Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-13


stead Of quoting what it said and combining
their criticisms to that, have seen fit to misrsr<>
present its articles and denounce it for>6eresies
which it has never entertained Although we
arc not one of the criticsfhus complained of,
yet we might haxsrbeen, if we had not believ-
ed the Trjbdne incapable of the meaning
whiclpsome of our contemporaries found in
>-iats articles. 1t is not however surprising that
the articles in question raised serious doubts
in many quarters and provoked some sharp
criticism for they were not called for by any
thing in the Republican party, and seemed to
mean much more than they expressed.
If, as we have all along believed, the Til
bune did not mean to disband the Republican
party, change its name, surrender its princi-
pies. and form hybrid party, half Republican
and half something ese,-ifi it meant only that
all who agree with us substantially should be
induced to join us,-then it meant only what
is in accordance with the general thought and
feeling of the party; but its articles on union
were nevertheless uncalled for and unjust, for
they very coolly assumed that some influen.
tal portion of the party is hostile to this poll
cy. Was it impossible for the conductors of
the Tribune to comprehend that this assump-
ton would be felt by a portion of the party as
an unjust and insulting accusation? 1t was
entirely unwarranted there was and is moth
ing in the party to justify or excuse it. Eve
rywhere, from Minnesota to Maine, there is
among Republicans an ger desire for a COM
md off nf oil xyl,
on the main questions of arresting the diffus-
ion of slavery and combining the institution to
the states that authorize it, There is among
us no such thing as opposition to this policy.
The Tribune cannot find it anywhere; and it
has been surprising to many readers of that
journal that it should so persistentIy assume
the existence of such an opposition where it
cannot be found.
sIp the absence of any satisfactory reason or
justification for such articles ca a "union of
the opposition . MS have appeared in the Tr-
bune, it is not surprising that some of our
more impulsive friends have attributed them
to hidden motive which cannot bear the
light. 1t was very natural to suspect some
thing amiss and enquire seriously, "What does
itmean?" AT first it seemed a deliberate re-
pudiation of the Republican party and its
platform, for the sake of a profigate coalition
with pro-slavery extremists in Virginia, Ken
lucky, and other States, for what else could be
made of it, by hasty readers who found them
selves unjusty accusedl Those most familiar
with what is-quietly reported and talked in po-
litical circles, saw in this course of the New
York Tribune covered crusade agains
very distinguished Republican, wholly
personal in its motives, and every way
discreditable to its promoters. 1t is under
stood, that the gentleman in question is much
thought of as candidate for the presidency,
and believed, that influential persons at the Tri-
bune Office are, for personal reasons not I'M
willing to be among the subterranean opera
tors to battle any concerted movement in his
favor. We make no imputation; we endorse
nothing in saying this; we merely state what
many say and some believe.
The following, from the Tribune of yester-
day, is appropriate for quotation, after what
we have Just said :-'If our bitterest enemy.
being essentially Republican, can probably
secure the vote of one more state than our
best friend, then we are for that enemy and
against that friend" 1t must, however, be
considered, that the Tribune is no more likely
than others to feel much enthusiasm or use
much rose color, in calculating the chances of
its bitterest enemy. Men are apt to be ruled
by their prepossessons, and to see the merits
and chances of their enemies only as they are
"inwardly prepared" to see them. Therefore.
such professions of entire independence of
personal considerations are of much less i'm.
portance than some may suppose. Moreover,
it seems to us incongruous, and therefore not
commendable, to speak in that sweeping way
of "bitterest enemies" and "best friends" in
connection with the nomination of a candidate
for the presidency.
The Republican party has been created and
made strong by certain principles which the
times demand. 1t has not been manufactured
by leading politicians and owes nothing to
cowardy preachers of expediency and the
party can reach success only by firm trust in
the principles which give it strength and JUS
tiiy its existence. 1t is useless, therefore, to
attempt to confuse and misIead its aim by i'm
pertinent managing" Its duty and policy
are very plain No earnest member of the
party can mistake them and while it is eve
rywherc moved by desire for union among
all those who agree with it, there is nowhere
in it anything to invite or encourage a betrav-
al of its principles