The hntrgyrd teonle Seven
years ago introduced bill to have the money
| Of the country in the hands Of the Government
and not in the hands Of corporations. and was
| the House. But in the majority that beat me
| there were more than siXty-hve bank directors
his own interest. all sent there by work
! ingmrns votes. You workingmen do not
| send men 10 represent YOU"
| Mr. Butler then reviewed at length the cir
| cumstances under which, in the hour OF ma
| tlonal necessity. the greenback came into being
/ anu the means 10y which capitalists. when TWAS
! nt It's lowest value, were enabled to convert il
/ into interest-bearing and non taxable bonds
/ together with other special legislation for tha
benefit OF the capitalists since that time, the
/ formation Of national banks &C. all tending to
| undue initiation of the wealth of the rich and
the shifting of all the burdens Of taxation upon
the poor. He protested against being called a
repudiator saying that although the bargain
| with the capitalists was an infamous one, we
| were fools enough TO send men to Congress
who would make it, and we should pay the
| penalty 10y making good their agreement.
| . From this hr proceeded 10 consider the pecu-
liar course OF legislation in Massachusetts az
| Il hold that every man who has an honest
employment. In which he gives the best
I thoughts of his mind. or the best labor Of
| MS hands 10 earn support for his children
ana himself Is lahoring man. awork ngman.
Inc man VINO. 10y the eNeriions OF his father. or
some ether relative. has inherited wealth and
who does no work beyond clipping coupons
| from bonds 10 be paid by taxes levied on work.
lngmen can aeaplaist Do you say there
/ are no such men, Their" are plenty Of them
Let N. give YOU an illustration OF them: There
| Is in New York a club called the Tally-ho Club
| II If composed Of. | cnn hardly guess how
many members. because they never in
/ but | think they have ten. four and six
/ morse teams. Coaches and they drive them on
| INC nigh r2ad between two palatial hotels. with
/ nnr-lopk ing man set up behind the coach
WIN TN norm. or, IN this case. believe IL is
/ nrass buge. for what? And who are theyi
! literary culture all graduates of coeges-aH
/ men who haze no other employment on earth
wealth. And all they can ind 10 do is to play
/ coaohmen day 10y day for the fun Of the thing
! They toll not neither do they spin they are
/ men 81 class that is growing in this country
ana they ,nre. IN my Judgment. n class that
ought to be squechrd. IApplause They ars
| men that hay nothing 10 do ON earth and do il
| every DAY Every man in this country should
/ have some regular steady employment for the
| good OF ms ieNuWmcn, and the more money a
! man has. the greater Is his responsibility lor
| ihr proper employment Of that money in some
! industrial or other enterprise for the good Of
his race. and for the men who do not do that
! IN" worklugmen ought To- vote to bring about n
/ lawto make them DO il. If | had nv way. If /
/ had the power in the city Of New Ynrk. MS /
/ once had Tor "A short time. | would set that class
/ ot men 70 doing cNn'tly what they have showc
| they are tit Tor driving broadway omnihuses
! from SIX in thr morning to nina nj night SC
that they should have enough of playing coach.
men.'
The General also reviewed at length the his
/ tory ol the continental money of this country
| tracing me cau~es of lis declipe in value He
| repudmrd the term Of inllationist, and said %
! tine OPPONENTS OF the Greonbark party: They
are Wiling 70 sell hil the bonds and subs dlze al
/ the railroads. and do everything else that can
/ he done with money obtained on interest bear.
/ ing bonds ol lhe United States. NV proposition
/ II that We should Issue s4OuuO0.uOO in non-in-
/ teresi bearing bonds of the United States 10 set
/ q" the unemployed lghoring men of the United
/ States upon the public lands OF the United
/ StAl"s.' lGreni npplauseJ
No more notes Of the United States could bo
| issued. hc went on to say. than the people chose
10 take. ana ~ th"Y bear no interest those which
lre issued involve the country in no debt. De-
hnns src"ntarker. he said: II YOU find
/ an me nation h0 against few, that man Is O
| Er'"nhrh"r; y you nd man thH, wants Just
| worknsmcn and of labor. that man is n green
/ mrk"r II is a term winch covers everything
Just and true rs the word ahOlltlunist once COW
/ cred every man M favor of human freedom. II
/ you find a man that wants special privileges
/ wants io Ert an advantage over his neighbors.
/ that wants others 10 pay his taxes. that
man is NOT u Erecnhaekrr. lie is on the
WHo Go,yGs S tHat The nteigseenneSes of
I the many ls u better iuundntion1or the govern
/ mrnt oi Il grrAt country thnn the intellect OF a
+ few. WHO hrllcve that this Government s for
the many aud NOT tor the few. and 1t is the fault
ni every on" oi you II you leave il for the benefit
ana mine. viii Ind tIrmseiyas siayes to tha; i,;
tI IN mn urta