Year: 1878

PRocLAIMs THE ESSEX STATESMAN 'HoNEsT"-
BEN's ELOQUENT Observation-Disclosures


RESISTANCE TO THE MARsHAIs.


[DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


Boston. Nov 4. 1873


General Butler secured fremont Temple and Fan
eui Hall for the closing rallies Of his campaign. At
fremont Temple it required all the energy of a
special detail of police to keep order and preserve the
hall from the nroads Of large gang of persons who
tried to got in. The speakers frequently inter
rupted by cries for police at the several doors. At
half-past Charles NJ Strauss, who was
nominated for Secretary OF State opened the meeting
with short speech and then introduced Major Nc
Cafferty Of Worcester who struggled with the noise
and confusion of the floor and delivered a strong
speech the State issues. denying that the financial
issue was not component part of the present cam
paign. He said that If the present battle for free
vote in this Commonwealth did not succeed there
might be very free fght. During the Majors speech
Wendell Phillips caine on the platform and
greeted with three tremendous cheers.


WENDELL PHILLIPS FOR BUTLER


At the close of his speech Mr.. Strauss stepped for
ward and introduced Wendell Phillips. The old anti
slavery agitator who had been hooted from the
platform twonty years ago for his radical views was
cheered for five minutes. He said. in opening that
he hoped every man Of the 1000 in the hall would
vote for Butler tomorrow. for it is generally
conceded that if Boston gives him majority
the rest of the State will follow suit.
come, he said, to give the reasons why shall for
Butler. tApplause). Abuses have crept into the
State government under the republican dynasty
This would furnish sufficient why l should
cast my ballot in favor of honest government. But
there is another and greater. believe that these
twelve months coming will be the critical period in
the great fight between labor and capital My life has
been devoted to the freedom and protection Of the col
ored race south of the Potomac. have also worked
in the field of finance. The West reversed the
duty. Ohio ON that issue barely gave Hayes major
ity in 1874 and the agitation since has been intense
that it made that STALE Statesman after statesman
has changed ground. Even the Secretary of the
Treasury Ohio man. has faced to the four quarters
of the compass that issue. He is the Sphinx of
this country and 1t is one of the problems of the
nineteenth century to find out what John Sherman
thinks on the finances


ENTERS THE anEENBAcK CHIEF


At this point General Butler appeared the plat
form, having arrived from Faneuil Hall, and was
greeted with perfect ovation. The chairman an
nounced that the General wished to say few words
he obliged to go to Lowell on the 9:30 train
Mr.. Phillips yielded, and Mr.. Butler discussed the
question Of free suffrage for about ten minutes He
said there danger to the liberties of the ballot box
and advised all men to stand firm for their rights.
This. he said. may be the last fight will have
that ISSUE for what the republican rings try to do to-
day by intimidation and fraud they will next year try
to accomplish by law. Eternal vigilance is the price
Of liberty" The General then retired, after three
cheers had been given for him.


REVERSING THE BLOODY SHIRT.


Mr. Phillips resumed his speech. He said that Buffers





the of the next century looks down union of
forty States 1t will be the effect of the million blacks
The blood that sinks into the soil of south Carolina
tonight, through the traitor in the White House.
(applausewl yet unite the million allies that the
republicans summoned to the fight. Then reverting
again to the currency question he said:-I met
the other day man who had 81 1000 900 in bank in
New York. This is a contraction of the currency.
asked him why he did not buy something with It in
vest it. He said half of Broadway is now bankrupt
I will wait till the whole of it is. so can
h,fy az rrrtnn prfla
he said, has pointed out the dangers that
bcset liberties citizens threaten rights
NJ. Evarts was delegated to find out why the govern
ment Of New York city had proved failure.
he reported that it, it was on account Q. Of
take away that boon. The North Ame,1can Rcrie,o.
the organ of State street and Harvard College,
has lugubrious article, in which it deprecates the
possession by the people Of the right that God gave
them-the right of suffrage The Social Science Asso-
citation devotes at each annual meeting good deal of
time to discussing the advisability Of aboshing uni
versal suffrage. 1t is disease in the body polite
lack of faith in God. who gave man his rights.
HOT SHOT FOR HARVARD COLLEGE


Harvard College is wiser than the Deity! In 1879
amid the dangers which beset the Republic, when the
ing to do for the soldiers; when it became question
whether the thirteen colonies should have flag and
nothing ess s. with d.. serene faith in n, God the
of the grandest craftsmanship and said we
will found this government on righteousness Every
shall enjoy the inalienable rights that God gave
him. This was the act of jefferson, Hancock, Sam
Adams and Washington. This universal suffrage.
They had no precedent on file. but they did what
they thought was wise and honest. The result
was. out of 100000 of people have grown to
40O00000. But the first little Hedging philosophers Of
Harvard College and the Social Science Association
step up and say these men were wrong-only one
man in ten ought to vote no one should enjoy the
privilege Of suffrage unless he knows who his great
grandfather owns q million dollars in United
States bonds This will be the fight to-mor-
row-whether the people shall rule or be ruled by
few State street. Mr.. Phillips
then reviewed General Buffers record as an aboli-
ZIONIST, . soldier and lawyer. arguing that if he
took large fees he rendered large service He closed
with n eulogy Buffers honesty and ability, and
sharply criticized the who abused and viifed
him.


The amusing point in the meeting was the fact that
every allusion made to Buffers abolition record was
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