Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-16
Sustain the Goyernm ent stand by the
President!

iAhAO0' '"iA Bosrox, October Il, 1872. :
To the Loyal Men Of Massachusetts,
The republican state committee deem 1t
their dutv TO call the attention of the people
of this commonw ealth to the existing state of
political affairs.
We make no apology for introducing this
subject Whatever may be thought OF the
possibility or expediency of abandoning all Old
political organizations in view of the danger
| Gus condition OF the country, it is certain that
the republican party has fairly tried the eX-
pertinent. and is in no way responsible TOR Its
failure. Their convention in 1861 nominated
for lieutenant governor leading member
| of the constitutional Union party, and for
/ attorney general prominent democrat. An
! attempt was then made towards a union of
| parties on the sole basis of support OF the gov
| eminent For reasons doubtless satisfactory
to themselves and to their political friends.
the gentlemen we have referred to declined
these nominations. An attempt was after
wards made to break down party lines in the
election of members of the legislature, and
many gentlemen opposed to the republicans
were chosen to the senate and house by re-
publican votes. The gentleman who has been
put in nomination for lieutenant governor by
the opposition party was chosen to the senate
by republicans, and is a standing DENIAL in his
own person, of the charge of partnership
brought by political friends against them.
This absolute and positive rejection, by the
opposition, of the terms of Cancellation held
out to them prevented any general union in
1861. The democratic party made its nomi-
nations, and supported them at the polls and
many of the supporters of Mr.. Bell voted the
democratic ticket. This policy was immedi-
ately seen to be in harmony with that agreed
on in the other states. The democratic party
has never for day, since the war broke out,
yielded up its organization or its purpose to
control or break down the administration,
whose election it failed successfully to resist.
The circumstances of the country, however
alarming and critical, have never been allowed
20 Interfere with the design to surround presi-
dent Lincoln with a hostile congress i'll 1868,
and to resume political power in 1865. So
clear and well defined has been this purpose,
that hundreds and thousands Of the best dem
ocrats in the country have seen no method of
sustaining the government and encouraging
the president except by abandoning their old
political friends and acting with the rerubli-
cans.
The policy of 1861 has been continued in
1862. Whatever progress has been made in
the direction of a union Of men of differing
political opinions, has been made by the re-
publicans and in spite of the opposition of the
democrats and so it will be to the end 1t is
obviously impossible to proceed further in
this direction until the democratic party be-
comes convinced by the steadiness and patri-
Otism of the people that it cannot succeed in
again obtaining control of the country, and
compelling peace with that large and intlu-
entail body OF its supporters who are now IN
rebellion, and whose aid they desire to have
in future elections, that they may again tasten
upon the people the yoke Of tyrannous
slaveholding obligarchy. The people must
come up to the support of the president
against an audacious atteE?pt t. compel his
administration to make a disgraceful peace.
The republicans who elected Mr.. Lincoln
must sustain him; and men of other parties
who are not prepared for an ignominiouS COM
promise with treason must lend a helping
| hand. We believe that the successful prose-
| cution of the war and the restoration OF peace
| and order depend not upon the restoration of
the democratic party under its old name or a
new one, but on the substantial continuance
of confidence and support to the men who are
now at the helm. At any rate while the dem
ocratic party throughout the country remains
whole and avows its purpose to put down and
put out the administration, the republican par
ty cannot consent to stand on one side and all
low the plot to succeed. Party ought to be
thereby ha srbservnd. hut dntv to the conn
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