Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-25
KmOw-NOthims Congressional NOnina-
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In the New York Sunday Herald, we find q
letter from " Algoma," the Boston cores
pondent, in which the character and chances
of success of the gentlemen put i'll nomina-
ton for Congress by the Know Nothings of
this State, are discussed quite freely. Hon.
C. G. Hazewell is the correspondent " Algo-
ma" and those who know his facilities for
obtaining accurate knowledge of the doings
of the Know Nothings, and his familiarity
with the history of Massachusetts, politicians,
will we think, read the following extracts
from his letter with interest:
So far as l can ascertain, the Know n 9TH
ings have made the following nominations: =
For Members of Congress, in the First Dis
trict, Mr.. Eliot, the present member, who will
be supported by all parties except the admin
istration Democrats in the Second District,
Mr.. Burlington, now Mayor of Fall River,
Wing and a merchant, and personally popu-
lar he leans strongly to the anti slavery side
of the community
In the Third, VIM. S. Damrell, of Dedham,
printer, who does business in Boston, and
who managed to floor Mr.. Ely, in whose fa-
vor the odds were quite great until very re-
Gently. In the Fourth, Mr.. l.. b. Cornings,
now Mayor of Roxbury, to which post he was
elevated by Know Nothing influence and
votes, so long ago as last December. He was
one of the first persons raised to office in this
State by the new party. He is a Wing, and
is popular In the Fifth, Arson Burlingame,
a Free Soiler, and too well known to need
any further description. In the Sixth, Mr..
Timothy Davis, of Gloucester, quite young
man, who is concerned in the shipping bust
ness, and is wealthy In politics he belongs
to the Coalition Democrats; and was a steady
supporter of the late Mr.. Rantoul. III the
Co.-or+b x,r,or XNhitipn of Raodiuo
who is an orthodox minister, and in politics
used to be Webster Wing, but came out
strong against tho Nebraska bill, with the
rest of Mr.. Webster's Massachusetts friends,
last winter.
He is about thirty-seven years old, grad
uate of Dartmouth College, where he was not
considered to be remarkably bright youth,
and is said to be eccentric, and of Eighty and
excitable temperament-ju st the sort of per-
son, in brief, to make fun in Congress, if hon.
orable members should deem it worth while
to "trot him OUT He used to preach in
Lawrence, but left his congregation there un-
der circumstances of an odd character, and is
now engaged in doing his best to save the
souls of the good people Of the pleasant town
of Reading. He is said by some to be an able
man, and to be popular where he lives.
In the Eighth district, Chauncey L. Knapp
and joined the freesoiers in 1913, who ran him
against Gov. Boutwell, for Congress, in that
year. When the coalition got possession Of
our Legislature, i'll 1851, Mr.. Knapp was
made Clerk OF the Senate, which Office he was
not found competent to fill, so that it became
| necessary to call wing to his assistance, a
son of Mr.. ]. T. Buckingham, who had some
| experience in business of the kind. When
the question of re-electing Mr.. Knapp came
| up, in 1862, it was resolved to drop him, on
the ground of incompetence; on hearing
| which decision, he tainted away The place
was conferred on Mr.. Underwood. Since that
time he has not been much heard of, until he
has now ''turned up as congressional can
| didate of the Know Nothings in No. s. In
the Ninth district, Mr.. Dewitt is that party's
| candidate, and it would be useless to oppose
him, he being supported by the freesoilers, at
least half the wings, and some of the demo-
Gratis. In the Tenth district, the nomination
has been conferred on Mr.. James blanchard,
| a wing, and manufacturer of locomotives,
| but who is not possessed Of any marked tai
ents. Of No. IL nothing is known, and it
would be useless for the attempt to be made to
defeat Mr.. Goodrich.
| AS to the chances of the Know Nothing
| candidates being elected, l do not think they
would be worth purchasing at any respectable
| price. 1t is possible that, in some of the dis
tricts, where the Know Nothings themselves
are very powerful, enough Freesoilers and
| Democrats may vote for these gentlemen to
| effect the choice of one or two of their num-
Der especially if the Wings, with that peryer-
| sity which is SO common trait in their char
acter, should put the most unpopular block.
heads in their party to oppose them. Beyond
this, the Know Nothings have no chance Of
| eecting their men, few of whom bring any
| personal strength to the aid of their party.
have known bets to be taken this week that
our Wing delegation will he as strong in the
next Congress as it is i'll the present, where it
stands nine to two.
Those who take this view of the matter, as
sert that the wings will Offset their loss in one
Of the other districts by gaining that of Mr..
| Banks, where they are probably stronger than
any other one party, or than the republicans
and democrats combined, and upon whose
combination must Mr.. Banks now depend for
| support and success--and such combination is
not the most likely thing in the world. The
only district in which the wings have no hope
whatever is the Ninth, where one-half Of
their own number are supporting free soiler.
The ether half propose to have a candidate,
but their exertions will be attended with no
effect on the result Those Know Nothings
who have the best chances of being elected are
wings, or such stuff as wings are made Of,
and, if chosen, would soon be fused into that
| great party which, under some name or other,
/ M unavoidable doefip cd IN boVo