East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-06
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Had he done his duty, by expressing the
hope that no such permission as was asked
would be granted, becauseit would be al
variance with the feelings and wishes OF
the people at large, the willy projectors Of
the scheme would have been baffled, aud
the self respect and dignity of the State
vindicatcd. This act alone should make
his reelection an impossible event, let
who will be his successor" ..,.IJ ao..
How Governor BANKS will propitiate
the indignant abclitionists, to whom
hitherto he has succumbed in everything,
remains to be seen. One thing is certain,
he must set himself right with them, or
they will make the question of his re-elec-
ton uncertain. Perhaps he will promise
to approve bill for the removal OF tho
statue if one shall be passed, and perhaps
he will promise to use his influence for
its passage. "a 10Th yir,.r,
The demand that "ths statue must Be re-
naored," viii be persisted in until it shall
be complied with. We have no doubt
about that. The Republicans of Massa-
chusetts will, sooner or later, yield to the
demand, as they have yielded to every
other demand Of the abolitionists. That
the abolitionists are fully aware of their
power to make them yield appears from
the National Anti-slarry STANDARD; 800.
"Thc Republican party Of Massachu-
setts has generally had the crcditofbeing
the most thoroughly anti-slaycry of any
of the divisions Of that army. 1t may be
so. But if this action be a specimen Of
what we have to expect from the nation
al party when it takes possession of the
government, as it hopes to do, in 1861,
we can draw but very faint hopes of an
improved state Of things from their vic
tory. If the strongest division of their
party, led by prominent candidate for
the Presidency, have not the strength OF
mind to resist the seduction of the scedy,
battered, broken-down remnants Of the,
Webster whig party in Boston, what
hope can there be of their standing out
against the bullyings and the whccdlngs
of the Shareholders, who are neither
seedy, battered nor broken-down, but
with actual substantive political power in
their handsp Should the next Lcgisla-
ture Of Massachusetts, refuse to set their
State right before the world in this mat
ter, il will at least relieve all abolitionists
of any anxious interest in the result Of
The election of 1860. If this be dtaste
of the courage and spirit of the best
among the republicans, what, in the name
of common sense, must be the worst?-
For one, we should look with great resig.
nation on the election of Mr.. Douglas, in
that alternative--believing that he would
at least stand by himself and not suffer.
the Shareholders to crow over him, or en-
croach on the North, unless it answered
his own purpose. Let US have King
Stork rather than King Log. Anything
rather than Sneaks to rule over US. !, b,
"Bnt we will not believe that this blot
will be, permitted to blacken the fair
name of the Bay State for long. The
republicans, perhaps, were sleeping at
any rate, they were taken at, unawares.
The ,abolitioaists, clo haze erer been thar,
school-p,asters, had not an opportunity to an
struct them on this point. That defect IN
their education must 30 forthwith remeaied."
Mark the prediction ~ the statue Of
DANIEL WEBSTER will be removed from
the State House of Massachusetts by
deliberate vote of the black republican
majority Of the Legislature. To such
lower deep Of degradation will the black
republican leaders go in pursuit Of pow
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