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

| know very well the power OF his nlShty Intellect,
how it stands in monstrous dlsproportion 10 every
other attribute of the man. Tremendous enthu-
siasm1 | bow in silent wonder, before the mystic
rious dispensaton of Providence, which saw fit to
confer so much of Intellectual power, where there
was so little moral strength, Renewed applause.
Nv friends Mr. Webster never will vindicate the
principles of the Free Soil party. Never T! never
The Free Soil party has pensions TO bestow upon
him. [Cheers ! Freedom has no chain of gold, to
bind the giant TO her service. Reiterated cheers.
She seeks for no such service, but she asks the aid
and assistance of honest minds and earnest hearts
of men who cannot be bought by gold, and who will
not be beguiled of their rights by gcdbought sophs
trv rs Hear hear !'l
Nv friends, what is knowledge what is wisdom,
without goodness, as a guide in the affairs of e!-
And, what but demon would the greatest intellect
which the Deity created be, if it stood independ-
ent of goodness! loud plaudits.l
The world has had examples of in all ages, who
were gifted with great powers of intellect, and who yet
would fall before temptations, which the feebest Of
mankind often resist. The instances, as YOU know,
have not been few, but manyso many that trust the
people have long since learned disregard the dica
ton of intellect, where there are no qualities of
the heart, also, upon which they rely Applause.
call to mind, at this moment one of the most dis
tinguished men the world knew. 1t will be no
dsparagemen to say that he possessed an intellect
perior to that Of Mr.. Webster himself. Certainly
his attalnments, in every department of knowledge,
were far superior. And vet he sank before temptations
which the weakestresist and was dismissed from the
highest place of state, in disgrace and with contempt.
That man, characterised as
'The wisest, brightest, meanest Of mankind,''
stands on the page of history, as a warning to the
world that intelligence and virtue are not insepara.
bly, combined, and that you to it. that the bril-
liant intellect, to which you turn for guidance and d.
rection, is itself controlled and directed by uwaverng
principle. (Cheers)
My friends, / have right thus to speak of Mr.
Webster, and it is my duty to speak thus of him. 1t
is the duty of every man. of the eeblst to exert
what little strength he has, to prevent the fountains of
public sentiment from being poisoned by the statesman
who has turned all the energy of hts great mind in
direction hostile to the public interest | have a right
thus TO speak OF him, from what know and what we
believe, OF the inducements and the motives which gave
new direction to his whole political action When
we lind him turning his back upon principles which he
had advocated IN the most solemn manner, again and
again, not m his youth merely, but in the maturity of
his great mind, which he had early indicated and
which he had at all periods sustained; when we find
HIM changing his position, arraying himself on the side
OF oppression and seeking to delude the whole public
INTO the same false position, have a right to saw
that the man is not TO be trusted guide to the peo-
pie Rather trust the ieebest intellect that sheds its
glmmerIng but faithful light over the path of duty
(Cheers.)
venture, then, to express my belief that this law is
unconstitutional; rather, ask YOU if il be not p
ne constitution provides that if those bound to service
escape, they shall be delivered up Admitting for a
moment, for the sake of the argument that slaves are
intended to be designated those who are bound to
service admitting alsoand only for the arguments sake
Tor should he far from making the admission without
the qE'IIhcatIon-that the Congress of the U. S is
bound to legsate upon the strength this provision
Tue constitution, still the question arises in what man
ner shall it legisate By what process shall the slave
be returned to his bondage The letter of the consti
tuition IS silent Consult theu its spirit. Mark all the
passages IN that instrument, which treat of personal
rights, and which contain provisions for their protec-
ton. On one page you find the rights of trial guaran-
teed IN all cases OF criminal prosecutions on another page
you read, that in all the ordinary controversies which
arise respecting the rights property if its value sha
exceed twenty dollars, there shall also he the nerven
tlon OIL jury. Aud now, whoa the Congress OF the
S"eu states Is called upon to provide laws for the
protection OF the slave holder ia the ENJOYMENT of his
property IN men, shall not those laws be constructed in
harmony with the general spirit Of the Constitution =
oha not the trial by jury which is secured to any cit
izen IN all ordinary cases. when life or liberty or even
property, Is at hazard, be granted to him. whose c
and liberty, and all whose rights are staked on one
i ise Is It IN harmony with the spirit of the con-
sutlon, that he should be TAKEN not before Coprt If
Justice but before Commissioner the creature n
'ourt and then, without jury, and by proof u hich
would not be allowed in Court of Justice where the
value OF shilling is at stake, be consigned TO homeless
ana unImtlgated bondage! Gentlemen, the people who
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never have given to it such interpretation They were
jealous above all things, of any roachment upon the
the Sht OF trial by jury 1t an institution which
was dear to our ancestors from the earliest period Of
our history. "
Trace them back, through MANY generations an
the soil of England, and YOU will find that n al
ages, they have held the right of trial by iury TO be
the dearest privilege of Freemen TCheeis.l In a
state OF comparative barbarsm not far from six HIM
ured and htty years ago. the people of England ey
torled the acknowledgment of that right.from their
monarch, on the battle field re- Hear hear ,,1
and every English statesman and lawgver points to
thal day, and to that act, the day. and hour and
manner, IN which the foundation of English liberty
was anew and securely laid Renewed cheers
The rights thus guaranteed. of which trial bv mr.;
was the chief was called them and since, the Great
Charter OF English Liberty. Its PRINCIPLES were
transmitted from sire to son, and Liberty grew in
strength under It's support and shelter. Our fa,h-
ers brought that institution of trial by jury with them
across the ocean, And there never has been a dav
when the people of this country and especially tho
people OF Massachusetts, did not most ieaIonslv
guard lat right 1t Is right too sacred to be given
up, to the keeping of any man or body of men but
to the People themselves. Its original design it,
great design was, to protect the People against the
government, against oppression on the part Of the
government And, therefore, it has heen regarded
ooth IN England and America, the Palladium of IN,
erty 1t must not be left in the keeping of states
men 1t must not be left in the keeping Of the courts
OF Jadlcature 1t is one of the fundamental prncple.
which the People understand and which thew must
take care of, and guard for themselves Applause
wy friends remember, wherever citizen, no
matter what may be the color of his skin. is denriv.
ed OF his liberty and of his rights, by the hand Of
power, and is not permitted to appeal TO a iurv If
bis country, in vndicaon of his ri hts, that blow
Is IS, struck against that bulwark Of your Liberties
Cheers. that breach is made in ihnt strong do,
lence' and no matter, repeat, whether the man.