National Republican., 1880-09-10
DENJANuy A DIsAppOINrMENr.

BENJAMIN A DIsAPPOINTNIEST.
What were the exact sensations Of the
purely democratic breast when it was an
nounced that BEN BUTLER would come
again into The fold of the faithful, the out
side world may never know. As general
rule there is joy over one sinner that re-
penteth, and sometimes il has been held
that the greater the sinner who reforms the
greater will be the joy of the original saints;
but there may be exceptions. Indeed, in
the case of the objectionable sinner there
must be exceptions, or we must renounce
the dogma of the unpardonable altogether
and 90 back wholly upon some of our early
and powerfully enforced teachings.
There never was u political sinner any
where so bad as BUTLER. He sinned against
great light, His instructors were democrats.
His youthful companions aud the friends of
his early manhood were dyed-in.t .the.wool
democrats. He had been honored by demo-
Gratis, eonhded in and loved by democrats
and almost trusted by them. But he fell
He joined the enemy. lie furnished them
with brains. He invented the wicked term
free city Of Baltimore. He busted the fe-
male rebel element in New Orleans. OF all
LTNcoLN's hirelings be was the only one
that ever hung democratic voter for trea-
sou. When the great patriot, ANDY JoHN-
SON, aided by HANCOCK, tried to soothe the
wounded hearts of q patriotic community,
Ben sprang into the arena and sought his
scalp with the sharp tomahawk of impeach-
ment. He was at the fore with the worst
of the republicans brandishmg the bloody
shirt, waving the battle axe and inventing
! force bills aud implements of oppression.
He was spoiler of the spoilers, and his
name rang with the execrations of even the
mildest of the party, and JEFFERSON DAVIS
wrote him down with the pitiless ediet of
outlawry and marked him as the most de
serving victim of the black flag, whom any
one might slaughter at sight. He not only
fell, but he fell in love with freedmen, mu.
lattoes, negroes and apes, and wanted them
to vote and wanted them to join his son-in-
law in keeping rule over white folks and
first families in Mississippi, and he aided
ism in that fair land, on the very soil
where JEFF had sought refuge. Verify, he
was the chief of sinners, aud something
thrown in.
The announcement that such person
was about TO leave his fellow-villains was
calculated 10 create wonder among the
respeetables of the party he was to join.
Mr.. Cox, Mr.. ABBOTT, Mr.. SALToNsrALL
and Mr. BIRD might we'll turn pale, and
did at first, but after little hope revived,
/, and philosophy came to their aid, as il al
ways does when thing cannot absolutely
be helped. There was this about it which
might make the infction bearable; the
sinner was such deep-dyed, energetic ras.
) cal that lie would of necessity be acquainted
with all the dark designs and devious meth
DDS Of the party he was leaving, and, oi
course, he would be able TO cause an ex.
plosion rs terrific as that of Fort Fisher had
that accomplished the results forescen by
its great designer. So the wise ones came
together in Faueuil hall, thinking they
would learn all about the salary grab, The
back-pay steal, the SANBORS contracts til,
= moiety swindle, the two hundred million
70 robbery, and the thousand other ways b,
Z which the treasury had been depleted b,
the scOundrels who have made it their der
. for the last twenty years. BEN was th
; man of all others TO know the details of til,
various thefts. Instinct would have lee
him where there was plunder habit woulC
have directed his hands to clutch his por
tion; constitutional treachery would ineit
him to disclosure. IL would all come ont
i Tho long-sought campaign material woulc
be forthcoming, and the usefulness of tn,
information which he could give woult
, atone for many and very vile transgression
as well as for much native depravity. Tn
speech, however, was disappointment
Ben kept TO himself all The knowledge O
:" the juggler's tricks. He did not mention
= SANBoRN, He failed entirely to sustain
, JoHN f. FAENsWoRTH's savage assault
- upon the management Of the soldier,
:, home. lie left West Virginia DAVIS I
V struggle with the impossible treasury booI
" keeping concerning the two hundred mill
y ions that have gone to the eyerlastin
- bourn without making confession; and, [
- crown all, he volunteered a defense
OAKEs AMEs and called him an honest ma
and one he was not ashamed to own as
friend. This was an awful bad beginnin
II for repentant sinner, and to aRgravate th
u disappointment lie went to Maine and sal
that lie had joined the democrats in ordC
i to be able to carry out his greenback prin
i ciples, which, just at the moment the den,
= ocrats are trying to make it appear tina
i they and providence had brought about re
~ sumption, was a most contemplate conle!
- sion for BENJAMIN to make.
A bad disappointment is BEN.
"
r nELsHA ZzAH AND BELTZHOOYER.
sc If Mr.. BELTzHoOvER of Pennsylvani
n does not understand himself any bett,
" now than when he first entered upon h
K duties in the extra session of congress it
s, not at all surprising that he should den
1r his own signature to the letter which il
" informed one of his constituents thu
IA he could do nothing with a DeI