Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-05-19

The Free Soil party appears just to have
strong appetite for slippery and decayed politicians
1t honors apostacy, and defes political deception
This clear, explicit, unequivocal charge by the
Atlas, of easy virtue and prohigate veneration, is
belched out against the Free Soil party, solely and
simply because they accept the Hon. Robert Ran
foul Jr. as representative Of their principles, and
as their candidate in the Second Congressional Dis
trict. We deny that there is any moral ground for
this charge; we emphatcaly and strongly deny that
there is the most distant reason for this gross and
gratuous Indictment, beyond the recent reiteration
ofprincples, which the apostacy of the wing Secre-
tary of State and the sycophancy Of the wing party
generally, extorted from the accomplished gentle
man, the profound lawyer, the sagacious politician,
Robert Rantou who flung himself into the breach
in defence ofberty and state rights, whenthe Atlas
stood coldy by. We do not apprehend that the
Free Soil party have strong appetite for slippery
and decayed politicians, for, casting our eyes over
the whole catalogue Of the party, we find only names
distinguished for robust manliness of SOUL and for
sincerity and independence of purpose, and none
that represents apostate, gross political decev-
err
We confess that this charge of the Atlas, gross
and sweeping as it is, would have moved us more
week ago than it now does, for this reason-that
the reprehensons of fallen angels do not convey the
same reproach that even the aveted eyes and silent
sorrowful glances of the pure and upright do 1t is
the law of God that the chaste and pure of heart
shall be the only legitimate and effective censors of
morals; and that Satans reproof of sin shall operate
only towards the hardening of the sinners heart
The charges of him who has no character to sustain
him, are only to be regarded as the querulous ex-
pressicns ofthat desire for companionship which
even plague struck lepers have manifested, and not
as the impartial denunciations of crimes and sins
which are abhorrent to goodness and virtue Now
has not the Atlas, within week, bent its stately
knee before the alter of political deception, and kiss
ed with bland and submissive amiabiIity. the feet
of slippery and decayed politicians? Has not the
Atlas, after maintaining long and prudent silence
concerning apostacy, and the dedication of political
deception at last broken that silence, and in concert
with the Springfield Republican, ct iste genus onane
joined in maintaining the most shameless apostacy
that dared to disgrace the annals of politics. and
in supporting the dedication of the most unbIushing
deceiver that ever took hribe, and at the same
time prated of honesty and integrity
Will the Atlas point to any member of the Free
Soil party who is slippery and decayed politician?
Is it Charles Summers. C. Phillips-Horace Mann
Alen-John G. Palfrey-Orin Fowler?-
or is it Robert Rantoul Jr.? We opine that each
and all OF them can be found at his post when want
ed; and that some Of them have cury-combed apos-
tate wings, despite of their alleged spperyness the
annals Of Congress can testify, and the certificate
Of Daniel Webster, lift was worth anything, could
sustain, Do any Of them present the evidences of
decay which that s'ast rose of summer left blooming
alone" (Sam Elliot doesl Is not each and all of
them as fresh in name and nature as the ductiIe Mil
lard Fillmore, or the yendible. Daniel Webster and
all their host ofmouldable retainerss We DENY. in
dsnantly, the allegation Of the Atlas that the friends
Oh freedom defy political deception, and honor apos-
Iacy; we leave the exercise of such equivoca virtue
to the Atlas and its friends and truly, they do not
leave much room for rivalry in this course.
We bid the Atlas. when it next undertakes to read
people lessons on political ethics 10 look at home,
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