The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-23
BUTLER RUNNING A STATE.
VINO HIS MISsA ACHUsETTs CdNDI-
DAIES FOR CONGREsS ARh.
A lob Lot 20 be Closed Up without Mental or
Other Reservation danger signals huna
Out In the Old Bav state" Look out ior
the Locomotive when the Bell Htnas.'

,,ca and uoder n Dictatorship complete In Its
perfeotion of all conditions OF servitude. To
use the nqurs Of Curran on Ireland II: she
kneeis like q bastinsdoed elephant to receive
its rider" The foot that treads upon her neck,
beavv In pressure,i Is that Of man wide In
reputation OF infamy and stained with all un-
wortbness.
Butler Is Massachusetts,, and Massachusetts is
Butler. by capture and conquest. She never
before 80 PROSTATE. Her very granite bushes
at her abasement.
From the surf OF Cohasset rocks to the highest
altitude Of her Berkshire mountains he has
fottered the limbs OF her people and holds them
in a submissive vassala9e The air is OF Butler.
It's sunshine beams from his forehead. The
ramincations OF his policy run to the extreme
Of her boundaries and perneate through every
vein and artery OF her Constitution. He
holds her candidate for Governor In
his grasp, and every nominee for Con-
gress is a vassal OF tributary to his fortunes.
80 stsathily and securely has ne wrought that
he has IL all and the saddest Of contemplations
IL that he Is likely to hold his power and secure
his election.
with him II Is an omnipotence and an omni-
presence. He RACES through the state like the
wild huntsman Of the legend, with fierce invec-
tive nnd naughty scorn.
So far none have the courage 10 encounter
swords with him Is a deferred action.
II the citizens OF the State and the people of
his district who are not under the glamour OF his
tnduenoe will save the honor Of the Common
wealth. they must rouse from their letharey.
II will be tiger hunt In an Indian jungle, or
the chase OF an enraged lion In his African
wastes. His election, probable event, might
stir the pulseless dust OF Lexington, or upheave
the sods upon Bunker Hill.
IL. II. I.l.u llale
gains many Of the best people, who have seen
the spolls Of war in his drawing rooms, and his
osptures Of works OF art on the walls and brack-
cts Of his parors. will give him their votes.
Next to his tod audacity is the mesmerism Of
h,s temperament lie draws by magnetism aud
holds like tho loadstone.
with his buster and vocferation, the in
mite tact which he possesses softens him TO
the hute-llke utterances OF George william
Curtis or the exquisite yerbos!ty OF woodford.
Hut kings have silver speech 10 use
When on their pleasures they are bent.
Aud Butler can carol like boboink OF coo as
asuckne dove. We stand In mute admiration
and hold him In vision on the foor OF the House,
crowned with the sureole of victory, with one
hand at tue throat Of Foster Of Ohio and the
other In the capillary adornments Of Farms
worth OF Illinois. shouting tally no 10 L. Rock
wood Hoar and tho learned fellows OF Harvard.
Whoever may be President-and Butler, With
his faoile adaptation. would as soon support TIL
den Hayes. so that the cup revert to the
sack OF Benismin-hs will be a bully and a
bawler. As a measure OF economy, II would he
prudent to vote him subsidy OF a million, and
take bonds that he should avoid The hoor Of the
House Hut his colleagues In nomination need
tho sunshine end chemicals Of THK suns pho
tography.
Crapo Of the First District. pillowed upon rail-
way bonds and tossing In disquieted dreams Of
unpaid coupons, IA a reputable gentleman, but
ready with the sponge and alert with the bottle
20 his master. Ben Harris OF the Second IA Of
nautical taste loves " a wet sheet ana flowing
sea- holds the honor OF our war marine dear to
his heart. adhires aud supports Secor HuoesoD,
and loyes dry rot IN hulks and deyouring rust
Field of the Third Is miniature edition Of
notnineness, with one eye on Butler cockins
the other at L. lockwood HOar. content with
ono ohsrmer when the other dear object l. away.
