The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-23
BUTLER TO THE PEOPLE
AN ADDRESS AND AN ACCEPTANCE.
Recapitulating His Acts at the Chicago
Conyrntion-B ,tI Old Parties Sc
verely Criticised - Fusion
Strongly Advocated.
BUFFERS LETTER.

Bl"rIERS LETTER.
LOWELL. Mass, Aug. l9.-The addr IS. as {
is yed instead Of letter. to hi constituents
was given out yesterday by General Butler
II is IA most voluminoUs document, occupying
nearly five ordinary newspaper columns set
in sma type The following is IA synopsis OF
it, principal points. II opens rs follows
"Io wv o1Sttus1tS: In comp an ewIth oft,
repeated and anxious inquiries. hasten to
give account of my stewardship OF the polit.
ical interests with which was charged. They
were four:
a. Hostility to all monopoles in com.
IncrCc, industries and lands.
.. 7 c preservation OF the National legal
teudcr currency of the people, constitutional
ly ISSUED by Congress.
- The needs OF all men ana women whC
labor in the production of wealth, to be pro-
tectei against the enCroachmcntS of those
who alb orb and consume without producing.
~ The necessity for reform and correction
of abuses in Government, so hat i : pressure
on the people would he made AS light rs pos
shle; its administration effective, to guard
the rights of American citizens ut home and
abroad; to make public servants, individual
or incorporate, subservicnt to the use and
will of the people only, so as to restore the
prosperity of the country, with equal rights
equal burdens, equal powers and equal privt
legcs of all people.
"Thcsc latter were specially contided to me
by the Democratic masses of Massachusetts
to whom alone ! owe grateful dnty for higt
consideration and support during years of eff
fort in reform of government but to no Dem
ocratic organization whatever. They were &c
he presented to the National Democratic
Convention for its acceptance AMI adoption
~ lnY, IL. Ia
Toy our fathers.
II had intended if these great principles OF
Government, by the poop and Tor the PEG,
Die only, had been cordially received, and
carncsy and honestly adopted by that
convention as the political chart OF the
Democratic parry, to have permitted M
name 10 he presented TO the COnNen.
ton for the suirageS of the people rs Culci
Executive to administer ana cary forward
the necessary measures, III wnlcn case
Should Ya,e b On bound 10y It's action to sup
port both its plat Orm and no "in2e>. That
should t placed in that nigh position knew
was the Will OF the IIu,uOJ voter o. that lin.
lnOuV caiti who had expressed Their conn.
d nee n.y. their votes 50 unanlmou~y that nc
man fr III tnat state could have been del
cgatc TO tnut convention II he had Jared t.
breathe aloud thai he was opposed either 10
the principles represented or to my person.
Il Candila,urc. IN thus dong the VIII OF
those VITO sent me, sought none OF the hon
ors of the convention, ana intcri"rcd with
non OF its proceedings save TO serve rs II
member of it, committee on what should have
been its platform OF principles, AMI not OF
eNpedients"
The address then refers to General Buffers
action in the Committee on Platform ana it,
work. He found himself holding the con
trolling vote in the committee, one not new
to him, and presented a second minority re.
por, of one which was adopted by the con
ventiOn. The series of resolutions which he
presented in the subcommittee are summar
Il n "a nIsfI ut
the subcommittee made his Candidature III
the convention impossible.
The address then proceeds to give in sue
cinct order all OF his actions, BON i'll COMMIT.
ter and in the convention. All of his rcsolu
tons in favor of labor were voted down His
resolution to sustain the lega tender curren
cy; the one opposed TO nonopoiies: that
people by the arlstucracy and all others pre-
senjcd, he says, suffered the same tate. He
was granted the boon OF thlrty minutes T.
action
He ADMITS that the platform as adopted con
tans certain sweet phrases toward the for
eign-bOrn citizen Tut he declares that as
whole the work Is one OF eXpedicnts.
The cosntry has had no experience for q
quarter of Il century as to what the Democ
racy would do If III power; 'but he says
tine farmer ana the IHbOrIng uan 90 Know
that a Democratic II Use of Representative,
mas just appropriated more money raised by
taxation than any other HOusCOi Representa- |
wv tS mas ever dIHibDIIbltb III ' ne VI I'utt
We also know that thc Democratic majority |
would huyca lrcc-tadc.tHrii, containing III |
! ne odiOus features OF the present war tartn |
So far as regards its mOnStrous nclua tiles |
hy horizontal reduction OF the tar,1 tC !
break down very many rising aud Struggis ing |
Industries, ANA cause tie deStruc ION OF tht |
homes of our worI>ingncn and the nome mar |
kcts OF the American producers.
who does no, know that the very fear OF
the actions OF the Democracy III Congress has |
so paralyHcd American enterprise and buSI
ness thai mi Is are everywhere osIhg' mInc'
shut mp, furnaces blown ont, ana every kInL |
81 employment 50 CurlaiIcd thai tn mcchan |
les and wCr ;Ingmcn are not earning cnOu4t |
to support life in comfort; so mat the farm |
er, even, deprived OF home market am |
crushed down by discriminating rates OF
transportation, finds his corn, wheat and WOO |
lower than they have been within the prcSen
generation? Can the people therefore truSi
the machine Democracy with power. uDOn 1 |
shifting. eva IL @ and deceptive Platform
on the Republican de he says Nv know
the Republicans. he country has had ex
pcrlence IA Republican party rule twenty. |
We years and know its results We, there |
fore, ha G no need to look at rs plat orm,
for 'pv their fruits We shall know hem. |
cmpu t ally The party o. the p oplc. il |
ha in il substantial " neither monopols |
- capitalist Il was as poor a. was IN. |
y ,rlarat.on OF ndep endcncc. Taking on |
tt,c men, the rsst could hardly pay thci
b oarl bills
The Republican party was fOrneu upon |
grand and noble idea, to do for one class OF
wprkngmen what the Democratic party, ever |
under Jcic son and JACKSON. had failed Il |
do Their democracy dealt only with the |
white man. The Democracy OF the Rcpub |
lean party dealt with the black man. an, |
aimed TO give him freedom anC |
equal rights. For that purpose anc |
that alone was that party formed. IT wa
party Of the people that the ari tOCratic par
of the Wing party, the Old advcrsarics of the |
/ cmOcracy OF the days of .rlCkSOn. mergcC |
themsC,e e. in the Democracy without II dror |
of Democratic blood ms jhcy hoped, IN then |
veins, or a thought for the people, except a.
the lower classes in their party, and such o. |
them as quarter OF century has spare
are found with the Democracy OF to-day |
largely guiding its councils I'M the mann r wt |
have seen" At this point the al /
dress treats of the manner in which |