The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-11-02
For the Spy,
TAYLOR MELTING In OAKHAM.

the 25lh inst also, being Of hose whom me sage
and geni,emqnlp edior oil the Patriot demon mates the
boosh stupid and snoran, INFER, caters from n Brook
field will also give brief skech OF said meeting
There was respectable number Of persons present,
probably from one Hundred and fliy to two hundred
which nearly filed the small part of the town hall winch
by folding doors, is divided into two Iooms but there
but small part Of those present who we're Taylor
men, not upwards of Tiny FIVE voers belonging to that
party who were citizens OF the town, Free Soil had
decided majority there.
AT O'Clock the meeting called to order by MI
Haskell who lew very proper and pertinent re"
marks after which he introduced the Hon. Charles Hud>
son Who was received without cheer or the least dem>
onstaton Of applause. On taking The stand Mr. II |
remarked that il was his purpose to make statement OF
facts relation the great questions agitatng the
pubic mind and that he should be happy to be corrected
he should make any erroneous statements aud
ALSO hs be should be glad 10 hearany proper qesonS
Which any gen lemau might tel disposed 10 ask IN The
course OF his remarks. AhouI this Time Ih door opened
in delegation OF some len or twelve Taylor
lies nom Barre healed by 10 less parsonage than one
the distinguished, hlghbred learned gent emanly and
poe eduoiS of the famed and lr thtu Pdtrlo holds
Iug hlS hand the trunk of young nickoy, which he
| welded with grace that would have done honor 10
! Old luck hlm elf As The company marched IN single
| he with slow aud measured retd. each Kept h eye
firmly aud impioringy fixed upon the chairman OF Tie
meetng-aS much y amt on gong to cheer
u.s. 10 which lnerrog itory unhroken silence answered
no Slf.se-dnd IheIe ore after petormlng some very
cIedttdble evO uuouS the corps VAS seated ahd thef
liuSgri0us adcr (he sage edtorl ig brOusht m
SET 10 angle about 45i aud rested his nasal tx
teiny the uIk OF the ypu1g hickory, Mr.. h. pro-
ceeded wuh his remarks HE learned and accom-
\ PHI he'd editor says "m his powerful and pei cty
dtnonStr Hace arguments h. stated proposI-
uOn winch he uiu not pTuve.'
Now to The facts. Mr.. H. labored with all his might
for an hour and halt 10 prove that Gen Iaylor was
NiimoI frovso man, aud no doubt this was demonstra
ted 10 Tie al aud riuund nInd OF the wise editor,
but to the ignorant and beni ed Understandings OF the
Free Sol greens,' It was quite SO clear they
were aware Tie old General bul few mouths
sad that h. South ought never agree to IT," They
Knew uat Southern men OF both political pareS regard
the PrcviSo unconstitutional they knew that the uLcd
Wing press al the South denounced Base SANDER
every attempt OF their opponents prove that Taylor
elected would not veto such infamous measure aud
therefore the ''presumptuouS ignorance and carpDg
neaH1ieSS' OF the N. Brookied Free soil deegali led
tgem quiz the Hon Spe aker little upon this point by
questions IKE the toowlug is the PoviSo regarded
Constitutional By Tie Wing leaders al the South wnen
apph, OtcrrltOrJ south OF dlasonss and ckouS line
Why has Gen Iay lor refused The questions
which have been propuuuded to him by K 6Iddugs
and others tins subject? Has Gen. Taylor ever III
tImated that he not opposed 10 The provlSo To
winch the Hon gentleman did not even attempt to reply
Mr. ii next endeavored 10 prove that Old lack was d
pure and strlcty moral man. aud donut this point
SO perfectly demonstrated the mind OF the sage and
truthful editor that lie was convinced that time should
be lost securing the autobiography OF the Gen. place
by the SIDE OF Baxter and Buny the Christian library
but tue gncrdnl and boosh fellows had Scme Scrup,eS
IN 1hsI Questions were pfo1ose8 rs 4 hs1iciIS
moral 10 lombard city on the Sabbath Is the horrII
ana shocking profanity Of which the Gen. is proved to
oe gu"y III accordance with strict morality? To these
questions the Hon. gentleman replied that he was as
mora DIS me other Candidates, every one will see that
'his point was proved coucusvey and that in The lan>
guage OF The True Wing his "pigmy assaiLauts we're
perfectly annihaled.
Mr. H. then dbored for an hour 10 establish The psocr
prfnclpeS OF Oh Rough aud Ready and 10 show a h.
was opposed TO rdr Ia all It's forms, and this proposition
was 20 perfectly demonstrated that should suppose the
INDUSTRIOUS editor woad secure at once, life membership
al least ior the Gen In the American Peace Socetv
NE Hon. Speaker spoke OF the inconsistency Of
'h1 LloeIty party IN Supporting Mr. Van Buren, Who
udihaS hat we nave no right 10 interfere with slavery
IN The States aud stated that that party had always de-
mouceo MIN ana others Tor holding the same doctrine-
Inc ignorant gTeeneS SCTuped the correctness of Tins
assertion, and called upon the Hon gentleman to refer to
resolution ever passed in Liberty conrentin,, 10
prove tuat 1cdS VI ever had been all object of the b
ery party 10 meddle with slavery in the States bI ,bo
non gen'enans "sledge hammer of fact" could moi be
pFougn' 10 Gear upon tins point and therefore Tor the n
'"iihd'ol OF me man OF "exact knowledge and the
learned and high bred editor one OF the ignoIant Green
les, referred 10 and quoted rerban the LIST reson,In,
passed at the National Liberty Convention in Buffalo in
Yet ~ al which the Hon. John Hale was uomi a,ed
ior the Presidency, which is as follows" Resolved
mat is The paramount object OF the Liberty ,ar,v IN
aooish slavery III the by the constitutional oct nf
Inc FederGf and Stale governments The Hon, pen,le
man hophg TO contound his ignorant nterog ates quoted
The language OF leading GarrSonian denouncn,o the
constitution as league with he'll" declaring thai the
G'rT1SoHan and Liberty party were one and tie same
OF mat ihey were SO nearly The that he could dis
cover no difference upon which he was instructed from
Inc lips OF beSo led gnorance there had never ex
iSteo Two parties more perfectly antagonstc 10 each
oher IN Pranclpe and feeling than the Garrsonan and
Liberty parties 0
MI h next retaed the old threadbare falsehood tba
M van Bnren gave the casting vote for bill TO Re
We maafS upon this point he somewhat qulzzed bv
ignorance, cuPdiy, d. Go, but the honorable gentleman
~ ms unasPrlng modesly, declared that Thomas Morris
oe'n NJ GATES, Gov. Slade and all Others who maintain
Gu mat common courtesy and parliamentary USAGE
required that his vote should be given as was to he
dnehued Dill on It's engrossment were fools and alto
| se'h'r unacquanled with parliamentary usage and by
uls modest assertion the statement was demonstrated
Mr. II. then stated that there was no ALTERNATIVE fo,
me people ut the present ime they must choose Cas-,
anu aylor choose between moral evils After he had
coneiided ms logical gument upon this point, one of
'ne ooorish gfeenes" asked him the Bible sustained
.he 'dea OF choosing between moral evils 10 which The
honorable gentleman replied, tina, did, and quoed two
OF 'hfee passages OF scripture more touching the
punt ~ question than would have been Injunction r..
member Lots wife and tnen close his argument be
Sa'd ne would illustrate by case precisely m noin
which ne did, by citing the case OF aa individual vino
ailer suffering with the tooth ache choose between o,