The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-30
MASSACHUSETTS.

The democratic State convention of Massachusetts will
be held at Worcester. Thursday the second day Of
September next at 10 o'clock m. for the purpose Of
nominating candidates for governor lieutenant governor
and other State officers and Of transacting such other
business az may properly before the convention
The two wings OF the opposition, known ..rcpubli-
cans and " Banks Americans, have united IN the fol-
lowing call
The legal voters OF Massachusetts, who are opposed
to the present corrupt national administration and the
ggresions Of the slave power and who In favor Of
the general policy of the present State administration,
requested elect delegates 10 State convention to
meet at Mechanics Hail. in Worcester, Thursday, Sep
tember 3, at III o'clock, M for the purpose of noni
mating candidates be voted for at the State election
next ensuing and organizing for the coming political
campaign"
The necessity Of this combination is pretty fully ex-
planned in the annexed extract from the Boston
pondenoe OF the New York Tribune.
The call for the republican State convention Is out
and is signed by fourteen gentlemen of whom
the executive committee committee of the regu
lar republican State committee and seven profess 70 hold
the relation to the Banks American organization
The Of these gentlemen placed in alphabetical
order, and, good luck would have it, the which
first strike the readers eve those of well known
spectacle and responsible republicans The Ilibustes
placed in less noticeable positions There is
to hope not to expect that this is the Last
oession which the republicans will be compelled to make
10 the little squad OF Americans who have perseveT
ingy black-usailed them for year past. The
ostensble for yielding is the delicate condition
Of things in the Boston congressional districts Our nIn
bers of Congress arc usual active in pursuit Of
policy, however crooked and undgnifed, which they
think will yield them dozen extra and In trying
gain these they will probably lose times many
The republicans in duty bound, without doubt to
strengthen themselves by all proper within their
power and if they should fit to concate the Aaeri
cans who adhered Gov Gardner last year they might
probably obtain accession to their strength worth
putting Bus the process Of swapping themselves of to
each other cannot increase their strength particle, and
fntar
ever it something gained that to have only
State convention-
The Boston Post remarking upon this combination,
says:
The unscrnpulous and proflgate combination Of fac
tioDs that rule and has for years given direction TO
the politics of this State is acting its true nature
boldly and unblushngly, that many it who never
saw before The Boston Journal Of saturday evening
uttered but the truth when it characterized the leaders
Of this party having no more enlarged ideas OF politics
than COALITIONS BARGAISrScs OFFICES
AND INTRIGUING GENERALLY WITH FACTIONS This, pre-
ciscy this has been, for years the politics Of the VII
SONS the Bankses and their coadutors, who have here
got the popular and il is disgrace to the good
sense and intelligence Of the people that this state Of
things should continue The object of these coalitions
and ntrgues has not been 10 benefit the Commonwealth
for what one of its rebounds for the good of the
people but TO build up party for solely personal OBJ
jects.
No greater blessing could be conferred Massachu
setts than for the people take the political control from
the hands of these bargainers and intrigucs and put il
into the hands of the democratic paya branch of the
only national party Is too much to hope that peo
pie so intelligent tine people of this State viii
longer suffer their good TO be tarnished and their
vast interests jeopariizsd by this poor weak intriguing
State administration! 1t is admitted all hands that
a change has come public sentiment Democrats
have labored long and well to correct public opinion
To the aid Of this Union and constitutional sentiment
have come opctuncly the three great efforts Of Cushing
Choae and Everett for patriotic statesmaHshp can
have no sympathy with the petty slct the Union slide
politics that now utterly disgraoes this State and
every word in those efots Is against geographical
party"