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"Other men have aspired before now to the office of Governor
of Massachusetts. It is an honorable ambition. They were
content to leave their claims to be set forth by others, and
were glad to waive them if by so doing they could promote
the harmony of the party. This man seeks nothing but his
own selfish ends, utterly regardless of the wishes, the welfare,
or the harmony of the great party to which he professes to
belong. The people of Massachusetts have sometimes elected
to this high office men who in some particulars are not deserving
of respect. But the people respected them, and chose them
because they deemed them worthy, and the persons so chosen
endeavored to deserve the public confidence. This man, if
he is chosen at all, is to be chosen without having the respect
of the men to whom he looks for support. It would be harder
to find a leading supporter of General Butler who will say
that he deems him honest, truthful, disinterested, or incapable
of using power to gratify both his ambition and his revenge.
The men whom General Butler will beat are the men whom he
persuades to support him.
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