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New York mob disrupts Butler speech at City Hall Park
A crowded New York gathering for Horace Greeley’s congressional support faced violent disruption by a raucous mob on the City Hall steps. Gen. Butler fought through the clamor, denouncing mob rule and asserting free speech, while officials debated whether to arrest the platform builders amid calls for order.
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Horace Greeley
Congress
Thad
Stephenson
H. Knapp
City Trail
Roome
Hoffman
Knapp
Alex. Ward
Charles G. Cornell
Ward
Captain Brackett
Seymour
Board of Councilmen
Walbridge
General Butler
John T.hoffman
New Orleans
New York
Butler
Fenton
Gen
Burtar
Blackguard
PSH
Gen. Walbridge
Coness
Persious
National Party
City
Maine
Poe Eltyre
Tapbiag
Republican Party
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York
Horatio
Army of the United Sates
Gen. Butler
Baltimore
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Horace Greely
Gov. Curtin