Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-09-29

at Worcester to nominate candidates for State
ofhcers, the Advertiser thought it the part of
patriotism and of political principle to hold the
following language:
we are sorry to see disposition in several quarters
OF Mr. Summers unfortunate speech at Worcester a.
party OF emancipation . John Brown party party
hat desires to carry on this Of abolition 1t
no regard for any possible of these efforts
a. regards the success of the nominations made at Wor
cester that induces TO refer to this matter The ticket
nominated there will be observation-disclosures camor partisan
mshgnity may raise-by msjority which il would be
suPerstvo folly to wish for any mere political
ends But the resort to such arguments and msepresen
ta'oos has tendency to weaken the confidence of the
people 10 tho management OF the TO inspire unounded
suspicious TO the purposes for which they asked
enlist and TO contribute their money and to lead them to
elevate into undue importance the mad counses of
Ike Mr.. sumner "A tendency which must deeply de-
pl0re, not Republicans but as American cltizens
anxious for the welfare Of our country.
The Convention certainly dsavowed any intention of
dosns the fatal doctrines announced by Mr. Sumner with
dstnctne which scarcely be hstterng to that gen.
temAns conception Of his influence n Massachusetts
The resolutions offered BY Rev. Mr. Clarke q crucial
onsm ~ ito creed, went to the table and were buried
never TO rise The Convention nominated Lieutenant
Governor and the Of Governor Andrew any
Of the unwclcome contingencies laid down in the C0nstu
ton, member Of party which has claimed and now
claims IN peculiar degree tho right to the title Of con-
sttuona II nominated for the legal adviser of the State
these things did the Convention need to do if Mr. Sumner
was 10 truth s organ. The effect Of passing Mr. CiaIks
acendiay resolutions indeed. win not venture to pre-
Dict but certainly the nomaatcn Of two gentlemen da-
metrcay opposed TO the Offensive doctrines step
10 opposition 20 the policy charged upon the Convention,
whcn required by political necessity Mr. Foster
could have rfmsined upon the ticket, and thorough Re-
publican could have been nominated for Lieutenant Gov
ernor and the whole would stll have been elected by
majority counted BY tens Of thousands 1t 10 alleged that
the Convention cheered Mr. sumner. His supporters
among the delegates and spectators undoubtedly did so
but who does not that this goes for nothing the face
of tho obvious fact that the silent party who dsappoved
were 80 much superior IN number as 10 control the action
of the whole body1
"A glance at these facts it SCENE to u.s. is enough
to show the extreme unarnoss Of the attempts to charge
sinister purposes upon the Republicans Of
body. The attempt is, however, unwiss and nm
patriotic as Is unfair. 1t may not appear to Mr..
sumner and bis supporters and 1t may be forgotten by
some who oppose him. but hold il for incontest BILE
truth, that neither money will be forthcoming for
this war II once the people impressed with the belief
that the abolition Of slavery and not the defence Of the
Union its object, that lts original purpose is
ed into cloak for some new dessn Of seriag this oppor
uny for the destruction Of the social sstem OF the South
The people heart and soul with their Government in
leve that they will follow it, IL they made to pect
that they being decoed into the support Of any
constitutional and revolutionary designs
The speech TO which we have several times referred
has certainly done much lay within the compass of
one mans powers TO inspire this suspicion, ~ distract
and weaken the loyal and. by indrecon to aid the dis
loyal but tnty culpdbe aud dangerous to the
public welfare Mr. Sumner who reckessly stre hen
the effect Of what he said who represent great party
conserving to the schemes which be disclosed and who
telling the people here and elsewhere that the success
OF certain nominees which 10 to occur will be tue
triumph Of an unconstitutional wicked. and dangerous
policy The.c0nseryave Republicans have Joined in time
pas. with the opponents Of their party In calling upon what
termed its extreme wing to conoede something for the
sake the hands Union other States
We now call upon Democrats, also, TO refrain from
fasying the record to desst from unfounded charges
ha ofH a and ohnaan nd
Prentice with the ready reply that Massachusetts by whose
side they would place Kentucky fights for abolition not
time has not yet come for throwing aside these wretched
divisions which confuse true and draw away their at
tention from the highest obec at least
so far give way to let the truth appear and let every
and every party be represented honestly The nation
reapDg bitter fruits from past made
reiterated and persevered 10 tho heat Of party strife until
they passed for truth As we love country let
such seed in the very hour OF trial defeat
efforts at the moment Of and to make union hope
less at that instant when to have made
more possible"
1t is possible, We submit that, without entirely
forfeiting the character of patriot, Mr. Winthrop
may think now rs the Advertiser thought less than
three years ago. He may have now, as the Ad-
vertiser had in the month of October, 1851, no
taste for consorting with Ga party of emancipa-
tion," John Brown party" "party that de-
sires to carry on this war an abolition war" He
may think now, the Advertiser protested to
think in October, 1861, that the counsels of Mr..
Sumner were mad, and now that these couu-
sells, under the acknowledged leadership of that
distinguished Senator, are paramount il, the
Legislation and military operations of the coun-
try, Mr.. Winthrop may deplore them, like the
Advertiser in October, 1861, not as the adhe-
rent of any party, but cas- an American citi-
zen, anxious for the welfare of our country" 1t
may be that Mr. Winthrop thinks now, as the Ad-
vertiser thought in October, 1861, that the pre-
sence of gentlemen in Convention of which they
formed a minority "should go for nothing" and
if this was an inference which the Advertiser
pleased itself with drawing in the case of the Wor-
cester Convention, it is barely possible that the
same may be true Of tho late Chicago Convention,
or even of the great ratification meeting held in
New York, a, to which the susceptbilties of the
Advertiser have been SO deeply stirred And it
may be that Mr.. Winthrop thinks now, as the
Advertiser thought in October, 1861, that the
men who make false presentations with regard to
the purposes of . great party, basing such false
representations on the exceptional views of its
"extreme wing" are men whom it is proper and