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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 1 1 Browse Search
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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 3: the Democracy in 1860. (search)
t interview and it impressed itself upon my mind very strongly, and I have told it many times since to different friends. Ah, I said, I did not know that you knew anything about it. Yes, General, I did. I said to him: Will you kindly write me a note of your remembrance of the scene, as I wish to preserve some evidence of it? I will if you desire it, said he. In a few days I received a note from the general, from which I extract the following:-- Brookside, Morris Co., New Jersey. July 11, 1891. . . . . . . My Dear General:--I met you casually on Penna. Ave., when you told me your purpose. You said that the commissioners ought to be hanged, and that you should urge it upon the President. You named the hour of the next morning for which your interview with him was arranged. I determined if possible to witness it, and going accordingly to the Executive Mansion the next morning, I quietly opened the door and looked into the President's reception room, where an impressive