. Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler; Butler's book . ief justice delivering theopinion, and it was so conclusive that it put off the annexation ofCharlestown to Boston for twenty years. Shortly after this I called in the course of business into the con-sultation room where sat the chief justice alone, and after the usualsalutation he began: Well, Mr. Butler, you won your Charlestowncase ? Oh, I said, thanks, Mr. Chief Justice; I am exceedinglyobliged to you for giving me that case. Well, then, Mr. Butler, I take it you have no fault to find withthat last
. Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler; Butler's book . ief justice delivering theopinion, and it was so conclusive that it put off the annexation ofCharlestown to Boston for twenty years. Shortly after this I called in the course of business into the con-sultation room where sat the chief justice alone, and after the usualsalutation he began: Well, Mr. Butler, you won your Charlestowncase ? Oh, I said, thanks, Mr. Chief Justice; I am exceedinglyobliged to you for giving me that case. Well, then, Mr. Butler, I take it you have no fault to find withthat last growl of the chief justice. My last act toward him was after he resigned at the end of thirtyyears service as chief justice. I was chairman of the committee ofthe bar to make a proper address on that occasion in their committee went to his house on Mt. Vernon Street, as he wasnot able to come out »ih the inclement weather. I took great painswith that address, feeling every appreciative word in it from my veryheart. The chief justice attempted to reply to it, but his feelings. General Butler Arguing Agatnst
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