Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-10-10
SpEEcH oF HoN. CHARLEs ALLEN

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The Egis of yesterday INDUCES in a long TRADE of
abuse of the Member of Congress from this district,
because in his speech at the City Hall, on Saturday
evening, he gave the Wing party portion of the cred
it SO justly due to it, of favorng in advance, as well
afterwards approving of the infamous Fugitive Slave
Law.
1t says-'It did not comport with Mr.. Aliens es-
innate of justice and candor, TO state how that bill
passed, or who passed it, although no one knows
better than he does that the Northern Wings, with
three exceptions, resisted it quite as strenuously as
ne did, indeed, we believe his own vigilance in this
instance nowhere appears. There are one or two
statements in his speech which will create some sur
prise. He declares that this bill, 'sit is believed,
was an Administration measure Believed bv whom
and upon what show of evidence? None was fur
nished by him, and none can be furnished The Act
received l09 votes; OF these only were given by
Northern Wings, and "a only by Southern Wings
while 81 votes were given for ii by Democrats, and
n OF these were cast by Northern Democrats Ev-
cry Democratic representative from New England
who was present at the time voted for the measure
and one New Engla Wing; and yet Mr.. Allen
wishes his constituents to believe 1t an Admnstra-
ton measure.''
We think the Egis could not have read the speech,
with much care, for if Judge Allen did not sshow hoo
that bill passed and who passed it,, then there is no
such thing arranging language into words and SEN
tences so as to show any thing the comprehension of
men OF such brilliant perceptions as our neighbor For
the Information of the Egis we beg leave to subjoin
single extract
Soon, soon, my friends, the change in the councils
OF the nation, was felt in the halls Of Congress. The
administration which preceded Mr. FilImore's stand
ing upon the ground of non-acton had not sought To
Induce Congress to enact any measures of perncios
tendency But the policy of the Executive was
changed. The well known purpose of the new ad-
hilnisraton was, to discard the Wllmot proviso TO
grant territorial governments over the newly acnntr
ed territory; to admit California; and it is believed
also, to pass the FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL. AT
any rate, at Washington, no man doubts and sun
pose mat no man here doubts, that these measures
mad not only the approval of the President, but that
ne and his cabinet were in favor of them in advance
and the influence Of that Cabinet in both branche:
OF the Legislature, had great agency in carving out
those measures which have proved so grateful to the
STAKEHOLDER, and so injurious to the free states.
We cannot, for the life of us, any ambiguity il
the above, and if the editor of the Egis did not hnos
II TO be true, would he have adduced some evidences
to dIove 1t, instead of resting his denial upon nothing
more than his mere ipse dirt. Is the fact noorou
that Mr. Fillmore warmly in favor of Mr.. Clay
Compromise? And did not that Compromise contem
plate, among its other denominations, the passage of
in regard to the re-capture of fugitive slaves
as odious III its provisions as this, which has receive
the sanction of majority Of the present Congress
and the endorsement of President FilImore2 Whe
President Fillmore gave the first place in his cabinet
Daniel Webster, does the Hgs suppose that he wa
ignorant, that that Daniel Webster had esclewe
all his past professions Of regard for the Wmot Pre-
vso; that he had publicly renowned his claim to tn:
principle, as ''his particular thunder', and DE-
nounced in strongest terms the men who stood forth
support it? Does the Egis suppose that Presider
Fillmore asleep in the chair of the Senate, on III
18th day Of March, 1850, when Daniel Webster, spcaL
ing is relation fugitive slave bill which had bee
prepared by his friend, Mr. Mason of Virginia, and ii
the framing Of which doubt he had been consulted
sad-I propose to support tct bill Nth all proper autho
iy and provisions in il, TO. THE FULLEST EXTENT
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
In the face of all these facts, the Egis attempts
shift the responsibilities this act of political mendacit
from the wing party, BY saying that only three norther
wings voted for it, while there were tcnt g-s,en nortl
ern democrats that voted for it, but we do not see no
this mends the mater. II is notorious that all n
SOathon Wings, with one two exceptions, yo:@d fc
it, and the Egs claims that the present Wing part
is the National Wing party, that is one and entire
undivided and idimsble, it ought to be willing to SHOULD
or thd responsibility of its acts.
As for the complaint of the Egis, that the democra
cy did not have their share the iniquity more full
treated upon, It'll perhaps enough to say, that the
conduct in the matter was bright and honorable con
tasted with that Of the whigs for the reason, that thu
Democratic party has never, for years, made preten
sons any higher principle of action than the loaye
and fishes Of Office. 1t has never protested to be tn