Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-07-03


House of Representatives that man Of all Others
toIo can best speak the Uotce of Massachusetts, in
that hall, during the great struggle between the
friends and foes of republican liberty in the next
two years.
During his two years service in Congress. Mr..
Banks has acquired an euviobIe fame. In one of
the severest of har.-fought fights he rallied the
hosts of freedom to triumphant success, and he
has acquired name and position as Speaker of
the House of Representatives, calculated to in
sure him the most influential position among his
colleagues in the next Congress-"
On the same day, June "a, Mr.. Banks's letter
to the Committee of the American Convention,
accepting, conditionally, their nomination, was
published in the Spy, and in another article,
written by my associate, he says:
A perusal of the document Mr.. Banks's let.
ter which appears in this days paper, will salts
fy any one that Mr.. Banks does not accept the
ne does not acknowledge himself to be member
OF the American party. He says, the nomina-
ton it 1.-THE American Conventionl has conferred
upon me has been made without my solicitation,
or consultation with me, and coming ii does
from gentlemen upon tohom could hare claim
beyond that Of other citizens cannot but regard
1t as one of the most gratifying compliments
have ever received
The sentiments ofthe Convention in relation to
the nomination of Mr. Banks cannot be mista.
ken. On motion of Mr.. Odiorne of Boston, it
was voted that the committee should inform MIR.
Banks that he was nominated, only on the pre-
sumption that he stands fairly md squarely on
the Springfield platform. In his reply to the
committee, Mr.. Banks ignores the Springfield
platform, and informs the gentlemen of the com
mittee virtually, if not in the precise words, that
he will accept their nomination, though he be-
longs to another party. Wehaye neverindicated
any purpose or disposition to make a mere fac.
tious opposition to Mr.. Banks, il he was a mem
Der OF the Republican party. But his position
was Questionable one, in that respect, for the
Americans claimed him as member of their
party, in regular standing and that position
with us would be an iusuperable objection to his
receiving Republican nomination. Mr.. Banks
has noic defined has position He has cat himself
Gtoof 6y the terms of his letter, from the dark
lantern party, and his name will come before the
Republican Convention that will meet on We'd
nesday precisely en- the aDay that the names
Of other Republicans who have been named in
connection with the Office will be brought for
ward. If he gets majority of the votes as
didate for the office, doubt his nomination soiU
be unanimously confirmed. If he does not get the
most votes, and some other candidate is selected
as the standard-bearer of the Republican party,
we have in Mr.. Banks's letter to the Americans
an explicit pledge that he will not suffer his name
to be used against such nomination
ask the particular attention of my readers to
the foregoing extract, as it was written by my as
socate, Immediately upon the receipt of Mr..
Banks's letter, without any consultation with me
about it, and contained his unbiased opinion OF
it, before any external malign influence had been
brought to bear on his mind. ask them to COM
pare it and contrast it with the Numerically OPP
posite opinions in his article of Wednesday last.
The next day, which was the day preceding the
Convention he said, in accordance with his pre-
vious declarations
"We have made, and shall make, no factious
opposition to Mr.. Banks, but he must come fair
ly and squarely on the Republican platform, if he
would have the support of all true Republicans"
Thus, it will be seen, that, up to the time of
the Convention, my associate indicated some dis
position to do reasonable justice to Mr. Banks.
and to take "the honest course in case of his
nomination. The Convention took place, and he
was nominated, much against my wishes, to be
sure, but under such circumstances as forbade nav
making any "factious opposition = to it. On
the 9th, went to Blackstone, to spend the Sab.
bath with sick daughter and her family, and nv
surprise may be judged, on getting the Spy Of
Monday morning, in the cars, on my way home,
to find that my associate had taken advantage of
my absence, to publish most dsparaging article
in reference to Mr. Banks, while under nomina-
ton by the Convention, and before it was known
whether he would or would not accept it,
what the tonor of his letter would be. The fol-
lowing extract will show the tone, temper, and
character, of the article -
Mr.. Banks returned from New York to his
home in Waltham on Friday, and we NAV expect
to see his letter in print in the of day or
two. We don'texpect fair and square, explicit,
up and down, straight forward, manly document,
that everybody can understand, in reply to the
letter informing him of his nomination, for Mr..
Banks was never guilty of placing himself in an
unequivocal position upon any subject; but
should he do so now, no one will be more ready
than ourselves to award to him the NEED of
our unqualified praise"
shall nothere express my opinion of such an
attempt to forestall public opinion, and to SOW
the seeds of distrust and suspicion in reference
to one, whom both he and l were conditonally
bound, by the strongest ties that bind honorable
of the people OF the State nor yet my opinion of
the stigmatizing, in such manner, of the man
who had been made, by the same pen, but few
days before, the subject of the almost fulsoms
eulogies, contained in the paragraphs we have
quoted above. Honorable, high-minded men will
appreciate my feelings, on finding myself, with.
out my volition or consent, made responsible, be-
fore the public, for such an article, at such a
time, and under such circumstances.
have thus shown that the Spy and its editors
were unequivocally pledged to the support of Mr..
Banks, on one condition, and one only that he
should accept the nomination on the conditions
on which it was rendered. This affirm that he
has done. The Convention passed series of
well-drawn and well-considered resolutions, set.
ting forth the principles of the party and the pre-
else conditions on which alone the nomination
was made, and on which it could be accepted.
The following is the first resolution:
ResOlped That the Republican Party of Massachusetts
.dheres with uuwavering fidelity to the principles Of Inc
Philadelphia Platforms that il recognizes those principles
the only test Of political fellowship and will support no
candidates Tor public Office who do not heartily unequy.
ocay, and in good faith subscribe 10 those PRINCIPLES
and acknowledge them the paramount object Of poit
cal action.
These resolutions were communicated to him.
as portion of The nomination, and as the sole
grounds Of its acceptance. Mr. Banks received
them as such, acknowledges the receipt of them
with the information, and, thus coupled, accepts
the nomination, without equiyoeation or reserve,
as will be seen by the following extract from his
letter:
WALTHAM, Monday morning,
June 20, 1857.
Gentlen1e,a-I had the honor to receive on the
evening OF the 27th inst. your communication iu.
forming me that l had been nominated by the
Republican Convention, held at Worcester on the
z4th instant, as its candidate for the Office Of
Governor Of the Commonwealth, with copy Of
the resolutions passed on that occasion. With
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