Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-12-31
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We have certainly fallen upon curious times,
whsn man, occupying the exalted position
Of Governor of the Commonwealth, can stoop
TO sdicker in every species Of caucus manage
msnt with his political friends,to induce them
to elect delegates favorable to his renonina-
ton, to a Convention which he and his own
party have been instrumental in calling; and
then, because the majority in it happened to
be ia favor Of another man, turn about and
deny all connection whatever with the con-
vention, and declare he would not have &C.
cepted the nomination if it had been rendered
to hin. Such a political moralist, 1t seems,
ia Henry J. Gardner, who declared, as report
ed in the Bee, at /" congrstulatory dinner. :"
given on Friday evening last. at the Parker
House, in Boston, in honor of the recent X.
N. victory in this State, that " if the Worces-
ter Convention had nominated him as candi-
date for Governor. he would have improved
the earliest opportunity 10 have sent it back
to the Convention
And this sentiment, with host of other
talk of similar kind from the Chief Magis-
tra'e Of the State, was !" received with hearty
approbation,' and drought down the house, "
in an assembly of q hundred of the most dis
tinguishcd Know Nothingsin the State, where
were present Hon. e. c. Baker, Col. A. 0.
Brewster, Hon. s. G. Maine, and John NJ.
Clark, all OF whom were at the Worcester
Convention. participating in all its delibera-
tons, and using their utmost influence to pro-
cure the nomination for Gov. Gardner, and
acting as his f.iends They must have known
the facts in the case. and by remaining silent
under a statement of the kind above quoted,
they involved themselves in q participation in
moral turpitude hardly less tolerable than that
under which his Excellency' himself lies. If
rae Governor is not reported correctly, le
them, or him, come out and say 50.
AS contrast with the position no,O assum-
ed by Governor Gardner, and tacitly assented
to by his friends, let US refer to some of the
speeches made in the Worcester Convention
on the Governors behalf, by the same dis
tinguished supporters of his, who sat dumb
under his strange statements, at the soon
gratulatory dinner" Mr.. Baker, of Medford,
said, in reply to limitations that the Governor
was not committed, fully and emphatically, to
the Republican movement, that " he did not
think that the platform laid down, required
Gov. Gardner to renounce American princi-
pies, and he (Baker) believed it soould be per.
.fsctly right and proper for Governor Gardner to
accept the nomination" Mr.. Clark. of Bos
ton, stated s'that he had utter in his pocket
which would show beyond all controversy that
Cor. Gaydasr had fully committed himself in
favor Of the Republican increment
These, among other statements Of the same
purpoTt, BY Col. brewster and others, are the
assertions Of Gov. Gardeners chief supporters,
made on the goth Of September last, at the
Republican Convention in this city. Werest
the case here in their hands, as question If
veraeity. between his Excellency himself and
his own chosen officials aud supporters, whom
he authorized and empowered to act for him,
at an important crisis in his career