Speech of Hon. Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts
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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts: Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 20 and 21, 1869 The House having under consideration the bill to promote the reconstruction of Georgia - Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, said: Mr. Speaker: I desire to call the attention of the House for a moment to the action of this bill. I do not propose to discuss the merits of the great question which is involved in its passage, because that for two years has been before the country and is thoroughly and fully understood; but I wish to call the attention of the House to the several provisions of the bill, and the objections in detail which may be brought against them. This bill was carefully drawn by the Senate committee, then debated at great length, especially by the Opposition, and now comes before this House. In regard to the mere details of the bill amendments might be proposed which would or would not be of any very great consequence. There may be matters which if one had his own way exactly he would prefer to the exact wording of the bill as it stands. But I must call the attention of the House to the fact that in order to get any such immaterial amendment we must endanger the bill, and thereby endanger the lives of many good people in the State of Georgia. An attempt to secure the adoption of any little amendment which a man might think would make the bill a little better, and which, perhaps, might make it a little better, would simply endanger great rights. Therefore I hope that no merely verbal amendments, or any amendments which are not vital in the judgment of gentlemen on this side of the House, will be either offered or pressed. The first section of the bill provides that the Governor of the State of Georgia shall forthwith by proclamation call together the Legislature. The amendment of the gentleman from Kentucky Mr. Beck proposes that the Legislature shall not be convened within less than thirty nor more than sixty days after the date of the proclamation. Wrong and murder have gone on in the State of Georgia long enough; and it is our duty at the earliest possible hour to interpose; and I may be permitted to call attention to the fact that the other branch of Congress thought it so clearly their duty to take prompt action that they did a thing almost unheard of at this stage of a session; they sat out this bill at a night session in order that they might afford relief to the suffering Union men, black and white, in the State of Georgia. This section calls upon the Governor to convene the Legislature forthwith. The next amendment of the gentleman from Kentucky provides that the Governor shall order elections to be held to fill vacancies before the Legislature shall be called together. Sir, if I could suppose that the Congress of the United States would listen for one moment to that proposition I should suppose the commission of a great wrong. Let me state some of the vacancies that there exists in that body. One senator has been murdered; two representatives, white and colored, have been murdered since we adjourned, and two murdered before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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