The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-09-27

FELLOW CITIZENS -
We, the Delegates to the Wing Convention
assembled at Faneuil Hall in the city of Boston
having discharged the duty assigned us. in the
selection of candidates for the first and second Of
fees O. the Government, now call on you-our
constituents-and all entrusted with the respon-
sible right OF suffrage, to ratfy and confirm that
selection.
We do this, fellow citizens, in perfect reliance
on your recollection OF the history of the past
and your knowledge OF the present position and
objects OF parties in this Commonwealth
The names Of Briggs and Reed are once more
submitted to your consideration-names never vet
subjected to popular deteat-names never destined
to popular defeat-unt you, Wings of Massachu-
sets, have utterly forgotten your origin, destiny
and duties, and become regardless and reckless
OF the lnappreciabe value of the civil rights and
social institutions entrusted by your fathers to
your
1t is now, fellow citizens, almost three quar-
ters OF century since the people of Massachu-
sets became free, sovereign and Independent
State. During nearly the whole of this period
they have lived under the 'sDecaraton of Rights
aud the Form of Government ordained and es-
tablished by the Wings of 1880, asthe Constitu-
ton of the Commonwealth.
With intervals few and unimportant as to time
Wing principles and Wing policy, as set forth
in this solemn declaration, administered by Wing
men, have prevailed within her borders
The Wings OF Massachusetts have, therefore
no occasion to 60 beyond her own limits to learn
lessons OF Patriotism, or principles of Government
or OF the administration of Government The
soil OF Massachusetts, is the natal soil of Wing prin-
| ciples, Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill,
bear everlasting record to the principles of the
Wings OF l776. They brought the Revolution
lntoi lie, and warmed itnto being-its birth place
amid the tumult and confusion of War, was this
city-it was Graded within these consecrated
! walls.
The Wings, then, of lS45 stand upon the rich
inheritance of the principles and policy derived
from Their glorious ancestry Of l776. They point
to their Revolutionary sires, and show legit-
mate descent
hey point to the Declaration of Rights by the
Wings OF 1880, as the platform of Wing princi-
Piles and Wing policy, embodied and consecrated
In that venerated instrument, by those immortal
patriots, who first gave birth to the movement
and triumphantly carried through the prolonged
and perilous struggle of the Revolution. They
point toits administration, since its adoption by
DY the W hlgs OF the State, and ask if, in the
whole history of man, results more favorable to
the progress and improvement of our race, have,
in equal time and space, and with equal economy,
been anywhere exhibited and realized.
The Wings, therefore, of Massachusetts,, an
nounce no new theories in government, or in
morals, in the social order of the Commonwealth
They stand upon the principles of the past
sanctioned by time, and consecrated by expert
ence-to be modified and adapted to the wants of
the present. and the growth and advancement of
the future. They seek no organic reforms in the
Constitution OF the State ; they seek no extension
OF the boundaries Of the Nation they ask for the
adoption OF no new principle or policy they pro-
pose no new men. The principles they advocate
nave borne the test of time the men they pro-
pose, as candidates, have been fully tried and
never found wanting.
What then, have been the fruits OF these prin-
ciPies, and what the resultso this policy of the
Wings in Massachusetts
The answer to this is not found in statistical
tables OF the climate soil, productions, or in the
extentsPopulation and resource Of the State alone
! IL regards the moral and intellectual habits as
! Well as the physical condition OF the people,
Inc answer is found in the actual condition and
well-being OF the hundreds of thousands of her
citizens, who now dwell in peace, in comfort and
security, within her borders
In other hundreds of thousands. born and educa
ted within her limits, who, led on by an irrepres
slDie spirit OF enterprise and adventure, have
gone forth and spread her principles and her poll
cy throughout the Union.
In the millions, who, since her organization as
Government, have descended to the tomb, in
the iull enjoyment OF all the blessings of liberty
and order, established and protected by law.
The answer vs. also found in those deep-laid
foundations OF civilized society-her tribunals of
Justice-and in the fearless, upright and faithful
administration of the laws-and in the unbroken
succession OF learned, impartial and enlightened
Jurlsts, who have been called to preside and adj
minister in her temples of Justice
In her common schools and higher seminaries
oil learning-those unfailing nurseries to which
the State has always looked and still looks with
never ending interest and more than parental
anxiety for the means to carry, as they have
carried, instruction in every department ofknowl-
edge, and to diffuse, as they have diffused, the
lights OF science-the embellishments of art, and
the rehnements of cultivated minds and manners.
into every town, district and hamlet in the Com
monweath.
In the religious establishments consecrated to
the worship of Almighty God, whose spires ris-
ing in our midst, point to that Heaven, whose
laws, and the hopes held forth, of more than NOR
tai felicity, are taught in the temples beneath
In those Hospitals, Asylums, and temples of
Charity, everywhere diffused, those pure foun-
tains OF ever springing sympathy and benevo-
lence, whose numbers and whose means are lin
tied only by the wants and claims of the wretch
edness and misery, which vice and misfortune
have entailed on our race
The answer is also found in the spirit and
ergy which Wing principles and policy have ey-
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