Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-07-03
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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1857.


the utter fallacy of his positions, and the incon
sistency Of his course with his own declarations
previously made, and with that which he was
bound, as an honorable man, to take. Had he
contented himself with simply saying. that III the
conclusion to which had come, to support the
nomination, he did not concur, he would have
said all that the occasion required he would
have placed himself in the proper position with
our readers; he would have absolyed himselffrom
any responsibility for the support of the Repub-
lican nominee for Governor; and would have
saved me the necessity of writing and publishing
this article. But having chosen, instead of SO
doing, to make, in my absence, and without any
consultation on the subject violent personal at
tack upon my candidate, which was equally an
attack on me, for giving him my support, 1 am
placed on the defensive, and have no alternative
but to examine the question, and which it s
that stands in fair and honorable position, him
self or me.
1t is rule universally recognized in all politi-
cal parties, that he who goes into convention, as
member, or permits his name to be used as a
candidate, or who in any other way commits him
self to its action, is SO far bound by its doings
supIo to its nominees, he shall not be at liberty
to make open opposition to them. This is more
especially the case when it is well known before
hand that the person or persons receiving the
nomination will be supported before the eonven-
ton. This principle has been uniformly recog-
nized by the Spy, and my associate has, himself,
repeatedly denounced Gov. Gardner for his breach
of good faith, and violation of honorable obliga.
tons, in refusing to abide by the decision of the
Republican Convention of 1855, after his name
had been used a candidate before that body.
That the nomination of N. P. Banks, by our
Convention, was TO be pressed upon that body,
was well known, even before many of the dele
gates to it we're appointed. 1t had been spoken
of and commented upon by my associate, in the
columns Of the Spy. Under these circumstances
he sought aud obtained the appointment a del
egate to that body. Acting in that capacity from
the opening to the close of the session of that
body, those who know him will not doubt that he
used his best endeavors to impress his own views
upon its members, and sought by all fair means
to secure a result in accordance with his wishes
BY so doing he fully committed himself to the
action of the Convention. In addition thereto,
he had declared his intention, through the col
umns Of the Spy, to support the nomination of
Mr.. Banks, if fairly made.
I might rest here, on this branch of the sub
ject, and pass, at once, to the consideration ofthe
letter, in which the nomination Of the Conveu-
ton was accepted. But, as my associate has, in
his address " to the readers Of the Spy " of We'd
nesday, impugued Mr. Bapks's personal and po-
~ To-
trust, and his fidelity to his party principles, and
made his distrust thereof ground Of his present
opposition as he has declared that !" Mr. Banks,
standing as he does on the platform of another
party, accepting as he has the nomination Of an
other party" he [my associate,l feels that he
should be wanting in fidelity to his party and in
self-respect should he lend his aid to the eleya-
tion of any man, standing in the equivocal posi-
ton which Mr.. Banks does, in his letters to the
committees of the American and Republican par
ties-having, we say, done this, we choose to meet
him fairly on this issue, and here we shall bring
our associate face to face with himself, and let him
refute his own positions
As the extracts make from my associates ar
ticles, some of them, have bearing on different
branches Of the question, will take them in the
order Of time in which they appeared. In the
Spy of June Goth, published while was absent
from town, and when he had the exclusive con.
troll of its columns, is leader, in which it is ex-
plicitly stated that Mr. Banks's acceptance of
the American nomina ton, of itself, would be no
sufficient ground OF objection to his nomination
by the Republicans. This, let it be borne in
mind, was before MIR. Banks's letter, accepting
that nomination, had been received. We make
the following extract from it -
'To prevent all msapprehension of our position,
we wish, however, to declare explicitly, that we
object to no man merely because he has formerly
been member of the American party, nor be-
cause his private sentiments are favorable to an
extension of the naturalization laws.
The fundamental idea of the Republican party,
as organized upon the Philadelphia platform, is
to welcome to its ranks all, however diverse in
sentiments on minor points, who agree in the be.
lief that great national party should be main.
tanned on the single issue Of hostility to the ex-
tension Of slavery, and the further eneroaeh-
ments Of the slave power.
1t furnishes common ground, where old
Wings, and Democrats, and Free Sellers, tariff
men, and anti.tarif men, natives and foreign
born citizens, can meet together and act in har-
mony, each preserving his own cherished convic-
tons, each tolerant Of the opinions of his assoc.
ates. It is TO anti-savery men what the apostles
creed has been to the Christian world, including
the essentials in which they agree, excluding the
non-essentials in which they differ
If Mr.. Banks should fairly receive the nomina-
tlon Of the State Republican Convention, we
should defer to the preferences Of the majority and
accord to him our cheerful support, provided he
at the present time the Republican
party, and does not make it part of his present
policy to promote the doctrines Of Native Ameri-
eanism-
Nor would his simple acceptance OF the recent
American nomination be an insuperable objection
TO giving him our support, il not made in such a
way as to commit himself to their party
The article then goes on to cite the cases Of
Gov. Lincoln, Gen. Taylor. and John c. Fremont,
who severaly accepted nominations from conven-
lions ofpariies TO which they did not belong. 1t
then proceeds to say -
:" We shall not, therefore, incline to quarrel
with Mr. Banks merely for following such Illus
frious presidents. Nor are we weak enough to
complain of any comfort which anti slavery
Americans can obtain in the approaching dissou.
tion Of their party from having nominated lead
ino Republican,, and trying to persuade them
selves that they can be instrumental in his cleo.
ton"
Justice requires me to say, that my associate
says he did not write this article, although he has
mot informed me who did write il. This. howev-
er, makes no difference, for, by adopting it and
giving it leading editorial position, he endorsed
il and made il his own. And there is no reason
why he should not for it will be seen by extracts
which follow. that he took stronger ground in ia
vor Of Mr.. Banks, in articles OF his own penning,
than anything contained in this extract. In the
Spy Of Monday, June 22d, the position Of Mr..
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