Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-12


the Democratic legions at Gettysburg, at
Shiloh, at Fredericksburg, or in the Wilder
ness, and he who traduces them now proves
himself to be craven deg and malignant,
constituencies liar.
So much fer ssthe man upon whom the
mantle of the immortal Morton has de-
scended.'
FAREWELL, BENJ4MIN. OUR BE-
sLOYED!
The best of friends must part, and though
it grieves our soul to say the words, they must
be spoken. Ben Butler has ruthlessly torn
himself from US, and nothing remains but
to say farewell. For many years we have
watched his somewhat oblique and erratic
course with solicitude born of curiosity to
divine where he would turn up next. The
task has been somewhat difficult at times,
and we have frequently been in the predlca-
ment of Paddy, who couldn't count his pig,
it frisked about so. From the time he
achieved national distinction by voting ff-
teen million times for JEFF Davis in the
Charleston convention, down through his sub
sequent sinuous career he has been, SO to
speak, the apple of our eye. We always
feared that he would become good some
time; that he would join the church or a
base bali nine, and become bright and
shining example to which the rising genera
ton would be directed, and per
haps become the hero of Sunday school
book. But our fears have been dissipated,
and he has now joined the National
Greenback-La Reform Communist par
ty, and glory of a different sort in the near
future awaits him. He declares that he
stuck to the Democratic party until it at
tempted to destroy the Union, but doesn't
tell US how much Indictment he furnished it
he was with the Republican party till it de-
serted its founders, the laboring men, and
became the tool of the capitalists, who now
control it, bound hand and foot. He neg
lects, however, to inform us that he guided
the party to its present haven; that he helped
| to turn it over to the capitalists.
OF Buffers new associates we have
already spoken briefly. They are not men
who inspire the country with hope. Kear-
ney, although possessed of a good pair OF
| lungs and highly educated in billingsgate
and blasphemy, is not cut out for safe
leader of men. The communistic idea o
government is not altogether the plan O
government that will be likely to infuse new
/ life and vigor into the nation or to cause it
to be feared or respected either at home O
abroad. And besides, Butler is not altogeth
er fit exponent of these ideas. Although
he has shown great readiness to take thai
which belongs to others, he has never beel
accused of surrendering what he has accu
mulated. But perhaps this is one of the
| theories of his new bedfellows that he doesn'
propose to adopt, and perhaps he intends t.
adhere to his old-time principles-to get al
he can and hold whatever he can get. Thi
is one thing in which he has been unifornll
consistent throughout his whole life.
| We will miss Butler from the Republican
party as greatly as we would miss the Glow
from the circus ring He belongs there o.
right. He is the embodiment of the princi
pies of the Republican party-insincerity
Any other political alliance will be apt to
inconvenient, because other parties hav
| principles that it is necessary to regard-te
some extent, at least. We are very muc
afraid that Butler, by his vagaries and in
conslstencies, will be continually getting hi
new associates into hot water. Of cours
he will be in his element, but thos
who are unaccustomed to such SUI
roundings, will be apt to feel little uncon
Portable. But he hopes to become the lea6
er of the party-to lead them from whel
they now are-presumably the land {
Egypt-to land flowing with milk an
honey, with champagne and sour mas
thrown in. It is much to be feared that h
? course will be devious one, and that I'll
children of toll under his lead will ramb
hither and thither through a trackless wilde
ness for more than forty years, with I
heavenly mamma in the shape of public pr
| to sustain them. It will be an interestir
spectacle to see Butler as the leader of Il
!. National party-a large bondholder leadi1
E the attack upon the bondholders-a mt
who never did days work cheering and {
recting the horny-h handed sons of toll
4 man who has scarcely been out of Office
= twenty years making desperate onslaug
upon the oficeholders. It will be fl
9 sight; sufficiently ludicrous to convulse Il
b most cynical of mortals with uncontrolled
: laughter.
II WARNING.
We have good reason to believe that B
. Washburn is endeavoring to dictate t
! Democratic nominee for Congress. Sol
! of the candidates suggested have alarm
! him, and he hopes to have an easy race
4 choosing his opponent. He wants straie
a party fight and eminently conservati
# non-personal campaign. He fears vigoro
q and excoriating canvass. He does not wan,
4 nominee who can take the stump and la
, him through the district as he deserves.
Is The Democrats should be on their qua
N auairaf thio uarna Anu nonooorok ~