The sun., 1873-09-04
viii Butler be Successful,

In the election of delegates to the Wur-
cester Convention, which meets next week,
Gen. BUTLER keeps ahead of GOV. WASH
BURN; ana he stands II pretty fair chance
of being nom iuated.
II BUTLER carries majority OF the Con
vcution it will hy no means be wholly due
to the important considerations that he Is
supported 10y the great body OF the Fcd-
eral ofnccholdcr> that he shows more
skill pluck, and audacity than his oppo-
ncuts; and that the most effective weapon
which his enemies might have raised
against him drops from their hands be
cause DAWES, IIoAR, and other Lead - on
that side are equally guilty with BUTLER
in refusing 10 return the back pay to the
Treasury. These are essential helps to
BUrLEu. but they alone could never win
him majority in the Convention. II he
triumphs il will bc due 10 cause, quite
aside from those We have mentioned.
/ Tho Republican party of Massachusetts
/ is not the leg innate descendant of the OLD
/ Wing party of that state. Tins last-uamcd
party embodied in IT Il very large share OF
the aIi-to,racy, the wealth, the learning
and the culture Of the commonwealth. II
| pIidcd itself upon being an eminently re-
spectacle body and worthy To be led by
men Of rcuown like WEBSTER, EY ERErr,
CHoArr, aud WGNTuRoP. But MasSarhu-
sets was the home of modern abolition
i,m, and because Of ancient rivalrics her
people were rather iuimiral 10 the South,
and therefore autl-slayciy principles rood-
ily took root in her soil. On the other
hand WEBSTER, the idol of the Mu-,aohu-
-otts Whigs was perpetual candidate for
the Presidency, and hence every Wing
who dared to take adyuuD cd anti-,lavclN
ground was put under the ban by the mag
mates of the party.
In due time this prescription bore it,
natural lrut. large mas of Wings under
the lead Of WuSoN, CLAFLN, CuAhIs
FRANCIs ADAMS, and SUMNER, rcboHcc
against the autOcrats who had so Ions
ruled them, and helped to form the Free
Soil party. To this Independent organza
ton they had belonged for eight ycar
prior to the birth Of the Republican party
of which they claimed to be the parent.
. During the Administrations Of VA
. BUREN aud TYLER the Democratic part,
was a considerable power in Massachusetts
; proving strong enough at one contest Il
. elect MARCUS MORTON Governor over ED
WARD EVERETT, and on later occasion
| throwing the final determination of th
V question into the Legislature. The Whig
4, Of those days being ChUincd TO the chnrlo
o wheels Of WEBSTER, the Democrats of Tia
4 State courtcd the AhOlitIOnists aud thu
] drew good many men of nnti-slaver.
g. proclivltics into their ranks. But when Il
10 a later date and especially under the Al
Il muistration Of PIERCE, il came to be nm
- dcrstOud that fidelity to slavery was TIA
e test of genuine Democracy, large mum
v Der OF these Free Soucrs, following th
T. lead Of mon like BASKs and BOUTWELL,
i left the Democracy and ultimately unite
j. with the other elements we have meu
O toned in organizing the Republican part
o And thus IT happened that the leader
is ship of the Republican party III Massacht
: setts devolyed upon those who had lon
d before abandoned the Wing and Demo
is cratic organizations, And, moreover, theS
T. leaders OF the new party had beonge
~ rather 10 the plebeian than to the arist'
No cratic GLASS of politicians. WILSON ha
"a been shoemaker, CLArLIS shoe mani
facturer, BANKS an operative in cotto
"a mill, and boutwell, the keeper OF a snl
I'd country store And as il was with q
ls leaders, so ii was 10 n large extent with u
II rank aud tle. At all events, from Il