Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-07-21

history, as another warning TO Insane re.
publics, He will be present to your deliber-
attons; and guide you to some measures for
the common safety. 1t is not the first time
that, when liberty was endangered, Massa-
chusetts has been seen taking post Z" in the
imminent, deadly breach" and beating back
the invader.
That true men, by the blessing of God,
may be led TO strike out some path of new
hope for our beloved country in this her hour
OF darkness, is the heartfelt wish of
Gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your friend and fellow citizen,
JOHN G. PALFREY.
The delegation from Boston, Lynn, and
Essex county were then received amid the
cheers and shouts of the Convention.-
They were escorted to the ground bv the
workmen of Messrs. Ruggies, Nourse a.
Mason's Agricultural Implement Manufac-
tory-more than hundred in number, who.
to man, have determined to give their
votes against the candidates ofSlayerv pro-
pagandism-be the nomination made bv
either the Wing or Democratic party.
The accession of these delegations swell.
ed the ranks Of the Convention to the num-
Der Of at least five thousand, and when the
cheering with which they were received
hsd subsidized, Mr.. Phillips, of Salem, Chair
man of the Committee on Resolutions, said
that they were read y to report in part. He
then read the following resolution, which
was adopted by reclamation.
Resolved, That this Convention tender
to Charles Allen and Henry Wilson the
warmcst thanks for the fidelity, consistency,
decision and boldness with which they per-
formed their duty as delegates from Mass
achusetts to the National Wing Convcn-
ton; that this Convention hereby r0tifes
their acts, and assures them confidently
that their services will be held in grateful
and proud remembrances by the people Of
Massachusetts.
Judge Allen, of Worcester, after long con-
tinued cheering, addressed the audience as
follows:
Gentlemen Of this great assem6iy:-I
will not attempt to express to you the feel
ing of my heart upon the reading of that
resolution, and your most hearty and unan
imously response. Let me turn for a mo-
ment to the work of the day.
Mr.. President, this is a time for the
hearts of lreemen to rejoice. The people
of Massachusetts are assembled here to re-
new the declaration, with unnumbcrcd vol
ccs, Of independence now and forever from
the dominion of slave holding Heaven
has blessed us with most suspicious day.
And, gentlemen, you have chosen a fitting
place for the great meeting. You stand up
on soil emphatcally free; for, let me tell
YOU, in this great county of Worcester,
stretching from New Hampshire on the
North, to Connecticut and Rhode Island
on the South-lhrouehout this great conn
ty TayIorsm is dead; cheering, and a
voice i" It's resurrection will never comet
the people have killedit. they have crush,
ed and killed it in the first hour of It's cXis
tence; and all that stirs, gentlemen, is but
the tip of the tail, and iron heels are upon
that. Gentlemen, they might as well have
preached submission to royalty 10 our faith
ers after theba Of Bunker Hill was fought,
and now TO attempt to incu'cate upon the
minds of the people of Worcester county
submission to the power Of Slavery.
And, gentlemen, how has this been donc'
1t has been done by the people, and nobody
else. They have met together in therres-
pectve towns, and have discussed this mat
ter and they now come, by whatever par
" names they have heretofore been known
they reject them all, and come here this
morning to start anew. And let me say
that what has been done in Il county of $780,
600 souls, may be done, and done easily in
every county of the Commonwealth, and
IN every county i'll every free State of the
Union. Go TO the people; you who are
here from the North and the South, from
the East and the West; 60 to the people,
not with any doubtful question, but pre-
sent before them the great principle of Free
Territory, and | tell you they will at once
respond, and ii will be the majestic response
of the whole people. Go to them, not with
the tricks OF a partisan, but with the language
of truth and sincerity. Put your heart into
the act, and that response, say, u i'll come,
majestic as the voice of The waves of of the
tempest tossed ocean. Gentlemen it is as
easy to induce the people throughout the
free States 10 believe i'll the great doctrine
of free territory, as it is 10 induce them to
believe that it is their duty 10 obey the ten
commandments.
have not strength, nor is there time to
address you at great length. shall not at
tempt to-day to give YOU a history of the
Convention at Philadelphia. have alrea-
dy given TO my fellow citizens some facts
important for them and for YOU to know in
respect to IL; and il there was a doubt in
respect TO the truth of any of those impOr-
tant facts, there would have been a reply be-
fore this from responsible source. | but
re-atfrm the statements which have alrea-
dy made; and tell you that the evidence
which | have given before you, is but a
small part of what will reach the ears OF
the people, 10 show up the stupenduous
fraud which was perpetrated at Phladel
phia.
have said to gentlemen who are here
/ from all quarters. Go 10 the people; do
not wait one moment; wait not till this man
( or that man s satisfied, till his doubts shall
be removed; wait not for the politician, but
go the people, as we have done in this coun.
/ ty, and to the people alone. Gentlemen,
the people are here. have been repeated
/ " requested to address letter to this dis.
,inguished man, and TO that urging them IA
be present in Worcester on this dav.
have uniformly refused We want none