Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-11-08
who shall he Governor.

This question: of itself, aside from the political issues
which directly indirectly connected with it, would
be ofvery trang importance, long the selection is
to be made from the gentlemen in nomination by the
great parties of the State. They are all men of ire.
proachabe character, of sufficient ability perform
well the duties OF the Office and all of them are actively
interested in the leading movements, intended for
the improvement and moral reformation of the race
The ablest man IF the three, is Stephen S. Phillips,
who, while in Congress, ranked among the most
talented ofthe New England delegations and acquired
standing in that body, that Gov. Briggs could never
aspire to- George c. Boutwell, is shrewd intelligent
practicalmn, of great energy and decision of charac-
ter and would probably make his influence felt in
the practical details of the government than Gov.
Briggs. Either of the three however, is entirely COM
petent to all the duties of the station
It's, therefore, only they stand the representa-,
tves ofprncpes and parties, that there is any special
importance attached to the question: which shall be cleo
ted. But in this view, the question assumes magn-
ude, ranscendng, perhaps, that, of any election which
has taken place since the organization Of our govern
nen because, in voting for or the other we vote
for the principles which he represents rather
than for the The nation is now agitated from its
its borders, with the great questions
growing of the assumptions of the slave power
All the barriers of civil liberty have been stricken down.
Trial by Jury and the writ of Habeas Corpus are den-
ed to the citizen, and personal liberty is placed at the
caprice of irresponsible officers, appoinedin mode not
indicated by the constitution. Slave hunters are sent
abroad, with power, by law, seize any their
VICTIM and to consgn him slavery, adavits taken
in mart nf thp nd a
examination; and from the decision of this officer
there is no appeal.
Fellow Citizens If you wish, distinctly to approve
and endorse these outrages upon your rights and hu
mainly, you may do il by voting for George N. Briggs,
the man, who, in this represents the party in
power when these enactment made. If you wish
give them emphatic condemnation, the only mode
BY which you do it, is by voting for STEPHEN C.
PHILLIPS and the other candidates on the Free Soil
Ticket. They and they alone, represent the principles
of FREEDOM. They, and they alone, represent OPP
position, by all constitutional means, to the late arbua
ny enaccnts of Congress- and the encroachments
the slave power No other ticket processes to do this
BY the support which that ticket gets will be estimated
at the South and every where ese the extent of the OPP
position, in Massachusetts, to the mhoy of
which we complain
Let the voice of Reproduction, then, be strong and
clear Let prove that the heart of old Massachusetts
is vet true in its puIsaons for Liberty. Let show to
the WORLD that she dctests alike Tyants and their
Doughaces, and will never yield her support either.
Let it show, without the possibility of doubt,
however unexccptionabe may otherwise be, that
he cannot be governor, by her CHOICE but the repre-
sentative of the principles she has ever cherished and
sustained.