The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-23
gu.lers Platform.

cratic Convention Oh oaosaSA'uso.eSsS $500.
nominated him. for Governor. AS BUTLER IT .1sils
had been previously nominated by two con-
.ycntions on two differing platforms, ana as
the rlatform OF the bogus Democratic Con-
yeution differed from both, and as u was
$50 we in our innocence supposedj SIM SIM.
p1y impossible for BUTLER TO stand upon
ali, Of them, we thought IL no hafm
to state that he did not stand upon the plat
form Of the bogus Democratic Convention.
II seemed to US that this was pretty Gear
case. But not so. The appeal brings "aii
the ntteranccs OF the Massachusetts, press, =
to bear against our position. There 1t bad
great advantage over us. We had on Fri
day, when the AppeaPs article was penned,
received only one paper from Massachusetts
which was printed after the nomination OF
BUTLER had been made, and that paper sara
not word Oh the point at issue between
us and the appeal. However, 1t is not Tor
ne to guess how the Appeal got It's eS-
changes so soon. Its statement is so posi-
tive that it leaves no room for doubt. 1t
says:
"Now, we desire our friend to inform US
what private communication 1t has WITH
General Butler that enables it to say that
the .Inde1-Appeal is in error in sappo'
sition that IS supported by aH OF me ut'eT-
ances of the Massachusetts press q,
All the appeal now has TO do to substan'
tiate its statement is to reproduce lew,
moi all, OF the uttcrances of the Massacnu-
setfs press which 90 to show that BUTLER
stands upon the so-ca!led Democratic plat
form.
As for us, we have already reproduced
what the leading Boston Democratic papers
say OF BUTLER's nomination. Fosters
Dailu saws on the same subject: we
would vote for the meanest niger IN the
country before him. He embodies every
principle which true Democrats everywhere
and all their lives have hated and despised."
It is true this sort OF evidence is not con-
elusive; but it implies either that the noml-
nee does not stand upon the platform or
that it was not a Democratic convention.
Here are some more utterances
We never have had SO good an oppor-
tunity to put down ButlerlSm, ana TO Dury
it so deep that it can never be revived
Worcester Spy.
Shame on Massachusetts il she does not put
a crushing heel upon so dirty despotlsm,
and SHINE on any party which acknoW-
lodges and supports such Il leaoer. IL Is
time this Butler had his sentence. we
much mistake the temper OF MASSACHUSETTS
voters IL he does not hear it, and in it find
4 perpetual Punishment from pubic life
Providence Star.
Now let every decent, honest Democrat In
Massachusetts get ready to pile stone Oh
the political grave OF Ben. Butter. Better
far that the Democratic patty OF Massachu-
sets should be defeated than it should dis
grace the whole county by succeeding win
such man as Baltimore Gazette:
Butler and bis motley crowd did good
DAVIS work at ~ worcester yesterday Tor the
RIGHT side or things. Not that lie 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 destruction. Portland Press.
Buffers abilities as a kleptomanlac take
wide range. From conventions to spoons
is a long distance.-Neoo Hauen Register.
THE alliance OF Butlerism and hearney-
ism seems to be consummated.-No Sha0
Telegraph.
We 90 back to the appeal. 1t says:
1--WE know of no reason for not suppos-
inc that General Butler, like any other can
djdatc. accents the platform OF the party TO
whose action he owes his nomination"
That is to say, General BUTLER, having
accented the Greenbackers' nomlnatloh,
and being known indeed as a Greenbacker
himself, and having accepted also the bogus
Democratic Conventions nomination, and
having accepted also the nomination OF the
Woman's Rights Convention 1--WE believe
this last was), he stands upon all three plat
forms
Here, for example, is one plank OF the
Greenback- Labor platform, which proposes
to make landowners sell their untitled
lands:
!" Resolrcd, That land of equal produc..
tion and capacity shall be subject to equal
taxation, whether cultivated OF not, TO the
end that the Iand-monopolist in the futcre
may be held 10 check, and that the pubic
domain may be preserved to the actual tliler
OF the SOIL"
How could any man accept the platform
containing the above resolution, and at the
same time Democratic platform
Another proof that the so-called Demo-
cratic Convention did not expect BUTLER
to stand upon its platform is to be foundi IN
the last Of its resolutions, all OF which the
scoundrel BUTLER no doubt wrote himself.
That last resolution is as follows:
Resolved, That we call upon all citizens
OF whatever political views to unite with
me Democracy in the election OF Legislative
and executive officers who will faithfully
carry out these great measures OF so much
needed reform. But by so doing we 90
not hold them pledged to any further CO.
operation with the party or bound to 1t save
as they recognize In all things the 1ustlce
and wisdom OF their principles.
So that BOILER himself, il ne wrote the
platform, as it is charged he did. expressly
stipulated that the new allies OF the Demo
Gratis should not be bound to the party save
as they might recognize in all things
the Justice and wisdom OF their principles.
The Dispatch truly says the amount Of
currency in any section depends upon the
values OF the section, not on the banks
Charlotte Gazette.