New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-09
Let a. slave Peace.

II would naturally be supposed that, hay-
InS defeated the nomination of Gru. Ia, Ter,
and having nominated Wa>hhuru. and lls NJ
both the ticket and platform to suit them
selves. and Butler hlSIu. uIuluilI accepted
the result, and declared that NE vii u.t ru,t
nor encourage ANY boiling by H. followers,
and General Butler AMI hs friends, and the
lew newspapers which supported him being
entirely silent. that the anti-B Butler papers
and orators in Massachusetts, and elsewhere
would cease th"ir attacks upon Butler and
devote their eucr-;n- - olectiu- Washhugn.
and to restoring harmony to the Republican
party in Massachusetts,. But this is exactly
what is not being done. ON the contrary,
the Boston .i}reyf,Ssr, the Boston GlD5c, and
all the lesser fry OF the ant-Buter journals
IN Massachusetts, and several orators and
various Journals outside Of Massachusetts,
which should be better managed, still keep
up their bitter attacks Npnn Inn rs lierCelv
a. though the contest for the nomination was
still going on. !; Eut!Cr's friend, and sup
pOgter>, which were numerous enough u
elect about thrce-scvenths- nearly hal!-of
the delegates to the Massachusetts cuuycn-
u"n nave >ensiblities less apathctjr than sole
leather, or ii they possibly can be driven
from suppoltln the Republican ticket. this
sort OF INSTRUMENTATION abuse can have no
other effect upon them than t. irrjtatc them
INTO either not voting at all, or into voting
squarely against Washburn, ami 80 reduce
his majority to a Notifying mcagrrHc>S, as
humiIlating, almost, as defeat. Certainly
that sort OF thing is not the way in which
doubtful elections can be Won; and if it does
net prove runOus, unless immediately stop
ped, it will be because an election in NaS>a-
chusett. cannot possibly be doubtful.
There is something still more ruinuus than
tins. Certain journal Is put>iIa nf N,s.g,.bu-
sets, as well as inside that State, are still
attacking the National Administrative be-
cause some few office holders supported But
Ter. Harpcr's Weekly, whose editor failed to
rule the President IN some points about the
civil service reform, is particularly Cuuspicu-
Gus IN this. Now, the Administration did
not support Butler, but was neutral. How
ever, II the accusation We're true, why then
il would follow that the Administration was
beaten when Butler was and, surely, after
a victory over both Gen. Butler and the Adj
ministraton as they claimed it To- have bccn)
the victors can afford to he magnanimous
enough to stop ScOldng. Ii both Gen. But
Ter and the Administration can bear defeat
(Which these journals claim thvN have Suf-
tcrcd) and the most irritating iaVcctiVe with
manly silence, surely the yictOrs ought to be
able to bear the victory with at least equal
decorum, II not with equal CamuCss. II no
other motive has weight with these railers.
they ought to remember that, even among
blackguards, it i considered a breach of good
manners To strike at a defeated man; and
they who claim to be above all else "respcct-
able" and to have the respectable" Gle
mcnts in Massachusetts and elsewhere with
them, cannot afford to act in manner which
is accounted, even under the very lowest
standard Of propliety, disgracctuIly ndccor
Gus ; because itthat sort OF thing is ''rcspcct-
able" generous, manly and brave men will
much prefer to remain vulgar and common. 49,
Detroit Post.