Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-06-05
How they Crow!


Creditabe historians inform that during the panly
days of her naval autocracy Great Britain scarcely con-
descended to notice victory, unless great number Oh
the enemys ships had been sunk, disabled or takeh anu
thousands of dead and wounded put down TO tne
vctors' account. The battles of Cape ST. vincent ana
Trafalgar were accounted Of some Pride' ana
her citizens Illuminated their windows, and her clergy
men hung their pulpts with torn, bloody hass' as II
Mars was their god, instead of Love- and the bells IN
tho catbedra ring out peaIs of victory, and her egs
ators kept high carnival The sinking oil few Sates,
or the seizure of convoy of merchantmen, was mere
every day occurrence matter OF course,-that might
serve to spice newspaper paragraph, and nothing
more. By and by however, hrstclass victories were
out of fashion; men OF metal, with hearts tough as
live oak, and cause that stronger than thou
sand line. ofbatte ships, this imperious Albion
the seas, and taught him that he was not iuvncble-
His ships, instead of taking, taken; his flag, in
stead of always Haunting VIGOROUSLY at the mzen peak
of the foe who rashy dared handspkes with
him. was made to utter under; and at last he
reckon drawn fight God-send and the capture of
frigate as sufficient cause for national glorifcaon and
obstreperous rejoicing
The tremendous MISUNDERSTANDING Of the whole
family of bunker wings, from Dan to Beersheba, over
the election Of Mr. Thompson in the fourth district, is
exactly parallel with the case cited. Time when
the conquest of all Massachusetts was scarcely enough
to satisfy the pride of Wings; now, the election in
district, by small plurality, of gentleman of very
mediocre mental qualifications, puts the party who re.
tain the wing name into rapturous extacies the
taking of the "Chesapeake' put the British nation.
There is also another parallel in the two cases, which
is equally amusing with the preceding. The taking Of
American frgae all the English penny.a-liners
to prophecy; and they forthwith predicted that the
ships of His Brittanic Majesty would run their bow
spirits right into the windows of the White House !;
that few broadsides from their n9,c nvincibe navy
would dash the Aeghanies into shivers and that they
would carry away the falls of Niagara clear out and u-
mgae the Capitol with four-of birthstone annihilate
Uncle Sam, and lord it once more over this used ur
Yankee nation The Wings, inspired by the election
of the eloquent Thompson, are INDUCING in equal,
absurd extravagancies. They have killed Free Soil
they say; they have skinned it and pucked the WOO
off; they have bloomfield democracy and made it stan
aghast in the awful presence of their power In shor
they have played Captain Bobadl Reduirus to the life
and they to have exuberancc of spirits sufficient
carry them another week Of high pressure
ade.
TOT ii1f S'i'TeSS "a sfe thankf
and crow while you may, for the day cometh in whic
ye shall surely be dismayed Free Soil extinct, fo
sooth The principles of eternal right and Justice ey
tlngushed in Old Massachusetts, BY the election Of
rather quiet bunker wing to Congress! 1t is gres
concelt certainly and is worthy OF pro.savery dough
aceS, who would fam make their wishes facts but it
merely joke after all. The vitality of free soil is nc
dependent on one election, or two or twenty: il is pre
served by the high religious sentiment, the love of lib
ery and the sacred regard the purity Of the Const
tuition, which are entertained by the good the true III
Tree and interrupted people of this nation. Not till tb
names OF Washington, Jefferson Adams, Hancock. anc
Franklin become bye-word and scorn in this land
shall the love of free soil principles cease to animate
the true American heart Parties die but p rcpIes live
Fiscal laws are arbitrary but the laws Of human bert,
are eternal. Defeat to Free Soil, is only dcav.-tc
nunNers 1t IS DEATH and hence their spasmodc and nm
scruPuous efforts to the dire CALAMITY and IN ex
tfavagate IN braggadoco when they are successful.