Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-10-31
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'ANs w CECSSEGEs
Mr.. Griffin OF Charlestown, in his speech at
Worcester, on Saturday last, made the following
observations upon the gubernatoral election =
The Republican or Peoples party has ia
ken action which cannot be regarded as wise.
In refusing to nominate a candidate fol- Gov
ernor it was guilty of cowardice And the
question is now addressed to us all What is
our duty, in this position of affairs, in view of
this unwise and COW ardly inaction of our par.
tys Some presses tell us we are by that in
action bound to support a candidate whom we
neither love, nor respect, nor confide IN.
think otherwise. Because we voted, in con.
sideration of alleged advantages to be derived
from such action in Pennsylvania, not to
make nomination, are we obliged to vote
for Mr.. Beach He was in the field when we
abandoned it to him and others. He is a man
of good character. He is a moral man. He
fulills all his duties to his family, his neigh
bors, and mis- State. He is a man of truth
We should search in vain for a valid personal
objection to him. His politics alone are ex-
ecrable. The same may be said of DR.. Bell,
and even more. He has claims for respect
and esteem, Tor his services of humanity and
benevoence, which no other candidate in
nomination presents. But are Republicans
bound to support either Of these candidates
because they have none nominated in opposi-
ton No. Each man of us is at liberty to
select his own leader. The vote this wear,
however humiliating it may be i'll other re.
spects, will at least show how many high.
minded, independent Republicans there are
in the State. The fallacy of the reasoning
that would bind us, against our will, to any
candidate OF another organization, may be best
illustrated by an allegory.
Snrr,oca rpaE
rusalem, in the year 20 or 25 of the Christian
era. Suppose further, that we have
party organized, and a Convention called,
Al that Convention it is represented, to us that
the interests of Jericho, and the success of our
party there, require that we nominate no can
didate for Governor of Jerusalem. We &C.
o., 'he suggestion, ana adjourn without
uay' ana suppose some other party, opposed
TO ours, and mretiI-s - -1;lrs--.-s ,,l-------L
even secretly operating for our overthrow,
had before that time, nominated for Governor
that notorious son of Jerusalum that eminent
native, Ananias, and his supporters appeal to
us for our support. The question would be
one of moral and political duty. What could
we urge against him 1t is idle to saw that
he YVES a great liar. If that were any OBJ.
lection to Governor, at that early and some
what unenlightened age, the fact of his SUBJ
sequent mendacity was not then known. He
never, so far as we have any record, told but
one lie in his life, and he postponed the utter
ance of that till his last hour. But, if his
character had been understood, how sternly
would the early Christians have repealed the
thought of placing such man in high place
as an example to men in humber spheres.
Peter, with whom he so mendaciously' nego-
tiated, would scarcely have advised his follow
ers to support man who knowingly lied,
even once-still less, had he known him to
be liarsof "hf,een years standing" and who
though having intelligence enough to know
1t, never pursued the "Eonest course" He
would have seen the hope of carrying Jericho
fade away, before his stout moral nature would
have compromised itself, by even passive sub.
mission to such man. He would have cried
out against him.