The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-03-03
THE ELECTION.

We trust there is no Free Soil man who has any
doubts as 10 his duty in reference 10 municipal cleo
ton. 1t is TO stand by his fiends, and by sustaining
the ticket they have nominated, to give support and
efficiency 10 the glorious principles of the party But
1t has been asked, by Of opponents, what has
the free soil question to do with municipal election
We might retort upon them by asking, what has The
it, or the sub treasury, the specie currency the
public land question, to do with either State or mu.
ncipal elections Yet both the old parties organize
themselves according TO national politics in all State
and municipal elections wherever they have sufficient
strength 10 elect their tickets. The party, therefore,
which fails 10 do will rtter ay its strength and
make its act ion subserve til purposes OF the other par.
tles. But we have better answer than th S.
The men who compose the Free Soil party have not
out from the old parties, and formed new pol
cal organization, the question of the exclusion OF
slavery from the territories. That is only an incl
dental question, an important one however, growing
of the great principles which lie at the foundation of our
republican institutions. These principles are Of unver-
sal application; they relate the welfare OF every cit
zen, and their vitality and efficiency depend the u-
ture glory and happiness of nation and the consum-
nation Of that great mission, which, in the ordering Of
Providence, appears 10 have been committed to US -
These principles are, the inalenabe right OF all men to
lie. liberty and the pursuit of happiness the absolute
equality of civil and political rights the supremacy Of
humanity above property, and the duty OF the governs
ment 10 sustain the weak and preserve them from the
oppression Of the strong party based on such prn
cples necessarily holds that government is established
not merely for The greatest good Of the Creates number
but for the equal good Of ALL the minority as well as the
majery-the besgar in rags well the purse proud
mionarehe deliver in the mine, as we'll as the man in
power and authority.
When these principles shall be practically carried out
will produce refomsuch the world never saw, but
aainabe, and such as every good citizen is bound to do
all he can to ATTAIN or at least to approximate Ii is
because the old parties have proved false 10 these prn.
cples, that the Free Democracy have come out from
them and become separate. We have TO work, then,
not for year. nor an age, only, but for all time work
which ennobles and elevates those who engage in it a
work which its reward; work which requires,
unity energy, and untirng vigilance. To carry it for,
ward we must act together tremendously; sustain the
principles must sustain the men and the party who
advocate Them If We fater or divide, our opponents
will take advantage of 1t for our overthrow, and the
overthrow of the party is 10 certain extent an over
throw of the principles. aa"
Let US act together, them as men conscious of the
magnitude OF the trust coDded 10 u.s. Let us press on
to victory, having for our motto, '"THK Free DEM.
ocRAcy, LIBERTY, HUMANITY, JUsrIcE AND
TRUTH" # si3 b q -
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