Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-10-16
Awful Depravity!!

One would suppose from reading the whig papers, if
he had other Of information, that the nominal
ton of union ticket for Senator's by which the Free
Sellers and Democrats seek to secure their just and
constitutional right representation in the Senate was
of the internal and heaven orsaken acts that
ever mortal permitted to perpetrate and that
ltpersised in, punishment that is ever inflicted on
wlfu depravy, could be terrible for such offenders
This peculiarly noticeable in such papers as the Boston
Atlas and New Bedford Mercury, which profess to hold
the fugitive slave BILL and the whole system ofegsation
Tor the benefit Of slavery in special abhorrence and vet
find no difficulty yielding their support to such men as
Eliot and Webster for the important offices, or in
identifying themselves with the administration which
has made those obnoxious laws, and of which Daniel
Webster is the master spirit
Let then look into this question little, and see
how it stands
fair and equal representation Of all the people in
the legislature is fundamental principle of republican
ISN'T is which our system Of government is
based, and the constitution of the State intended to
be so formed as secure this fundamental right But
in consequence of defects in that instrument and
Of the the peculiar division and organization of parties
for few years past its practical operation this in
tention has been entirely defeated. party in mi
nority, in the State, of some ten to fse, thousand
would be able but for the union of the other parties
secure to itself three quarters of the House of Represen-
taves, and the whole of the Senate. In 1S4S it did
have the whole Senate and nearly the proportion of the
House above indicated. In 1S49 it would have done
the same thing but for partial union of the other two
parties. In this njusticetbs subverson Of
the fundamental principles of our goyernment,-tho
delicate nerved wing papers find nothing to censure
nothing to remedy But others see differently, and
propose just fair, and adequate remedy for the evil
The Free Sellers and Democrats finding themselves
thus deprived of the right representation propose each
to the other, that the S. will assist the Democrats to
obtain their rights, provided the Democrats will assist
themto recover theirs-that they will, wherever is
practicable SO to elect their candidates. agree upon
union ticket which shall give to each its proper share
Misrepresentation, to be supported by both each party
standing by ITSELF retaining its own peculiar principles
and organization, sanconing principle Of the other
which varies from its own and cooperating with tor
the and sole object of giving to itself and to the 9TH
rpary respectively the fair just and equitable proper
ton of representation to which they are entitled and
which the intention of the constitution to secure TO
them For every purpose accept the attainment of this
one object they remain distinct and independent Of
each other, if such union of action for this specific
purpose existed.
Now, If there is any sacrifice Of principle in this.
any thing wrong any thing which has the seublance
even, OF improprlety inconsistency in the man the
most fastIdIousy nice, requires keener optics than
ours to discern it. We all agree, in the outset that
Wings, Democrats, and Free Sellers, are respectively
entitled to their share Of representation according to
the proportion which their numbers bear relatively to-
ward each other. The object Of union tickets is to
sustain this right, and to give effect as nearly as pos
sibe. 1t is to establish JUSTICE and to carry out the
purposes Of the constitution To vote against the union
ticket, is, in effect, vote to deprive majority of the
people of their constitutional rights, and to give to a
minority the power to rule, which they are entitled
neither by justice by the spirit of the Constitution
The union of action, therefore, in the coming cleo
ton, which has been proposed between the Free Soil
and Democratic parties, noble surrender of mere
prejudices for the promotion Of right; for the accom-
plishment Of good which can be attained ia no other
way; for the sustaining of constitution in its shirt
and purposes, and for giving vitality to the.principes
on which il is founded We trust then, that il will be
carried OUT "to its fullest eztent, IT'S FULLEST Er-
TENT" Those who have exercised power to which
they were not entitled, and who will thus be deprived
Of it, will undoubtedly ring all the possible changes on
the words corruption, "deprayity" coalition ain
fanny and the other pleasant epithes which they 50