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Show ItllLr-ltlnnv Iro. Co u tin U Other ie. 133. in, 5. Central lhilr, whiter whi-ter twenty years had tried a i road to tha governorsmp, caw here a obaoco lo realii! the lonsuinii.g am union of hi 1 le. 11a promptly organiied a campaign ol the most i.i-dtislrinua i.i-dtislrinua and neaperate character, ealliny; to h' h I ail lb" ptl!ee Of all "it n is" a t'tl catering tu every class th'U had a y t ievanee ul any kind He pullul evi-ry etring and nide every point ptiv.nle tj be mdo ii. such prorefS threiuh t ie Commonwealth Common-wealth aa w?in iiL'Vfr aet-n belt re With unci a ut pled midaeiiy he denounced de-nounced tttiO poll MCl I pwlie.lt 8 (f wbieh tie hail he en I no n:o?l cou-Pinciiona cou-Pinciiona exponent, ani tie did uoi tlidain to iteo Mrumeuli which the-mo.-l ignor.mt -cLueltxiy woulj bltitfii to present. Ho receiveel with ambaa rtaitnrial honura a demagogU3 ho had ridden into notice ou tne wave nl u trrnw rmj'idice Hgitiml tbc Cm-uere Cm-uere iu C.t l-ii irn a. "pto!ed iesiit'a" witn luiti .11,11 printed l.y ii'fl Ubor among the tmwt iiinoraut people in the Btat.--; ou: ot his lare fortune he spent freely, oven lavishly, whenever the use of money promiet-d to eecure vtilts; hia platiible argumema, working work-ing un general diacouteul, led many liuueft people into hie ranks, but nol all of tiiem. Character cannot be winked out of eight. Had General Uutler beeu free from etaina aid his past record inspired confidence nothing noth-ing could have prevenltii him from winning an ov-rwheimnig victory. There were reai grievances icgeni ouily preaented. Let i; he underatrod lliaf to hi own roeurJ io pub.ic hie General Butler owes hia defeat and that tho value of a grvd name is em- 1 pbasized by the evout. Character ia still ol bo:uo account in Maachu-el'9. I Boston, -. The Ghl-t, Butler'a .o-gan, ol lo-.iiorri)w, says the people 'ol me commonwealth have, lor the liret lime, mfldo a trial of elrengrb against ihe parly iu power, aud ( though, for l iek ot orcaniration, have i ladn.1, they now know their strength and will uoi bo balked again. Bull-dt Bull-dt ziug on ihe pari ol employers, and a liberal use ol money by the republican repub-lican Biato committee wss the cause id t:te result. General But!er comes joul of ibia fight with undaunted courage and a laiger following lhau 'any olhor person in Massachusetts, and though his enemiei boast that te will be burird, politically, forever, it 'isaratst'ko Lo tuppose that be will bc .Jtru.a-jently shelved by the result of tliis cunpaicu. Tue republican ptirtv ha? m de unusually loud criej o: reform, but ai:er iurtuguraiicg the iimfer. nih r.in in (be clj rut?, as U-i:n'. B stun, The Post tc-morrow, re!err;i. io the elee'.ion, wid tay that cre-uiu.-unecfl beyond our control hau again resiiltfd in the deteat of the regular demecnitic ticket. The extraoidinnry canvass of General Butler tire awav thousands ol de:uoLra!d, .'argeiy from the convic-tu convic-tu u ihat by tho intrctiuctionof a new o.emeiH a purticient number of republicans would jniu in tbo movement move-ment to break down the old regime !'!.?) hs-so long h,.:d possession at the jtate h.uao. By his letter of acceptance General Boiler pi seed imuteif ssleiy on a platform of state reform. Many democrat! were will irg to lake bim t his word, tut hia views on n'-tonal questions were loand to be eo obnoxious to the old h.wd money dyiriues of demoTatic :auh, a:.- iis anu t en public credit were by piomiupi.i- (hat manv thousand thous-and ccmocrnUj were determined to deffai him nt nil evects, they therefore there-fore voted for TalbeA. The regular democratic ticket io ibis way was sut jeivi . to an enormous pressure from eppaaiio directiona, and couse-queut couse-queut y ran far below its merits. This wm ii, i ti;iit of Judge Abboii nor his fi"-. thty have saved ibeir; hon.i;- si.d ,uu it the democrat demo-crat c oru.iziuon for state and natiuKJ! purpose. We feel more tlian ever ii te tendering to our wortliy candidates ol" the dem-ocntic dem-ocntic pirty tunrks for their pluck aud devotion to principle and the true interests of tne commonwealth and t jic country. |