Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-12-28
CONVENTION AT FTTCHBTRG.
Meeting Of Delegates to consider the eHPedI
ener Of Divfdfng Wercexte- County.


n obedience u 2 cal Of CoalHI1sees sPPail.ed
by he citizens 81 Fitehburg ttare Has fa aste7d
aacs Of delegates, Il tazt tgEn, q Thzrsdzy. fon
lie nor,bsra towns CT WorcesseE. ard he western
towns Of slsalssr. for The p1EPes= q discussing
the p-0prissy Of tie formation q nex Ca1aty.
The meeting was called io order By AlYzh CTook.
=, Esq. q Fl,eabprg, and committee q ire aP-
Eaiais8 30 aoalnaie Iss; q oze=rs fos ts Ceayea
ti9a, Fepo-ssd The fsslessias-
Fer Freshest,
HON. DANIEL WILDER. Of Le91aiasse--
For Vie Prszi5zs.s.
!oia Broo.=, Priace.oa; Aaa-sw Gzrsn=r. Gra;oa;
c. ". Bellows. PePPzTsl: Len EIsyFafd, Gsr3Psr:
Hobart Spencer, Ashsy; Ls,i WOOD. IVES, Tog7a-
sand; Daniel Ps4nzBl. Luneai5srg; Israel Langley,
shirley; Iszzc Stevens. Aitol; n. ". Allen, Roy
alstoa; GEaaan Dzy. TsasTTsAssea: W. B. GoodseS,
Habbzsds.sa: Z. M1rlock, Wl71hen3oa. John H.
white Westminster; Paul 4. Morse. Leouiasiar;
Sam'l Hosghson, Sterling; Jacob Fisher, Laaeas.ers
{ A. Whiicouab, Boion; jerome Gzrdner, Hzr-
ward; Jason G6aldlag, Phlliipseoa-
For Secretaries.
w.B. Toxae. Fl-ch5urg: J. C. AIlea. Leouia-
=,sr; ]. r Harvey. PepPereIl; Tbos. Hawkes.. TEN
plstan: George Swan. Habbardz:oa; John Todd,
Westminster
The nominations were adopted. and Hon Mr.
Wilder was conducted toihe chan. He briefly stat
81 the Objects for which the convention had been
called. The step proposed. he said, was an imPoT
tant one, and mich eoald be said upon both sides.
Il was 10 Trivial matter 10 saaaer the associations
aud ties Of an hundred years and more. and he hop
ed that whatever was done would be done aftsr the
most careful deliberation.
On Ino.icn Of Mr. Wood. Of Fitchburg, II was vol
ed that the Secretary should call the list Of Towns
and that The delegation fom each should report the
number present. and ii was found that there were
from Fitchburg 24, Asabaraharn II, Leomiazter 10
Sterling none. Groton l, PepPereH ls. ". Town
send 5,Ashby Shirley .Athol Is, Petershan noas
baTsiston 3. WinchendOa noas. Gardner 5. West
minister 20, Princeton ,, Lancaster none, Bo.oI
none, Harvard ?, Lunenburg 5.
On usgtiOn of Charles H. Snow, Esq. Of Fitch
burg. il was voted to appon. Committee Of fiye /,
draw up address and resolutions for the consider
alton Of the meeting, and the following gentlemen
were nominzfed5y the chair, and confirmed By ,b,
Convention, VIC. Fl. Snow, of Fiiehbarg; c
w. Bellows. of Pepperell; obed Hoyt. Of stho
Mr. Willard Of Harvard; AMI john Todd. Of Yves
minister.
twas then voted to adjourn Tor dinner, and IL
meet at the Fjsehbnrg Town Hall at O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After boantifal repass served up BY the sIeszrs
n Il
Fitchburg, The Committee again assembled at ths
Town Hall, where the Committee appointed for thai
purpose offered an elaborate address and series Of
resolutions. Our space viii not permit Us to publish
these documents entire, and as we understand ii i
the g4sh Of the Committee. that they shall not be,
atPTssent, we viii give only synopsis Of their pur-
port
The address, begins By asserting that for some
time past the rejecting men in the north part Of
Worcester and the adjoining towns Of siiddleser.
have been impressed with the importance oftaking
some measures for the easier and more expeditions
administration Of justice in our yariols count courts
The inconvenience resulting from the undue size
Of the Comfy. had caused great delays, and the
transaction OflegaI business, and the Inconvenience
is universally felt Extra sessions had done l;e 10
remedy the evil, and spite Of all that could be done
by an energetic Judiciary, actions have accumulated
il the Court OF Common Pleas, until al the present
time there are 1890 cases upon the docket IN the
criminal department also. the address sets forth ha,
the embarrassment has O5tained the same alarming
height:
Without stating other cause Of grievance, the adj
dress then goes into an nquirery to the remedies
for this, and audes TO such as have been suggested
VIZ the refusal Of continuauces and stringent ru.
that every 10, which there Is no substantial de-
fsnse, shall be defaulsed at the commencement Of
the sessnd term These remedies the address states
''arsn oi considered feasible. by men best acquainted
with The practice Of the courts and the only remedy
that remains is TO take the bold and decisive step, Of
separating from the cd County, and forming new
one Much stress il laid upon sle distance Of the
northern towns from Worcester, and the expense
and delays attendant upon journey io.Worcesrsr,
FOR the transaction Of legal business Instances
could be cited the address states where the expense
and delays have been so great ffom such causes as
that the faal verdict has been but mockery Of jus
tice. and the poor and unfriended have been The
principal Sufferers. The address then appeals strong
iy 10 the citizens OF the northern towns 10 lay aside
all local Prejadices and partial views, and engage
with honest, strait forward zeal ia the work which
has been commenced" 1t assures the towns Tia.
they base nothing but good TO gain BY the conieir-
plated ehange,and sacrifice to make, excep, Of old
assOcaions-Ihat there is pecunisry 1pense, be-
cause reasonable assurances have been given that