New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-30
THE PASSING OF BUTLER.
a DELIVERED AND GRAT1FIED STATE.

his Thanksgiving sermon to-day from the text /:
Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out
OF the hand of Pharoah." He said, in part
But what business has a preacher of the Gospel to
make the choice Of rather another candidate for
hgh Civil place cause Of Thanksgiving TO Gods
the question with asking For what should we be thankful
For life and health home and harvest Surely for these
thh8si out we be and constitute State, moreover, for
law and Order for the prevalence of truth and Justice
the exposure Of dishonesty battling Of SANDER detection
ana shame or fasehoOd and for the establishment Of
union ana peace UnquestiOnably there Is devout and
Joy in the issue Of the canvass and fail
10 discover anywhere the tokens Of heartfelt grief Dis
appointment there OF asprants TO Office Of wagers
and modification Of sanguine prophets pnning their faith
10 confident adventurers sleeve but OF holy sorrow
humane regret scarce ot The zeal to re-eect him
tremendous aud in msled mutitudes not nsncere yet
got up blown like bubble, thin it big but eav-
ing little suds for future USE raised Like breeze water
spout out OF disturbed and corrupt elements and bene
/ cial chiefly when 1t scatters or bursts.
am forced, with blush, to admit that by default OF
other agencies especially by the neglect many citizens
to discharge their duties in convention the polls the
pulpit has to renquish occasion its usual and con-
genial themes and rush TO the rescue like corps dc
serve or the Old Guard Waterloo and so it becomes
to sound the trumpet of alarm and rally that the enemies
OF liberty and equity may somehow check
mated and Overthrown. But were the pulpit expelled
from every active sphere OF the world what could it do
but disgust editorial critics by mumblng its ritual
droning In its tents turning leaves that record
lete habits and counting its beads prayers are ground
in one uniform grist in the Japanese machne3 Icoud
not as its nctonary thank Gbd this any other day
were 1t so. But with yOu do THANH Him for his mercy
every year. and never more than now TO This ancient
Commonwealth answering the prayer Of the proclamation
| in ways the prOclaimer did not expect
Is 1t not natural and almost rational IL one of the
great parties been out OF power cold and hungry
for OF years and more, it should want its turn at
Last lvyffh
at the savOry vands OF office, comparison with which
the denounced dinners and unketngs tres, falling
in the city their lot H. furthermore this selected one
kindle expectation by bringing with him large personal
following and the machine part Of every party-Repub
can, Democratic, Greenback, Pro-Slavery and Anti
slavey-he has cast in his fortunes WITH h it strange
that the bonfire Of prospective triumph should send a
warmly and widely cheering glow Besides human
ture wants hero and mock hero must, like doll for
baby be made TO II the real parsonage be at
hand. Especially hero Of humanity. who may pre-
to Iiken himself to the Saviour OF the world and
those dsaectel from him Judas win he Of the most
brilliant and captivating sort Behold him the friend
OF the poo visiting by proxy, II not in person, those in
prison. through constituency OF conviets Ot pro-
ccsson Of candidates to the amShousc the jail reach
ing down his salwart, loving and unspotted lift
zap the lowest; taking around piece Of tanned skin for
hs ticket in heaven after IL has confirmed him in the
Chief Magistrates chair here az home, and opened perad-
venture the White House doorl Is not the manipulation
close and sSlfu the painting Ike artist depicting
himself Of his charity. with brush broad though
coarse and the histuouc performance with the shedding
Of real tears such Elusive imitation Of Booth sal
yni irving I'm their nobility the stage. that
hundreds Of frminded aud undiscerning persons may
be pardonod II by such antics, like Fourth Of July eel
cbration, they arrested interested and taken in
40 SLIGHT OR UNniPREssIvE FIGURE.
