New-York tribune., 1874-11-03
County holding tn, v,ers thu. Indicated is no fancy

Coming FROM hta residence, win one OF inc moss i"se
ligent of these men, great while ago, he stopped
and said imp have lived IN that house. and
pad rent for H. for twelve years. have already paid
the owner more shan his property would bring In mar
ket to-day and yet the house legally belongs to him ana
not TO me- Itell you there something wrong. some
thing wrong about all this" give these sentences not
TO comment upon them. but q specimen OF the talk
which indulged in and listened TO, among the Ls"o
Reform men In these towns This man was thoronen'y
honest industrious far better read aud more inteRen
than the average workngmaD.
LABOR REFORMERs RUNNING WILD.
But his argument II such 1t can be caiieo, ID co"
mon one among Massachusetts, workingnen' jealous VI
the capitalists by whom they are employed fuiy con-
vnced that socety wrongly organized In the nteres's
Of the rch and cultured. AMI against the poor man ana
the workiugman their brains arc bused with scnemes
NJ what NAV be- called revolutionary reform. They
believe that the acquisition OF wealth Is matter OF per-
feet ease TO tho possessor OF small but uhoe""e"
amount Of gold and silver, which amount thcy arc
unable to obtain solely because OF the unfair
gwen to the present capitalists by reason OF the use OF
gold as standard OF value. Account for these beliefs
AS we nav the fact Of their existence cannot DC os
puted With reference tc Butler, these men Hne" 'na'
he believes In paper currency, that he seems 10 De
opposed TO the existing order Of thngs, and 49, there-
fore their friend When they vote In body as they
did few years ago when united In the Ordcr OF 81
CriSpin they are formidable power. Butler knows
heresies are sound orthodoxy with many of his const-
uents.
The two clements OF Buterism thus far described,
although they are be found IN other parts OF our
country are nevertheless peculiar to Essex County In
their relative intensity and strength, and are altogether
underesmated or ignored in the reasons usually gVen
for the popularity OF Butler at home.
BIyTIER's "sMARTNEss0 A SOURCE OF POPULARITY,
The other elements of Butlersm may be more briefly
thev places.
most important is probably the Same which madeJames
FISK at one time noted in New-York city. An Incl
dent Will illustrate what is meant Travelling fe"
years ago at night the Erie Railroad, was suddenly
awakened by being thrown frem my berth In the sleep
ing car the berth upon the opposite side and mo-
lnent after was endeavoring to crawl from pile OF
debris at the foot OF steep embankment. broken
rail had thrown cars and passengers into the
bottom Of ditch No lives were lost and after secur'
ing personal effects, and ascertaning that 1t was
O'Clock morning, and relief to be expected be-
fore daylight the passengers proceeded 30 make them
selves a. comfortable possible Candles were lighted,
blankets were unroled and wrapped around shiverng
FORMS and then conversation naturally turned upon
Fisk then in his glory and the cher manager OF Erie
After some mention Of his weknOwn vices, Well"
said one man, as he put O match 10 a handsome wax
candle, " Jim furnishes his with No. candles,
anyhow" "And he runs the best theater In New
York." said q second. I" And his is the crack reement
fourth "And he has the handsomest steamers on the
Sound" added fifth. "And he gives us plenty OF
good. bankeis" said sixth. as he took another
covering from the pile and drew It his shoulders
That's assented the chorus. and in the sence that
followed implied verdict that after all that could
be said against him, Jim Fisk was pretty good sort OF
a fellow. The quality of smartness covered multi
tude Of sins. This precisely the with Butler
Take for illustration story to which listened IN Mar
behead for the truth OF which will not youch, but
which certainly characteristic Bnter was conduct
ing one side OF in which 1t became necessary to
break the testimony Of the principal witness on
the other side. This witness happened to be pretty,
modest young Of 20. Planting himself sguarely
in front Of her. Butler leered her for few moments
without word, and then grufay burst out WITH "Wel
marin, let her rip" The poor thing lost her self
possession at once. Buffers point gained and he
won his case. 30 the story. Now for the COM
ments. "That almighty mean" said one. Yes.
1t was cussed mean." said another. But it was ID
smart though" said third, and to this the first two
immediately asseuted. whose actions are de-
scribed as almighty" "cussed" and I'D smart"
is very will be voted for by the people who
are habit of using these ephets aud the number
these is than can be counted upon finger
ends, in every town in New-Engand
The element Of importance is that expressly
recognized by Butler himself in his speech before the
nominating convention at Newburyport "f you have
business before Congress with any OF the Depart
mens do not high price TO an attorney. but come
to me and will that your business is done for
nothing" Butler will do what he here And the
with axes to grind are always powerful because
they always active. All present officials, aRpirants
for local offices for petty Government positions,
with private bills needing the action OF Congress- all
all these of Buffers help long he remains
their representative and they work vigorously for him
and for themselves at every primary meeting.
THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF BUTLERIsM SUMMED UP.
The above the ingredients Of that curious COM
pound, Butlersn. have omitted mauy favorings, but
think no essentials. The compound will some day fall
to pieces. The first ingredient, the abolition sentiment
is rapidly lessenng with every year. The second, the
labor reform financial Ingredient, is likely to be
persistent To large number Of voters inside and
outside the above classes the phraseology OF nan
cia discussion is mystery. The terms employed are
as meaningless the symbols Of aleebraic
equation. Good and faithful citizens the larger proper
ton, probably OF our farmers. clerks and mechanics,
may be found voting heedessy in either direction.
for Initiation against They influenced by consd
eraons which outside Of the merits Of the present
momentous question They can be depended upon TO
vote rightly here only after the ongcontnued action
of those slow, permeating influences by which large
bodies Of at last leavened. until more
less unconsciousy. and by sort of instinct they
move IN direction rather than In another These in
hueDces have only recently been set IN motion with
considerable vigor and 1t will take longer than
people yet willing to believe before the
effect lie apparent throughout the body polite. 1t may
be finance primers will have to be and
studied and the little boys grow into voters before we
sec the end OF trouble,
But my purpose in this communication is to poi mt out
distinctly possible the various elements which unite
the secret Of Buterism, not to show how they
are to be disposed Of. look for long and hard con-
test with many modified forms of Buterism in many
parts of country. clear recognition OF the char
and strength Of enemy necessary before
be successfully encountered and many. am per-