Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-10-18
LOCAL NEWS

"AmcricRn'' County Convention.
The County Convention of that portion of the
American" party who adhere to the nomination
OF Henry Gardner, was held at the City Hall
yesterday, for the nomination of candidates for
Senators, Commissioner, Treasurer, and Regis
ter of Deeds. 1t was called to order at half-past
ten O'Clock by W. S. Thurston, of Lancaster
Austin L, Rogers, of Worcester, was chosen
President pro tenn, and Nathan NJ Muzzy Sec
rotary.
a committee of five, consisting of Messrs
Jonathan Luther of Worcester, Manden of Bar
re. Richards of Lancaster, Thurston OF Fitch
burg, and Legg of Millbury, chosen for the pur-
pose, reported the following list of officers for the
permanent organization of the Convention:
President-WILDER S. THURSToN, of
Lancaster.
Hice PresidentS-L. C. Boynton of Uxbridge,
and John Sawyer of Templeton.
Secretayy-Frederick A. Holden, of Black
stone.
The President, on taking the chair, addressed
the Convention at some length, stating that he
was willing, at the commencement of the fusion
movement, to join in union of parties, on the
Anti-Slayery issue, and was still willing to do so
on those terms. He was one of the committee
appointed at the Springfield American Conven
ton of August 7th, to confer with other parties
for that purpose: but he had discovered at the
meeting at the United States Hotel, in Boston, a
disposition to destroy the American party, and
therefore he refused to sign the call for the Fusion
Convention, because he was not willing that the
American principle should be ignored. That call
was signed by individuals as such and not as COM
mittees. He returned home and reported his do
ings to his Council, and was unanimously sustained
therein. But he did sign the call for meeting
in Lancaster to send delegates to the Worcester
Convention; was himself delegate, and voted
there for Henry ]. Gardner. He had noticed the
tactics presented there by the wire-pulers and
takers against time, to prevent that gentleman's
nomination.
He went into general denunciation of the acts
of that Convention, and declined abiding by the
nominations there made, on account of their un-
fairness, &c. Mr.. Dana, the engineer of it, had
said, if Gardner was nominated, it would not be
binding, because Governor g. did not represent
the idea of the Convention. II e defed any man
to show any bold word for Freedom uttered by
Rockwell. He (the President) was for Freedom,
and for that reason he was here. The American
party was the TRUE anti-Savery party. and it best
represented the anti-Slayery sentiment of Massa-
chusetts, and it would live up to its professions
and convictions.
committee of five was appointed on creden-
tials who reported that SO towns were represented
by lO5 delegates. Templeton had a double set.
and delegates from some towns were without Gre
dentials Oxford sent four delegates, and N. F.
Bryant, of Barre, sent Moses Mandell As twas
asceriained that all stood right" on the "plat-
form" and nominations, they were all admitted to
seats in the Convention.
A committee was chosen, consisting of Austin
L. Rogers of Worcester, Moses Maudell of Barre
Geo. ]. futile of Lancaster, - Legg of
Blackstone, and - Staples Of Mendon, to re-
port an address and resolutions.
A committee of one from each town was then
nominated to retire and report plan of division
of the County into five sections for the selection
of candidates for Senators-each division to re-
port its choice of Senator for that section Also
to report County Committee, consisting of one
from each town Adopted
While this committee were out, Mr.. H. K.
Flagg of Worcester was called for, who spoke UNI
til the Convention adjourned for dinner, at half
past twelve o'clock. His remarks are noticed
elsewhere.