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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 42 (search)
people have commissioned to unfurl it and bear it up. I only ask in what manner, as an humble individual, I can best discharge my duty in defending it. Resolved, In the words of Andrew Jackson: The Federal Union must and shall be preserved. The following communications were read at the meeting. Letter from Gen. Butler. Lowell, September 9, 1861. Dear Sir: I am most unexpectedly called away by public duties, so that I cannot participate, as I had intended, in the meeting at Faneuil Hall. The great regret at not being permitted to unite with my fellow-citizens on that occasion is softened by the reflection that the loss is wholly mine. Personal presence could only have added one to the vast throng which will crowd the hall in support of the Union, good government, and the enforcement of the laws. That I go for a vigorous prosecution of the war is best shown from the fact that I am gone. Believe me, most truly yours, Benj. F. Butler. To Hon. H. F. French and ot