The sun., 1873-06-26


Beniamin 4.
The life ami career Of BaN BrrrrH H,lv
illu~tra. .cs DANroN's maxim. " Audicity.
more audncity, always au1Jcity.' What
ever Of fictitious consequence lie has, or of
questionable success hc may have attained.
can he traced to that one governing rule
of his conduct. without il he would he
lost in the crowd of trading dcrnacogucs
and knavcs TO which lie worthily belongs
With il he has become power III the party
which, while affecting TO despise his vulgar
practices, yet abjectly accepts his leader
ship and bows humbly before his power.
Hated by some confemncd by many, and
distrusted by all, this bad man, with his
crooked ways foul methods, distorted
mind, and wicked heart glories in these
moral deformities, fiaunts them constantly
before the public eye, and traffics in them
as political mere hnudise.
The notoriety which deccncy shrinks
from as II degradation he seeks at any sac
ritce. He treats the reproach which fol-
lows sucl exhibitions us SO much capital
added to the stock of III fame that had
already made his name odiouslv conspicu-
Gus in and out of Congress Rejoicing in
his own sha ne, coming money from open
vcnalty, discarding any prctcnco of prin
ciple. bound by no ties Of honor, scofiug
at religion, making politics trade, des-
potic when clothed with auth ority, cow
ardly 10y nature, mercenary from habit,
and destitute of one ennoblng quality or
manly attribute to lift him up above these
wrctched characteristics, he is to-day the
leading candidate for the highest honor i'll
enlightened and moral Massachusetts,! To
this complexion have we come at last
The chances are too, unless n sudden
reaction should occur, that the Republic
can Convention Will nominate him for
Governor. He seeks that distinction, hop
ing to tind in il some compensation for
the scorn of good men and Il triumph
over the rivals aud adversaries who have
hitherto been able to save the honor of
the state from such stain upon its cs-
cutchcon. This l. the sort of ambition
which now stimulates his present efforts,
and II j. for such an object that II corrupt
faction, which has followed aud shared the
fortunes Of BCrI.ER, propose TO prostitute
the name of the old Bay state.
II may he assumed that the whole weight
of the Pr, ,dent aud his Administration
viii be- thrown into the scale in favor of
on" who 50 exactly represents their pur-
posts and policy. Gen. GRANT has not
changed his opinion of BUTLER since that
crushing report in which he contemptu-
ously snufled out his military pretensions,
aud BUTLER retains all the malice and
sItf. lttf f.tf
GR,Nr was first a candidate for the PreS-
d,ucv. They have become ostensihly
rcooucilcd because each could bc use
ful To the other, and both had interests
in common 10 advance. \ reconciliation
produced by such motives in presence of
griefs on either side which forbade any
relations between men sensitive to their
honor, furnishes the strongest commen-
tary on such conduct, and gives an insight
into the character ot the parties concerned
watch will be useful 10 the future his
torian.
In standing forth as the advocate OF
OAKEs AME~ and the Credit Mobilicr cor
ruption, and in reporting the bill by
means of which the Treasury was shame
fully pluudcrcd for back pay and In the in
iI''dNt VI ~u4dil''~' ~ iIth Ibuilh'''l 'll MS
career becomtngly, and added a new claim
to the support of the Administration and
thc party which has upheld these iniqui-
ties II proud old Massachusetts is prepared
t. turn her back upon that grand past
which stretches over the early colonial
story, and is everywhere crowded with
great Illustrations of heroic devotion to
liberty, of m-elhsh sacrifice To duty, Of
the sterncst integrity, and of exemplary
purity; If she Is joined to these idols Of
corruption and fraud, and is ready 10 re-
nounce all that has made her fame illustri-
Gus over the world, then BUTLER Is the
candidate Of all others best suited to fulfil
the conditions of that decline and fall.
But if, on the contrary, she would preserve
her record unsulliej, then he is the last
who should even be considered