Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-12-12
The Republican Party nnd abe LeSisi"-



When the last Republican State convehei0n'a.
the earnest solicitation of Messrs' BANKS anu
wilson. consented not 10 make any mountainous
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor there were
not a few among the prominent and active men
Of the psrty who deplored that eonclsslon' anu
,scaraed It as fraught with disaster, il not rum 10
the Republican organization in the state me
,o.sons with which this line OF policy was urged,
did not appear to us sound or good at the tilne'
and on the part Of Mr.. Banks, they were urged
with such vehement, not to say indecent peril
naeity. as led us to suspect that there was some
hidden and private reason lurking at the bottom
- s,ch .r5ent nrotestatons, that the good of the
Republican party and the success OF the hepuol'
can cause required of the hepuolcah parry Vi
Massachusetts, to sacrifice its independence ana
its individuality and either not vote at all or cast
its votes for the candidates of aparty, weaker IN
numbers weaker in able men, and which, at tue
same t;me. was most bitterly hostile to the Re
publican organization. In taking that STEP mere
was very general feeling, among all VINO vo1eo
in its favor, that patriotic sacrifice oil eherisneo
purposes, If not principles, had been made Tor the
promotion Of the cause of freedom, and to ensure
the election Of its candidates, which would be met
in corresponding spirit by the parties benefited
nv those concessions, and it was hoped by many
that the result would be the unity, at no very dis
tant day OF all the friends Of slavery prohibition
in one party and upon one platform mus lar
the result has been anything but satisfactory
The congressional and county conventions an
.howed that the purpose of the American party
was to grasp more than the lions share OF the
representation in Congress and in the LeSisla-
tufe and to strengthen itself for future contests
by taking every undue advantage of those con
cessions which had been made to its demands.
party majority in both branches of the Leglsla'
ture was zealously stryen for by the Americans,
and the return Of every member of that party
who represented the State in Congress, was per-
tnaciously insisted on, to the exclusion of ADLER
and better men that the Republicans could have
furnished in nearly every district in the State.
Fortunately for the Republican party and for
the State, some of those plans were frustrated
and that party was able to secure clean majority
in the Senate-and it is asserted by those who
have canvassed the list,-a fair majority IN the
House. Thus it stands that, while the Americans
have the executive branch of the government
given TO them by the generosity o. the kepuoIl-
o
cans, the Republicans have the legislative de-
partment, achieved for themselves BY the exercise
of the partys own legitimate power, fai : used at
the ballot box.
1t is condition of affairs not all agreeable to
those who for the last two years have held undi
puted sway in the State. They cannot bear to o
supplanted in any branch of the government, and
still unsatsfed with the possession of all the OH
ces of State, with their accompanying influence
and spells, the American party is already IN the
field, with its programme Of operations, TO re-
suscitate its broken and divided power, and to
dispute with the Republicans the possession OF
the legislative Offices of the two houses m which
the latter party so clearly entitled, on account
of its past concessions and its present strength
and it is proposed and pertinaciously urged, that,
in the organization of the Legislature. the honors
and emoluments Of the Legislative offices shall be
divided between the two parties.
II there was any real sincere union of sentiment
and principle between the two parties, as parties,
such course could not, with reason, be objected
to but when it is considered that the American
party is still resolutely striving to regain its lost
supremacy-that some of its principles are as ut
tsrly antagonistic to the Republican faith as any
of the dogmas of the Democratic party, that its
leaders are corrupt, aud its tactics mean unscrup-
ulous, and dishonest-all efforts or concessions
on the part of Republicans to contribute to its
restoration, should be vigorously withheld.
For the sake of the American vote ofthe State
for Fremont and Dayton, against the Nebraska
Democracy, with its corrupt and time serving ex-
ecutve at Washington, and its cruel and outra-
geous assaults upon popular rights in Congress,
in Kanzas, and elsewhere, it was agreed that the
Republican party of Massachusetts should give to
the American party of the State the executive Of
fees for another year. It was not bargain that
we approved or had any hand in making, still
it was bargain-the terms were nominated in
the bond, and they have been kept to the letter
The pound of flesh" has been paid, and now
we submit that nothing more should be thrown
into the balance, especially il it should tend still
farther to strengthen and rebuild rotten and
corrupt dynasty, that for two years past, has cor
rupted the people and dishonored the State.
With the incoming of Ammo Domini 1857, and
the assemblage and organization of the mex, Leg
islature Of Massachusetts, we hope to see the
era of truck and dicker" ended, and the rein
suguration Of the good old tines when the
Offices were not put up in general scramble for
the services Of party to grab after, and when the
political influence Of men in the various par
ties was not hawked about for sale in the public
highways or ia the Hobbies Of the State House.
If the Republican party of Massachusetts, has
at this time any power either in its numbers, its
principles, it's organization, let il resn''- 80 %
Eee,, a. and TO strens.L--- ~ oy all honest and
hono--Ass means that il can command. If it
6as majority in the Legislature let it so act as
to consolidate its influence, and thus exert its
proper bene6cent control in the government of
the State. Let the Republican members Of both
Houses shut their ears to the seductive allure.
ments Of the party that has SO often deceived
them, and trampled them under its ieet; and
pointing to the concessions already made to
Amenoanism by the elevation to power, by its
votes, Of the present executive, demand, and in
sist, that the organization Of the Legislature in
both branches ia the right as well as the possess
sion Of the Republican party. and that it is a
right and possession which cannot and will not
be yielded, sold out, OF bartered away.
KanEas fn Congress.
Congress has got under full Roadway, early in
the Session. in the discussion OF the great ques.