The New York herald., 1878-09-26

gubernatorisl chair that the regular delegates to
State Democratic Convention shall be informed In
writing that mob cannot be removed from a hall
pre-enRagec by the regular Democratic State Commit
Too for state delegate convention
wnAr DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES MEAN
VIII, however, detatn you q short ume to :
slider ,he principles which distinguish us the
Buticr party and from other political organ izations
The democratic party believe that the institu-
tion OF governm ent Is 40 secnre the existence OF
the body polite, TO project II aud to furnish the
indvduas who compose il with the power Of ENJOY
ing In safety and tranquility their natural rights ana
the blessings OF iifo" MaoIitics esralucd and
m,no,l.es protected WITHIN the limits Of consitu-
tionai law Mark tho contrastl The democratic par
believe IN ascertnioing tho will Of msorities through
tbs forms OF law prescribed and defined by the
sttutonal organization under which fathers
established the system oil American civil liberty.
Butler and his followers believe In using temporary
forms OF law, and prompted to tho brute
prior TO the declaration of the majority will through
democratic party believe that .s,no military power
shall always DO held IN an exact subordinalion ths
civil authority and be governed by It," Butler be-
ueves 10 military dcspotsm In proof Of wnich relcr
10 MS acts during the late civil war; aud pro-
nounced act OF his while member OF the United
states Congress, which IS he only record oil his
tons and OF his opinions In this respect. Talk about
General Duticrs regard tor citizens rights during
the war! Gentlemen, II no nave a conscience, as
no thinks upon his acts during that war, seacn
particular hnir" remaining his head must
s.stspo ON epdn ana his memories mnst
'pal, him in the dunnest smoke OF hall.n Butler
took his seat In the Forteth Congress, March 1867
AMI on every opportunity from that time forward
gave hs voice and his vote iso Hilary arm
oil The government above all the rights Of tho States,
the war then being over Yes, Butler II was, menu
bcr oi Congress from Massachusetts-the Bunker
Hill and Faneuil Hall Statc-hc u was who duced
the infamous Force bill and abored for ITS passage
scALPiNG BUTLER.
And now, gentlemen deicga,es, l ask you TO recol-
lect that benjamin +. Butler the republican, had
procured tue passage OF an act IN the House OF Repre-
sentatives, Of which hc was q member exempting
from Inability at law Except TO the Uhted States(
any officer or agent OF The government, civil mil
iary, for acts done during tue rebellion while acting
by virtue or under color OF his Office" Here marx
the astute cunning Of this bloody shirt rcpuD-
lican, IN forcing through u law TO shield
himself and his coadjutors from Inc Outrageous
crimes which no and tb0y had committed in
pursuance of assumed authority as military officers
In total disregard OF the civil aw which had been, up
10 that hour, shield against military despotisn.
Having thus stripped the c,vu law OF its power to
rcctify the wrongs done 10 citizens, whet done
time Of peace or in tiue OF war, and by this act
secured protection Tor himself and his fellows IN
bill And this Force bill provided Tor what? 1hs
same Butler drew IL; and. with ali his hatred and de-
he asked for commissioners through this act 20 be
appointed TO take tho executive authority in
eleven states OF our federal Union. In tho soc.
ond section OF that bill he asked that these swarms
OF commissioners bo given authority, each his
own judgment or impulse, to arrest and consign TO
prison any citizen against whom tnere might be In
formation OF alleged outrage, or threat OF violence
In The third section OF that bin! these
authorzed-hs Mr. Butler asked-to appoint
any number OF assistants to whom they could
delegate their powers; and these commission
crs ana their assistants were to have Tho
army aud navy OF Inc United States, the pres,.
dent himself If they deemed IL necessary desira
bic, at their beck and CALL TO arrest the man whom
they might point out to orce the alton dance Of wit,
nssses or 10 break up and dispeIse any meeting OF
citizens which they disapproved Of SO OIL through
all the strange provisions OF Butler's Force
bill NOW, gentlemen, turn for u moment
to the charter OF your liberties and you will
fnd that tho constitution OF the Uaitcd States
says-"No soldier SHALL iu time of peace, be quar-
tered any house without the consent OF Tho owner
NOR tim. 81 war s IN the nsn" to s
their persons houses papers ana effects shall not be
violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon prooa
bic cause, supported by oath affirmation and par
ncuarly describing tho place TO be searched tho
persons or things 10 be seized" And also remember
that this Outrag and liberty crushing Butier bill
to so into cution In time OF peace, tho war
having ended some years before this act intro
duced.
