The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-09
Rut,er, and Massaehusetts. }

The, pRpessa generally. lake II, fQrr gTanLa1
that the renowned BENJAMIN +. BtjTIER is 70
be the next Governor Of Massachusetts. we
do not feel at all confident that he will be,
though we uaust confess that al present
there seems to be no man In the state VINO
has the necessary strength either Win or
before the people to defeat him. The men
who haze been heretofore his competitors
for the nomination Of the Republican party
are apparently paralyzed. They are as DUMP
as oysters We see no signs Of oppos'''libo y
to BurLSR among the Republican aspIrants
for the goveTnorship. They all are lying on
their oars, waiting for some one to paddle
their canoes for them. The present incum.
bent of the office appears te.be the only man
who can hope to compete successfully with
BUTLER for a nomination inside Of the Re
publican party. ,.., z,-l..s
But even If BUTLER secure the nomina-
don, will that insure his election? We
know not, though certainly the Republican
majority in Massachusetts Is &C very large
that it would seem to be certain that no
Democrat could hope to defeat him. Indeed,
it is said that many Democrats win vote for
BUTLER, dcernipg him just the man whom
they would like to see lord it over the Puri-
tans of the proud State Of Massachusetts.
These Democrats must be southern sympa-
thizers; for surely no truly loyal War Demo
crat would wish TO see so loyal a State as
Massachusetts disgraced. s.:r .,.a.s
We hardly know whether We would like
for Butler TO accomplish the object of his
present unholy ambition or not. Massachu-
sets, which has done more to destroy free
government on this continent than any other
state, deserves no better fate them to be com
PEELED to accept as her chief ruler man DIES:
titutc Of moral principle, of courage, and of
all that constitutes the true gentleman. She
has earned the righteous retribution which
will falr upon her if this craven and villain be
made her Governor. She has forced upon
some of the southern States scoundrels not
far behind Butler in deeds Of infamy. She
has done all that she could to humiliate her SIS
ter States, and she has merited the deepest hu-
initiation herself. She has forced negro officials
upon States which had done her no !1avn,
and it would be no undeseryed fate tor her
to have to submit to being ruled by man
whom decent negro ought to blush t. call
friend. She has dragged down Louisiana
and South Carolina into the very inre OF
degradation, and should bc compelled to
drink from the same cup which she has held
to their lips. And If the election Of BUTLER
as her Governor would not cause the iron to
enter her soul, then she is more despicable
than we have ever supposed her to be. 1t
would also be desirable. end accomplished
if we could get out Of Congress this unprln.
cipled enemy Of the South and Of the whole
hnman race. observation-disclosures.
On the other hand, we would dislike to
see BUTLER himself gratiied. He is such a
despieable character thst we can scarcely
bring ourselves to wish that he may be
chosen Governor even Of Massachusetts.
Thcold Bay State has history with which
that of our .oYn State is connected. Her
revolutionary statesmen must have been very
different men from her Buffers, DAwEsEs,
BANKsEs, and AMEsEs. On the whole. we CT
the South may web assume position Of
armed neutrality in this contest between the
gentlemen aud the rowdies of a State for
which we have no love.