The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-29
Butier Captures Harvard.

III BOLDLY ENTERS TIE STATELY INsTITU-
TON THAT sNUBDED HIM, Is COLDLY RE-
CEIvED. But LOUDLY CHEEIED BEFORE lie
LEAVES.
Philosophy Jack" has said that :" a
limited amount Of intelligence with an I'M
limited amount Of check will carry man
through anything" We may rightly rea-
son. then, il this be true, that when an I'M
limited amount OF Shrewdness be added to
the latter quality there is no object TO be
attained that is insurmOuntable. That
Governor Ben. Butler entered the time
honored and stately institution Of Harvard
on Wednesday, cloaked with his official
passport, where his reception must have
been refreshingly cool for the season Of the
year. and left il mid the plauditS OF those
who have denounced and deSpised him,
NAV be taken aS an incident not at varl-
ance with the above reflections. The facts
of his reception and departure are briefly
taken from the Philadelphia Times. as fol-
lows:
Governor Butler rode ont TO Harvard
Thursday unattended by cheers, but nc re-
turned the hero OF the day. When he
alightcd from his carriage at the college
gate IN the morning no enthusiasm well
coined him, and his greeting was perfume
tory and cold. His departure for the city
after the dinner was signalized by as great
a demonstration as Harvard ever gave
soldier, sage, or statesman. The Lancers,
with their band, performed their historic
escort duty to the siX-horse carriage in
which his EXcellency and Lieutenant-Goy-
ernOr Ames rode over the bridge, and Pre-
sidcnt Elliott welcomed his guests at the
door of Massachusetts, Hall.
Envarnor Ruler realized his upcomforf-
able position while the president was
speaking. lie neryOusly chewed his I'M
lighted cigar. and turned and twisted in
his chair He had Just been shown the
last Lite, with its burlesque OF HIM in his
pTedlcameni.
GOVERNOR BUTLER'S SPEECH.
When he arose to speak lie lay down a
bouquet OF red roses which he had had in
his hand. The younger portion Of the as
semblage only cheered. His first sentences
lamented the poverty Of his boybood. which
compelled hiuT to seek an humber alma
mater than Harvard. Then be recalled
almost with tears that his eldest son, the
pride OF his iife-now dead-was a Harvard
graduate. Fearing that he was in danger
OF breaking down under the rush Of recol-
lectlons, he quickly turned TO his official
duty as the representative of the State and
entered on an eloquent encomium OF the
Commonwealth and the college and their
close legal relations. "f,' he said
"the college has swung away in any de-
gree from the affections Of the people
swing her back. Popularize her, bring
her down 10 the people and the people VI
TO her, and make her what she was at th,
beginning Of the century" He spoke
gratefully Of what Massachusetts owes tC
Harvard College, saying: Sin every tim,
OF her distress, in every time Of her need
Harvard College has been the refuge of The
government OF Massachusetts, from Tho
time when smallpox drove the Legisla.
ture out 81 Boston and you took il
into your hall and gave it home
and then the Legislature burnt il
up. or il took lire when they
Were In it-not from any heat IN
the Legislature-and Massachusetts, rebuilt
1t. Again, when your halls were wanted
Tor the barracks Of Washington's troops.
did Harvard College objecty No. no
With The patriotism that distinguished the
iafhers they left these halls 10 be occunied
by the troops anG went to the shades OF a
neigbboring town and there carried on tbe
studies ina very small building. But when
The war OF the Revolution was raging and
wnen Washington commanded here The
on Harvard were necessarily small.
Tor All ITS Young men were in the army Of
the country
BUTLER cHEERED 40 THE ECHO.
Turning TO the record OF Harvard In the
rebellion, he paid a glowing tribute TO the
ola chaplain OF his Sixth regiment, Rev.
Dir. Babbidge, who had Just received the
doc!oraie OF divinity, and said "Haryard
ms done one thing to-day which, il felt.
AFTER The kind reception You have given
me, though, Of unkindne,s toward
her, would wipe it ali away This
was The Governors triumph. Every
man In the great hall Joined in The
applause until the rafters rang again
and again. Three. cheers were called for
and the venerable clergyman rose and
bowed and wept in response. The re-.
naming sentences Of the Governors speech
were eulogistic OF the students Of Harvard
whose death at the front Is commemorated
by the building In which the company was
assembled. and nj their conclusion the
cheering was prolonged several minutes,
the speaker rising and bowling again and
again.