Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-19
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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1855.
The Whsg Party.

nave seem
the Boston papers, such as the Courier, the I'D
cestiSer, and the JotrssGl great laudation OF the
Wing party, as now constituted, as the party of
principle, purified and Refrigerated by the deser-
tons which have taken place in its ranks, stand
ing proudly elevated above all the surrounding po-
Iticsl elements, spectacle for men, and angels,
even. in all coming time. These desertions 1t was
added, instead OF weakening, had given moral
strength to the party-a strength and influence
which would be demonstrated in the election,
when it was affirmed, the party stood fair chance
of again acquiring its old ascendency in the gov
eminent OF the State. Under the influence OF
these encouraging sentiments. the State and
County Conventions were held-large numbers
convened AMI great enthusiasm was manifested
Particular pains was taken to place no man IN
nomination who had consented to the use OF his
name BY any other party, and in this County, in
order that the ticket might be Simon Pure one'
without any mistake, the County Committee was
authorized by an express vote of the Convention,
to change their ticket, provided that any Of the
nominees were suspected of fusion tendencies
Well, under such auspices, we went into the
election, and what is the result Our very ex
cellent nsighbor, George T. Rice, was selected to
10 any other man when we say, that, in the whole
party, they could not have selected one, who was
more deserving of that position, or who, by the
weight of his character and by his courtesy to all,
whether political friends or opponents could do
to give dignity, respectability, and influence
to the nomination. We have, before us, copies
of the official returns from ffty-6ve out OF the
fifty eight towns in the county in which t,oenty-
one thousand votes were given, and, of these,
GEORGE T. RICE received four hundred aud
ffty-sir votes, all told This is the strength
of the Wing party in Worcester County, where
formerly it poled Two thirds of the whole vote
We take Mr. Rics's vote, because his is the high
est vote given to any purely Wing nominee on
the ticket. The vote for Messrs. Mixer and Al
len fell considerably below that for Mr. Rice.
1t may perhaps be objected. that other nomi
nees of the convention received greater number
of votes. Granted. But it was because they
were on two other tickets, the Liberal Union and
the Democratic; and we had the positive assur-
ance on the morning of the election,of prominent
member Of the Democratic County Committee,
that the of no one had been placed their
ticket, without pledge, that, whatever he might
have been, heretofore he oas, no1, and you'd Be,
henceforth, a Democrat. The vote, therefore, for
such men, is no more to be taken as an indiea-
ton OF Hhig strength, than is the vote for
MessEs. Knowlton, Wood, or Yinton, who were
associated on the same ticket with them.
The fact is, that the mass Of what has called
itself the Wing party Of Worcester County, has
been regularly sold and transferred over to the
Pierce Democracy, and viii be, in future, found
fighting in their ranks. 1t has been done by the
regularly constituted agents Of the party, and
sanctioned by the lsymen themselves. The men
who had such holy horror for coalition and fu-
sion, as to refuse to unite with those who agreed
with them every other political question, or to
vote for Rockwell because he had consented to be
the nominee Of another party agreeing with him
and with them, in all their auoloea political prn.
ciples, are. in the winkling of an turned over
slant political enemies. to the ranks of those,
with whom in their estimation, it was the great
est of political sins for others to act, even when
they had common object to accomplish.
We copy, to-day, from the Atlas, communi
cation signed PRINCIPLE, from some indignant
Wing, who does not seem, exactly, to like the
transfer, or the manner in which it was DONE
But this is solitary whig, one of those, probably
who voted the straight whig ticket, for Messrs
Rice, &C., and moreover, it is published in FL
sion paper. Have the wing papers-the Adrer-
tiseT the Courier, the Journal or the Izgis even,
which is edited by member of the Wing Coun-
~ Committee-ever lsped word of objection to
the transfers Not one. Have they ever ex-
pressed any surprise at it? None at all 1t is
taken, by the whole Of them, "jest as eesy'' as
the boy knew his father. Does any word of COM
plant or remonstrance come from the transferred
voters None that We the public have heard.
They all appear to be quite satisfied with it. Be-
sides, it is fairly to be inferred, that County
Committee, appointed by the Convention of
party to sustain its ticket, and to print and ais
tribute votes for its nominees, would have dared
70 set aside the ticket and to substitute that Of
another party, unless they had the most conyinc-
ing proof that it would be satisfactory to the
voters.
It is unfortunate for the active az ents in this
transfer, that their own personal expectations Of
the result were sadly disappointed. OF the
members of the County Committee which made
the Transfer the following, as they resided in this
city, may be supposed to be among the most prom
inent in this arrangement, viz
William NJ. Bedford, Chairman, George
A@vco9t ~ofHs n DUftNg ahu AAtuellCh NJ eck
Of these, William NJ BickfoTd, in pursuance Of
the bargain, was to be the Democratic Represen-
tatve of Worcester in the General Court, and
John A. Dana was to be the Democratic County
Treasurer. Alvan Cook of Uxbridge another Of
the Committee, was to have been a Democratic
Senator from this County. What pity it is, that
such disinterested patriots should be cheated out
OF their reward, by the waywardness Of the peo-
pie. The time will come, however, when tn eir
stern integrity, their consistent devotion to prin
ciple, and their unprecedented self sacrifice, will
beunderstOod and properly appreciated. Let them
bide their time.
The CoNNEcrIcuT KNOW NoTHISes The
papers state that quarterly meeting Of the State
Council q the American party OF Connecticut
was held at New Haven on Tuesday Of last week.
The platform Of principles adopted last June was
unanimously reafirmed. Among these, it will
be remembered, were protection to American in.
dustry, and "the unconditional restoration Of
that time honored prohibition known as the Mis-
souri, Compromise, which was destroyed in utter
disregard Of the popular will wrong which no
lapse Of time palate, and no plea for its con-
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