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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 6 0 Browse Search
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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 4: the call for troops. (search)
im to detail me to command the troops that were to go to the seat of war. The governor received me very kindly and said:-- General, there is a difficulty; we have two brigadier-generals in the militia who are your seniors, and one of them, General Peirce, is now outside, I suppose waiting to see me to ask for the detail. Well, Governor, I said, you know Brigadier-General Peirce,. and you know me. Isn't this a case where the officer should be appointed who is supposed to be most instructed Brigadier-General Peirce,. and you know me. Isn't this a case where the officer should be appointed who is supposed to be most instructed in affairs with which he is to deal? Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill (Boston). I suppose I can detail any brigadier, said the governor. So do I, said I. While this conversation was going on, the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, Gen. Henry K. Oliver, came into the governor's room, and after salutation, said:-- Governor, as you requested, I have been examining the condition of the affairs of the treasury since the repeal of the emergency act, and I cannot find a single dollar
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 20: Congressman and Governor. (search)
sters of the gospel on that day to feed their flocks the divine word, and not discourse upon political and other secular topics which divert the serious thoughts of the people from the humble worship of the Father. Given at the council chamber in Boston this 11th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1883, and in the 107th year of the independence of the United States of America. Benjamin F. Butler. By his Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council. Henry B. Peirce, Secretary. God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Now, be it known that the good and pious gentlemen who occupied many of the pulpits in Massachusetts were quite active politicians, and it was very common for them to preach political sermons on Fast and Thanksgiving Days. Just as the professors of colleges know all about political economy, and therefore nearly all of them teach free trade, so these clergymen believed they knew all about finance, when the only financial oper