Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-30

MEMBERS OF CoNGREss.-W course
politics may take, in other respects, in this
State, it is very desirable that there may be
such an expression in the Congressional cleo
tons, as may show, Enthusiastically, where is
Massachusetts,. For that reason it has given
us special pleasure to find that the republi-
cans of the first, sixth, and eleventh districts,
with magnanimity highly creditable to them,
have adopted the present representatives as
their candidates, and in the eighth district de-
cided to make no nomination. For the same
reason, we trust, that, in the seventh district,
they will nominate Mr.. Banks, and that there
may be, in that district fair single-handed
fight between him and the Hunker Demo-
cratic candidate, R. rockingham, Jr., of the
Boston Post. 1t looks, now, as if that might
be the case, as it is understood that Rev, Ly-
man Whiting, who was nominated by the
Wings and Know Nothings, refuses, much to
his credit, to be used as candidate in oppo-
sition to Mr.. Banks. There has been a siren
uous effort to prejudice the opponents of the
Nebraska outrage against Mr.. B., but it has
proceeded, almost entirely from men in the
wing ranks, who have heretofore been most
subservient to the slave power, and who were
the most open mouthed defenders of the fugi-
tive slave act, and its kindred enormities.
i0n Saturday, after Mr.. Upham had been
nominated by the Republican Convention, on
their request, he went into that body and ad-
dressed them. Being inquired of, in respect
to the course of Mr.. Banks, during the last
session of Congress, he said that
''personal friendship and a sense of justice,
the common duty which one man owes to
every other man, made it entirely consistent
with his feelings to reply to the question. He
could not enter into any minute explanation
of the circumstances, because they are involv-
ed in complicated parliamentary questions,
which could not be fully elected without GO
ing at great length into the subject. But it
would be sufficiently clear when he said that
on all occasions during the recent session of
Congress, he observed in the conduct and de-
pertinent of his honored colleague true de-
votion to the interests of the State, and true
sympathy with the sentiments of the people of
the State. 1t will be enough to say that there
were diverse opinions among the gentlemen
engaged in that contest on the side OF freedom,
in regard to the most desirable stage to be
reached in order to defeat the bill; and many
Of this class, belonging to both the Democratic
and Wing parties, were of the opinion that
the stage in which the bill would be most
easily and most certainly destroyed, was what
is called the "fve minute" stage, when every
member has right to offer an amendment and
make a Ave minutes speech thereon, and the
opponents of the amendment speech OF SINH
lar length.
In a contest like that, said Mr.. Upham, we
were confident that by skill, perseverance and
ingenuity, we could get something into it
which would destroy its bad features or sink
it to the bottom some were anxious to reach
this stage, and that think was Mr.. Banks's
motive. The motion upon which his colleague
voted in the affirmative, was made by Daniel
Mace, of Indiana, whose re- election is receiv-
ed with Joy and delight by the entire Anti
Nebraska press. Several of the foremost op-
ponents of the bill voted that way. Matthias
Nichols, of Ohio, who voted that way, has
been re- elected by 1000 majority"
This just tribute to the fidelity of Mr.. Banks
is honorable to Mr.. Upham, and contrasts ia
vorably with the spiteful course of one of his
bunker colleagues. The people will set the
matter right, and, we trust, they will roll up
majority of thousands in Mr.. Banks's favor.