Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-11-01
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The Wings of the Eighth District have, at length,
hauled down the flag of FREEDOM and run up the pi.
rate flag of SLAVERY in its stead. Horace Mann,
for his uncompromsng adherence to principle
enormously thrown overheard, and man nominated in
MO stead whs Kill have scruplcs in following Web
sters Clay, Berrien, Fillmore, & Co., whenever they
may lead. Daniel Webster has again triumphed, his
mission to Massachusetts far as the first and eighth
districts concerned has been successful and he ma,
return Washington and renew his assurances to the
slave power that the Wing Party of Old Massachusetts
is at its feet Aye the wing party of good old Massa
chusetts-that party which formerly passed such no
Die resolutions in favor of Liberty-that party which
made such preensons to conscience and to principle
has in the hands of political gamblers and placemen
been made to eat its words, to undo its own donos
and to give the lie to all its former professions to bow
its neck to the yoke of the task-maser and apparently
to be content with its degradation.
''Facile decerstts Apeyni''
Easy is the deseentto Hell, It is no tosome uphill
course The first step taken and conscience and prin
ope removed of the way the rest follows as natur
ally as can be. So, when the surrender was made at
Philadelphia in lS4S, all that has followed was clearly
toreshadowed. The transfer of a good part of New
Mexico to The slave laws of Texas the repeal of the
Mexican laws which excluded slavery from the terrific
res, the rejection of the Wimot proviso, the organic
ing of the territories with the provision that they NAV
be admitted as SLAVE STATES, and the enactment
OF that sum total of inquites, the fugitive slave law al
followed as natural consequences of that act And i
any other degradation, more humitating than these
shall be required by the slave power, will readily be
conceded by the party Every step forward but weak
ems the power and disposition present any resistance
to future aggressions.
That Websterism is to rule the wing party of tbs
state-tha subserviency to the slave power and acou
escance in its demands, is be made the test of of de
iy, IS appraen from various Indications, and is con
6rmed by this throwing overheard of Horace Mann
The party poorly afford to lose such men as he and
they never would to do it, but for difference
in principles which they consider vital There is moi
pretence, that he has not in every thing been true f.
the party and to all its measures and nominations. with
the single exception Of the question of human liberty
which he rightly considers paramount to all other oes
Tons For that, and that alone, he is ostracsed and
IN doing 1t, the party have decided that to be test
question.
After the nomination was made by the Convention
r.
Gardner Of Dedham He said
Mr. Mann, in his opinion, was as pooda Wlio as
anybody inthe State, and he demanded an answer tn
the question, when and where that gentleman had not
shown himself to be true Wing, either in speech or
act; For himself, Mr.. Gardner proessed to be Whie.
ana true wing, and he had always voted the Whis
ticket-though sometimes the nominations had bee q
rather hard to swaow-and he should vote Tor Mr.
VALLEY now, since he the candidate AS to Mr..
Mann ne (hr. g. was not in favor Of his nomination
inree years ago, but he elected In that Congress
he made Speech which was circulated over The Who'll
country, which had tremendous influence and which
was praised beyond any other within his recollection
And when the next trial came, Mr.. Mann received
eleven out OF The thirteen thousand votes in the District
and was reelected. Was not that sanction of his
course by the people of the District He afterwards
made another speech, the Wilpot proyso for which
even Mr. Webster complimented him both privately
and publicly; and again he made another speech. moi
calm, perhaps, as the other, but one to which no