The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-10
Politics I'M MASSACHUSETTS,.

that they should abide that dreadful reckoning.
POI ITICs IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
There is curious, snarled knotted, mixed up,
and jumbed state Of things in the political field
in Massachusetts,; and the consequence is, that
good many people there do not seem to know to
what party or faction they belong, which leader TO
follow, or what music to march after.
Mr.. Banks claims to be an american and Re
publican, both and is performing some beautiful
feats of craftsmanship in riding these two horses.
The Democrats have their candidates In the field,
and the americans; that is, those who claim to
be americans and not Republicans, also--lmve
re-nominated the present Governor, Gardner;
while the Staight Republicans" as portion Of
the people call themselves, oppose the election Of
Banks, alledging that he is not all in all Repa6
hcan, but an Amsriean; and americans are, in
their eyes, little better than the inhabitants of that
very hot place we sometimes hear Of The
" Straight Republicans" have established paper
in Boston, the second number Of which we have
received; and there is this about it which we
like, 1t is earnest, hearty, decided, outspoken
1t is not little of this, and little Of that, and
not much of anything it is real, true, out and
out Republican, and nothing else 1t goes strongly
and earnestly for foreigners and negroes, and de-
nounces Americanim with all the zeal and warmth
Of language which belong to honesty of purpose.
There is but one thing that it hates more than
Americanism, and that is slaUery.
The Straight Republican says: I" We want no
conglomeration of political factions. We want
union Of individual men in one great party. We
lt.ts,, InE.. a. H..
party. In our candidates we have men who
are not to be interpreted as standing upon two
platforms and serving two parties. And there
is the difficulty with Mr.. Banks. He has been
nominated by faction with which this convention
can have no fellowship His letter of acceptance,
according to his interpretation endorses the reso-
lutions Of that faction. We want no candidate
who accept our platform and still not be holden
by it, as Mr.. Banks is interpreted as doing by the
American platform, and may do by ours. Our
candidates must hold no fealty to any other party
and have no obligations to them. Mr. Banks, we
know, has been member of the party whose
nomination he has already accepted. We know
that last October he declared that he was of the
American party. He has placed himself strongly
upon their record. He is in such a sense one Of
them as to make him questionable candidate for
us to adopt" sr
But, notwithstanding the Straight Republican
uses this language, Mr.. Banks is supported by
Senators Wilson and Hale and Mr. Burlngame,
supposed to be pretty thorough-going Republicans.
A great Banks ratification meeting was held on
Monday, near Boston, at which these gentlemen,
among Others, spoke. In the course of his re.
| marks, xr. Hale gave the sham Democracy the
following severe hit-true as it is graphic. He
referred to the past, and said that
| IF any radical antislavery man, don't care
how radical he is wants to get some of the best
texts and the strongest texts for the dissemina-
ton of his radical anti-slavery sentiments can
find them for him in the resolutions passed by the
Democratic party Of New Hampshire during the
| past twelve years-resolutons passed year after
year, and every year stronger than the year
before. For instance many Of them will CON-
mence as follows: Resolved, that we are unalter-
ably opposed to the extension of slavery, as we
have always heretofore BEEN And while year
after year they have been passing these resolu.
tons, If one single one of their members took IL
into his head to carry out the principles of these
resolves, off went that head"
Senator Wilson said, in the course of his re-
marks: aaaa.a HE37 -
| "You have listened to-day to the voice of a
gallant Senator from New Hampshire He has
uttered here the voice Of the 10000 freemen of
/ IN.
Those 10000 sons Of New Ham shire, who sus.
tanned Mr.. Hale and the cause of liberty, are this
day for the election of Banks as Governor of
Massachusetts,; and they will welcome his cleo
| ton, as they will welcome that of Chase in Ohio.
next week, and of David Wilmot in Pennsylvania.
| Banks's name is associated in the minds of the
| freemen Of New England with those of bale,
Chase, and Wilmot He held letter in his hand
from William Pitt Fessenden, Of Maine, who, he
safA VNANn .lu II H.. Ill -.
the truest champions Of freedom in the Rebublic;
and he regretted that the death of his wife and
his own III health prevented his being present
here to-day) He read from the letter: You
may rest assured / am painfully anxious as to the
success of Mr.. Banks in this contest as his failure
fear, will do US great and lasting injury But
we shall not fai, TO elect Banks. know some
thing OF misunderstanding of the senti-
ments of her people-and she will not wheel out
OF the line Of her sister States in this great con-
test She will not follow any man who chooses
TO step out Of the ranks Of the men who voted for
Fremont last year, into the embraces of the $4,000
Hunker who supported Fillmore last year, and
subscribe 10 the National American Platform"
We were once on a military parade, when the
commanding officer, militia general, gave
laundering order, which was pretty soon followed
by another, inconsistent with the first, and then
by third, as laundering as the other two. The
consequence was that the whole force upon the
field became mingled higgledy-piggledy, so that
no one knew where to 60, what order to obey,
whose voice to listen to, or what music to face.
And, from all we can see, this is precisely the
condition Of political parties in Massachusetts,
and, in fact, In some other States too. We want
able commanding generals, but they are not nog
in the field W
N. II. BANKS. raa
Mr.. Banks, having been nominated by the Re