The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-20

/ nAnASOA up OSstAA1ASt Tic pOpu1NC Will uOl
only OF Massachusetts but OF the whol<
country, clearly expressed everywhere
without regard to party attachments
This action was a declaration ON his
part that he trusted to the support oi
the Administration and the plinble
machinery OF corrupt party politics to
defeat the people ON their own ground.
We assume that this defiance Of popu-
lar will Is altogether unparalleled In the
annals of our Government. 1T Is essen.
tial to the character of our institutions
| that such man should be defeated and
Inundated. Massachusetts holds, per.
haps, the foremost place among all the
States of the Union In tho consideration
of foreign countries. It is certainly
one Of the Oldest, largest, wcaithiest,
and most intelligent. Tho nomination
and election of Gen. Butler would have
been an advertisement to all the world
that the people of Massachusetts were
hopelessly mired in political corruption.
The American system Is too vulnerable
just now to sustain such an imputatlon
upon what Is regarded abroad. as the
most intelligent community In the
Union. This would be bad enough.
The actual results of Buffers election
would be worse. It could not have Oc-
curred without disturbing the financial
interest OF Massachusetts. The whole
country would have been forced to
share the disasters that would have fol-
lowed, both financially and politically.
Amy financial depression in Massachu.
sets would have been even more bur.
densomc on communities that look 10
Massachusetts for capital and the pro-
duct of her large enterprises than on
the Massachusetts, people themselves.
Politically, Buffers election would
have been accepted as II victory for the
guerrillas and bandits Of politics else
where.
For these reasons, aud to this extent,
Buffers probable defeat is matter for
general rejoicing. If it be cited, how
over, rs an evidence of tho purity Of
the Republican party, tho claim Is not
II good one. The defeat Of Butler is the
defeat OF the Administration, which
has loaned Its influence and employed
it's minions in his interest over since
the adjournment of Congress. This
fact is we'll known in Massachusetts,
The Boston Advertiser has already
posted the infamy Of this proceeding
on the part OF tho Administration; and
1t is likely that other Republican Jour-
nails in the State will denounce the in
reference on Buffers behalf in very
plain terms rs soon as tho Convention
separates. Tho truth OF the matter is,
that it has required all the alertnessi
which the respectable citizens OF Mas
sachusetts could summon, and all tho
pressure which tho vigorous protest or
respectable people everywhere could
bring to bear, to defeat an acknowledge
ed POLITICAL lnountebanl1 and outlaw
who had the support Of the Anminis-
and Its patronage at his back. The
result is another vindication Of the force
Of Public Opinion, which must always
be the saving element Of American pol
itfc5. But it remains fair subject for
Inquiry, whether the result relieves tho
Administration OF any OF the fearful
responsibility which it assumed when
it undertook to force Butler upon the
people Of Massachusetts against their
will. What assurance is there that the
same outrage will not he repeated
whenever and wherever an opport unity
is offered? DIR. Grant has not succeeded
in forcing the Butler pill down tho
throat Of the old lady Of Beacon street,
but will this induce him to change his
practice?