Frost Of the Fourth, the, vnseater OF Abbott;
is beloved oi the navy yard. and can be quoted
In package or bulk weight OF the pleasure oi tie
purchaser.
we pause with an awed respect for his eminent
military requirements and his stole devotion
60 oonsistency ana prlnclple, ~ mlgnt oe d a
marian Dix which Of the two could turn the
auickest someIsault IN opinions or light
scout face" with the most soldierly precision
He IL nu ally Of the Widow anu loyal 10 er
embrace. Tue only disturbing question with
che constituency rs, Where he shall be supported
in Congress or in the ains house. he ma JOritl
seems 70 incline TO ConsIess. whether oui
Harold SkimpOle s to read his title clear in y o
Vsmber may be lett TO the oficial returns.
Full high advanced comes George B. LorinR OF
msnis me- Of M Buter man a. 4 tommi..ionsr Gnd er
the Fugitive Slave law IN the reign Of ichanan
a Copperhead up to the turning fortunes OF the
late war. he Is now one VI the acoytes who
swing the censer TO the hero II Big nethel
"St4tesman, chemist hddler, ana bunoou,'
with All open mouth aud graspinz hand fOi
ANYTHING which has an odor Of nice, we can
not Imagine litter candidate 70 have the con
ign .enteuge "A
| should not fall to Hiye Doctor Loring the
full measure Of his meTlts. lie is bucoiic Il
t.ste ana an amateur AgricOla. He ia Orname mt
al at cattle shows, ana orator cal at DlOughin.
matches Ia fact, he has fondness Tor al
tha, this enthusiast Of stations and conuois
seur Of blooded tauruses may lngeT IN re
The Seventh-Butler's own-we pass In
eubdued silence. lie declares that he will out.
sentation Falstar and Jack Cade are enduripl
tn Shakespeare, aud R0bespierre aud BarreT,
are made uudying by Carlyle and MacGulay:
sSint Peter, may fcoaaI upol your yoteS
But we may not marvel at the candidacy or IN
pros echye success. 1ne swetting sickness
black death, cholera and Oriental plague ar,
OF the economy Of Providence and why no
Kx Gov. William Clafiin will be Invested will
the hOpors OF the Eighth. He Is "A moderat,
bugle on which Butler Will sound his softe
In the Ninth, where George Frlsbie Hoar hs,
left a tefesved constituency for the higher SIT
ting Of the United states Sen'te and litts his dis
tend ed nostrils like u stag al OAy, on many
stoTiod stump, MI. W, W. Rice Il the selected I,
succeed tue uyspeDtc liOaT, 10 whose sense Of
smell If we may judge by the 1xed expression
Of his nasal organ, no agreeable aroma ever ad
dressed itself.
Rice was Two years ago Teformer, anC
donned the garments Of d repenting Grant maj
They did not Ill his sbapely proportions, and h
H. now as seyle, but not "a snappish, as friso
him self. He has not Yet received bis title deed
to tue possession, and the livery Of seisln ma
descend to Seyry. the Democratic competitor
The promising Butler, II Is said, "spat In III
ear" Ot IlO.r that the SeDatOrshlp was TO be his
mud, with the charming versatility Of duphcit
which embellishos his character, he had gwen
mortgage oi II W boutwell, aud bill Of sale Il
Gov. NiCe.
Auasa Noroross Of FitohburR Is flso OF IN
olan butler, tInihckinR md trucking. TreasO
Is planted ON TINS soil, una boiling has becom
the amuselnent Of the ndopendent voter. NOmi
nations are not alw"ys elections ia the Eievent
District,
Peculiarly the bantllng Of hen IL Robinson
OF the Eleventh II We were 10 give hun
horse pedigree, we should state that he wa
nut of revenue tuiof by Tinker. He is
favored creature Of ths Revenue Coliec or q
North Adams. Tinker T. sponsor ana But
Ter godfather. The subject Is provincial petit
foRger Of C.lcopee, aud distinguished In prao
tics before JIstlCes Of the quorum. But thef
a. "a fa lla ltzf Alax an