The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-06-30
A Chapter Of Massachusetts, Repuhllc-
anism.

we think, no more amusing chapter
than that now being written by Cover
nor Butler and the Massachusetts Re
publicans. Everybody knew that the
Massachusetts, Republicans regarded
Buffers candidacy as an insult to the
State, and his election q calamity sec
ond only in dimensions and disgrace to
the election of Satan to the same Office
If the latter event were possible.
Everybody knew, too, that when the
arrival of the calamity was officially
announced the Republicans of Massa-
chusetts adopted as their daily prayer
the legend attached to all State papers
from time immemorial: ''God save the
commonwealth of Massachusetts" and
that, in their estimation, salvation from
the Gubernatorial devices of Butler
would surpass all other salvation vouch-
safed by a merciful Providence since the
Mayiower discharged her freight on the
Yankee blarney-stOne. But everybody
naturally supposed that this min
gled hatred, disgust and fear
would gradually wear away as
the months rolled on, and that
when it was ascertained that Butler had
no intention of stealing Faneuil Hall.
setting fire to Bunker Hill Monument,
or selling the bones of the Pilgrim
fathers, his Republican fellow-citizens
would accept the inevitable with good
grace, and perhaps treat their Chief
.A"s '.:s,y
70 "n'cn ms ONCE ccl.alnly enu:'eS
nm. ou' ina1eIs soe IN :" Dc glvmns
worse anu "oIso. Ane nepuuiic"n
Press: wi.nous = S,nSio cAeoP..on, - "a
naus!ns .ne svcaosliSy ~ 'tp,up shna
ior ms psncn' anu en- Sno nep .nJ sss'
iSau:ls anu an .ann anu ",o eon0 a.u .'
P.ash1o 'h1 ac"oo' anu aPPai o"hy oniy
WISH Tue ma malu VOLS couau 20 .nas'o
ha.uel. lug aiAs,1"uso ins0sss"
~ wn'Sn .no uysoloi u0se JSsS
Plai'e ia.nol G. WAL o xH, 10 .o a.us.
isol - si r n.o' a ~. .4 nv a..P,Ia
u,spinye! W epen VIZ l,oSs loSp1e'aD.o
anu , ny :nsu neP. :.:.aa: n ns, o.o
woulu LINK 'na. ins'l'" . | % ny %
.ne naapa 81 mecca vi .he on T III =,
'ie oeh1lonol az oc.u.a -, III ,;. so
ts.y l chosss so - ...;.h. - snhst;t,.oJ
ire I I ,:n a. 70 's:s sHDS.'''s"u
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s9Aos 'no ~ n'oooS AoPu'l''"A P"i'' "
massac. ..Tsas nao.,nu nv
A shadow ike ' an angel. with bright hair
Dabbled in blood; and he shrieked out aloud;
o 1 cIaren ~ ooo ia'1e' nee's' pe''u''u
That stabbed me in the field by Tewksbury:-
Seize on MN. furies; take MN into torment. :
NOW, wnat is all TINS tremendous russ
ABOUT! what Is butter ana what mas
he done TO provoke denunclauons
strong aud nitter enough 10 nj the West
rufflan tnat ever stretcned hemp! we
are neither ms champion nor MS ad-
mirer. we tnought ana saia' at the
ume' mat the Democrats OF Massacnu-
sets could ana should nave selected a
more worthy slsnuaru-oeaieI, anu we
nave never considered nus election Is .
'Democrauc Triumph 10 DC speciaiiy
PROUD OF. put nepupncans' eitner IN
or OUT OF massachusetts nave no r1gnt
10 wag an uncivii tongue against Dut,
Ter. Let us nave NIUE OF the lever
consistency. Wnen butter, IN 1901,
jumped rom the ranks OF the ultra
p.o-s.aVeiy' secession Denocracy into
Aoranam BOSOM anu nont
seat In the hePuDilcan iamiiy' dld not
every nePuDhcan sam. ana SINNER rejoice
at the conversion ana nan the convert
as q oIano sna.cneu rom .ne Durn 4.
ing Du not nePuoncan Journals u
nign anu low ucgrec aPRlauI ms MN,
tary performances until Du.ch vaP anu
tne e1ersoulg wine eAllng uisneu MINI
ana nave tney YET ceasea 10 applaud
the energy anu courage Oh ms oeal-
lngs WIN reoeis IN anu OUT ol pes'lcoass
a. view orieanss anu wnen' al.er III. .ne
war was over, ne oioomea OUT ins1 'ne
[eouest Oh naalcais' auvocating mlii.ary
goyernnen. 10, 1ne wnole SOUTH anu
1ecIareu tnat an Democrats SCUM anu
M S:9 we,e Inay .rai.ols IN u'sgulsc,
9lu not nePupi'cans Pa' mn On tlc
Dack anu u encourage nm IN ms uii'y
work! was .nere Single nepuoican
IN Massacnuse..s VINO uiu not 'nen