New-York tribune., 1882-09-26

turned suddenly upon the Democrats, remark
ing that if they did not take him he would pro-
ceed to take them. From that moment the
hilarity in the Democratic party disappeareu'
They have not been able to see any iun III
Butler since They tried to hold conVon-
ton in 1873 without HIM. lie stole the hail'
led his delegates up ladder into PACK
window. and carried of the nomination VINO
of lis has forgotten the panic which fell upon
the respectable y wing of the party at that
manpuvreY With what haste they fled from
Worcester. and when safely back in Boston
issued call for new convention in Faneull
Hall They met there ten days later, 1,264
strong. and constituted convention which, III
their own opinion, was the most eminently
respectable assemblage ever convened Ill tle
State. To prevent Brtler from capturing TINS
body also they admitted no delegate who dld
not have ticket, and they kept the galleries
closed till after the session had begun IN Order
that Butler might not enter with his "unre-
spectacle" hosts and overflow the convention
flom above Half the delegates sat with their
eyes on the door expecting any moment to
see Butler enter. But he did not come. The
convention was very solemn, very dignlhed
and very select. 1t nominated Judge Abbott
for Governor by acclamatiOn, and it listened
with hearty approval to some exceedingly un-
complimentary remarks about General Butler
Some of these remarks it may not be un-
interesting to reproduce now.
General James :. Whitney was the per-
Inanent chairman, and made very long speech
devoted entirely to Butler and his principles.
1t was all highly favored, but the following
passage seemed to meet with the most general
appreciation:
Men of Massachusetts, think you that ancient and
honorable Commonwealth has reached pass where
man who breaches such doctrines Of nfamy on the way
discharge the honest Indebtedness Of the United states
Government hoist himself by self appointed nom
ination into the Gubcnaoral chair Of Massachusetts
No: emphatically no Massachusetts intelligence and
integrity have sunk 10 such depths OF infay ana we
will stand by and promises TO pay with all
the ability which God has given us. Talk
about the Grcenbacki-m of Democratic statesmen end
the Grccnbackism Of Benjamin +. Butler They dler
as light differs from darkness, n honesty differs from
viany, religion differs from irreligion
That was the spirit of the rcspectables
before the election in 1873. When the vote
was counted they discovered that they were
very small portion OF the party, and that all
overwhelming majority of their brethren had
sunk to the infamy" represented by Batter.
They polled for judge Abbott only about 10000
votes while Butler had over 100000 In
1879 General Butler returned TO the charge,
and carried of the nomination with little diff
Guilty, the "rcspecables" not attending his
convention but cOntenting themselves with
issuing n solemn warning to the party not to
have anything to do with impudent outsiders.
Z" Let it always be borne IN mind, they said
with great imprcssivcncss, " that the DEM
ocratic party claims exclusive devotion from
L" its members and that those who act in other
| organizats sDns cannot be admitted to share its
confidence and enjoy its triumphs." As this
did not have any perceptible effect, they met
again in separate convention in Faneuil Hall,
again denounced Butler, and nominated John
T Quincy Adams for Governor. The outcome
was substantially the same. Adams polled
less than 10000 votes aud Butler few over
100, 900.
Then the General rested for two years in his
public demonstrations, and carried on his WOO
ing in private. The Democrats tried a candi-
date of then own in 1850 and again in ISL.
This year they have surrendered to the lnevi-
table and have fallen without resistance into
Buffers arms. lie is the same Greenbacker
that be was in 1873. and he flaunted that fact
in their faces when he allowed the Grcenback
party to nominate him in advance of the Dem
ocrats. The whole party has, in the fervid
language of General Whitney, " sunk to the
DEPTHS of infamy" represented by Buffers
principles, and, worst of all, Judge Abbott,
the original respectable 90 candidate, presided
at the convention which decided by accamaton
to take the step. And after all this Butler says
he really does not know whether lac will ac-
cept or not.