Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-11-18

great pleasure.
That first resolution expresses only a simple
fact, and the second distinctly states that the
American Committee would entertain with great
pleasure any feasible proposition. Could the Re-
publicans ask more? Did they expect the Ameri-
cans to entertain proposition which was not feas.
Unreasonable just? Either they did and should
be condemned for that, they did not, audit then
devolved according to their cum acknowledgment, on
them to make some proposition that ,oas feasible;
TINS they neither did attempted to do and fol-
0'D 'rres'Stbly that they neither desired nor expected
to effect anon, and were only playing fast and
loose to see if they could not make a little pol.
itlcal capital out of pretended desire for a union
The Americans were willing and anxious for a
union, as the ticket they have nominated with seuen
Republicans, on it proves but the Spy clique were
bent, as they have always been upon fgh, and
the Republican Committee, although admitting the
proprlety and necessity of It, had not backbone"
enough to rid themselves of the incubus of the
Spy and finally, did absolutely nothing to effect
union They asked If they would guaraatv
that, IN case nelU union ticket agreed upon,
the spy would support it; they replied that they
Could not; that the Spy would probably bolt and
refuse to support any union ticket, and run tick
ct OF Its own! and yet, the same men blame the
union men Tor MT leaving ia to the Spy clique;
Inc Republican County Committee discaim any
sympathy with the Spy, and denounce it with great
freedom and asperity; but now, mark again their
t'midity and donble- dealing; when they were ask
d, IT, In case the Spy should oppose the union,
which they professed to desire to FORM they would
come out netore the public and disown the Spy as
they did in private, they refused to do auythn.,
about it! How much they must have cared about
union, and what sweet family theyare to be sure
to under take to control the voters of Worcester
county.
1t was this evident design the part of the
Republican Committee to play on ttco fiddle
atrings at once, this palpable purpose of Striking
all real responsibility aud of endeavoring to make
loud m"uthed prtesns do in the place Of deeds that
convinced the American Committee that there was
no prospect of getting anything practical done by
the Republicans, or rather the Spy clique. There
were clearly but two proposals which might have
been made aud which would nave been fair; one
of these was to hold Conventions, the other to
have all the candiiates resign aud let the Commit
tees make up ticket; the Republican Com
mttee did not propose either of these things they
were careful not to suggest the first because that
would have resulted in just exactly such union as
the American Convention OF the 18th proposed
that is in the denomination of the union ticket as
1t now Is in our columns, and this would not have
suited the Spy clique, aud mark it, that this con
ference proposed and held at the request of the
Republicans was put off to so late day that the
holding of new Conventions would be difficult;
they did not propose the second till the very latest
moment, too late altogether as they very we'll
knew for anything to be done, and when they did
make it it was only as asuggeStion and they would
not guaranty anything definite in case of the at
tempt being successful!
The fact is simply and plainly this, that while
ONE individuals Of the Republican Committee may
have desired union, it is evident from the whole
course of the Committee and from their special
pleading, that then only purpose has been to get
rid of the burden of public disapprobation which
Justly rested upon them for refusing the honorable
and liberal proposal of the American Convention.
question was, how should they get rid of it, Why
said these astute wire pullers we will invite con
ference with the Americans; then we will fix it SO
that nothing will come of it, then we will ask them
to keep it quiet, and lastly, we will come out
ahead of them and make a great buster about
Their refusal to unite Citizens Of the County this
is the secret and this is the explanation of the
whole manifesto put forth by the Republican Com
mittec with such flourish of trumpets. and with
such pous assumption of magnaninty.
Gentlemen of the Committee, you are too late;
your cheat is too transparent, your game is under
stood. You cannot in this way break up the union
of the Fremont men, and sell them out to the Spy
and its grab party.
Having now disposed of the whole County mat.
ter, we come to part of the document that it
pains US to be compelled to notice. The Commit,
tee have lugged in Hon Henry Chaplin, to help
them patch up their disordered affairs. All they
do, however, is to publish an agreement which Mr..
Chaplin desired Col. Dewitt to sign, declining his
nomination Now let us see about this. On Tues.
day. Mr.. Chaplin goes to Col Dewitt and asks him
to join him in declining, in writing, solely on the
ground Of has (Chapins) desire to have a union of
the Fremont men: on this very same day. Mr..
Chaplin writes another letter Of decIination, of a
wholly different character, in which he bnses his
declination solely on the ground of some cream
stance of a private nature
Mr.. Aldrich says in his letter. published along
with Mr.. Chapin's second letter, that this crcum-
stance letter placed in his hands on Tuesday,
and yet Mr. Chaplin knew very we'll that Col De-
Witt would be at Webster all day, and could not
be here that day. Here, then, we have the Hon
Henry Chaplin telling Col. Dewitt and the public,
on Tuesday that he would decline for the sake of
eaecting ga union of the Fremont men," and on
the day. he furnishes Mr. Aldrich with q
different letter of declinaton, in which there is
not syllable about union" but considerable
about circumstance I" and, to cap the climax
of this series of buuders, to use no harder word,
we have the Republican County Committee com.
planning because Col. Dewitt did not run around
to find Mr. Chaplin, after that gentleman had al.
ready written and handed over letter of declina-
ton, totally different from the one he had shown
to Col. Dewitt Was there any clap-trap about
this Is all this square work. If Mr.. Chaplin
declined for the reason he gave to Col. Dewitt,
then why did he not show his backbone . in
frankly saying so to the public: if he did not dc
cline for this reason, but on account of circum.
stance" then Col. Dewitt is of course at once alb
solved from all possible imputation Of blanc. Mr..
Chaplin and the Republican County Comnittee can