, 1874-11-20


THE LOSS OF BUTLER,
The Opposition newspapers have been unu~
sualls stupid asuco the elecston. We rutaa that
brilliant invective, that 0no frenzy, those bold
[magos, mud blunt aarcasnla which wcro won't to
enllsen the pages OF the Democratic journal. It
Eaa suddenly become stale, fat, aud unproatahle.
1ts occupation BcenlH to DO 9ono. It indu1Bes
In woakly drlvol over the political recovery Of
Polunk, mud All anoiout rooster Haps Boznowhat
dropping wings at a prospect for screeoh Ill The
Forsy'iourth ConRress. But. nesesthe!ess. there !
is oonspouous 1ack of that glorious, old-time
enthusiasm whiuh ,nnrho1 .ts era OF deteat. !
has lost Its etapio topic, which never failed to !
supply material for billsnysgase when eycsy |
other theme was exhausted. It's present lament !
may bo pnrapbraBed something 'iko this:
lfumpy Butler bat On n WALL
Hunapty Butter had big fall;
And B1l tho Ktnga horses,
aud I'LL the Kings men,
Couldn't put Hu'nrty utsrtogethsr sga!n.
With tho faa! Of Butler begins tho decline Of a
popular school Of Journalism that has bonn built
up within the past few years. 10 tho Oppoas-
tion psess Dut1cr Was aort OF literary Mncanns.
who olferod himself up at nll tlmeB for the bene-
ht Of Democratic wr.tors. Ho was the embodi-
mont to them Of the entiro Republican party.
While he yek lived. brcashod aud had being,
they mover failed to ind material for abuBo. 1
leader on Butler was always in order. He WAS
could nlways be picked up to be Knocked down
again. Tho comic papera carlcatured him by
drawing his faco on spoon. and there was a
broad gufTaW at the e1penae Of the "Radical"
party. The serlous edi:ors took down thelr
books Of synonyms aud popular quotations.
mud wont At him with All arlor that ago could
not wlther. Butler was to tho Democratic heart
what whisky is to tho Democratic stomach,-a
constant, nevor-fslling Btimu!ant that pricked
tho writer and tho orator to new flights Of fancy,
fsea, ealea Of wit, gorgeous strokee Of rhetoric,
and heroic dofenaes against tho ogre Of al polt-
ical woal. s.rabismuB alone was enough to aup-
ply editorial pap to tho entire Democratic psess
Of tho country for Q month. Butler waA tue
inventor Of sanbornism, the apologlst OF Credit
Mobilier, tho defender Of the Salary Grab, the
unreentins foe OF Investigation: therefore,
an attempt was made to repioaent Butlerlsm as
synonym for RepublloauiAm. To the Demo-
cratic imagination Butler Is as necessary as the
bugaboo in nurBorY-taleB. And now that he
hos been squelohod by Republican votes, and
ruthessly driven from tho acoue Of action. the
| soul Of the Democratic editor Is sad. AL the
victories Of the late election fail to conn
pensate for the Ions OF Butler, The
Denoczatic losa Is Republican gain,
but tho general public must eutler IN the grow
| lug stupidity Of tho Opposition newspapers.
They must abandon their infinite variety On
| this oue shome Butler can inspire them nc
longer. Ho may or may not 60 to Europe, maJ
or maY not go back to tie practices OF Law. may o.
may not start new party, NAV squlnt, or blink
look two ways at onco, OR write, or ts1k, k,-Butloi
| no longer standa sponsor for the Republican
party, and the Republican party will no longer
have to bear tile heavy odlum Of hls uiRdeedH
But what will the Democratic proas do since sht
exit Of Dutlor Where bo their jests and gibel
1ow7 Whence can they dlaw as from an e1
aaustlesB fout those floods Of nyectiyo and tor
rents OF epithet which have madc tho whole con
sinont resound What theme will supply tn
Now York 1torld tho Cincinnati Enquirer
Cleveland Plaindealer, ST. Louis Times, Chicsg
Times, and Brick Pomeroy'a Democrat viii
editorial stulAug now that Butler il loBt to them
They could better have spared botter man.
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