Worcester daily spy., 1851-10-27

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body knows he could not. Yet he coal
esced with the secessionisis, Messrs. Cling
man and Venable of North CafoIina, and
with the whole South Carolina disunion
delegation, in voting for the Fugitive Slave
/ buL For Massachusetts, il is said that The
| passage oil thai bill would raise The price of
/ manufacturing stocks as for Norih Caroli-
ma II would increase the profits of negro
! breeding. Here, then, are the cases OF coal. =
ihon, between persons mutually hostile on.
! other points; and all its northern members
! engaged in II, not to carry out, but 10 defeat
the will oftheir constituents. s.
! But the coalition entered into by the Free
/ Soil party in this State, last year, was a
coalition PLANNED. formed, sancti oned and
executed, as far as they could ex ecute il, by
me people themselves, actin ng in their orig
mai, sovereign capacity, at their primary
meetings and at the ballot box. Ii was not
originated. by representatives against the
wishes OF their cons tituents; but the repre-
sentatiyes carriedout what the people who
chose Them willel. What conclusiyely
proves this TO be so, is that the people who
elecled these representative, were satisfied
with what they did; and since the work has
neen done, have shown their approval Of it
in every possible way -
to the most useful and benefcent acIs as
good motives sometimes lead to the most
pernicious conduct; but am speaking of
these acts OF alleged coalition, which were
instituted by the people themselves, discuss
/ ca IN thelr hearing al all the primaro meet
llgs ana all the conventions, and after
"aras, ratified by their votes and say to
compare such coalition with that which
look place bet ween Wings and Democrats
IN the Senate of the U. S., and between un-
lonlsts and dlsunionis, slave breeders and
manufacturers in the House to carry throuob
the compromise bills and the Fugitive Slave
OH, seems TO me illogical, prepoSterous and
absurd But it is said that The bargain in
me one case was open and public and that
lis terms were reduced to writing like
bond or covenant between individuals. Is
IT. any the worse for that? Had you not as
'let nave an open bargain that you can see.
as secret ones, like the Texas stock bargains
mat you cannot see? suppose that Goa.
lllons can be implied and understood. as
wen as contracts. Why, have you not seen
such an implied coalition carried out in
L aneull Hall within year, when the Hon.
benjamin +. Halett led on bis cohorts. and
S op nnaas Gnoase Inc adyapesa his lotGa
Of as discordaHt and repulsive elements as
ever chaos mumbled together; coalition
not fit 10 lift the bleeding form of liberty up
but to crush it down. Prolonged cheers.J
The coalition entered into by the Free
Soilers certainly did one thing which would
atone for many errors. They elected Mr.
Charles Sumner to the Senate of the United
States (Repeaied cheers.l And cannot a
believe there issa man to be found in any 4
party SO shameless and sdepraved as to
charge Mr. Sumner with any dishonorable 81
or with being tainted in hair
of his head, or in a fiIament of his garments as
with 'sbargaih and corruption." Mr. Sum
ner was not elected on any principle of
but on the principle OF sDetur
digniori,"- it be given 10 the most l0
worthy. His lofty pedestal is too firm 10 =
be shaken by any such accusation. His
character is not to be affected by any office
which he shall hold, but only by what HE
does, whether in office or out of it. Pro-
longed cheers g s
Willie defending, in this way, the princi-
pie of coalitions, when formed by the peo-
pie themselves no one, of course, could be
understood as pledging himself to vote for
all their measures. This would be tho old
and wicked partisan principle of standing
by our party, right or wrong. ] am also
free to say that there is, in my opinion,
prima facie, objection against coalitions = 81
but cannot doubt the existence OF cases sa8
dable. think the Free Soil party should "a
act, at any time, on any point, with any
party, through whom they can help the
cause of freedom.
Speech at Worcester September 16, 1851.