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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 20: Congressman and Governor. (search)
try and power; that money which saved the country in war, and which has given it prosperity and happiness in peace. To it four million men owe their emancipation from slavery; to it labor is indebted for elevation from that thrall of degradation in which it has been enveloped for ages. I stand for that money, therefore, which is by far the better agent and instrument of exchange of an enlightened and free people than gold and silver, the money alike of the Barbarian and the Despot. Mr. Chittenden, a member from Brooklyn, N. Y., who was an honest opponent of my doctrine, came to me after I had finished my speech, and said: You evidently believe in the legal correctness of your opinion? Certainly. ( Can this question be brought before the Supreme Court? Certainly. If it can, will you present the matter from your standpoint? I will. How can it be done? he asked. Let an amount of merchandise, said I, be bought by A payable, according to the custom of the tr
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
ard to bonds, 936; reply, 936; three year seven-thirty treasury notes, 937; report on finance, 948; in the Farragut prize case, 1010-1012. Chattanooga, battle of, reference to, 715. Chemistry, Butler's study of, at Waterville, 58-59. Chesapeake Bay, expedition into, 617; transport fleet in, 785. Chicago, Schaffer in, 895; the currency in, 943. Chickahominy River, Colonel West drives enemy from, 645. child, Linus, interview with regarding ten-hour ticket in Lowell, 103. Chittenden tests the law on greenbacks 954-956. Choate, Hon., Rufus, quoted 33, tribute to, 64; partner of Major Bell, 526; in the Storm King Scurvy case, 1018-1020. Cilley, Abigail, grandmother of Benj. F. Butler, 41; adopted by, 48-49. Cilley, Gen., Joseph, great-grandfather of Benj. F. Butler, 41. Cincinnati Gazette, market reports of, 940. Cincinnati Platform, Pure and simple, Butler's adopted by Charlestown convention, 136. City Point, as naval depot, 622, 627; Grant impresses