Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

From the Terro Haute Express.

tANHA si's AVN AAuAsS AsAllSsN'
General Butler is again in the field e, i
all Massachusetts is alive with the lk
Of preparation for another active o.. l.
paign on the state capital. He il d :
mined to capture it and become the =
ernor Of the eIlth-determlu
to fill The seat of power filled b, the hero
Carver, the pious Endicott, the wise an.
prudent Winthrop and all the long line of
pattiots who have executed the laws of
the Old Bay State, as u colony end as a
sovereign member Of the federal union.
His campaign last year was but mere re-
connoissance, survey Of a new route to
the capital, and having discovered it and
smoothed its difficulties, this year the real
battle will be fought to secure the prize
that Butler has so long coveted. lie is
earlier in the field than usual; in fact. it
may be SAID that he never lett it, but
merely bivouaCpd for a rest for the ap-
preaching battle, Last wear he did not
begin the training of his forces until MAY;
this year the work was beg the day
after the elcction and lie has taken
the field at least a month earlier than he
did last year. His efforts last year were
to disorganlze the old parties; this year it
will be to organize his own party and
fight his battle. He captured the live,
lighting portions of the democracy-the
field troops-last year, and this year he
will take in the old camp regulars. They
sought safety last year, inside the sacred
walls of Faneuil hall, but this year there
is no place Of safety; the bold and enter
prislng Ben will rob the "Cradle of Lib
erty" of its respectable OCCUPANTS to OBJ
tain recruits to fight his battles. He he's
made up his mind to capture Boston, as il
were, and like his CAPTURE of Baltimore,
it will not be accomplished by the reg ular
approaches Of the cautious, systematic
commander-in-chief, but by coup de
main in which the Abbott wing of the
Democracy will be forced to take part.
Already he has began his work in an
irregular manner All that he has vet
done is not after the usual method of do
ing such things. He IS not pursuing the
regular track of the politician. He is a
candidate, but how he became one is not
clearly understood here on the Wabash,
and the convention which is called to
meet at Worcester on the 18th of Sep.
tember is merely to ratity his nomination.
1t must be that it has extended over from
last year. As this years campaign is but
a continuation oflast years, 1t is but rea-
sonable 10 suppose that his candidacy
never became void-that a defeat at
regular election didn't affect 1t, Butler
is likely to become in politics what Jay
Gould is in stock transactions, and Jim
Keenc is in grain speculations, bold and
successful operator.
This campaign will not be as noisy as
the last, but it is designed to make 1t
more effective. Already much has been
done towards the organization of a new
parry, of which he will be the leader. It
will not be Democratic, Republican,
Greenback OR Independent, but union
of them ALA conglomerate of marvel
GUS elements marvelously heaped togeth-
er." While 1t is a soft of nondescript
affair, not so with its leader; while It's
politics are indeterminate, his sentiments
are well known. And no matter what
platform he climbs upon Or subjects he
discusses, his views are well understood.
he will say little on national politics;
local issues alone will engage his atten.
ton. He is causing the leaders of the
Republican party much concern. Last
year the Democratic leaders were troubled.
But this year they have become resigned
TO their fate; they enter willingly into his
plans, and will endeavor TO make him
Governor Of the Old Bay State. Hi
chances are better this year than the'
were last,