Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-29
Woreester Daily Spp.
Address of the Republican State COM
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HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN STATE [
CoMMIrrEE, BoSrON, Oct. "a, 1868.
To the Loyal Men Of Massachusetts,.
The Republican State Committee desire
very briefly to call the attention of the people
of the Commonwealth to the Importance of
full vote, on Tuesday next, for the ticket
which represents the government, and the
cause of unconditional loyalty.
1t can hardly be said that there is a political
contest this year in Massachusetts, but while
there is even a nominal opposition to the Ma
tional and State Administrations, and to the
policy which they are pursuing, it is incum-
bent upon every good and patriotic citizen to
go the polls on the day Of election and de-
post his vote. The party which commenced
the canvass last yearly professions of uncon-
ditonal allegiance to the Administration, and
carried it on in spirit of the most virulent
and abusive opposition to it, and to its policy
and its supporters; which opened the cam
palgn the present year by speeches and reso-
lutl0ns Overfiowing with evidences Of oppose
ton to the war; and is now, since the re-
turns have come in from Ono and
PENNSYLVANIA, trying to establish itself upon
War PlattOrm,-the Democratic party,
thus efiectually uumasked, and almost uni
VerSally recognized as the enemy of the loyal
cause, can hope for no success in this patriot.
lc Commonwealth Its coadIutors have been
beaten in every State and Territorial cleo.
ton which has taken place since the year
came in, except perhaps in single one of
the Border Slaveholding States. PENNsrL-
vAN1A and Ono, which were mised into CIV
ing them an efficient support in 1862, have
recovered their position; while MAINE, and
CALIFORNIA, and Iowa, and CONNECTICUT,
and New HAMPSHIRE, and RHODE ISLAND,
and VERMONT, and the distant Territories of
COLORADO and NEVADA have maintained
their faith in the government, generally by in
creased ma orities. New YORK is preparing
to follow, and with WISCONSIN and MINNEso.
IA, will complete the almost unbroken series
of victories in the free States for the cause of
the government MASSACHUSETTS, cannot
abandon her associates, with whom she won
the victory over the slave power IN 1860, and
with whom, shoulder to shoulder, she has
stood in support of the Administration
in its efforts to put down this wick
ed rebellion If she could for one instant
dream of abandoning the good old cause and
her tried and true political associations, she
would find new incentives to faithfulness in
the cries which come up to her for sympathy
and support from the loyal men of the Bor-
der States, and even Of the States now actual
ly in rebellion. 70 the unconditional loyallsts
of MARYLAND, of DELAWARE, of Missouri,
of TENNESSEE, of LOUISIANA, of WEST VIR-
GINA, who are hopefully struggling in the
great cause of Republican Liberty. and setting
themselves at work with an enthusiasm and a
seif-sacrifcing spirit worthy of all praise, to
get rid of the evil which has been the sole
cause ofthe rebellion, and is now the sole OBJ
stacle to peace, Massachusetts cannot be
untaithfu. She has helped to fill and rein
force the national armies, to replenish the ma
tional treasury, and to sustain its credit. She
h, o. Il, Il.
bic, an unbroken delegation of Senators
and Representatives in full sympathy with the
Administrations and with that liberal and pro-
gressive Emancipation policy, which com
manded her early and constant appreciation,
which she desires to see extended
and enforced by all the power Of the
Government, and which now stands APP
proved by the voice of the vast ma
jority of men, South as well as North.
Under the patriotic lead Of GOVERNOR An
DREW, all the departments Of her State gov
eminent have given an unconditional, and
hearty, and constant support to the great
work of putting down the rebellion. No ques-
ton has ever been raised as to her position.
None must be raised now. In obedience to
the demand of the people, the Republican
Convention has placed JoHN A. ANDREW again
in nomination for the office of Governor.
ticket, and for the candidates nominated for
the Council and for the Legislature, repre-
senting the same opinions and position, we ask
the support of the whole people. But espe-
cially for the cause, which is not only the cause
of Union and the supremacy OF the Govern
ment over audaciOuS treason, but of impartial
freedom throughout the length and breadth of
the Republic,-FoR THE CAUSE we ask the
sutfrageS of Massachusetts men, Let the re-
Spouse at the polls, on Tuesday the Sd of No
vember, reaffirm the position of this old Com
monwealth, and assure our loyal brethren of
the Middle States, the Westand the South, that
we are with them, now and always.
WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Chairman.
WM. S. ROBINSON, Secretary
CHAS. W SLACK, Treasurer.
AARON c. MAYHEM,
j. NJ. 5. WILLIAMS,
THOMAS TALBOT,
GEORGE A. SHAW,
HORACE SCOTT,
F. W. BIRD.
JAMES M. MITCHELL,
JOSIAH DUNLAP,
GEORGE W. MES ENGER,
GEORGE COGGSWELL,
Executive Committee.