Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-06-13


chair of State. Let him stay where he sand Ii
some one more fully and radically in consonanc
with the peculiar local feelings and views of tn
majority of the people of the Commonwealth
than Nathaniel P. Banks, be put forward as th
standard-bearer of the Republican cause, in III
ensuing canvass. But to thelcommnnication :
For the Spy.
Messrs. Editors II am one of that small elias
which is easily satisfied. 1 do not propose to fin,
fault now in spite of the intense provocation wit
which the air is filed find troubles enough il
the highway, without hunting for them in tn,
woods. choose to ..agree, rather than differ
with my neighbor-to bear the ills we have, thar
fly to others we know not of. So much for my
position
There is large class of people in this Com
monweath--which may God save for highe
destiny than to be the football of politieians-wht
believe that the principle of Know Nothingsm
not only incompatible, but even hostile, to tn,
principle of Republicanism. And if any outsid,
arguments were needed to fortify their position
they could easily find them in the contemptuou
treatment which the Republican movement hal
from the beginning received from the godfathers
and guardians of Know Nothingsm. There is a
much larger class, comprising majority of the
people of Massachusetts, who, differing on the
merits of National Americanism, are opposed to
making the great .humanitary movement of the
age responsible for it by endorsement or alliance
These two classes are unit on the anti-slavery
issue their differences are not vital 1t is nei-
ther desirable necessary, nor possible to forestall
the millennium, by attempting to harmonic them.
The call for the convention of the oath substan-
TALLY covers the ground on which they all stand.
1t is in the power of that convention to organize
triumphant party, and to redeem the honor Of
the Commonwealth, which ihas been in pawn for
the last three years. But, in the outset, we pro-
test against the assumption and injustice which
stigmatizes those who desire to raise the Repub-
lican party above the sckening atmosphere of ar
ri6ce and treachery, with desire to disorganize
the freedom-loving sentiment of the Common
wealth. 1t is because we regard the honor of the
party next to our own--it is because we desire to
place Massachusetts in the line of that glorious
army of States which have met the enemy OF
this issue alone, and driven him from the feld-it
is because we wish to make it invincible by unit
ing under its flag, as our brethren have done in
the Northwest, those who are citizens, both by
the necessity of birth and the noble choice of om
igration, that we oppose earnestly and sincerely
all bargains with other parties, and any endorse
ment of principles which are hostile both to the
interests Of the adopted citizens of the republic,
and to the spirit of its institutions. Therefore,
do we protest against the hot haste with which
our acts have been prejudged, and our motives
misconstrued-and that, too, by men who forget
with assiduous to cultivate in themselves the
Cancellation which they commend in such gross
quantities to others. We protest, too, against
the dishonesty Of politicians who abuse the ad-
vantage of their position as journalists, by dis.
guisng their personal preferences, as the express
sions Of public opinion, and by sending them
broadcast inthe spirit Of dictation and authori-
ty. II Mr.. Banks must be candidate, let him
be nominated BY the people, not manufactured
into candidate by a coalition,
We believe, notwithstanding the assertions
which have gone abroad, through the thousand
channels which metropolitan newspapers com
mand, the Republicans of Massachusetts desire
clean ticket, and an open field. There are many
reasons why they prefer that some other person
than Nathaniel P. Banks should be their leader
They have not, Messrs. Editors, escaped the un-
sleeping vigilance of the Spy. shall not make
my communication tedious with repeating your
own arguments. Simply this, however. Mr..
Banks is now in position where he can do honor
to his native State. He can retain his seat in
Congress till the country calls him to higher and
more responsible duties. The Massachusetts, del.
egation is not Of suoh character that it can af.
To- Lac ~ A. .ksI n
Mr.. Banks, and his place would be Immediately
led by some 'tman millineT," better fitted for
measuring tape than attempting to fill the honor
ed seat Of Horace Mann and the Adamses. At
Washington he can do his work thousand times
better than any man who is likely to succeed
him. Al home he could do it no better thad a
thousand men who are enrolled in the Republi
can ranks today, Let him stay where he isl
There Is no use for him at home. but To serve the
purposes Of tricksters and demaeoepes I'm, N
he Is the man for Galway and II there e M
other-let him sever his connection with the rscl.
.less partigans who for three years have nsod ~
name Of the State for base purposes, and dragged
It's credit 70 the verge Of bankruptcy Let him
dissolve partnership with those fantaste,,
dukes Of dark corners who are using his name
for ablind and cheat, and whose principles, for
which il would be difficult to find name, evap.
crate in transparent articles and low cunning.=
Let him declare himself Republican, in spirit,
and not ashamed ofthe name. Then--though his
district should leave his place at Washington
vacant, or elect Mr.. Elhu G. Baker, which would
make no essential difference = Massachusetts,
might consistently support him. Certainly there
are no " Plug Ugiies ~ in Massachusetts,, no Pc.
piah plots in progress, no German Red Republi
ans with the torch ofrevolution, here, to quick
en- the smoking smbers Of Know Nothinelsm into
fresh fame again. Why, then, must we stll
truekls to that inefficient and dscayiug oreapIza.
sion which never espoused cause but 10 disbono
Il, and never sought an alliance but to betray h
ROUND HILL.