Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-12-05
Pwblic Meeting.

Cry INTERNATIONALLY attempt to nomi-
note " Citizens Ticket" which should COM
bine the moral sentiment Of the city in its ia
vor, and secure the support of men of all par
ties, has proved most signal failure, in con-
sequence Of the exuberant manifestation Of
that same selfish and dicistorial spirit, on the
part of the pseudo Americans, which was ex-
hibited when they arrogated to themselves the
whole of the State ticket, and then claimed
much the largest portion Of the county ticket,
also. That they intend no honest union with
other citizens--no union which does not give
them the lions share--is sufficiently obvious
by the course they pursued at the meeting on
Wednesday evening. Comprising not more
than one fifth of the voters of the city, they had,
nevertheless, in their secret meetings, so per-
fected their plans, that nearly the whole force
of the party was present at the meeting, with
the obvious purpose, which was successfully
carried out, OF controlling its action, in the
hopes of securing to the hungry and greedy
office seekers OF the faction, everything of val
ue in the organization of the city government.
This procedure would have been less intol-
cradle, had they shown any disposition to con-
ciliate the good will of other parties, by pre-.
senting an understandable man, as the can
didate for mayor The plainest dictates of
policy and OF common sense would seem to
indicate such course. But, with the infatu-
alton Of those who marked for destruction,
hey persisted in pressing upon the meeting,
for that office, the most obnoxious man, po-
litically, that could be presented. to the mass
Of the citizens Of Worcester, for that Office
made so by the events of the late exciting po-
litical canvas. They will learn, what they
should have learned before, that, to nominate
a man is one thing, to elect him is another
Trae wisdom would have dictated to Col. R.,
and his friends, Withdrawal of his name
from the public gaze, till the limitations Of the
late election have passed away. But they have
chosen different course, and on them be the
responsibility for the consequences.
Should Col. Richardson be elected mayor,
the Republicans of the city and the county
will have it thrown in their faces, that this
was an appeal from the verdict of the county
to his own townsmen, and that they reversed
Ine uecIston. Dut IS =
result, if q proper ticket is brought out, as we
trust there will be, this evening. We do not
see how any Republican, having the least par
ticle of elfrespect, can vote for man, stand
ing in the position Col. Richardson does, and
whose nomination was procured by such
means.
By every principle of honor and comfy, the
nomination of mayor belonged to the republi-
cans, not only as the party having large
plurality of the voters Of the city, but, be-
cause, during the last three years, the Office
has been filed by members of the other two
parties-by Know Nothing for two years,
8 nd q Democrat for one.
The attempt, then, by means of the discipline
of secret organization, Of mesger minori-
ty, to cram an obnoxious nomination down
the Threats of the majority, should be resisted
with spirit that will show, that, if we are
CONTEMPORARY spit upon, we viii not turn
and fawn upon those who subject us to such
indignity. Wepiedict, that,sst there are any
Republicans SO craven in spirit as to do it,
they viii, after the election is past, wish they
could hide their heads from the community
in shame for the act.