St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-21
BUTLER'S BOOM.
He Makes a Speech at a Greenback
Celebration, and Gen. West Sends
a Letter of Regret.

PROVIDENCE. Aug. 20.-Last evening Gen.
Butler again spoke in the Coliseum at Rocky
point to small audience, substantially as
follows: He said he followed the banner of
Democracy unwillingly because it was ban
ner of slavery. He kept his bargain with
that party. JEFF Davis was constitutlonally
right. He fought for his country. He found
his country in danger and then left the party
and rebelled. When I was released from the
obligation to the constitution in regard to
slavery followed the banner of my country
1870 voted for a bill by which the negro
could remain home without having his home
riddlcd with bullets. In 1868 l pro-
claimed on the floor of congress that
greenback should be maintained as the cur
rency Of this country. I stood by greenback
because nothing else was paid to the soldiers
during the war, and then it was proposed to
pay for blood in greenb backs and pay bankers
in gold. said what is good enough for the
soldiers is good enough for the bankers. The
greenback of to-day is the money of the ma
ton, and soon there will be none other, for
you cannot get much of any other. / stood
by the Republican party until it put forward
for president man whom | could not sup
port. Then, without altering single senti-
ment, left and supported gallant soldiers.
l laid before the convention and asked the
Democratic party there assembled to adopt
these principles and that code of rules which
the Democrats of my state had twice endorsed
in state convention, and to agree upon an
issue-the greatest of issues-that of
labor, and how the people were to get
their just share of what belonged to them. l
brought that before the Democratic party
and the principle was spurned. l have not
changed one hair, and what l have done has
not been done in corner. He appealed to the
people to organize, much in the tone of his
letter of acceptance.
The following letter from Gen. A. NJ.
West, candidate for president was read:
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, Aug. 11.-C. H. P.
Adams. Dear Sir:-I am in receipt of yours
of the Sth. l regret my inability to comply
with the invitation of your state central com
mittee to participate in the opening CAM
paign demonstrations for Butler and West
on the 18th inst, at Rocky Point I have
accepted an invitation to speak in central
Missississippi on the 18th, and in several
other places Immediately after. I infer from
YOUR letter that all labor and industrial Or
CARNATIONS of your state are in hearty ac-
cord, and are cooperating for the accom-
plishment of common objects. If this union
and cooperation could be extended through
out the entire country the public admins
tration would be reformed. Justice re-es-
fol lie hot no
equality of states recognized, and unjust
and deceptive systems Of taxation abrogated.
The general resources of the country would
be developed by constitutional methods; the
strife between states, engendered and fos-
tered by the two old parties, and the un-
PARALLEL oppression and tyranny which have
marked their career, would pass away and
peace and prosperity among masses would
follow, and the supremacy of the con Institution
of the United States maintained. Inviolate
economy would be practiced in the expendi-
of the government, salaries be reduced to
correspond with the simplicity OF our Repub-
lican in Institutions, corrupt men be expelled
from office and good men be appointed to
succeed them, and all useless offices and
agencies would be abolished. / therefore
hail you and those whom you represent as
brethren engaged in the glorious work of re-
forming the abuses of the government, and
trust your meeting of the 10Th will be pro-
ductive of much good, and that its influence
viii extend until felt all over the country,
and the people aroused to the danger threat
ening their liberties, and that the objects for
which the national party are battling may be
accomplished. l sincerely thank you, and
through you those whom you represent, for
the cordial invitation to attend your opening
demonstration, and regret we are so situated
in the south as to forbid a like demonstra-
ton. l am, very respectfully,
A. NJ. WEST.