Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-09-06


and generation The Wing party of Massachusetts
was Democratic party. Before its prostitution to
the slave power it was party, or at least claimed
It be, patty of progress Its newspapers and its
politicians were, seemed to be- under the influence
of right motives, and protested to have faith in the
principles ofcommon honor, common law, and COM
mon decency; and TO be governed in all things bv
desire to enbody into laws those principles upon
which the republican institutions of the land were
founded, and transmit them unimpared to succeed
ing generations But is it such a'party now? Let the
disgraceful legislation of the last Congress be the
answer land let the conduct of her ecreant statesmen
and party leaders, also be heard in reply.
What good act of Legislation did the Wing party
OF Massachusetts ever perform, whose brightness is
not furnished by the aid which she gave in the pas
sage of the compromise Measures including the
enactment of the Fugitive Slave Law? Does this
pretended "Free SoiIer' expect to blind mems eyes
to the true issues of the times, by telling long yarns
OF what the Wing party lcaS, when to-day, every
child that read, knows that the first article in
lis creed is believe that upon the perpeuty OF the
Fugitive Slave Law depends the salvation of the
American Union?'' When the Wing presses,
throughout the land are almost without exception,
loud in their audations of Daniel Webster and Mil
lard Fillmore, and insist that that law in the enact
ment Of which they dsgraced themselves and dis
honored the nation, ought never 10 be repealed?
Does the Free Soiler,' in the Transcript, expect
to win back Free Sellers 10 their first love, by any
Il /. II
of the last few months are so fresh il their memo
res? When we have seen that party lending them
selves to the slave hunters of the South, tramping
upon that great charter of liberty, the constitution of
Massachusetts, and denying the inalienabe right of
ha5eas corpus and trial by jury to her citizens. If
so, he little understands the spirit and temper of the
men to whom he appeals.
We know that coalition has terrible sound to
Wing ears. 1t is a word of i'll omen 10 all corrupt
organizations such as he tWhig party has become,
but has no terror 10 men of honest intensons and
determined integrity ofpurpose. As one of its re-
suits thus far, we have seen the party which con-
nived at and supported political rascaty and turpi
tude beaten in lis strongest hold land Ousted from the
seats of power which their mean, trucking subser-
viency had shown they unworthy 10 hold.
1 We have in the Senate of the United States in place
of the greatest wsest and meanest statesman in the
nation, man worthy 10 represent the humanity of
Massachuses,an to testify the loyalty of her people
to the institutions of Freedom. We have secured
the balot-bCx by such guarantees as give to every
man the right to enjoy independent mind and
speak 1t at the polls, without fear and without re-
proach; and have effected still other reforms Il
benehcent effects of which the people feel and APP
preciate
1t does not Brighten any but persons of such weak
nerves this contributor the Transcript to hear
the usual Hunke rgmarole, that the Democratic
party as bad the Wings; that is not the ques-
ton with Free Soers. They have their own prin-
ciples 10 carry out and they glad to receive help
in SO doing, from any quarter. They would receive
into their ranks any penitent Wing even though he
should awaken from the final deuson that his parry
IS ''the true Anti-Slavery party of the country
even at the eleventh hour, and they will not be like
y to refuse the aid even of Democrat who agrees
f with them upon the main question, that the Wing
party ought 10 be routed both in State and nation
even though we do not agree upon the same leaders
or though we should arrive at our convictions by
. different process Of reasoning.