iron. The
bather in those waters habitually provides himself with a
long keen blade, which, when he finds himself encountered
by one of these monsters, he elevates above his head in his
extended right hand. As the creature approaches, the bather
feels himself slowly enveloped in the powerful limbs which
twine about him, holding him in their iron grasp. Suddenly
a head appears, and drawing itself nearer the animal seeks
to fasten its mouth upon the lips of the victim and deprive
him of life. At this moment the bather strikes with his knife
into the head of the monster. Instantly the limbs relax their
hold, the hideous creature slowly disappears, and the bather
is left unharmed and safe. Our Republic finds itself to-
day assailed by a monster as dangerous, unpalpable, soft,
horrible but strong--strong as hands of iron. The limbs of
this monster of Corruption have seized upon our noble Republic,
but at last there is a head coming in sight, and I think the
Republicans of Massachusetts are able to bear the knife and
strike the blow which will destroy its horrible life so that
it shall fall powerless forever!"

That closed the discussion so far as we were concerned for
that campaign.

In 1876 Judge Hoar, who had been, very much against his will,
elected to Congress from the Middlesex District declined a
renomination. General Butler, who had been defeated at the
polls in the Essex District two years before was thereupon
nominated, having pledged himself to the Republicans that
he would abandon his fiat money doctrines in obedience to
the declared will of the people; a pledge which as stated
above he shamefully violated. There was no expectation of
defeating him. But some few Republicans who were unwilling
to support him desired a candidate on whom to unite, and they
applied to Judge Hoar. He said he had no desire to go to
Congress. But he thought there ought to be a Republican candidate
against Butler and that he had no right to ask another man
to take a position from which he flinched himself, and accordingly
he was nominated. But Butler was elected by a large majority.

That however was substantially the end of his relation with
the Republican Party. After the Inauguration of President
Hayes he tried to have the public officers in his District
who had refused to support him removed. On President Hayes's
refusal he left the Republican Party and became, a year or
two after, the Democratic nominee for Gov