Worcester daily spy., 1851-10-23

70 carry out their nefariOus purpose. viii tn
""'ss MOI rest quiet In the shadow of that ohio
guys which they brought upon themselves bv hi;
transaction! VIII they not keen silsn, II ,,;o,
Oh the exposure which they have so freonsn,l,
drawn upon themselves, by their ne,;,r;o;o,,
imPuaeuce In mentioning this act of infanv, /
not then lat them talk till the people,s b,llo,,
meet '"em IN fearless array, in November and
pronounce their final condemnation
/ Inc following question, which IA TOO r,oa ;.
Oe paraphrased, is an illustration or .,;li -
desperate mendacity, than the ,no ., 1t
nave commented; and is eminentI, worthy Of tho
a''on''on oi the people Of Massachusetts wbo,D
" paces IN the same moral category with the
i''iaoi'ants OF Sodom and Gommorah;
10 you believe that the character. tho oovern
nen', the prosperity, the Institutions of cbar;,n
ana rerglon, which have done so mncb
~ massachusetts, what she is. are safa in
!ne keeping OF men who have shown ,ba;r -
ny ana corruption by their bargain and sal. Of
iNis question: 1t will be seen, distinctly charg-
eS Tue mGJortty Of the people of this Common
wealth with yenality and corruptiou and Mil,
'e"ce towards every institution which has
peen established by their own generous cba,;tv
and supported by their own vrtuous self sacr;e.o
since society was organized within the bordors oe
va massachusetts. 1t directly and snec;ecall,
charges the Democrats and Free So;Ia,s -
constitute the majority of the people of this Com
lhoh"eaitn' with placing men in the government
VINO nave no moral restraint 10 pI event them from
seeking the demolition of our hospitals and aims
houses, the overthrow Of our schools and collano.
ana me ahnlhllation of our churches Tho.a
o"arses are so gross, reckless, and So s,vaor
'"s' lhat respectable man would shrink from
making them, against even the corrunt comnr
mites that were loslered under the SWAY of tho
ponliff, Alexander the Seventh, or of Louis the
Eleventh OF France and yet, Whig makes
.ne" against the moral and religious people of
massachusetts, in revenge for their DESTROYING
iaise party, whose great leader sold himself to
infamy for $4,000, and whose little leaders
orselllns past professions and principles. follow
eo MIN as sheep follow bell weather Wodo
not 'hink that positive effrontery ever reached = !
point more rldculously apparent, than in this in
stance lhe Wings peremptorlIy tell the people
Oh this State. that they are not fit to be trusted
WIN the custody of their own government. he.
cause OF their immortality and decided enm;,,, ,o
'"a'i'y' education, and religion And, with the
brand OF eternal disgrace upon their brows. with
the eProsy of slavery defacing every lneamept of
'her minorlty-party's face, they demand, in the
name OF charity, of literature, and of God the
co"roi o. the government of this State. Conld
such barefaced mendacitv reay be exceedod
Those other clauses of the Wing Catecbism
which have reference tc the Secret Ballot. NAV
'e distinguished as the purely ridiculous part Of
mis- remarkable kdocumont. The impudent. the
nen2acious, and the ridiculous, are admirable
blended in it, and these clauses are The rc;onl,n.
'Do you approve of "A secret BALLOT law. which
places the freeman's right of suffrage at the un
lmlted mercy and disposal Of inspecting officers?'
We think we see the operation of that grave
and solemn process of logical combination, by
which this question attained consistency in the in
ellectual soul of its proposer and we think we
see the grave and solemn face, and hear the grave
and solemn tones, with whIchit was presented to
our people, We approve of ballot law, which
snail secure 10 the freeman the exercise of his
nights Of suffrage, independent of Wing factory
inspectors All laws that put any mans rights
at the mercy or disposal Of any body, be they
The Fugitive patriot laws of Austria, or the Fuei
tive Slave Laws of this Republic, we battle with
to the DEATH This is our answer to this suueston. |
and the peoples answer too.
Question second on this subject is
''Do you believe that the soing of an enyelope {
n lhe hands OF farmer or mechanic, constitutes
uch crime as to warrant the provision that it
hall be counted?''
Now, do not smile, We hardy sons of rustic
oil, nor you, citizens and mechanics, the .Egis.
he organ of the 'genteel party in this county,
ealy weePs in this strain over the tyranny of
'0I' selves, In enacting law, which it saws dis
Iuallties men from voting with dirty hands, Out >
lpon such twadde. The trainers of the law. :
VINO are Inc party Of democratic Freedom knew t
'et'er than to qualify the white kid gloves of t
hiS loaiers, and to give TO whig inspectors the r
'ower to question the votes of honest working t
nen. 1t is to prevent Wing ntinlidators from 8
aclng their marks in the ballots of their victims, p
hat tins clause Of the law was enacted; and ia
tlity may be judged Of, from the manner ia n
which 1t is attacked by its opponents No, the a
onest farmer and mechanic, whose hands are un. e
tanned with brbes unlike those of the great Judas
Whggism, could not make mark with their !
lborous hands, of which freedom might not be n
roud. Corporation marks, upon the ballots
ePendent men, are the marks which are really, Il
nd hagrantly criminal, and these are rendered
nposslbe by the provisions of the benefcent :, :