Year: 1873




Tn. Indications now point to the for
NATION of a new party, whose principal
Hank shall be an approval of the "back-
nav crab" There are certain politicians
who feel that their days of preferment
are numbered unless they can obtain, in
..nr way. an Endorsement Of the odious
Insanity that now smells so rank in their
onh'fc record, and they are putting forth
their mfghticst endeavors to get some
on.of their number so far restored to
fine pIblic confidence that he can lead a
movement for the organization of a for
Iorr hope. to bring back the fallen ones
10 public favor, either Ivy capturing |
some existing party, or by forming new |
one. This, we trust, they will find |
troublesome work. The people regard
moral obligation as nearly as binding up
on npubHc servants as a naked legal right,
aud they will be chary of how they fall |
into any snare which will lower the
standard of public morals.
Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin,
made his feeble defense, which was so
much below the ordinary efforts of the
distinguished Senator, that it did not
create more than ripple on the surface
of the times, and did not interfere with
the lively discussion going on in refer
euce to his personal delinquencies. Then
General Butler put forth his energy in a
pointed and characteristic letter, and the
'Embbcrs, ' at once, saw that their case
was put in its best form, and that the
gentleman from Essex had struck high
twelve in their defense the first time
and they are flocSing around their cham
pon in a CHEEKY way, and no doubt in
tend to place him at the head of the
movement of organized ''stealers" in
American politics. We have no fears
of the success of the effort, for we know
there is too much of the spirit of moral
honesty among the people, to allow
them to be misled by any plausible pre-
text of the right of custOdians and guar
dians of the public treasury to convert
hundreds of thousands of the public
money to their private use through the
forms Of law.


Upon this issue of the morality or
otherwise of this question, Gen. Butler
places himself before the people of
Massachusetts,, as a candidate for Gov
ernor. His prospects of success are
small and constantly waning, and his
ptrticeDs criminis, in the raid on the
Treasury are writing letters from all
parts Of the country in his favor, feel
ing doubtless that his failure will be a
seal of condemnation on the whole of
them. The venerable Simon Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, is one OF the last who
have come to the rescue. Senator Cam
eron has so long welded the scepter Of
political power in his own state, that he
does not seem to remember that the
people of the nation have not much con-
fdence in his integrity, and that with
the good people of Mas 'achusetts, his
letter will not bear the impress OF i'm
partial approval of a public servant.
But the Pennsylvania Senator says he
loves Butler, because ''he has the in
domitable courage and political training
that 7 so much admire" He admires
him for his military record, which cor
responds so closely with the general
ship Of Simon, in President Lincolns
Clbinet, until he was kicked out for
iacapacity and corruption. He also
makes the startling disclosure that Lin
coin, Stanton and Cameron, desired
Butler to be on the ticket for Vice
President, instead of Andy Johnson,
and that that purpose was defeated by
Gen. Buffers declining to be candidate.
There is two or three suspicious cir
cumstances about this tale; in the first
place the ipse digit of Simon Cameron
needs little corroberation on questions
of fact, and he carefully places the
scheme in the hands of able men OF
whom he is the only living representa-
tive. II is strange if such project was
organized that every person named as
connected with it, except the man who
tells it. should be silent in death, SC
that they cannot enter their protest
against such stain upon their judge
ment Then again, the fact that Butler
declined the honor will be taken will
some grains of allowance. He is not il
the habit of declining much when hon
ors are offered him, and of every hun
dred men who know the General, al
least ninety-three would not be afraiC
10 stake their bottom dollar that Butlei
never declined the Yice-Presidency o.
any other exalted position. We do no
think that Gen. Cameron will add mucl
strength to his pet by his assault upol
the weak kneed sisters" the Forneys
the Curtins, the Garfelds, the Dawses
the Wilson's and the Hoars. And w
trust that this kind of ''sisters" will
shine in the hearts of the American
people, after they have spread the man
tie of their charity over the blaste,
Characters of the brotherly trio VIII
now so loudly preach the righteousness
OF public theft. The letter of Cameron
supplemented by one from Fernand
Wood and James M. Scovel was needle
to show the depravity of the plot to ro
the Treasury, and they will have thei
effect in opening the eyes of the pee
pie who had charity for the 'tgrabbers.