, 1874-11-13

ZEN 11JTLEn'g NEW PARTY.

tho commercial rolatio,lB of tLo two oonntriou.
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ZEN 1JTLEn'g NEW PARTY.
i. Whatever elsp Lei, Butler mar lie or may not
bo. ho is at lea frroprasHb'o. Ejccted from
tho Democratic patty md booted out Of tho no.
publican, and tho doors Of both loohoa and bar
rod against him, ho now threa'ona to opon an
opposition establishment By startinG new
party. This will not ho d startling or unoxpoct-
cd announcement, as Bon laB ITO other roeourco
loft. Ho las lost caBto in both tho existing par
tics Of tho country. NoIthor Of them will trrst
him any louger. 11o must, therefore, put him.
Rolf at tho head OF q now party. or hc must sink
out Of sight in political Honso. Tic latter cot-
dtion, nowovor, ls ono which II may be assumed
Dutlor will novor voluntarily experience. Hu
haR always boon Oh tho surface, and ho always
will bc. 30 long as lo has life enough loft in him
to float and, ss 1t makoa little dtYoronca to him
"hothor ho floats IN cloar or foul water, 1t iH
plain that NO hayo not Rcen tho last Of him yet,
and will hot until corruption ccases to 10 IN
olon,ens Of American politics,
Assuming. therefore. that ho will organize
now organization. which lto will probably call tho
party OF heformora It Is not difficult to forecast
its charactor. As that party will bo inspired by
tho lutheran policy, wo Lava ouly to look ut Gin
own character to got that Of tho party which lo
will organize. Ben Butler ia tho embodiment Of
political corruption, intrigue. aud rascallty. II
thorc Ia an houost hair in hiH hoad It is growing
therc without tho knowledge or consent Of tho
ownor Of lilo i,ead. Politics with him la q neana
to MI end. Tho end Is tho qualification Of por-
sona1 ambition and groed. Tho means by Which
lo reaches that end aro nlways crool,od and In
sincere. II the way Of tho accomplishment Of his
desires lay straight before him, ho would prefer
to roach 1t by cabal and stratagom, so as to cover
up hls tracks. There mover yot vas lend
oponoa into tho mino OF corruption which did
not discover Ben Butler gqunttina 1ko toad
somewhere III 1t. Ho ia Tho Mephistoplilcs Of
American politics. He not only has no political
morality himself, but ho scouts at 1t in othors.
II now aud tlon he puts on tho cloak Of moral.
sty, tho bottor to accomplish some purpose, tho
grinning, snoring devil is still under tho cloak,
and. whon ho has accomplished his purpose, he
assals tho agency which procured 1t for hiu.
Such matt may gatl,cr about him ring or .
faction Of men like himsolf and hold them by
tho cohesive propertios Of plundor, but ho can
rovor organize grcat party ahd contend for
principles, lo has nouae for principles; no uao
for mon with principles; no use for anything
but tools for tho accomplish meut OF corrupt
purposes.
A mau OF this character can only attract about
him men Of like character. Hia followers will
he corrupt men men who arc bcnt upon plum
dor; the bummors and yagabonds who always
follow in tho wake OF tho great political armies
for tho sake Of the pickings and stoaliugs; men
who aro bent upon n,akiug money out OF politics
BY selling Of Offices, by political jobberes, by
subsidies, by crodit nlobiliors. by grabbing
Salaries, both forward and back by contracts Of
tho sanborn sort, by Custom House frauds and
by any mcaus however questionable, 80 tlat
they can put money in their pockets
aud n,ou who believe in gaggiug tho
pross SO tint it shall not expose thoir corrupt
PRACTICES. There is nnothor class Of tho CON-
raunity which Don Butler will attract to limsclf
Young mon whose moral codo is loose and lcx-
ible, and WHO think that the chief end OF life IL
to get money aud spond it. will flock after him
as tho Ramo c1ass Of young men who fancicd
TINT Jim FEsk embodied the highest typo Of
manhood lockod after him aud emulatcd hie
rracticcB. TtloughteHs and rccklouH thoy arc
dazzlcd by the oetensb1e tucccsB of such cor
rupt braggarts, aud rush after tLom without
foresight enough to SEQ whore their recktcgsnoss
will inevitably lend them. 1t led Jim Fiali
into his grave. Stokes into felon's
cell, aud Butler into tho contempt OF all honest
men, and yet thoir fato would not probably
do:or this class from attaching ltaelf to Buffers
ranks. srirh nro tho material, mud Hucia the only
material, which Butler cau organize into now
party; aud, whou organized, Falstaff's army was
not more ragged in raimeat than this party will
bo in honesty. It will be of advantage if Butler
succeeds III bis PURPOSES as 1t will draw or tho
corrupt olomeatB Of all parties, and bring them
betoro tito country in mass, where they will be
a spectacle for gods and men.
THE PROCTOR MoULToN SUIT.