The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-21
BEN Butler and the Presidency.

Ben Butler and the Presidency.
Absurd as may seem Buffers conf
deneein his ability to ,aptnre the en-
ocratic nomination in los that event IS
not by any means outside the IA ge of
possibilities. A political party WIN ch
has IN snccession cho Ell as standard
bearer hnee cit zens so grotesiuelv dis
similar n character and antecedents as
were Ho. o.aee G eele., Sam el Tilden
and inield s. Hancock can hardly
cause surprise by any nomination which
1t may herea.te make Greeley was
nominated IN q spirit of quasi despera-
ton. W th he hope that by some iu-ky
chance he might draw enough, Repub-
hcan votes 10 give the Democracy a
nominal victory. TIden was taken mp
partly becarse he hal recently carried
the piv tai Slate of New York by a Ia ge
ma ority. part y because 20 was recog-
nlled as erha 9 III most astpte poiit-
zeal m inager the Demo -ratit: ranks,
but ma n y be ausa he was known to be
enOrm u ly wealthy and y wiling O
spend his money with free hand in or
der to conn., pass his own election. 1t
was also anticipa Ell by the Bourbon
leader that the result m ght depend
on various cnmpii atoms in the
}. after of counting the votes of
several recently recon ,tructed south
ern States. an It was cor
re t y sumed that +. Tilden w th hi 3
legal aeumen. long exper ence pro =
ing the worse to be the bette reason and,
above all his utter unscru ulousneSs in
the adaptat on o means to ends. would
be iu't the person to lead corrupt
forlDrn hope among the Elec al
Colleges of the South. II eeley the Re-
publican wheel no Sc. and T.iden I b e
superannuatedt tr ok ter. hav ng failed o
br n sue eSs to The lie ratio sta Il
ards, the per ment was next ried in
l so of nom n itlny loyal eleral mi
form which happened TO en- lose the
robust gnre Genera an ock. {
is unnece sary to say hat tn venture
also proved a losing one
The question now arises. what sort of
candi ate will the democrat seie n
ew OF what they choos 81 to con d r
the r impr' vel chan, es Of electino cir
an? The red ubtable ler la e l.
IDENTIFY scanned he entire eld of pos
bilities and made the graft y ng dis
GOV ry tina he hin self the ON citi-
zen the epublic w C, mbines in
one rerson those lead ng trails VIII. ch
al The three 'ast emocr,stic Conven-
o Is ha g'vrn b I on 10 nomma-
tion su cessive to Gree ey. Ttd and
hancock tree had cen a Re-
publican leader. moving in an eccen-
trio orbit was not B n Butler such
a le ,der rom q, t, 1S7 |? S
Tilden was a Democratic o ernor
o. a Republ can tale. an astule
LAWYER. absolutely de titute of pr nci-
pie and q politician who believed that
victories are won by device and erer-
demain: utler prec selv answers this
description ancock was a Union
eneral during the war, and thus sup
posablv popular with the soldier ele-
ment in the country; Butler also meets
this Te uirement. Here then we have
the last thr,e Democ at c cand date,
with all their leading characters cs
and traits o popular ty ro led mo one,
and that one the present rotunda ov-
ernor the Republ can S ale of Mas
sachuseits. Ii there has been nv
Sc Sc in the three attest choices o ibe
emocrat party what oul I be mo
natural or expedient than Is selection
of Mt er in 1874 to lead of in the
Demo rat renaissance? Dutler has
evidently asked himse this ques on
and has not been obliged to wait ong
Tor the answer. for he has answered {
himsel. Like Tilden. IN 1876, B tier
ha organized q literar, b reau a year
in advan the nominal ng on
veniion he has begun to stimu-
late and promo.e all parts o.
the country tn spontaneo m.
thus a>m his behalf which C nSi tua-
ed so curious and mus ng feat;,re
of the Til,len mo ement. here no
question tina, compared W th the ind m
itIble Ben, t,ov. c eve nd of New
ork, even with his mo nta nous ma
ority is ch Id and pher. Alc o.
4 d, Indiana. wouIi stand no chan 9
W III 1T er in the lob le> an ak
rooms Demccra ic Con ention. nr
he has ne ther Il e Ivnx eyed SAGA .Iy
nor the re unisry resources OF t ay
State Governor. Ba ard tile De a.
ware. with his c'ean meihf ds an old
fashioned il tegritv. could not stand or
an instant beft re the onslaught such
a gang o hired clacquers and intr gtiiny
corrupt'onist as Butler CO lid and would
turn loose upon the Democra ic nomi-
mating COM entior- a word, we he
lieve that the nom nat on of Butler bv
the Democr IS is not only among The
possibil ties OF the lture. but among
the strong proJab LIT es of S84. q
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