The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-10-19

IN. :n~iic and ont and from bottom 70
that man Il Wendell Phillips. ~
may ~ said IL him with literal truth
that lie knew the party before y waS
born. for hc. a< N original and uncom-
promising AboIitioni~k was = 81 -
nfoarnitors. presided ~ ~ birth and
..hr.~trn;nr. assisted Il 20 crawl. %
walk. and finally 10 rum Nh. Phillips
has ALWAYS had .-thc courage 81 his
convictions and > tongue % give me
convictions sharp and vigorous utter
q no matter who was ne and hurt
thereby. Whap he NOW thinks 81 his
political offspring Is stated with suili-
Gent clcarncSs and force n tho follow
ing paragraph:
M di<rruSf and de<pi<c the Rc2uolicsns -
hypocritC> and IN - dcuoi.-dtzl
ers>,~c.ofhr< ~ their honorcd predecessors
They have no rlgnt - :eck Their c1ndH@t<
amfnx ~hieh-mindet and ~nonoreolc men 20
Isek-6ur5 Marshes thoss peidlrs ~ poor
mems bones
This. u course. Is Intended for Re-
publ,cans generally. while its special
application u meant for Massachusetts,
Republicans. The latter have always
been considered. and certainly consider
themselves. the very cream Of the
party: and II such i the character q
tn cream. what must we think Of h
skim milk? Evidently Philips does
nat believe that Massachusetts, Rcpub-
leans are respectable or decent enough
themselves 10 BLACKBOARD Butler. and
ne broadly intimatcS that. IN order 20
he consistent with their principles
and practices. their G~ubern2torlal can
d;dafc should 10 selected from the very
worst al IN nncommonly bad lot, This
Is ..rongh. perhaps. but true. To inn
partial outsiders a both parties the Re-
publican crusade in Massachusetts,
against Butler i exceedingly suggestive
n well a. h'ghly amusing As > self
STYLED Democrat. for whose acts the
Democracy !. large are in no way re-
sponsihlc. he * precisely what he was
1t the height Of his Republican popu-
larity. Ic displays precisely tho same
r~ccuIiar.ie- in dealing with Republic
al r-oftonne<s ia Massachusetts, that
be displayed in dealing with re-
bcilion in New Orleans Then every
Republican in Massachusetts, hailed him
as the prince u patriots and b hover
Of statesmen: now every Republican IN
Mas sac. u<etis rerards him Is : vcrita-
BIZ child 81 the devil. whom an inscru
b,c Providence has allow "A 10 nffIict the
codlv IN 1.-THE grand old Common
wealth for i ason The Republican
managers IL Harvard University strike
hands with the Republican gaugers Of
beer KEGS. and highest aid lowest are
united ia the effort to- smash" Butler
At all hazards and any cost. His crime,
in Their estimation. i A. remarkable IS
ANYTHING rise in the whole remarkable
business u i practically this: that he
In. btonxst Massachusetts, into disre-
pufe INV Il zging up and exposing some
III .tse q .rruutions and rascalifies Of the
Republican Administration there Il
hc lind been content 10 play Govern
Of. Lie most Of biz predecessors fol
the last twenty year,. i would have
been an right. He would have had
fhc escort IL the Anc' ent and Honor
able Artillery at his inauguration: the
Boston Lancars would moi hare had 4
bc ordered out 10 attend him % Cam
bridge "a commencement day; Harvar<
would haze made him IL d.. and IN
whole alphabet for that matter; and "A
term IL oiice would have been =
smooth and comfortable g he coul'
POSSIBLY expect. But Butler had III
same idca- af0ui Massachusetts, Re
pnI.iican- that Phillips has. and 80 pro
cecdtd 70 1t IA 4 little light upon the,
dosnrS 4. rulers of = the grand Oh
Commonucaith.f What the light re
vcaicd IL j. needless to cay, but the 10
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