The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-09-19

sssassasssss
for their political opinions, are piled in hecatombs
all around US. In regard TO the last, we do not
so much complain OF the act as OF the violation o
faith which led to it. General Taylor must pro
scribe. The Taylor victory, without Proscrip-
ton, would be no victory The Pretorlan Bands
the Swiss mercenaries, the Hessan flies who
dragged him from his camp stool in Mexico, and
Hoated hin, on one unbroken tide OF falsehood &c
Washington, must be paid The Iaborer is v or
thy OF his hire. The Taylor administration is
upheld by the grand cent? al pillar OF proscrIp
ton. Remove that and il would sink-sink hope
essy where no tathom line could reach it. But
as Lord Chatham once said in reference to anoth-
eT administration laborng under embarrassments
sit is miserable condition wherein disgrace is
prudence and wherein ii is necessary TO be con.
tempuble." 1t is but prudence in the Taylor
party TO court The disgrace of falsiiying all its
promises, and whenever it ceases TO be con-
tempdble, its entire distinctive character will be
gone.
Mr.. President, we were accused on every
stump during the late campaign, not only OF be-
ing actionsts, but Office desiring moth
Ing but our own honor and profit. Where now
are those incor!uptble patriots, whose lips NOV
ed by the inspiration Of their own mercenary
hearts, gave ulterance TO these flaming false.
hoods? Where are the B. Hammatt Nortons,
the Lawrences, the Charles w. Densons, the
Hudsons, the Lunts, the Woodlands and the
saveholdng Chambers? Where is that brace OF
beauties who, renouncing all other occupations,
devoted themselves day and nj ht- body and soul
to the cause OF their suffering country, as sec
retaries OF the W ig State Committee? Where
is that Virginia born AppolIo-and | might add
| the nine MUSES., COMMUNICATIVE 90 former &C.
casion, within the time honored walls OF Faneuil
Hail, aud in tull view of the port al of some OF
the Fathers Of the Republic, endeavored in vain
to lisp his uxorious love for our venerable Com
monweah? Where are the hopeful heirs OF
those two great Worcester houses who became
surety for Tay lorsm IN the heart OF Massachu
| sets! Where are those twin chernbs, who tir.
ed OF obscurty, and painting for an opportunity to
serve the Republic, laid all they could of the
State OF Maine willing sacrifice at the feet Of the
slave driver Where, too, are those craven.
hearted men, who, originally affecting disgust
tor Taylorism, turned back to plunge into its
hlthies pools? Where are they? Fattening at
the government crib. Hatered at the govern
ment stalls, where, trust, they may have time
and opportunity TO con over some oil the contemp-
tunus diatribes, which, in other days, they put
forth aga inst Locofoco office.seekers, and learn,
in part, even from themselves, SOM thing oil that
| full measure OF contempt with which honest meh
regard traitors and hypocri:Os These are the men
who trumpet the glOres, the virtues, and the pa
trlotism OF the Wing party. These are the men
who have seized the cry Of ''the one idea party
and applied it to US, and who have, to use d
strong figure Of Edmund Burke, "fy blown 1t in-
| to all the weak and rotten parts of the country
in hopes that when the insects shall have take 4
wing, their importuna'e buzzing may sound
some hiag like the public voice"
Mr.. President | have already detained you
too long. TC1o on, SCI | will only add word
| or two in a more serious strain.
Other parties promise, it belongs TO US to per.
form. The Wing patty-if promises and good
resolutions were ehectual-might, long ago, have
scaled the Empyrean height, but its ground ant
lofty tumbiings, of late. have thrown into the
shade the Harlequins OF the stage. The prnci
plies which we advocate are destined TO triumph
In this Country whether our party shall triumph
or not. Firm and unylelding minorities are al
ways pow erful-some almost omnipoient.-
Our strength at this moment is immense. The
countenauce OF many politician blanches at the
sound of our tread. The temple OF Wing ant
Democratic Hunkerism, shake to their ieunda
tons, at the echo OF our voices
In eleven OF the tree States we hold the bal
ance between the two factions, and can elevate
either The one or the other to victory, consigt
them to def at Two Senators aud eighteen mt m
bers OF Congress now hold their seat by virtue o
Hudson, Rockwell and others, have ceased tc
play their fantastic trick before the nation, only
because we have dered 1t.
Gentlemen, the path OF our duty lies plain be
fore us. Ii is TO summon together the stout Arm.
ed Champions of liberty, and drive the monster
institution oil Slavery away from the home OF Re-
pnblicanism-to drive it, not through the COLDER
gates of the East into despotic Turkey-no
across the Mediterranean into those Barbary
States, peopled by the descendants OF Pirates ant
Robbers, for they would spurn the insulting IN
vasion,- but into the deep, dark iathomless abyss
OF annihilation, so that it shall be remembered
only as years OF Earthquake, Pestilence, anC
Famine, are remembered-so that in the mids
OF the broad territories SO long desecrated by i'll
presence, monument may arise to "meet the
sun in his coning," on whose sides, looking L
the North, South, East, and West shall be in
scrbed, in golden characters, JUSTICE, HUI.
MANITY, Con AND LIBERTY.