Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) The Conscription Act: a Series of Articles Communicated to the Journal of Commerce
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01265.01 Author/Creator: Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1863 Pagination: 16 p. ; 22 x 14 cm. Order a Copy
Published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York. Number 7 in a series. Printed by William C. Bryant & Co. A.F. Warburton reported the text of Butler's speech. Major-General Butler refers to the Confederate States as "alien enemies" who are "carrying on war against us." Suggests the only way to end the war is to re-revolutionize the seceded states and have them ask to come back to the Union. Concludes by stating that citizens should stand by their government regardless of the mistakes that government has made. Speech was given at an honorary reception for Butler, hosted by citizens of New York. Also printed on the pamphlet are the invitational letter to the reception and Butler's acceptance. The night's events are recounted, including an introductory speech by Mayor George Opdyke.
He was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and was graduated from what is now Colby College in 1838, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1840, began practice at Lowell, Massachusetts, and early attained distinction as a lawyer, particularly in criminal cases. Entering politics as a Democrat, he first attracted general attention by his violent campaign in Lowell in advocacy of the passage of a law establishing a 10-hour day for laborers; he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1853, and of the Massachusetts Senate in 1859, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions from 1848 to 1860. In that of 1860 at Charleston he advocated the nomination of Jefferson Davis and opposed Stephen A. Douglas, and in the ensuing campaign he supported John Breckinridge.
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