Worcester daily spy., 1852-02-13
The WING wentheronols.

Hollow" describes the weathercocks of that re-
gion as very lax and unstable, but at the same
time wide-awake race of fweathercocks. Nobody
placed any reliance in their demonstrations No
BODY had any confidence TO put in their general
VeTaclty; yet 1t was conceded they were always
on the lookout for the wind; and whichever way
it blew. there were always some Of them ready
to dodge round and meet it in the teeth.
In all the moral and material qualities of
weathercockism, the giIded roosters of Sleepy Ho-
low have been recently thrown into unreasonable
lnieriority by the wings, 1--WE had almost written
weaihercocks,) of Massachusetts The brazen
birds of Mars perched upon church steeples. ..haye
been out-brazened by the brass Of the Atlas and
Springfield Republican and their rotary capaci-
ties have been deprecated by comparison with
the revolutions of those political birds of a
feather
The call for convention of the people to con-
slider the propriety of amending the Constitution
OF this State, was too prominent among the issues
OF last election, to be already forgotten BY our eI-
lowcltizens; and the fierce and uncompromising
opposition Of the wings to this proposition was too
vehement, unequivocal, and unanimous, to be
already matter of doubtful remembrance; yet
so sudden and so complete has been the right
about-face of the wings on this question, that
memory would scarcely dare to suggest that they
had ever stood any other way than atfirnatlyeIy
to it. if the brazen tablets of history did not estab-
ish the fact.
A conversion so sudden and unlocked for so
opposed to all the indications of political trimming,
and so perfectly cool as that of the wings on this
question of revising the Constitution, is scarcely
to be found in all the range of political history.
1t can only be paraIeIled by the action of the
lrishman, who, being determined to be right in
quarrel, took up question against himself, and
then knocked himself dewn, because he would
neither be convinced pro or con-
On the 9th day of January last, the Springfield
Republican, leading whg journal, which In the
fall election campaign, had denounced as Illegal
the idea of calling Convention of the people to
amend the Constitution, published series ofpro-
positions of reform, more radical than those con-
templated by the Coalition, and declared that
with those propositions as its basis, it was now
willing to go for Convention. The Supreme
Court had unanimously declared that 10 prescribe
basis for a Convention was utterly illegal; but
the wbig Springfield Republican had now gone on
the affirmative track, and it meant TO 90 as far as
any body could, in opposition to all its former
negatons.
On the 18th of October last, while discussing
tho -Canuenuon, 1t said
We offered some reasons, in last article on this
subject why we conceived the project for Conven~
ton to revise amend the Constitution be illegal
aud unconstitutional.
Three days subsequently, it said,
Can any comment be called for? Can any argu-
ment be necessary to convince the sober minded and
rght-thmkmg part Of the community, Of not only the
Megalty, but the hazards of such "a Convention,
when such projects these urged as EN- bodyng
the amendments to be made by it? No!
And on the 9th of November, it put the climax
on those two paragraphs in the following form:-
Do you coaesce for the purpose of efecting
change in the Constitution of the Slate, through
Convention? The Constitution itself will show you
that you cannot do this, a0ithout hamptng it in the
dust.
On the Sta of October, the same journal de-
cIared that the cry of estate Reform" was only
a political trick, and that the members of the
Coalition knew that these reforms did not proceed
from any recognized necessities of the people,,
On the 23d of October the Republican asserted
Thoughtful people inquirng-how happens i
that Massachusetts needs so much reforming |
Where the complaints and petitions Of the ped |
pie, which warrant these projects of reform! q |
what occasions have the grievances of this sulferid
people been set forth! Where have been the gat- |
erngs oil honest men among u.s. OF any party or ses |
at which form and pressure have been given to the |
grievances and groans! |
1t is possible we may have been somewhat Bib
ed deluded, or hoodwinked-but we certainly HE
the impression very strong upon us, that we HE
very often heard our blessed native State held uRs
''lModel Commonwealth.
This was the language used during the negaEe
course of this great whig organ and oracle, ltil
the 9th Of January, when it issued its polibal
manifesto for 1852, in the following terms,
l. A change in the basis of representation nlhe
House, SO as to reduce the number of representJves
to between 200 and 300.
2. The entire dsconnsction of Harvard Cege
from the State government, placing it directly an
equality with Amherst aud Williams, so tar The
State is concerned.
3 The abolition of the Executive Council, an
unnecessary body, whose duties may be shaH By
the other executive officers and the Senate.
The election Of the State Senate, wells the
House, from single, equal districts, basing jSen-
atoria DISTRICTS perhaps, partly upon weah, but
mainly upon population.
5. The election Of all minor Judicial andExecu
tive officers, direety by the people.
g. The introduction OF the 'pluralIty systet more
or less into all our elections.
T. The Governors term Of office to be doPed.
8 General Legislation in place Of special
8. Genera Railroad, Corporation and Bak Laws