Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-07-23

eni,vinent of freedom; especially wlh,uI due pro-
cess of law, and without lial by jury before lie.
gally &C astiiued Judicial t, bunal.
J'hee,. resolves were delicate iby small majority,
only eig b, wings voting Ger then aud only seventeen
Demuc ats voting against them. MIR. SewaiPs bA
"FuRIHER TO PROTECT personal LIBER-
typ ,,assed The Senate, but was defeated in The
House, nearly all The wings voting against II.
The Massachusetts delegation IN the late wing
National Convention, forgetiul Of The "thauSand
times" declared principles Of the wings OF tins COM
monwealth, voted on all questions with and Tor the
SnuIh. IL bowed lower, and more abjpcily, 10 the
naughty demands of the Slave Power, than The 9TH
er free State delegations. Thank God when you,
sir and yuur twelve servile associates, bowed ~ abb
iect subnssinn the Slave Power the glorious, Tree
old ComnonM ealIh Of Massachusetts did not lower
her head with you. She stood, through the lnsttu.
mentality of the men who, in 1913, acted with
Charles Allen aud Henry Allen, proud, erect, unse-
! ducrd--i ne 10 her living sentiments and long cher
ished principles. You, sir, and your companions IN
apoSla1y, could not speak Tor her, or "craok the
| prtguaat hinges Of the knee" in her glorious name.
| Ym spale for, aud huwrd for, only fetraied, dis
| honoed action Thousands nt the members o the
wing puis, in whose name you acted, spit upon and
spurn ,our plafrn, and rel ice that S0t aljrct SER
I witty did not win one Sonihern vuie Tor Daniel
! WehstJr.
Ysu, Sir, and YOUR associates, have, in obedience
| to the dctuihu of the Slave Powef, placed the
/
! to their 9Th usand times avowed aud recorded
sentiaieNs aud principles. | this letter, have
traced so ne ni The lecaidtd acts Of the Wings Of
! Massachusetts for fifteen years. In ,our Mldilesex
resnluoi'S ynn s9N that Their seiim' ntS on Slavery
have bsen thousand times" declared The senli-
menls IT he Wings, from 1887 10 1850, were in
then STATE District, County, CRY, and Tow on
ventions, ''ih,'usand iin 50 expressed, and in
every variety of FIRM. have traced hrirt,
of their most deliberate and soemn acts, when they
spoke IN the of Massachusetts, and acted I'M
der The responsibilities OF the 1aihs Of office. These
records will show that the higS Of Massachusetts,
for themselves aud for the Commonwealth, took The
lead in agitation. From 1887 10 lS4S they met
earlssiy and promptly every movement Of the slave
power.
Trey fully committed themselves and the Com
mnnN ealIll of Massachusetts in favor of AZ consti-
u,ional measures for thr extinction Of slavery and
the overthrow &C the slave power. They pledged
themselves and the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
in asot Of TIE .Righ Of Petti Ms Free Npeech''
"the Abolition IF Sia,1y and the Aitpe Trade in
thp Disr Ct Of Columbia" 'the A6,htn II the Inter
STATE Stare Trade''-''tte Wund Pro,lso' THE
ob itijn IF Slavery sohTepa ii eEis under the 1uris
dictia IF CngtesS' '-''agaiast Stape E1test,n and
Sius Rslrcsntltnn '-'agaist the admission of netc
Sare States' against an fa,0 FIR the readton of
yfugtns from labor loith1ut trial by jary.''
The Wings OF Massachusetts repeatedly pledged
] themselves and the Commonwealth 10 these pr,uc-
| National Convention, have placed the Wings Of
Massachusetts in a position which NOT only requires
that they 81 all forever repudlae these senlimeas
and pripcipl =, but which demands that they shall
| maintain the Conpromses-ins upon the ificient
execution Of the Fugitive Slave Law--and "drpe-
cate all future agato," and ''disconienarc. ai-
| tenipts 10 continue such agIation''-even
such ''agnaton" as the People OF The free States
may deem necessary 10 prevent slavery from going
| ino The territories, TO resist The admission Of
Slave States created If Slave Territories, or to
| procure HE repeal Of the Fugitive Slave Law.
| Aud the Wings Of Boston, in Faneut Hall, every
ratier of winch has echued back Wing denunc atons
| Of slavery and the slave power, approve the pal-
| frm and the chosen leader oi hat parry, R,beit
G Winthrop, avnws it t. he the determination of
the Wings d Boston 10 stand upon that platform,
| and abide By its dnci,ines
Tire pre1eni attitude. oi the ~his party Of Massa-
chusest, lis voun afy, unconditional and aert >ub
mission The niperinuS demands Of slavery, fur
nI-hes tie most complete and triumphant vndicaron
of The motives, principles aud ia, eng sagacity Of
those members Of the wing patty, who, in IS4S,
chose rather 10 follow their principles Out Of the
ranks OF the party than to follow The standard II
the AIRY from which those prinr les were erased.
Upnn The folds Of that standard, from which in 1913
were erased the living sentiments OF the people Of
Massachusetts, are written the II dg s cf
Massachusetts wings 10 'deTrecate all future agit1.
ton, and 10 "discoantenance all Efforts" To heve
the proli p rtvn the crnt sin, and shame of being
ihr hane,s OF the fleeing bondne,!
History can furnish no other Of such utter,
Shameless abandonment OF principles, Of such out
rage Us folly and madness. The men " hose conduct
YOU, Sir, demon &c, wall hardly sleep The l-ss que ly
at III. Of whn, in The fare of he na uri
could frp3date The 'th .uSand times declared sen.
trne,hs Of hts life, and cnld ''deprecate and dis
coltaifn nee" that ''agtain' which the heart Of
maj. tie progress oil humanity, the sentiments Of
lelgi - and the providence If Gnd, alike cali for
and vii Keep alive against every other form of in
justice and pIpressiun
Slaver, lsal forever exist in the national capitol
SlayepropagmdiSls may cover the va>i dn-
mains II New Mexico aud Utah with hon,inlen :
States may be formed out Of these domains nth
littilinns making slavery pei peiial the Fugitive
Save Law, rarynng grief and untold agony mo
huii,eds OF E'nIhes, may continue to I've merrilrsry
executee; but he people of Massachusetts must be
silent. hey must smitter their nobles impulses
and silence their canscrnces lest 'sagatnn'' br re.
nrMel. The piess must be rlleH--the pull it dumb
prayers moi e offered around the amil, hrarths
OF Massachusetts, ur the heeom df the bindnIen in
the National cart,l-isans the extension Of slavery
into the Territories, against the aud ins.
sion OF new Slave States, Tor the repeal or even
for the modification OF the Fugitive Slave Law, il
such modification iinplirs it's s'etficirney," for have
not the great wing party o the ration resolved 10
''dewecete all fure agitotirn aud ''discountena &c
al attempts to continue such agitation .ohes-
eur, lohrera and hJD,per nude and THIS have they
not 'eSsenfiaI t. The nationqlay of the lOhg
party and the safety IF The Union?'
81, the me" ,.u denounce r. ugged with others
from 1875 10 1913, resist the re-dciiouary move
menls III The "Optmists aud Queiistr;'' and hen,
in lSI8 their principles houted out Of the " hg
National Convention, they followed tn0se princi.
Piles. For this hc' YOU dennnre him. A. that act
relieved them from the crime, dishunnr and shame
Of aiding and your twelve associates lorever re-
pudlding, as far vuu could do, these cherished
| ynfM Mo- ,.b a.. IL e
very dif6,mIt either rnpe your attacks or to
despise your assumed Indignation