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

This question. OF ITSELF. aside from Tie political issues
which are directly indirectly connected with it. would
be ofyery taog importance, long the selctoa Is
to Be made from the gentlemen in nomination BY the
great parties of tbs State. They all men Of ire
proachabe character Of sufficient ability perform
well the duties OF the office, and ali Of them actively
interested in the Iealiog movements, intended for
the Improvement and moral reformation OF the race.
The ableSt man IF the three, is Stephen :. Phillips,
who, while in Congress, was ranked among the most
talented Of the New England delegation, and acquired
standing in that body that GOV. Briggs could never
aspire TO. George c. Boutwell, Is shrew intelligent,
practical man, 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
potent TO all the duties Of the station.
1t is therefore, only they stand the representa-
tves ofprncplcs and parties that there is any speca
importance attached the question which shall be cleo
ted. But in this view the question assumes masui-
tude anscending, perhaps, that Of any election which
has taken place since the organization Of govern
ment because in voting for one or the other, vote
for the principles which he represents, rather
than for the man. The nation is agtaed from its
centre its utnost borders, with the great questions
growing out Of the assumptions Of the SLAVE power
An the barriers Of civil liberty have been stricken down
Trial By Jury and the writ Of Habeas Corpus den
ed to the citizen and personal liberty is placed the
caprice of irresponsible officers, appoutediu mode not
indicated By the constitution Slave hunters are sent
abroad, with power, by law, to seize any their
yicm and consign him slavery, afdavits taken
er parte in remote part of the connry and without
cross examination; aud from the decision of this officer
there is no appeal.
Fellow Citizens II you wish, distinctly to approve
and endorse these ourages upon your rights and hu
mauty, YOU may do ii by voting for George n Briggs
the man. who in this canvass represents the party il
power when these enactment were made. fyou wish
to give them an emphatic condemnation the only mode
by which you do it, is by voting for STEPHEN G
PHILLIPS and the other candidates on the Free Sol
Ticket They, and they alone, represent the principles
of FREEDOM. They, and they alone, represent op
position by all constitutional means, the late arbra
~ enacments Of Congress, aud the encroachments
the slave power No other ticket processes to do this
By the support which thar ticket gets will be estimated
at the South and every where else the extent of the or
position, in Massachusetts, to the unhoy measures
: which we complain.
e Let the voice of reprobatios, then, he strong an
clear. Let tprove that the heart of old Massachuset
is yet true in its pulsations for Liberty Let show
j the world, that she detests alike Tyrantz and the
Doughfaces aud viii never yield her support eitho
Let it show, without the possibility Of doub
however unexceptionabIe may otherwise be, tn;
he cannot he governor, by her choice but the repr
y sentative Of the principles she has ever cherished al
VS. sustained.