Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-09-16


article was published in the Boston AtlaS Of the
18th inst, signed by "Republioan from the
Start" which contained among other equally ex-
traordinary assumptions, the followeng
/" The Republican party must either nominate
Governor Gardner, must decline TO make
nomination" For this unauthorized abuse OF the
imperative mood, the writer goes on to give ms
reasons of which there are four; but OF these
four, the only one not wildly pTesumPtiVe' i the
fourth. in which the bearings of this days proha-
HE action in Convent on, as relates TO the two
Gates of PENNSYLVANIA and New jersey, are con-
sidered In this connexon the writer says: "a
contest with Governor Gardner will infallably be
taken up by his political associates in those
States and will result in our utter and lgnomin-
ious defeat in the Presidential Election - or, in
other words, that Henry ] Gardner holds in the
hollow ofhis hand and heart the future des,inies
of this vast Republic Is this so? Has it COCO
to this Must the dictum of one man, and of
such a man, be obeyed or, the cause of truth and
justice be hopelessly overthrown
Who is he, craven, from whom, even fear
could compel this utterance and What the
premises, from which deductions so base, and so
illogical are drawn If it be true, Gas this wri-
ter urges,) thatwe must look at man, good, bad
OF indifferent as instruments valuable only for the
use that can be made of them" we should like
to learn, to what baser uses we may come, (as
Republicansl after having been used as the con-
quered instruments of tins man Gardner, fUT the
attainment of his merely selfish purposes, or to
what other faithless demagogue we should be
transferred in any future canvass?
Mr.. Editor, as " Republican from the start,
as one who was Republican, when it was
geographical" amusement in'yogue with too
many of our present Boston allies TO sheer at Re
publicsnism in whatever shape itappeared. beg
leave to protest against both premises and con-
illusions, as adopted by this writer.
In plain language, what IS the issue Gov
ernor Gardner, the proprietor Of "my party" Gas
he calls it } thus assuming proprietorshlp OF The
conscience of his followers, and having vainly
hawked his wares in other quarters, tardily avows
his national allegiance to the party Of Freedom,
because the tide of popular feeling runs IN that d.
rection Realizing the hopelessness OF any pres
ent attempt to GUST Charles Sumner, and thus
compelled reluctantly to postpone his Senatorial
aspirations, Mr.. Gardner, with his body guard,
resolve to retain the GovernOrship. To do this, he
Unjust" have aid from other than his own politi-
cal organization. Let us look at the mode adopted
to secure it. A tabular statement is proposed from
the returns Of last year when his party was unit
and not, as now, a fragment; by which 1t Is
shown that so many of the Congressional Dis
trictS were then controlled by the American par
ty and from which it is arrogantly assumed that
a like control can now be exercised. This table is
Submit ed 10 certain members Of our present Con
gressi0nal delegation, well as to sundry bos-
tun editors, each of whom is assured that Gov.
Gardner must be" nominated by the Republic
can party, or-he 1iU defeat them IN these Con-
QresSiOndt Districts L!
Now, Messrs Editors, in view Of the great ma
tional issue presented; considering the impassa-
BILE gulf existing between modern Democracy and
its opppoents, and the impossiblity of any inter-
mediate choice to any honorable man, the question
arises Are the souls OF the voters OF these Dis
tricts in Governor Gardeners keeping Will
man who serves God from conviction, consent to
serve Baal simply TO advance the personal
schemes Of Henry ]. Gardneri Do you, or does
any reasonable being for moment suppose that
the voters OF these Districts have become inert
body-servauts to this man he proposition is
too absurd to need further reply. or its baseness
or insoence no man can be in doubt, and to the
minds of a majority of Republicans it will be
equally clear, that whose did not Indignantly
spurn both the suborner and hit bride, is butpoor-
ly qualified to give reliable counsel to men hon
esily enlisted in the present contest.
But again-Why "must" Republicans nomi-
nate Governor Gardner Where, and by whom
were they committed to such measure 1t is
not yeaI past. since his friends in joint conven-
tion-undeI his direction-solemnly pledged him
to abide by the action of that convention
Scarcely week followed its sitting, ere Mr.. Gard
ner, determined to rule or ruin, procured his own
nomination, at subsequent convention, and not
Isntly and mendaciously syeuedrlnn hetsiUSo-
have spurned " that nomination, had ne re-
support Of the Republican bary ne ea 20 ene
the writer in the a las present in his behalf bet
ter Must" this man be fguratively cram
med down the Threats of thirty-fve thousand vo-
tiers, to whom he is obnoxious as a man devoid of
truth OF principle, upon the imaginary strength of
his insolent boast If so, let at least have one
reason above expediency. show some honest
cause, or use some less imperative term. " But
(says the -Attas man. 1--WE must have union"
Very we'll, and why not Concerning nation
al matters, there is no difference of opinion
between us Our American friends nomina-
mated John c. Fremont for the Presidency, and
we adopted that nomination. They nominated
MIR. Johnston for the Vice Presidency and he
has declined Qeaviag our candidate before the
le),-himself believing the nomination. as
question of expediency, to be unwise in so do
ing, he has yerifeu the good opinions of those
who best know him, and proved the possession
OF sagacity and patriotism superior to those of
some of his most zealousa admirers. A difference
of opinion concerning the Vice Presidency ex-
il ted between the two parties. How was that to
be reconciled Clearly by a union on the E!ec-
toral ticket; and up to this time, TO such a mea-
sure, no objchtion is raised, and thus the matter
should end, leaving both parties on an equal
footing, And now as for state affairs, what is to
prevent either party from presenting their can
didatesl Should Gov. Gardiner be nominated
by the American Party, obtain votes enough
to elect him, it is presumed that all other parties
would bow to the popular decision, but with what
grace the American Party can now say TO the Re-
publican Party you must" take Governor Gard
lner, or-"We VIII sell ourselves to fyOur oppo-
nents, it needs even a more astute logican than
him of the Atlas to show.
No Messrs Editors except in the spirit of
extensively arbitrary dictation, no such propo-
stion can be offered nor, if offered, could it be
accepted unless IN a spirit too abject and creeping
10 be ftly characterized in courteous language.
1t behooves therefore, the convention OF TO-DAY
to consider well The consequences of any voluu-
tary surrerde. of our party organ zntion; TO re-
fleet whether is b tier to meet and resist ont
side diclation when and wherever it may raise it.,
head, or by weakly sucumbing to a personal in
trigne, at once and forever deprive now power
ful State Party Of its distinctive existence
1t is not true, and it never has been true, that
the great national issues are dependent upon the
question Of Henry ]. Gardiueurs continuance in
ONCE, either in this, or any other state in the
Union, and we cannot avoid the suggestion that
only in the Little Peddlington," where such a
political pedlar rules, could supposition so de-
grading TO the manhood and intelligence of the
American people--have its origin
Yours with respect,
"Another Republican, from the Start"
Worcester, Sept. 10Th, 1856
From the Springfield Republican.
GOVERNOR GARDENERS RECORD,