Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-09-08

TIE You've MEMS CoNvENTIoN.A meet
ing of the citizens of this town will be held at
the Lower Town Hall this evening, to choose
delegates to the Young Mems Convention in
Worcester, September 8th. of course there
will be full attendance, but we would re-
mind our readers that ''eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty!" Our opponents have
commenced their work in earnest, and no
means will be left untried which an unscru-
pulous combination of the fag ends can de-
wise, to defeat the candidate OF the mechanic,
the working man, and the friends OF freedom
throughout the Commonwealth.
The question at issue in this State Cam
paign is purely one Of principle. Mr.. Banks
was fairly nominated by large majority of
the Worcester Convention, aud from that mo-
ment he became the representative and leader
of the anti-savery party of Massachusetts.
As such representative, it is unquestionably
the duty of every true Republican and every
true American to support him, and to do all
in his power to secure his triumphant cleo
ton, whatever difference of opinion may have
existed previous to the nomination. We have
now an additional motive for exertion IN the
tact that Gardner has already, in anticipation
OF his nomination next week, sent out his
emmissaries, to VISIT every town in the State,
to rally the rummies, the fogies, the hunkers,
and the tag rag AN L. bobtal, generally to his
standard. The Governor sounded the key
note at Dorchester last week, and his lick
spittle, that windy, spread eagle orator, the
valiant Augustus Orestes Brewster, has an
nounced his determination to save the Com
monwealth and the Union generally, by
re-electing the man who now disgraces the
Governors chair. 1t is said that the efforts
OF these fellows have already been successful
in winning back to their first love portion
of those Americans who were in such hot
haste to nominate Mr.. Bsnks in advance of
the Republicans. But if it is so, such con-
temptible treachery will only recoil upon
themselves, The great mass of the Americans,
we are confident, will repudiate with the
scorn it merits this attempt on the part of
few hungry wire. pullers to dictate to them
what course they must pursue in the coming
election.
We know that many of our Republican
friends were somewhat disappointed at The
result of the Worcester Convention. We cor
daily sympathized with them, but 1t has never
been our policy to bolt regular and fair nom
lnation, unless the candidate selected is a man
who does not represent the fundamental prin-
ciples of our party. That Mr.. Banks does
represent and uphold the views and policy of
the Republicans, we have not the shadow of
late the wire pullers of another party, we
have no disposition to deny. But his motive
was an earnest desire to unite all the friends
offreedom in the State into one solid harmo-
nious party-the very purpose for which we
have labored the past two years. purpose
which ought to be paramount to all other con
siderations with every true Republican, and
every earnest, practical opponent of slavery
extension.
1t is certain that if Banks is not elected, the
miscreant Gardner will be, and every Repub-
lican vote cast for any other man than N. P.
Banks, is a vote for one Of the bitterest and
most insolent enemies of Republicanism and
freedom this side of South Carolina. We
trust that all our Republican readers will see
the Importance of conquering unimportant
personal prejudices, and of laboring cordially
and harmoniously in the work of the CAM
paign.
Let us see to it that Worcester county rolls
up her wonted majority for the cause Of lib
erty and the right. To that end let us have
large meeting at the Town Hall this evening,
in the words of the call, of the young men
of Fitchburg, between the ages of eighteen
and eighty who are in favor of making N.
P. Banks the next Governor of Massachusetts.
FStchbvg Reveille, 9th.