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 ..., by Benjamin F. Butler

Title:	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 ...
Author:	Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Note:	[Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1871], 1871

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