The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-08-31

and they wi sh their old leader be what his opponents
have sometimes said he unprncipled and dan
gerous mana northern with southern principles
They do NOT believe that things can change, un>
less ii be foI the worse, The only principle which has
acuated Them has been selfish ambition, first and as
They cannot conceive how wisdom and So-called paIr-
otiSm should accumulate with ears and grey hairs
Defeat does not enlghten them 1t only stimulates them
to revenge.
ltis often asked how you, who said so many hard
things of Martin Van Buren,, in past years, advocate his
eIectonsnow lis he not the cunning old fox O.
WE'LL at the first blush, it does seem strange, that
caenaon of events should bring together such ungen
al Spirits But the inconsistency of doing does not
appear TO me. Martin Van Buren, was not the choice
Of the Free Territory Wings, because they did not know
how far he would consent to go, in restraining the en-
croachments of slavery. They did not know whether
he would join issue with them TO strike the monster
wherever he could be reached These Wings
proclaimed in advance, that they conscientious in
their adherence of the motives which prompted the
nomination OF Taylor. They rave ceased 10 regard
men, and would throw the mantle of oblivion the
past if they could hut the principle established, for
which they commended. No ore doubts MIR. Van BurenS
cap city, and all agree that his experience state af>
fairs greater than that OF any man in the nation =
Them why when he steps firmly upon the platform they
have adopted, and unhesilangly, and without dissent.
ing from single point there. acqueses in it, should they
fear to sustain him Do we abandon anything Has
the mountain gone TO Mahomet, or Mahomet TO the
mountain well know that the name of Martin Van
Buren,, 10 the Wings Of Massachusetts, is not euphoni
II &c oIJ Old
and TO revive the scenes Of political strife of past years
But must mans name be forever an objection 10
him z II so, then many men are most unfortunately
clrcumstanced. Had we called upon him 10 bear
alof the banner of Freedom in years past we
should not have looked for a favorable response
from him But "al changes have chequered human.
ity's lot" and iha is one of them. The man who
had been identfedwh the great Southern power, has,
by the reaction of hat Power upon himself become
rock which will ono day grind 10 powder, all those who
now assail him. There is virtue in The people, and they
will not allow the great principle of human freedom to
be blinked out d sight, because the man, whom its
friends have selected as leader was once obnoxious 10
them. The attacks that are made upon him, have no
reference 10 the prlsent position he occupies They
all confined 10 pst state of things, which have
solved to forget Our contest lies in the present We
have defence tonake of Mr. Van Burens past course
for entertain te opinion of it now as then, and
would not take back one word Of what we may have
said of him. II il sufficient for u.s. that he the
representative of he great principle with which have
identified ourselve We have been partizans for men,
as well as for pr.nsipes. We such no longer. The
principle first andlhe principle last, has all our alegi-
ance; and we wi take such men as Providence shall
raise up for us dcary these principles to triumphant
issue-w.