Ben Butler's Impeachment Speech was a combination of "Screeching saws, cracked barrel-organs, etc"

Pat Young

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Ben Butler's March 30, 1868 speech giving the opening statement for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson got this review from the New York Time April 1, 1868:

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