BLUSH, FOLLOWERS OF BENJAMIN
This last aud most Infamous Of the republican
force bills was crammed down the throat Of pro.
session by Benjamin +. Butler, the republican.
Then, when the country, ten years after tho close Of
senta.,vos, and Buffers party had out few hours
LEFT Of control in the popular branch OF the national
LEGISLATURE. Butler forced .his Dill through
democrats, you will reccoiect, gentlemen,
the House, IN united phalanx, under the lead OF
publican majority for two days and nights ana
yielded only to numbers. they accom- Pushed their
object; the outrageous bill reached tho Senate 100
late Tor enactment And now, gentlemen, what,
think you must be this mans estimate OF tho memory
ana OF democratic party IN the United
Sta,es 10 EXPECT that thcy can iorset these ms acts
and purposes against liberty and personal
rights, ana 70 expect that no can ind fellowship
In democratic ranks during the lie OF the people or
THIS generation or tho generation to after itS
The republicans OF usetts should blush with
shame they read the record. Elected TO Congress
by them because no was the most intense hater of
Southern and Northern democrats and state rights
men, they constituted him lender OF tho bloody
so rt brigade ana threw up their caps when he tried
again TO open tho clossd-uD bloody chasm that
he he might again ian the flames OF civil war.
n yet deeper dye This pet OF yours, high
prcst OF rcpubcanism as he was has now
turned 10 rcnd you and your party because tho
porary occupant OF the White House would restore
raternal relations among the States by Withdrawing
the hand OF military dcspotsm and tnus allow
ing the people o, sovereign States 20 relieve them
selves from "foreign omissaries," who, as Carpet
bsgssrs, were eating out at fearful rate the sub
stance OF an oppressed and suffering people. Here,
again, mark the contrast. 1he democratic party.
being IN minority, was nobiy struggling against this
several States, beet always to constitutional mt-
ta,ons, 10 govern themselves
0RkESBAcKs.
Aud now, gentlemen, what the next step this ex-
republican Lender takes In antagonism TO OF tie
fundamental doctrines Of the democratic party?
Why, ever since the days OF Benton and Jackson tbe
democratic party has stood upon the constilu tona
ground that nothing but gold and silver should be
made legal tender for any dcbt, or made so by any
state in the federal Union But now, percnanoe you
ask whether some leading men Of party West
have n0i iron thi ia of he
democracy. answer that they have not 80 de-
parted. They say that u currency be maintained
IN this country, under defined limit, that shall
fore will DO OF equal value with god and
silver; but they adhere 10 the old demo.
cratic doctrine that the gold and silver shall bc
legal tender, and that gradually the national bank
notcs, which now form about hail OF the currency
Of the country, may be replaced with government
greenoncks always convertible INTO coin; ana that
this amount 0f currency viii have assurance aud
staoty being liked by law and regulated by con
vsrtDy into god and silver, by the laws oi supply
and demand. winch arc the controlling principles OF
the measure OF value In all commercial iransaciions.
Our democratic friends who ADOPT ihis theory argue
that by such erocnbaek currency they can secure
stabiiity, currency ol the same value every
of United States sou; and that thereby they wui
save the people IN taxation amount not
loss than S2SOOO,OOO per annum; and also
tbat, by mus tightening taxation, IN the
shape OF tarin,, tncy can cheaper consumption
10 every laboring man ana TO every consumer o tax
able commodities according TO mo OF MS con
sunpt On. aud thereby save 10 each consumer hrs
proportion OF this great sum. Now marx the differ.
between the grosnbackism of OF our demo.
craiic aliies ana the groenbacksm OF benjamin. +.
Butler aud his followers General Butter said, on
the l0th OF August last, Ia speech where
he declared tnat he had "lclt the democratic