Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-10-07

The United states District Attorney and
the Attorney Sseneralship.
Boston Correspondence Of the Springfield Republican.
Mr. Abbott, as everybody knows here, is a
very able and successful lawyer quite out of
active parlisanslip; not only loyal but an ex-
tremist SO lar as active and positive measures
to put down the rebellion are concerned
trust he will accept the nomination, though
his pecuniary interests may be against it. The
special committee did then work in rather a
clumsy way, and / presume those of its
members who favored the nomination OF men
of other parties are Il good deal disappointed
with the result. The throwing overheard of
Dwight Foster must have been bitter pill
to some Of them, especially to the lawyers
whose esprit de corps is considerable. 1t is Gu
iious that the Bell Everett committee which
had consultation with the republican com
mttee expressed great good will towards Mr..
Foster, aud an especial wish that he, at least,
should not be medded with But patriotism
required that he should be sacrificed. GiCe Ia
JaqateHe 1t was IA solemn and thrilling scene
when Mr.. Dana took in hand the sacrificial
knife, to cut not his own throat, but that ofhs
personal and professional friend. But it was
so patriotic! South Carolina was looking
with all her eyes and Virginia listening with
ali her ears to see and hear who Massachusetts
would nominate for attorney general! 1T
Dwight Foster should get The nomination,
these states would OF course be encouraged to
to prosecute the war to the bitter end it
democrat should have the place, they would
be daunted and would perhaps withdraw their
troops IRON active service and yield up Fort
Sumter and the city OF Richmond. Oh
yes, of COURSE! With what GREATNESS eager
ness we look and listen for the news OF the
last election of a constable in Whipping
hat, lr,etN.
whether the Union feeling is reyiving or is
more depressed than ever in that interesting
locality Mr.. Dana did not underrate the i'm.
portauce of the crisis. One delegate suggested
that he had no scrupe i'll taking the district
attorneyship from loyal democrat. What
has this 10 do with it? Don't we all know
how much nobler the Roman was who sacri.
feed his sons than the one who threw himself
into the gulf? The sons, to be sure, were
guilty conspirators, and Mr.. Danas victim
was an innocent man; but the merit Of the
sacrifice is so much the greater in the latter
case. a couple of worthless boys might well
be spared; dare say they had well nigh ru-
ined the old man by their spendthriit fashions,
and were theI efore no great loss to him; but
Mr.. Dana sacrificed his friend, in whom there
was no fault Oh, it was very beautiful and
touching And equally touching was it to
see two hundred delegates, every ore OF whom,
beyond all question, had, by petition or other
wise, demanded the removal from post office
or custom house of some loyal democrat, all
going IN for the sacrifice OF Dwight Foster and
holding him hard while Mr.. Dana applied the
cold steel Beautiful is patriotism, beautiful
is cold blooded sense Of duty" but on the
whole | think that friendship, love, heart.to.
heart loyalty are quite as beautiful, and also
quite as useful in This world, hard enough at
the best