Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-09-03

RESOLVED, That in Withdrawing his name as
| Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
| Hon. Albert Currier receives the highest consld-
| Grafton of this Convention, as a Democrat of
honorable fidelity to the Constitution and to the
| principles of his party.
| committee of one from each county, consist
ing of the following gentlemen, was selected by
the chair to receive, sort and count the votes for
Governor Phinney of Barnstable, Colt of Berk-
shire, Tabeg of Bristol. Folger of Nantucket, NOT
ton of Dakes, Cheeseboro of Essex, Abernethy of
| Franklin, Sanborn of Hampden, Chilson of
| Hampshire Clemence of Middlesex. Avery of
Norfolk, Savary of Plymouth, Kneigner of Suf-
folk, and Gill of Worcester. They reported the
result of the ballotng as follows;
Whole number o. votes.-...... -......-......l054
Necessary to achoice. ...-....... ........... 5lS
Erasmus D. Beach of Springfield had. $50
Benjamin F. Butler Of Lowel........... 40
Scattering. ............................ j
| The result, the denomination Of Mr.. Beach,
was received with great applause, and, before it
, had subsidized, Gen. Butler arose, and announce
ed that, after some remarks which he proposed
making, he should conclude by offering motion
that the nomination of Erasmus u. Beach for gov
ernor be made unanimous. Gen. Butler then took
the platform, in response to the pressing calls of
first time since the opening of the Convention, in
order to make the motion he proposed, and to re-
new his allegiance to Democratic principles by
using every effort to infuse harmony and union
into the canvass. He said that during the eigh-
teen years service he had given to the Democrat
ic cause, the Commonwealth had known no tru-
ef, frmer, or harder working man in the cause of
Democracy, than himself Two years ago he had
urged the nomination of MIR. Beach, and should
have done this year from the first, had 1t been
signihed to him that Mr. Beach desired it. The
(Butler) had any friends IN this body, he desired
them to go with him heartily into this contest,
and with him endorse the administration of
James Buchanan by a victory at the polls in
November. Gen. Butler advocated the letting
alone of the dead issues of the past, and entering
into the field on the broad doctrine of pop
ular sovereignty After the admission of Kan
zas, he would go against the admission of any
more new States until they possessed the requi-
site population to entitle them 10 representa-.
tive in Congress by the State ratio, and he would
go into the present coatest on this principle. His
speech very enthusiastically received, and
made in his most eloquent vein. Gen, But
Ter closed by moving that the nomination of Mr.
Beach be declared unanimously made, which was
| done amid the great applause Of the Convention.
A committee of three, consisting of Messrs.
| Butler, Lovejoy, and Heard, was chosen to wait
upon Mr.. Beach, inform him of his nomination,
and request his acceptance This committee soon
returned and Gen. Butler, in their behalf, iutro-
duced Mr.. Beach to the audience, when the lat
ter proceeded to make short, but very neat and
appropriate speech, accepting the nomination,
and expressing his gratitude for this renewed
mark of confidence the part Of the members of
the party. He said he had no pledges to
make, or new principles to avow, but would ex-
ert himself to the best of his ability in any SER
vice with which he might be entrusted, in carry
ing out the principles of Democracy, which were
as old as Jefferson, and as plain as the alphabet
The following committee of from each
county, was then selected by the chair to nomi-
nate the remainder of the State ticket iona
than Nickerson Of Barnstable, A. ]. Lewis Of
Lanesboro, Edward Morrill, of Bristol, Charles
P. Swain of Nantucket, H. P. Butler of
Dukes. Daniel Saunders of Essex, Bates of
Franklin, A. W. Chaplin of Hampden, Calvin
! Brigham Of Hampshire, Edward Riddle of Mid
dlesex, ]. A. Tanner of Norfolk, Dyer of Ply
mouth, Stevens of Suffolk, Washburn of Wor-
cester. This committee subsequently reported
the following ticket, which was unanimously
adopted:
Lieutenant Goyernor-Charles Thompson OF
| ChaTlestown.
Secretary Of state-John M. Cole of Williams.
| town.
Treasurer-Slas Pierce Of Boston.
Auditor-Seymour L. Mead of Nantucket
Attorney General - Ezra Wilkinson of Ded.
| ham.
We should have beforestated that, during the
ballotng for Governor, Mr.. Hallett was called
for, and commenced speech in his peculiar vein,
full of coarseness, vituperation, and blackguard-
ism. After several interruptions by the regular
order Of business, for which be voluntarily gave
way, he concluded it just previous to the return
of the committee in search of Mr.. Beach. The
nature Of Mr.. Halett's speech may be imagined
from the reputation he has acquired in years past
for grossness and misrepresentati of facts, and
malignity Of sentiment. He alluded to Kanzas
as "a poor, little, miserable Territory, too weak
to DO anything, unable to carry on State gov
eminent, and it was mercy to her to let her alone
until she got big enough or became competent to
take care Of herself; and then, If she applied for
/
Used to behave in the future. she might come in.
Massachusetts, he termed little small.souled.
bigoted State, with "nigger Governor" The
only thing that saved her from the fate Of Sodom.
to which he compared her, was, "the little band
Of pure and holy men belonging to the Demo.
cratic party in the State. Yet we mean to re.
main in this modern Seldom, until we shall sue
coed IN driving out these heather, and restoring
il to the Democratic iath.'
Mr.. Hallett said it took eight years to root out
the Salem witcheraft, after its first breaking out
and he supposed it would take at least that
length Of time to root out Of the State this mod
ern heresy Of Free Soil Abolition niggerism.
We only regret want Of space to give the "sol-
der Of fortunes" speech in full, it was so replete
with beauties OF expression and refinement of
taste, and regard for truth, specimens of which
are quoted above.
The Committee on Resolutions reported,
through Mr.. Lovejoy Of Cambridge, long string
Of them, abounding in the most profuse adula-
ton Of the National Administration and all its
acts, including the bred Scott decision, and the
construction put upon il by Mr.. Buchanan,
whom they lauded to the skies for his executive
hrmnsss In his course in reference to Kanzas,
&c. Contrary to all usage heretofore, the reso.
lutions we're pocketed and carried off by the re-
porter for the Boston Post, Immediately after