Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-11-24
Re-organiza.ion of .he mericau Party

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As an index to the efforts about to be made for
reunion of the two divisions of the American
party, caused by the nomination of Fillmore, on
common, pro-slavery basis, we take the follow
ng from the Charlestown Advertiser, of the
strongest Gardner papsrs in the State, in refer
ence to call there in circulation, last week, for
public meeting to adopt measures to bring about
such reunion -
eThere is in circulation a call for meeting of
those who favor re union, to be held this week,
which it is to be hoped will be successfully accom-
plshed 1t will require large degree of selfsa.
crdce on the part of many members of both the
divisions of the party to make an advance towards
again uniting, but when the union shall be effect
ed it will be worth any sacrifice to be made. The
call reads thus -
United We CONGRATULATIONS of Charles.
town who are now or who have been connected
with any organization of the Native American
party, and who believe the success of the Ameri-
can cause to be Of more Importance than the trl-
umph of any particular organization, and are will
ing to re affirm and adhere to the platform oil prin
ciples adopted by the American party at Spring.
field, August 18th, 1880, are requested to assem-
BILE at American Hall, on Friday evening" Nov.
Dist, at IL o'clock, for the purpose of re uniting
the American party in this city, with view to
harmonious and concerted action in the future.
This is the plan, no doubt, on which efforts are
10 be made, in various sections of the State for
consolidation of the Know Nothing forces, of all
stripes, into one common organization, to be in
readiness for another gubernatorial conflict, when
SHOULD His Excellency not succeed as it appears
now he cannot, in supplantng Mr.. Sumner Gov
Gardner is to be again put forward to head such of
the now scattered remnants of his once numerous
army of voters, be again rallied together by
fancied potent call. But the power so 10 do has
departed forever. The Governor may issue his
proclamations, ever SO urgently calling upon his
numberless herd Of former followers to march
under his standard. but it will be like scaling
spirits from the vastly deep;" they will not
come. The masses of them have become disgust
ed with his mendacity, doube-deaing, and dis
honesty and will leave him to receive the fate OF
all base political tricksters.
The great body of the people have become sat-
is6ed that there is but issue before them, ov-
shadowing all other political questions, and that
is opposition to the extention of slavery and the
domination of the slave power in this republic
and they will not, we trust, be willing to turn
aside from straightforward carrying out of that
principle, to re-organize fractional American
party in Massachusetts, to crafty the selfish as.
pirations of Henry ]. Gardner.
In none of the free states, out of Massachu-
setts,do we any indications on the part OF the
Fremont Americans, ofthe resurrectionary move
ment proposed by the Boston Bee, of re-organ-
izing the American party on any other basis of
principles than that of opposition to the extern
sion of slavery, on which they went into the late
Presidential conflict, for Fremont and Dayton
In Connec ticut the union of the Republicans
and Fremont Americans is, by common DESIRE to
be continued and consolidated on the platform
which carried it through the Presidential cam
paign, which is the common ground of the Re
publican or Fremont movement in all the free
States. So it is in Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Rhode Island, New York. Ohio and in all
the other free States. But in Massachusetts,,
Gov. Gardeners organ tells us, this union expired
Nov. A. and hereafter alliance is to be courted by
his followers, with the Fillmorites, rather than
with the Republicans. Let the Republicans be
wise, and continue their Organization straight
along, on the same basis of principles, laid down
at Philadelphia, unmixed with any other issue,
on which they went into the late Presidential
conflict, in common with the Fremont Ameri
cans, and the honest masses, including the great
body THE latter, will go with US, leaving Gard
ner no-ichere.