The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-10-28
To THE YOUNG MEN OF WORCESTER COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS
PREPARED BY REV. 7. ". mccMsoN.

PREPARED BY REV. 7. ". HICGINsON
FELLOW CITIZENS. We stand at the com
mencement of an important political campaign
Yet peculiar feature of this campaign is al
ready manifest By confession of all there is
only one party which exhibits any life or any
energy. The old parties are undeniably Ian
gud. Their old issues are passed by They
have nothing to say There il no essential
difference in their policy Both make it their
chief aim TO please the Slave Power. But as
it will not do to say this in Massachusetts they
have to 20 back to the details of Il war that
had better be forgotten, and talk Of those.
The Wings narrate the distinguished deeds of
a distinguished General the Dem Ocrats the
rather obscure deeds of rather obscure one.
But is there no more important issue than
this, in the coming election Are we Indians,
to elect a chief by counting only the seal Ups he
has takent Surely. in "a nation Of twenty-five
millions of men. collected from all lands and
races, we need something else for the Head of
Government than a great General-or even Il
small one
1t is a popularity of the Free Democracy,
that il has an issue to present, at this election
1t has an object 1t has Future Liberty {;
that is its aim. We see but one obstacle in
the way of this nation greatness. That OBJ
stacle is the influence of Slavery When that
is removed other evils will speedily fall We
seek to remove IT and III tins we are not sec
tiOnal, but national For Slavery, we proclaim
is sectional; Freedom is national
The friends of Slavery have declar, that
agitation must cease We thank them for
it it shows that they have heard us, and en-
courages Us to agltate more. The two great
parties unite against US we thank them for
it it shows that We are too strong for either of
them to face singly.
One thing we have done already; we have
annihilated the old Presidential candidates
Our moral power compelled the National Con
ventions to set them aside, and seek new men.
But the old platforms are not yet destroyed,
and they paralyze the candidates. Four years
hence, with the blessing of God We will ami
hilate the platforms too
We are fully recognised as being lin koSsuth's
phrase) power among men There never
Was so much anti-slavery agitation in this
country us now. The time is sure to come
when one or the other of the older parties will
gladly seek to be identified with us Short
sighted men complain of third parties - but
all history shows that it is third parties which
have done the work of the word The anti
corn-law party in England was Third Party
and so was the revolutionary party of 1913 IN
! France Yet the one abolished the Corn Laws
and controlled England; and the other abolish
ed Louis Philippe and controlled France And
we are trying to profit by their example
We have already secured the ablest delega-
ton in Congress, in proportion to its numbers
ever sent by any party We have more men of
the same stamp at home and We shall not be
content till we fill every national Office with
such We do not offer you any biographies of
our candidates. If there be voter in Massa-
chusetts SO ignorant as not to have heard of
John p. Hale and Horace Mann we can spare
that man vote. He belongs naturally to one
of the other parties, and we leave him to
them
Young men of Worcester County the Free
dom Club of Worcester addresses YOU as in
telligent and upright men We solemnly say
to you-there is but one political cause worth
working for, and that is the cause of the Free
Democracy. Some of you have done your
duty to this cause heretofore, most nobly We
rejoice for it do it again. Others of you have
Just come out from your former party conncc-
tons. We rejoice also ut your liberation and
give you the right hand of ircemen. Let NJ
all work together Our cause is Just oul
union perfect" There are no schsms among
US; no boiling of nationals" for we are al
national
Worcester County is the banner County o
the State. We wish to keep it 30. For iou
years we have had no such opportunity as VI
have now, to show the strength of Freedom
here. We can afford to do some work. on al
occasion that comes so rarely. We call upo,
you, then, to work in your own towns. Their
are many who are half convinced, and read
! to be converted by plain truth Let thcr
have the truth. Speak to your associate
especially those who have never before voted
! that they may begin their political life in
manly manner Why not form n Freedom
Club in every town. to correspond with thi
association and act together You need som
organization Hold meetings Circulate tn
documents. Attend to your local elections
when the time comes Look out for backslder
during the last week before election Agitatc
agtate, agltate. The State is under our con
troll already the nation will BIO under our Don
troll in time. God speed the right,
For the Freedom Club Of Worcester:
GEO. f. Thompson, President
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