The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-24

The Democracy OF Massachusetts has
covered itself with iSnominy by nominating
8. Beast" Butler as its candidate for Gov
crnor. He was nominated by reclamation.
When the Democracy of Massachusetts can
make Butler its leader, it is time for the
party in that State to disband He has been
one OF the most bitter, cruel, and unrcent-
ing Republicans in Congress, and it is sim
ply shameful disgraceful, for the Democrats
of Massachusetts, to act in this way. We
wish them total, complete, and oyerwhelni-
ing defeat. The Republicans cannot nomi-
nate any man who is Buffers equal in vii
lainy.- Hampton Monitor.
Facts are facts, even though they be
spoken in jest. Major Kennedy said at the
reunion Of the Twentv-third OHIO:
"PfesiGent Hayes has been presiding here
awhile, but propose now to preside my
self little while. lie has presented TO you
General Garfield and other speakers, and
among them myself; but desire to pre-
sent to you one who not only commands
the cavalry, but the infantry, and not only
commands the navy and the army, but, be-
sides commanding these, commands the
Government itself, because she commands
the Prcsident-Mrs. President Hayes"
Ben. Butler, the foremost champion OF
| irrcdeemable money, claimed in his late In
danaDolis speech that fiat money can be
kept at par easier than rcdeemabe money.
At par with what? In this claim the bot
tom is knocked out OF the fiat money
scheme. II a dollar is not a dollar then it
must be kept at par with something that
represents a dollar. II it is dollar it is ut
mar all the while, and other values fluctuate
above and below it as the basis of all tluc-
tuation.- Washington Republican.
The most disgusting paragraphs that meet
our eyes are appeals from the pens OF edi-
tors OF partisan press to voters lately come
upon the stage OF action to discard machine
politicians, disregard party nominations, dis
rupt party organizations, and rcgenerate
the country through independent action.
Their virtue is paralleled by the harlots who
set themselves up as teachers OF chastity.
! Independent action occasionally elects glib
takers to official position, but history does
not record reform effected by such men,
| Wa'Tenton IndeT.
| 1t is an anomaly that a man like Benjamin
| f. Butler, who has neither individual nor
| political character, who has personally in
Cured the scorn of the world for deeds
which disgrace humanity. and who poiit-
cally has been prostitute, selling himself
to the highest bidder and serving all parties
| by turns, &C., &C. Charleston Neacs.
| Ben. Butler, the Beast, has been nomi-
| mated by the Democrats for Governor OF
Massachusetts. Truly the bottom has been
reached at last, and the party in that State
has put an everlasting stain upon the fair
name Of that great party whose watchword
has been I" Economy and Reform. "-Frank-
Tin Gazette.
Perhaps,as Ben. Willis told me last night,
| the ticket OF the future will be Butler
against Bayard.- George alfred Ioac1-
send IN Philadelphia Times.
An exchange says General Butter re-
caiyed an ont-and.olit Democratic nomina-
ftion. It is SO iar out-and-out that it will
mot get IN Bosloa Post Dem;) 5... /; I
"A report prevails that the Greenback and
Democratic State tickets in Iown have been
consolidated. The chairman Of the Demo.
cratic State Committee denies 1t.