Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-07-03

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craftsmanship, it would seem to be of questions
Bile policy to remove from the chamber of the
| House Of Representatives that man of all Others
aoho can best speak the UOice of Massachusetts in
that ball, during the great struggle between the
friends and foes OF republican liberty in the next
two years.
During his two years service in Congress- Mr.
Banks has acquired an eavla5le fame In one of
the seVerest Of harc-fought fights he rallied the
hosts of freedom to triumphant success and he
mas acquired name and position as Speaker of
! me House Of Representatives, calculated to in
sure him the most influential position among his
colleagues in the next Congress"
On the same day, June "a, Mr.. Banks's letter
to the Committee of the American Convention
accepting, conditionally, their nomination, was
published in the Spy, and in another article,
written by my associate, he says:
| A perusal of the document Mr. Banks's let
ter which appears in this days paper, will salts
| fly any one that Mr.. Banks does not accept the
nomination on the Springfield platform, but that
| he does not acknowledge himselfto be member
OF the American party. He says, the nomina-
ton 1t the American Convention has conferred
| upon me has been made without my solicitation,
| OF consultation with me, and coming as it does
| from gentlemen upon Whon could hare no claim
beyond thai Of other citizens, cannot but regard
as one of the most gratifying compliments
have ever received
The sentiments of the Convention in relation to
the nomination of Mr.. Banks cannot be mista-
ken. On motion of Mr. 0diorne of Boston, it
| was voted that the committee should inform Mr..
| Banks that he was nominated, only on the pre-
| sumption that he stands fairly md sqnarely on
| the Springfield platform. In his reply to the
| committee, Mr.. Banks ignores the Springfield
| platform, and informs the gentlemen Of the com
mttee virtually, If not in the precise words, that
1 As will accept their nomination, though he be-
| loags to another party. We have neverindicated
| any purpose or disposition to make mere fac.
| tIous opposition to Mr.. Banks, il he was a men,
Der OF the Republican party. But his position
| was Questionable one, in that respect, for the
| Americans claimed him as a member of their
| party, In regular standing, and that position
with us would be an lpsupeTable objection to his
receiving Republican nomination. Mr.. Banks
mas 'loto defined has position He has cut himself
Gtoof, by the terms of his letter. from the dark
lantern party, and his name will come before the
Republican Convention that will meet on Wed.
hesday precisely IN tie same tGdy that the
81 other Republicans who have been named in
connection with the Office will be brought for.
ward. If he gets majority of the votes as a can
didate for the office, doubt his nomination aoiH
De UNANIMOUSLY confirmed. II he does not get the
most votes, and some other candidate is selected
as the standard-bearer Of the Republican party,
we nave IN Mr. Banks's letter to the Americans
an explicit pledge that he will not suffer his name
to be used against such nomination.
ask the particular attention of nv readers to
sociate, Immediately upon the receipt of Mr.
Banks's letter, without any consultation with me
about 1t, and contained his unbiased opinion of
lt' before any external malign influence had been
brought to bear on his mind. ask them to COM
pare it and contrast it with the Numerically OPP.
posite opinions in his article of Wednesday last.
The next day, which was the day preceding the
Convention, he said, in accordance with his pre-
vious declarations;
1--WE have made, and shall make, no factious
opposition to Mr.. Banks, but he must come fair
ly and squarey on the Republican platform, if he
would have the support of all true Republicans"
Thus, it will be seen, that, up to the time of
the Convention, my associate indicated some dis
position to do reasonable justice to Mr. Banks,
and to take "the honest course,' in case of his
nomination. The Convention took place, and he
was nominated, much against my wishes, to be
sure, but under such circumstances as forbade nv
making any "factious opposition" to it. On
the 9th, went to Blackstone, to spend the Sab.
bath with sick daughter and her family, and nv
surprise may be judged, on getting the Spy Of
Monday morning, in the cars, on my way home,
to find that my associate had taken advantage of
my absence, to publish most disparaging article
in reference to Mr.. Banks, while under nomina-
ton by the Convention, and before it was known
whether he would or would not accept it, o
what the tonor of his letter would be. The fol-
lowing extract will show the tone, temper and
character, of the article -
"Mr. Banks returned from New York to his
home in Waltham on Friday, and we may expect
to see his letter in print in the course of day or
two. We don'texpe fair and square, explicit
up and down, straight forward, manly document
that everybody can understand, in reply to the
letter informing him of his nomination, for Mr.
Banks was never guilty of placing himself in an
unequivocal position upon any subject; but
should he do so now, no one will be more ready
than ourselves to award to him the need Of
our unqualified praise"
+ L shall nothere express my opinion of such an
attempt to forestall public opinion, and to SOW
the seeds OF distrust and suspicion in reference
to one, whom both he and 1 were conditionally
bound, by the strongest ties that bind honorable
men, to support for the highest Office in the gift
of the people of the State nor yet my opinion of
the stigmatizing, in such manner, of the man
who had been made, by the same pen, but few
days before, the subject of the almost fulsomo
eulogies, contained in the paragraphs we have
quoted above. Honorable, high-minded men will
appreciate my feelings, on finding myself, with
out my volition or consent, made responsible, be-
fore the public, for such an article, at such
time, and under such circumstances.
have thus shown that the Spy and its editors
were unequivocally pledged to the support of Mr..
Banks, on one condition, and one only that he
should accept the nomination on the conditions
on which it rendered. This affirm that he
has done. The Convention passed series Of
well-drawn and well. considered resolutions, set.
ting forth the principles Of the party and the pre-
else conditions on which alone the nomination
was made, and on which it could be accepted
The following is the first resolution;
Resolued That the Republican Party Of Massachusetts
ldheres with unwaverng fidelity to the principles of the
Philadelphia Platform; that it recognizes those principles
the only test Of political fellowship and will support no
candidates Tor public Office who do not heartily unequiv
Ocaly, and in good faith subscribe to those principles
and acknowledge them the paramount obi ec of polt
cal action.
These resolutions were communicated to him,
as portion of the nomination, and as the sole
grounds Of its acceptance. Mr.. Banks received
them as such, acknowledges the receipt Of them
with the information and, thus coupled, accepts
the nomination, without equivocation or reserve,
as will be seen by the following extract from his
letter;
WALTHAM, Monday morning,
June 20, 1857.
Gentfen1s'-I had the honor to receive on the
evening oil the 9th inst. your Communication iu-
forming me that had been nominated BY the
Republican Convention, held at Worcester on the
14th instant. as Its candidate for the office Of