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 to you ... why I shall not serve on that committee ...

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Main Author

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893.

Language(s)

English

Published

[Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1871]

Subjects

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans > African Americans / Civil rights.
United States > United States / Politics and government > United States / Politics and government / 1869-1877.
Southern States > Southern States / History > Southern States / History / 1865-1877.

Note

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.

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1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 30 x 16 cm

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