Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-09-15


uigue, they have no parallel in modern history,
except in the crafty policy OF the son of his I'M
cle, who, when he usurp,d The Presidency Of the
French Republic, which h now rules with a rod
of iron, offered to such men SIS Victor Hugo,
Guizot and Louis Blanc, the only alternative Of
| implicit obedience to his demands, or perpetual
Punishment.
These are only some of the means made use of
/ to thwsrt the wishes of great majority of the
| people Othar Influences are set atwoIk, with an
equal regard to Justice and fair play. 10 some
are held ou the aluring prizes Of political prefer
nent: to others, brtad and butter, at the expense
Of the STATE. Here a man is bought with the
promise of an office and ;here some political
scavenger is picked out OF the gutter, dressed in
new clothes, by an order on His Excellency tail
or and sent out, furnished with spending
money from His Excelency's private purse to per-
ambulate the State, and raise the political scare
crow of 4" losing the State for Fremont" without
a compliance with the Governors wishes, upon
every liberty pole, in every village and hamlet.
And not only this, but the press, also, is sub
orned and subsidized to the support OF Mr. Gard
ner's willy schemes and base purposes AS an in.
stance of this, We may notice a communication
which appeared in the Atlas, day or two since,
signed, "a Republican from the Start urging in
the most persuasive manner upon the members of
the Peoples party to vote for Governor Gardner.
Now we know it to be fact, that the writer of
that article does not intend, himself, to vote as he
urges Others to do--for. with he manuscript Of
that very article in his hand be declared to
friend of ours that he, himself aeoula not Uote for
Governor Gardiner.
The Erening Telegraph of Saturday reports
that the Representative in Congress from the
eighth district had fully committed himself to
the support of the nomination of Governor Gard
ner, and would be present at the Convention on
Tuesday. Poor man he did not like to do it,
but, unless Ae would pledge himself to that course
another man stood ready to step into his shoes,
who controlled the most influential press in the
district and who could count upon the promi e
of all the influence of HIS Exeell-ncy in his b.
half. So there was nothing for him to do, but to
be man or to succunb, and he chose to sue
cumb
Time and space would alike fail us if we al
tempted to expose all the political rottenness
that the coming of each day develops. But in
view OF the facts and considerations already pre-
sented, we ask, in earnestness but in candor, if
the time has not arrived, when every man, having
at heart the interest and honor of the Old Bay
State, should feel solemn and imperative duty
resting upon him, to stand up against this tide
of political corruption and depravity that is
sweeping over the Commonwealth Are the peo-
! pie to be ruled by the might of their unb assoc
convictions, or are they 10 be brow-beaten into
the support of men and measures they abhor, be
cause they are made to believe, against all the
evidence in the case, that cause they dearly love
can only be promoted by the sacrifice of their
manhood aud self-respect?