Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-09-18
The wings, VS.. the Coalition.

The Wings, finding themselves destitute of any
tangible charge, against what they affect to call, the
lawful Coalition" have composed two tunes upon
which, like Esop's monkey their presses have played,
and continue to play all sorts of variations. 1t is
amusing to behold with what dextery those two stale
cantatas are Reproduced after they have been ground
and ground again, in the Wing organs and after they
have again and again expired in groanng agones.-
We of course refer to those two staple 'arguments" of
the immaculate Wings, against the present adminstra
ton, Envelopes and the extra $50O00"
1t appears to us that the Wings would never have
preached those subjects if they could possibly have
found some other pin on which to hang the miserable
preensions with which they come before the people
Both Of them suggest disagreeable Wing reminiscent
ces. Fifty thousand dollars is just the price of Mr..
Webster; and it by envelope voting that the Wing
baseness of casting double ballots to defeat MIR. Sum-
ner's election, was discovered and defeated
Having, however, made those two ''great charges
the fundamental questions upon which they come before
the people and ask their support defeat the Coalition
we believe the Wings have taken the best means to
effectualy prevent any in future paying the least
regard to any Of their charges. An examination Of
those two counts in the Wing indictment filed against
the Coalition, is all that is necessary to show how ut
tery unscrupuous, and how perfectly shameless those
charges Let us look for moment, this charge
Of protracting the business of last session. and let
who is responsible for this protracton.
The business Of Legislature consists in the dis
charge, by our Senators and Representatives of thei
duties to this Commonwealth, and to the Republic a
large. Amongst those duties was included, last Sc:
sion, the election of an United States Senator. TIL
factiously obstructed the discharge of this obgato
are alone responsible for the eongation of the session
and Tor every cent OF expense unnecessarily incurred
and not those who faithfully, and repeatedly attempte
TO discharge it.
The Wings and bunker Democrats coaIesced to Dc
ieat the election Of Charles Sumner. The Wing
threw double ballots prevent this election The hur
ker Democrats, who had refused to discharge the Of
legations of the party to the Free.Soil party; and b
this means had practically prevented the Coalition wer
sustained and encouraged by the Wings unlil the secrt
ballot was adopted and MIR. Sumner was elected.
The Wings adopted every expedient to support am
sustain the bunker Democrats in preventing the ssCo
altion" they cast double votes, thus preventing Nj
~ SieN'oh' anu lengthening the session; an
now they charge the "Coaon" with the expenses {
their own crimes! We know that the people of Ma,
sachusettF are patriotic; but the lying sberuge of d,
ciaring the envelopes to be used in voting, "Frenc
Envelopes" will not, we sure, arouse their naor
al preudlces in favor of the Wings We know tn
people OF this glorious old Commonwealth to be econ
omca but they are also discriminating, and they kno,
too well who Obstructed the session. and for what MIR
pose was obstructed to let this charge be of any ad
vantage to those who did so. Vrtuous Wbios! 1t
wonder they took their pay from the State for sittin
during The protlacted session 1t did not burn thei
tender fingers, however They put it in their pocket
and buttoned them tight upon it, They thus got paic
IN money Tor protracng the session, but the people in
tend to pay them again with crushing defeat at thu
fall election.