Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-28
A WARNING FROM MASSACHUSETTS,

prp' r. OF this country, on the ma,
chlnaii"ns of the Butterflies and
hearnetitc-, ana cUiniiici,u il io :,
the readers of the lntrliornccI -
'lme well spcLt in reading il.
he di-gracciul proceedings, YES
tcrdhy. at W Urccstcr, n,sacl.usctr-.
at 'he democratic convention, tor
'uhhteiy for lac reputation of n yrca,
parry, cannot hc fastened upon the
hfhocratS- 1t l. true that the con-
Vch'io' was called by the rrgut lr
democratic central committee: but it
is equally true that the decent. the
reputable. the representative men of
the party are not Responsible Tor
what "ccnrr, q. The batter, iiudiii"
the hall packed 10y liutlvr'> Luudlun~,
ana lIndln@ also th"i the civil An
th"rltic- wer" powcrlcss I, afford
them relief, ndjorrnr,i The convention
until later date. What the rabttr
uid who gained possession OF the
nall before daylight. aud then held It
despite the protests Of the civil au-
thoriiles and the reputah Delegates.
mas II" significance whatever, 80 far
as the party Is roncrrned Thclr ac-
tion was not the actIon ut the lnru-
Oers OF any political party, but Of
rIihhns pure ana sImplr.
IT Is "A most rueriic AID cunicmpti
Die tlort on the part OF the rcuub. :
can press 10 charge the greeuhnrh
movement, rs To ITS origin, or its SUI
port, or any lateral development OF
II, upon the democratic puIt, The
lines Il neither the organ upr de-
lender, nor even the apologlsi, ni the
democratic party. IL stands above
partl-ah>hlp, ami heuCe Is the more
hkcly to detect any evidence of um-
fair play. II Is marite.tly most um-
fair as we'll as stupid for The republ.
can press to charge necessarily that
the SOFT money fanatics come from
the democratic elements. rnc iacIs
are that the reverse Is true; it Is from
the republican ranks that the grrcii-
hackers mainly come. The truth of
thl5 WAS shown III the Maine election.
Ihe secession of republicans into the
Sreehoack mob cost the republican
party its issue, victory.
The fault of the democracy in thi,
present matter is that, while is doe.
not furnish the recruits tor the soft
money organizations. it i, often found
too willing 10 unite with them for
the sake OF gaining a political succrss
at the bai.Ot-lOX. In this resUcct II
Is perhaps no worse than republican,
i.in, which has never been noted for
ITS ecrupuiOue eXactncs- a. To the
character o1 Its allies, pruvided thcr,
was prospect of success III the
union. No party III political history
has ever showed a darker record than
was shown by repub!icanl,m whcu
1T wa- III alliance with the mcgrur-
aud carpet-baggers of the south.
With such allies il worked "A drcurr
aud more enduring mischief on the
southern states Than accrued TO them
through tl.u lusse, of the rebellion.
But the part OF true wisdom. at
thl- time, OH the part OF ail good
men, irrespective of party. is t. cnrIi-
bine against these fanatics. socialists,
rutlian-, and butterflies, VITO are now
every " here 80 prominent and peril
hnclous. |; is il combination against,
and not an alliance with, these vrrlnIu
that the country imperativcly needs.
lhat man Is dcmagogue, be he who
tie may, who, for the sake of office,
links himself with these men who.
mistakenly or Ge-ignediv, are push
my their pernlciuus theories iutu tnp
'rena OF politics. Among all who
are thus pro5tliutIng reason and Sc /
respect and the good OF the country
to gam political pretermcmt Butler
Is the worst. Tie WAS ii poliroOn and
a failure As "A soldier; rs a legislator.
he never achieved single thing that
h, a In HI
politician he is Il demago9ue. a nvpo-
crIte without one single redrening
trait. Bad as he Is, hc is lust ~
worthy at respect as any man who !
gives himself Ito the hands of the
the nationals. the So
clalists. or whatever their ,LiInc ,uav
b" and who thus gives himself for +
the sake Of political advancement.
The country has but Just passed |
through financial crisis whicn sent
business men without number into |
and which left the coun- !
try almost u total financial wreck. |
We are now Issuing from this tie |
preston. The statistics of commerce !
for the last four years show that there |
has been slow but sure return to- !
ward prosperity. As each of these
years succeeded another,th the impr"vr- !
nent was greater and greater. This /
year bids fair to nearly distance its |
in the GoUt work of res
toration. The next year would be .
better than this one: and each fol-
lowing one All Improvement, until it /
" Ouiu be but short time before the
would reach Il height where
I, Nrntllh hn
'urct. This is what would be if the
We're left TO itself And vet
t Is exactly here, at this critical mo-
ncnt, that fanaiiCism and lgnurarc"
ire devisiny schemes advocating
measures which. II successful, will
surely seud the country into the
abyss whence it is just issuing.
The business of tins country is Just
low recovering from disease W ich
brought IL TO deaths door. 1t is at
uSt a period OF convalrseuce when 81
'elapse would certainly prove fatal
)ur condition was never so crltical
IS now, and never required more
nursing and delicate mauaye-
neht. 1t is a time when good mclI
hOuiu cease recrinlnatiOn as to who
: iabOrlnG against The Interest of the
ant s. ould u&i'r AZ ,iiSt al
ocs, whatsoever their guisr or poll
ical compl"Xinu. Tnerc - no middle
,rGund-a man must be cit lcr 4
uriot or u Butler, tor hi- ccuLIrY. or
traitor. 1t cannnt be too -trorglv
lrged on every man who Is mol pro-
essionai politician 10 permit huns If {
u be deceived by no party names ar
'aril-an denuurliiIou INTO voting
'ther than for the best mir. The
'c-t man is hot he who prutr-scs
most loudly tn be devoted in hi own
'arty, and most heartily hatcr Of
he opposition, but il =. who will
most thoroughly oppose the ,nnchln-
tionS of the Butterflies and krarneE-
trs. Who will, once i'll power, wreck
he country beyond recovery. Hence,
cl no good citizen he led from voting ,
he democratic ticket by the party
lamor of republicans, that II L.
nl"ng democrats that are to be found
he iutlationists, aud repudiati"nis.s,
nd fanatics who are now nrlaCinG
he safety of the country. The qnrs. i
ion now is not, is this or that cam ,
lidate u democrat or n republican. or ,
'oes he belong to the party from
Inch comes the III. jority of the 4 ~ ,
'erous element? But. is he utterly ,
nd unchaugcably hostile to the
chemes of the men who are working ,
o reduce tho country once more ,
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