The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-11-10
NEVER WELD!

This is the spirit that all true Free Soil men
1t is the spirit which brought them out OF the old parties
and ccmenled their Organization. The prime pes
for which they contend, broader, deeper more lm>
portant than any others that agita,e the body polite
There is but one for them 10 take, and that IS
onward-onward noo, and onward ever With such
principles TO sustain-aye, and with the prospects OF
the eventual Of these principles, winch are
for them neither The right hand the left How
idle, how utle then, the constant and Oft repeated ale.
cations of our opponents that have abandoned our
principles sold party" and all such sort OF stuff
Why, do these think the Free Solers better
than themselves DO they suppose, that, after once
refusing be sold to the slave power, when atty or.
ganization and parry discipline brought to bear
upon US, that will now voluntarily {, what we then
could not be compelled to do?
Ia the progress of our cause 10 lis glorious consum>
nation, we may act, with ore party and now with
another whenever such action will promote the caust;
with the Wings, as in the election OF Tuck and Wilson
in New Hampshire, and in the presen, Stale election in
Michigan with the Democrats as in tue election of
Cleveland, Booth, and Waldo, in Cennecllcu', and as
we shall do in the Senatorial election In part of the
counties in this State the present year-5u in doing H.
we do it only 10 carry forward the great cause OF Human
Freedom-we abate not one jot ne OF our devotion
10 that and whenever either Of the parties wnot SO act
Nth us, as 10 carry that forward we shall act by
ourselves, without them.
This is our position. The Democrats in uniting with
us on senatorial ticket SO understand it, and we on
our part understand that they stand upon Their ground
Neither party abandons any principle that has held or
adopts any that il has not before held and both
are at perfect Liberty in all other things precisely
as if no senatorial union had been formed
II may be asked however, il sometimes has heeu-
''Do you not however, expect TO act with the Democrats
hereafter" To this, answer, frankly and decded>
Iy no not al the sacrifice abandonment of any dis>
tincye free soil principle. When we can act with them
or with any other party 10 carry forward prn
ciples we shall be glad 10 do IT. as we have done hh
erto. The way, however, in which we would like TO
act with other parties, and the only way whch we
can act permanently, with them, is by their comrg up
and placing themselves on the Buffalo platform -
When they do that, whatever they have been be,
fore. we hail them as brethren and raernze with them.
The Taylor party is bound to its pro slavery admm
istr alton and entirely in the hands of prosdvery
bunker leaders, that see ut laIe hope Oft
The democratic party stands in better position, in
resnect-it has no administration support, which
depends upen the slave power for its existence. And
though there IS much Of hunker.sm among is leader
some ofhem have gone further than have known Of
an, Taylor leader going, and publicly proclaimed their
determina on to support for president ~ho does
not go against slavery Why will not the party come
I'D TO this truly democratic ground Till it does, il vii
,e ia Sc to the name il S, and cam AGAIN
expect TO achieve victory in the free states