The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-18
ButIerism at Worcester.

Butler and his motley crowd did good
days work at Worcester yesterday for the
right side of things. Not that he meant so
to do; far otherwise. But that Providence
which makes the wrath of man to praise him
has left this bad man to work out his own de.
struction. Butler, finding that he could not
get delegates enough to secure the Democratic
nomination, prevented by mob violence the
holding of the convention and compelled an
adjournment to another place, where precau-
tions will be taken against unlawful interfer-
ence with its deliberations. Let US do honor
to the Democrats of Massachusetts that they
have resisted the allurements of this low
grade Mephistopheler and have stood stead
fast for decency and propriety.
This outburst of violence in the staid and
respectable state of Massachusetts can work
only for good. 1t illustrates and emphasizes,
SO that the dullest cannot fail tosee, the bale
ful tendency of the Greenback and commu-
nistic teachings. 1t shows it to be an ar.
raying OF disorder against order, of lawless-
ness against law. 1t discloses the warfare
that is waged against civilization, established
usages and the peace of society. 1t gives
pause to the many decent, orderly, law-abid-
ing and peace-loving men who have given
partial adherence to this delusiye doctrine.
1t draws the line sharply between the sheep
and the goats, and makes clearly manifest the
line between the right and the wrong. 1t is
well to have these things shown thus early.
If it could only have come sooner it might
have saved many men in Maine from doing
things which they must now bitterly regret.
1t has come soon enough to save Massachu-
sets. On Monday it looked very likely that
Butler world be Governor of Massachusetts
to-day the man would be rash indeed who
would predict such thing. We may all re-
joice that our mother state is not to be SO
disgraced in her old age. We have occasion
sometimes to differ from the old lady, but we
love her after all, and wouldn't like to see
anything very bad-such as Butler-happen
to her.
There, as here, the meaner part of the
Democratic party has gone to the bad, where
it belongs. The better part is in good condi-
ton to join the Republicans in the stout
warfare which they will wage against But
Ter and all his works. The conditions are
favorable to a junction on the common
ground of honest money and the peace of
society. The Republicans ought to make it
easy for the Democrats to come. The whole
vote of the right sort of men should be con-
centrated on one ticket and, with that in
view, the Republicans can we'll afford to be
magnanimous and give the hard-money
Democrats some representation on the State
ticket. The Republicans, who will furnish
the greater part of the votes, may fairly take
the Governorship, but then there is the place
OF Lieutenant Governor and perhaps some
thing else for the Democrats. Nothing
should be permitted to stand in the way of
union. There are more of the right sort of
men in Massachusetts than of the wrong sort
and it would be objectionable weakness and
folly to fritter away strength by divided eff
fort. The wicked will work together; the
good should avail themselves of the same
advantage. Things are now heading in the
right direction; let them not be checked.
So we say again, Butler has done a good
days work for us. He has removed the
scales from many eyes which before saw not,
and he has shown the decent, honest-money
Democrats the path of duty.