General Butler declared in one of his public speeches when a candidate for Governor, thereby insulting the Commonwealth, especially the citizen-soldiery of Massachusetts, that the soldiers of Massachusetts "needed but a word from him to clean out the State House.
Hoar recounts a controversial statement made by General Butler that insulted Massachusetts soldiers.
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