Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-20
BUTLER, THE RRFoRMER.


inent Republican journals Of Mas
sachusetts. written the morning AFTER
Buffers defeat at Worcester. They
do not portray the hearty and child
like faith in the reforming tendencies
of Butlerism evinced by our Virginia
morning cotemporary. On the con-
trary, one feels after their perusal like
joining the writer's In a long sigh OF
relief over the defeat Of the eminent
contemporary Of Booth aud the re-
former par excellence Of the Territorial
Eaterprise:
Iron the Boston Advertiser (Rep.)l.
The defeat OF Butlerism at Worces-
ter yesterday appears 10 have been
complete aud overwhelming. The
skirmishing In the morning and after
noon was like the firing In the Wild
erness aud before Petersburg. The
Generals withdrawal after supper was
like the backing down from Richmond,
and the passage Of the resolutions was
like the surrender at Appomattox.
Such a rapid conquest was never be-
fore seen thls side Of the Potomac. It
IL hardly known yet whether General
Butler aud his companions were q
SQUAD or an army when they started
out on this expedition ; but they had
a fine time for a day or two, every
thing their own way. Nobody was
looking out for them. They not only
proposed to take Massachusetts,, but
they declared they had already cap
tured Washington, New York, Long
| Branch, Kansas and all the outlying
provinces. And IL really looked very
much like 1t. The convention yester-
day has not only undeceived the peo-
pie of Massachusetts, In this respect,
but also, we trust, the Federal Admin
istratIon, whose confidence has been
abused and whose generosity has been
wasted In riotous living. The plat
form unanimously adopted by the con-
ventlon contains many things useinl
for example and for Instruction. The
resolutions relating to back pay and
the interference Of Federal officers
with their retalners to defeat a fair
aud free expression of opinion, II not
iron clad, are sufficiently firm In tex
ture to hold till another year. SO far
as they relate to national interests
they do not overstate-we think they
fall short OF stating-ths full meaning
OF the results which have been
achieved. Massachusetts, Is not on the
defensive. She asks no favor Of the
Administration, and she will not al
low It's incompetent subordinates to
crack Its whip over her head. She de-
mands fair treatment for herself, aud
not for herself only, but for every
State 10 the Union. They have cause
for complaint, and they only ask that
their prayer shall be heard. Gov.
Bullock struck the keynote for the
convention In his eloquent opening nj.
dress. No one could misunderstood
him when he said that the conscience,
the determination, aud the action OF
tho party must rise to a general and
unoalihed demand for publication In
all the offices and In all the practices
Of the Government service.
From the Boston Journal tRep.l
We trust that wc have G the last
OF these personal raids upon the Re.
publican party Of Massachusetts,. II
they have Jailed thu, far there 10 GER
| uinly no hope for them In the future.
The action of the Convention. after
compelling the surrender OF Butler,
was In all respects up to the high-water
| mark Of the occasion. The salary grao
Is condemned with just discrimination
and with an emphasis fully expressive
of the sentiments of our people. The
| interference of Federal ~0tilce-holders
In local politics IL characterized In
terms which will command the up.
| prevail OF all thoughtful men. and
which, indeed, have come down to I'd
among the sacred traditions Of the
Republic. II there Is In this utteranco
| of them any semblanco Of taking Issue
| with the Administration, the RESPONSE
| bllity therefor will rest wholly upon
| Gen. Butler, who has made the ex'
preston necessary. The resolutions
ON the auti.monopoly question, the en-.
forcement of the laws, the hours oil
labor, and woman suffrage, cmbody
the advanced thought Of the times, and
ut least demonstrate the still progress
sive spirit Of the Republican party.
They were manifestly not such resolu-
lions As would have emanated from
any convention controlled BY Gen.
Butler, and yet he could not command
the face to oppose them directly. In
the course OF q rambling speech he
swallowed them rs we'll ms he conid,
masking under a dreary jocosity the
chagrin OF not only having been beaten,
but of being obliged to publish the
bulletin Of the victors.