Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-03-23

ment.
..You have sfen, therefore, the
benefit of the laws and justice of the
government against which you have
rebelled.
"Why, then, will you not return to
your allegiance to that government,
not with lip.service, but with the
heart?
81 conjure you, if you desire ever
to see renewed prosperity, giving
business to your streets and wharves
If you hope to see your city become
again the mart of the western world,
fed by its rivers for more than three
thousand miles, draining the commerce
o! country greater than the mind OF
man hath ever conceived return to
your allegiance.
eff you desire to leave to your
children the Inheritance you received
from your fathers-a stable constitu'
tional government; it you desire that
they should in the future be portion
OF the greatest empire the sun has
ever shone upon-return to your alle'
glance.
"There is but one thing that stan6s
IN the way.
"There is but one thing that at this
hour stands between you and the gov
eminent and that is slavery.
"The institution, cursed of God,
which has taken its last refuge here,
in His providence will be rooted out
as the tares from the wheat, although
the wheat be torn up with it.
81 have given much thought to this
subject.
81 came among you, by teachings,
by habit of mind, by political position,
by social affinity, inclined to sustain
your domestic laws, If by possibility
they might be with safety to the
Union.
"Months of experience and of Oh.
serva,ion have forced the conviction
that the existence Of slavery is incom
patible with the safety either of your
selves or Of the Union. As the system
has gradually grown to its present
huge dimensions, it were better il i
could be gradually removed; but it il
better, far better, that it should b'
taken out at once, than that it shoult
r longer vi,iute the social, political, ant
family relations of your country.
t am speaking with no plilanthropi
views as regards the slave, but simpl.
of the effect of slavery on the master
See for yourselves.
"Look around you and say whethe
this saddening, deadening influenc
has not all but destroyed the yer
), framework Of your society?
81 am speaking the farewell word
of one who has shown his devotion I
. his country at the peril of his life an
, fortune, who in these words can hav
,, neither hope nor interest, save tn
" good of those whom he addresse.
; and let me here repeat, with all III
sole unity Of an appeal TO heaven
IF bear me witness, that such are ii
g views forced upon me by experience
q "Come, then, to the unconditions
e support Of the government. Tax
e into your own hands your own ins,it,
u tions; remodel them according to tt
q laws of nations and Of God, and tn,
D. attain that great prosperity assured
s. you by geographical position, only
D portion Of which WAS heretofore your
he BENZ. F. BUTLER.
ID "NEw ORLEANS, Dec. "a, 1862"
lt General Butler reached New Yo,
r. harbor the 1st day of January, lS6
re His vessel was met by revenue Gu
IN ter the commander Of which broug
Id a letter from President Lincoln as
re ing him to call on him at once. II
50 President greeted him with every co
RS diality Of manner, but Butler hand'
H. him his commission, saying that
at could not learn why he was recalled
III "Put your com mission back in 20
SO pocket" said he. 81 have seen
40 (Co, tinued on Third Pege.)