The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-05-01
THE DAILY SPY.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
WORCESTER,
WEDNESDAY, My l, 1850.

DANIEL WEBSTER.
The cottonocracv of Boston and its vicinity Is now
MAKING desnerate effort, to secure and make pema-
nent. that ascendancy over the wing party Oh aSs'-
cbusets. which it partially obtained IN the canvass u
1S4S Its interests and its feelings are identhed "it
the slave mower, and Daniel Webster, OF whom this
coue have long been the 'retaners, at their bidding,
has taken his recent stand the side of slavery, and
now comes back to Massachusetts,, to aid IN forcing
these doctrines upon the party, mausre all their former
professions in favor ofhuman liberty and political right
He arrived in Boston on Monday afternoon and large
body of the s'retaners met him and publicly welcomed
him. in front of the Revere House. consratuatory
speech was made, on the occasion, by B. r. Curtis
next to Webster the abest no the party in the State
In Webser's reply he sustained the course indicated
by him in his recent speech-denounced the deep feel
ing of the people of Massachusetts, the question of
the surrender eff fugitive slaves prguIcss which it
was their duty overcome, and said that the question
was whether old Massachusetts would stand to the
TRUTH, las he expounds III against temptation and
against her o,oa PREJUDIcEs. This was the question
he was determined to ask her. He had taken his po-
sition and should take no step backward He had under
taken to restore peaoe and bring back the goronmc, to
such position that it could act for The good Of the
country.
Thus it will be seen that there is to be finching
The demands of the slave holders all TO be comp
ed with The Wings of Massachusetts have got to
sustain their policy and become their slavecatchers
else break away fom the lers of the party The cold
blooded and heartless in which Webster sets
at naught all the generous impulses of nature all the
convictions of moral right these questions, is abso
luely appalling, and tells but sad stor for human in
teect when not under the control of the higher sent
ments Of The question is asked, hundreds
of times every day, whether the party illfoow Web
sler's lead. The impression is prevailing one TINT It
mil. 1t will make Sho,u, in quarters, of resist
ance Just for effect, but will gradually come into the
traces just it did into acquiescence with the nom
nation of Gen. Taylor. Since the decentralization
which that act brought upon the party there seems to
be stopping place for it. short of utter and degrading
subserviency to the outrageous system Of human
bondage, that disgraced the annals Of our race
We do not speak at random on this subject The ca
gerness with which the party crowded around Daniel
to welcome him back after the humiating position IN
which he had placed himself and the party; the char
acter of the men who active in the matter. and
the of the Wing press of the State, with some
rng exceptions, all show that the party ready fol
any degradation, and that the depth Of its degradation
will be measured only by the acquisitions Of its masters
Sad this may appear, who will say that it is no
strictly true.
We speak of course, of the party party-as
unit Exceptions there may be- and probabl
will be, among It's members. Let us see whether it wi
be So or not. Let us see how much moral princpl
and moral courage there is left among them Let U
see whether they will rise above the character of
ing, truckling shufling politicians, such as DAM,
Webster has proved himself to be; and whether the
have enough of feeling and principle left to vndicat
their characters citizens, and boast of Liberty, Ju
tice and Right,