The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-26
p,,t,ar as as al, Avenger.

Butler az an Aven2er'
m. ,rouble General GRANT Is now n"',
mo with the tenurc-cf-ofiice law Is ops . "m.
Of a number Of instances In ~u'oa nor non
surrs dictated by the malice Oh pau ..nrs
have rett,rned to plague their in'en .~ - :,
,rhe nnen. bold. unhlush'ng auaao" s;,,
n...~ Rrr,va In attempting to iorce IN
.o,r nron the nominating convention "a, as 'ue
st., Candidate for Governor OF Massa'
.'."s,.a ,r,,I scrye to remind our Bay ota'e
brethren that BUTLER Is ah aVenx's a"ee'
10 yisits them to inftct upon tnem' II pes
vIble. some OF the evils which they mrs.
h,red him to inflict upon the South, and
for INJECTING which they afterwards non
ored him. But his crimes in the Souti
did not disgrace us nor even fentc'
upon our character for prohity. In case
of his election as Governor OF Massa'
chusetts, however, the people OF that se'.e
will partake OF his dishonor, ard must al"
him in bearing the load OF intamy "niIN
The united voices OF the people OF the VIM
Of Cbristendom have laid upon MS ''o" ~
,hopJder,. He viii stand for'h a.. as
a representative man. BUTLER IL.
,s+,ect IN his life the Massachusetts idea oi
honesty, honor. and chiVairS. ho "n'
manifest himself to the world as the oed"
,deol Of a Massachusetts Statesman Tue
very Cheyalier BAYARD OF Yankees. Ahc
man whom all Christendom splts upon anu
uespises-the scoundrel who hanged MUM
FORD and insuIted ladies' in New Orleans
pense of the people whom IL was Ms ou''
TO protect--who traded with rebels or pun
dercd along with Union men-whose very
face IL branded with the yillainy that goes
to make up his moral nature -th's donp'e,
dyed traitor to his former friends ana
would-be betrayer Of his present corrup.
allies-is to be Governor OF the grand ola
Bay State Heavens, could any man ask
for q more bitter rctribution on that Com
monwealth?
The better classes in Massachusetts are
greatly disturbed at the prospect before
them. The movement noticed in our tcie'
graphic column yesterday, to bring FORWARD
Mr., JEWELL, we understand to be protest
on the part OF soma of the gentlemen OF
Massachusetts against the nomination Of
BUTLER. We have no sympathy with these
men. We are for BUTLER first, last, and all
the time. Even the rcticent Boston AdcT'
hser must needs speak out against BUTLER.
Listen to it and pity it, if you can forget
that it was one of BUTLER's warmest sup
porters when he Was perpetratlng his out
RACES uDOn defenceleSs sOutherDers. The
Advertiser says:
with regard to General Butler, the
Journal reflects the nearly universal Scntl
ment of the State. We hear from thoSc
who claim to be his confidential TRENDS
,hqt the General Is surprised and disap-
pointed at the tcebleness Of the response
the people have made to his call upon
them. Wherever he goes he hears the re-
mark Of his distinguished fiiend who wrotc
to the Amesb,lrv TIlIager last week: we
can put up with a thousand things as iai
off as Washington, which we could no.
put up with so easily in our domestic al
fairs 1t is this nearly universal distruSi
OF his temper, Judgment, and executive
capacity that makes his nomination as 4
Republican candidate impossible"
Oh, yes. We hypocritical Puritans. You
Orleans or Washington which you cannot
SO easily put up with In Boston. You could
enjoy his infamies so long as they did not
reflect too strongly upon his supporters
You could allow him to represent one Con-
gressional district, because you could al
ways claim that that single district was not
fur exponent Of the moral excellence and
political ability of the entire State. You
could pat him upon the back when he
piled up his mountains of falschoods con-
corning the southern people. because you
meany hoped to share in the profits which
were expected to result from those false
hoods. In word, you had his maligDitl
without his courage. We hope that there
is nothing which will make Z" his nomina-
"tion as Republican candidate impossi-
"ble." He is a buzzard. Let him occupy
the buZzard's nest.