To the Republicans of the House of Representatives. : Having been appointed against my wishes, expressed both publicly and privately, by the speaker as chairman of a committee to investigate the state of affairs in the South . my self-respect and deference to your good opinion requires me to explain...
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Text in two columns; printed area measures 28.0 x 11.8 cm. ; Butler refused to chair the investigatory committee, proposed as an alternative to the anti-Ku Klux Klan legislation which he supported, on the House floor on Mar. 15, 1871. Cf. Trefousse, H.L. Ben Butler the South called him Beast!, 1957, p. 215, and the Congressional globe, 42d Cong., 1st Sess., 117. ; Signed: Benj. F. Butler. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; will digitize ; The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital library Publications Program.