The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-17
BurnER's EXIT. The downfall of b.

BuThER's EXIT. The downfall of b.
+: Butler seems to have beeu received
with general satisfaction. His politica!
adversaries rejoice over it, and bis po-
lItical associates do not weep. It has
not often, If ever, occurred that in an
election which seems to indicate q re-
volution OF public sentiment through
out the country, tue success or defeat
OF an ludividuul candidate for Congress
should OCCASION general sensation. MIR.
Buffers ambition for notoriety may be
gratlfied by the fact, that his cnse forms
an exception to tho general rule
While tho qualification is great that SO
many Suites have voted the Conserva-
tive ticket, the defeat of Mr.. Butler is
!.ke the dessert after good dinner.
1t ~ the plum pudding after the roast
beef. and even those who did not en-
10y the dinner relish the dessert. The
NV York Eccaiay Post tisepubiicmu)
snys "the defeat vi General Benjamin
L. Butler for Congress is mntter of
conyralu!a,ion among the people, with
out d.stlnction of party" The New
York Times (Repuhlcan) has IN edi-
torinl Of neurly column, headed
exit Butler" It jumps upon tin.
prostrafe Essex statesman with thick
soled boots, aud crnshes him out of
anch seabianco Of humanity Us he
still retained. II riliculcs keeHly the
prepoSteroua sell.couceit and alauZing
sell dclusi"u Of the man who ''has so
torg dr!i:d and scurned the moral San-
timeni Of tha American people. Busy
with th"nsand plans for tie fitnru
abascto"ut OF NIL who have dared to DO
hnttlc against HIM. ma with the most
vill"lhuua abuse of ,he COURAGEOUS ci-
tz.ns os lls "wn district who dared to
tell hiI Whit they thonSht Of him, his
acteat lonnd him upprcparcd for rr-
verse, and sent hin Staggering under
dlscom!iturc such Il, rarely ovcrtal lc1 IL
beaten candidate. WorStel in his last
uHht, Convicted ri making charges
W.iicsi were transpa-cntly false by that
power OF The press which he affected
most to dcSplsr, aud fuilud III his
achetncs of Misrepresentation in the
very dIstrlc: which he claimed to carry
In hls pocket, he makes his exit from
.ne poiitlcrI stn8e lu sorry plight.
'Eiscx, which has 50 !oug borne. with
too lame silence. the uucuvi,blc
na'no OF 'Dntlcr's district has ut last
en::rci pated herself. and there was not
an honest and liberal. minded Rapubli-
eau III Massachusetts, on Tuesday even
ing who Was not sincerely gratitir:].
Even II the Democrat whom the voters
Of the Essex district have elected were
bitter. vindictive, al Impractical,
rather than generous aud liberal in his
sentiments, he could not possibly do
more harm to the politics of tho coun-
try than Butler hus done" So saws
the Times.
It is rare tha. conspicuous actor
on the stage Of political affairs passes
from public life followed by such uni
versal hootings as B. +. Butler. Ihc
only strife between Republicans aud
Democrats in regard to him, seems to
be which shall pelt him with tho most
opprobrious erithcts. Every man casts
stone upon his grave, as the Jews
did upon the grave of Absalom, and
the heap thus constructed by universal
c1ecrntion will be his only monument.
Butler has said that if the Republican
party can stand their losses, he can
bear his share. How they stnnd their
losses In general is not clenr, but they
seem to bear the loss Of Butler with
xsmplary fortitude