Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1884 — BUTLER. [ARTICLE]

BUTLER.

He Talks to the Farmers of the Granite State. [Plymouth (N. H.) dispatch.] The feature of the third day of the Grafton County fair was the presence of Gen. Butler. Ho was accompanied by Moody Merrill, a stockholder of the a-sociation, who, in the absence of the President, introduced Butler to the large gathering. Butler apologized for his hoarseness, and said he supposed his hearers were of mixed politics—very much so—therefore his remarks would be somewhat mixed, hitting all alike. The Democrats want to get into power where they,, can be tempted, but they would do no better than the Republicans. All we desire is for the producers to enjoy the fruits of their labors. If the Government will give the laboring-man a fair chance he would be satisfied. He did not leave the Chicago Convention because he was not nominated, for his name was not presented. He did not let it go in, as he did not wish to be bound. Had he desired it would have been presented. Democratic free-trade orators say the tariff makes you pay too much for everything. What is the tariff! It is a toll. Ignorant Democratic orators talk sometimes as if it was something to eat. [Applause.] Gen. Butler considered the railroad rates, and said: “The Legislature is owned by the railroads, and the remedy lies in sending men to the Legislature who cannot be corrupted. The Republican party had a grand record. The Democratic party had a grand old record under Jackson, but Jackson has been dead these forty years, and he left no children. But you must look out and think and act for yourselves.” [A voice—‘How would it do to vote for St. John?”] The General replied: “If inclined to drink too much whisky you had better do it [Applause.] If you do not think for yourself it means revolution, and revolution means the bullet.’’Gen. Butler was heartily cheered at the close of his speech.