In fact t slight or nimpre.sye figure that plays
the striking and Astounding part We mortals
yearu for something grand, or NJ Least odd, in
shape 10 look at the Romans did for that Cesar OF
whom Cassus asks II Rome bad but that one and
a. the Wrench d'd for Bonaparte. We have had I'm this
region in the last In memory, grand shapes Web
ster and Chote A. marble statues, their forms still
stand and now. far lower scale not ApoOke, We
have Egyptian sphinx not the original article but
there much dseretabe curiosity 70 look At II is
not always the best OF nnrsI IN ,he animal OF Ses'a1e
the mcnagee the crowd OF men, women and children il
gathered about the cage OF some hyena or Bengal tiger
of the deer dove. cactus draws more attention
than lily rose. bull IN china shop
would take of our gazing eyes frOm
otuC hor-e In the street and man running amuck al
all he Harvard College, Tewksbury AlmsLouse.
Board Of Health Lunney ane harity ms own Council
school for Ft"ple-inndtl insurance companies, aud
other corporations and schools TOR ANY education higher
than ~ reading, writing and Northumberland official
course makes spectacle Tor gods ana men which II -
hard 10 keep ont OF sight or mind There are men aud
women NJ actual Intelligence who fancy that "A military
officers marked each with peculiar badge, 80 the
great civilian must stamp himself by some SHOW or spul-
stands.
Our present ruler, Of being rrclOsrn, told his
audiences they must send Min TIE rSht hnd O lEglsl-
turc 70 carry ont his rrfonnatory plans Instead Of the
Council Chamber. by hts predecessor, II is huInbly
writes He hiss not hai rJom orxcrcise free from any
control hi arbitrary Will. lie nas been haInpered and
wifnStoud los the Councillors, The senators, the House
aud attorneys IN the service or the state and OF
the law lie good pointed Ia his coinr,ues In The
halls sumouucd by their gilied dome But. ike Hot
spur, Ia tIc Vastly deep they came not Wnen H. uid
call Tor them FROM one. who adorned ne Guam ne sts IN
aud vino goes la represent us SUI ia hs n P'e III .ne
Congress or the Nation Learn that the legislative iunc
tons do not hnppcry restrict or absorb tue province OF
the Governors amy IA lHl1 li.4' - "e III
cuubyut and political writer's more speculative Than
iIppy tendency All over the world. la England France
GERMANY. aud even Russia, {, toward making steps 10 |
"1 itc dr, least and st Of all desire yrant under tho
forms OF freedom, or despol Win merry cap ..
he uusttallrl. dla,ttLutd AMI mdrDlul mHcohIehts
are ." n,ta,i but ,, far INV marshal VINO points
tu plumber spoil, and holds up ghtcrlhg signs or
Liner i,r h,l,p.. vii, colnse- them to take brbcs OF
ine otuer party aud their suffrage for him VINO en-
couftgs uiCn Ia vote II they thnk they nave rght,
wncih entitled not aud nc wiz defend them after
ward aud who declares nc VIII hold his seat II any-wise
clcoOe and there snail bc no seven by eiYht detsoh US
FOR Ac peace of tuc land between computing PRESIDENTS
there was. and who Tins vaguely ntmates DlOoy arm
trment II he can eOniurc mp plausible case on oDt.
But "a all this bavudo lhrre IL, from MI on shore ont
barren echo, with no 7od response Among U.S. I'D the
general tnrIlt and the nutual goodwill nursed by sehe
body necessity OF tue depressed and poor how he
Oud is there Tor tue rebellion ana reNot winch any cou
spirnt0r could stir!
WHY nuTLrR COULD NOT ABIDE
colorless adnnis alton this has not BEEN Now that
the turmoil subsidies and the paint Is taken od and
the calm of one popular fiat, like the throwing
down Of the kings warder in the old lists, passes through
the air some are beginning to profess they lnd 1t DUH
and 10 say the bmly EXETER Of contention, with so
much quarrel in him he breeds It in everybody else,
he has at least been interesting ana very enter
tanning man. who might fairly draw his salary If only for
adaling our wits and disturbing the political pool that
becomes with long possession stdgnan ana rou- COud
dntach conscience. anu Jet our hulhop pay we
migut naord tO laugh at the pOrtentOus official aud
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