Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-07-23
GEN. Wilson TO DIR. Bell.
NATICK, July 10, Iooz
Hon. Luther v. BELL -

the Ohio aud Massachusetts Mass Conventions
the call o the Buffalo Convention aud the responses
throu bout the free States, taught the Wing lead
ers that the spirit of freednn would not be trhrd
VIM, They must bow to II, win by it, and beuayl',
| IA Of which they did.
The friends Of freedom assembled in Mass Con-
venti"n at Worcester, IN The 18th Of Jane. Mr..
| Fletcher Webster and several of Mr.. Websier's
| personal friends, attended. Al their solicitation,
that vast assembase Of massachusetts lr emen
| passed resolution calling upon Mr. Webster to
| t"low the convictions ii his own great ne'leci,
and dictates Of his great heart and take tho
| lead in the struggle fof liberty. MIR. Webster him
self few days after The Convention, expressed TO
inc in his own office, his entire in the
resolutions nf the Convention, and his pesonal con-
hdence in, and regard for, the leading gentlemen of
the Convention. After the Buffalo Convention had
| been held he declared in his Marsh6rld speech,
| that. relative 10 its platfnrm,--
"THtRE is NOTHING IN IT THAT ALL THE
! WIGS OF THE MIDDLE AND NoRTHEKE
| STATks MAYEo ADOPT. Gentlemen, il is we'll
! kunwn thai there is nothing in this Buffalo PtatfTm
which in general, DOES not the apr botign Of all
| the Whgv Of The Middle and Northern Statts. Sup
pose nqU, that all If pho Wings. should 60 and
JON the Free Soil party, mint ,could be The rrsHt-
Why, so far nstng iUonid happrn but Tint the Wing
party u uld haze 70 chan ,e ITS name 1ha lO,uld be
all IsO tead IF 6anghte Mig purity 1t wonid be The
Free SI party We should be all there, eraefiy
upon the same principles upon ,Osch haze atwlys
stood"
! Nov, Mr. Webster and his friends pretend hat
| these sentiments hostile To the Uninn; and
! thar The who entertain ihtm are enemi.s Of
the Union, and they have forced the wing party to
repudiae them
A Ia med by the demonstration, the whigso Mas
sacbusetI< went into the canvass under the banner
of " TAYLOR AND FREE SOIL" Al their State
Convention at Worcester, in 1913, they
Resolved, That being impressed with profound
sense Of responsibility the represe, tatves OF
the Wings of Massathuseits-of the responsibility
which ATTACHES 10 words, acts aud voles-we
fail IN mis- occasion, have never failed
on any oihef general assenhlage al the wings Of
Massachusetts, to record IN he mpst solemn aud de-
lilelae ma mer, unqualified opposition to any
extension Of the institution OF slavery intu ter.
rm-s any acquisitions of territory flr the pur
pose If Snch extrnsian
On this question the voice of Massachusetts has
been u,wavtiing and uniform; aud never has that
voice spoken with higher eaqencr a,d power than
when distinguished senator in Congress, sp ak
ing f,I himself, and for the whole People Of the
Commonwealth said: al rnn>eni 10 M farther ex-
tension of the of slavery in the United STATES,
the farther Increase OF slave representation in
the IA, use OF Representatives"
They said in their all ress that the So hgs wers
the TINE Original Free Soil Patty" THAI Gou-
ernor Briggs MT only Wing but Free Soil
| Whg'1Free Sal doctrine bling nth then. fred
! principle, and MT a spasnaodic TIM"
Rufus Choae, their most brilliant orator, def nd
| ed the Wing Nation j Convention fur not prnclaiu-
! in. principles He said that every oac knew
| that the whig party anti slavery; that it
! pIrdsed against extension; that Gen. Nashing'on
every time he revc we'd HIS army, might u,t as well
have had the d claraon Of Independence read to
prove The L,yaiiy Of the army Ia The enunuy for
the wings TO have passed in their National Convei-
tiun resolutions aaans the exrnsi',n OF Slavery
A. Salem, he afterwards maintained thai the higs
Of MasSas hu-etts were for Free SaiI that Webster
himself could moi get vot il he not for Free
Soil; that the Wigs Of the Np,ih differed from The
Sumh the subject oi slavery aud 'ssimply intend-
ed Ia ihsm DOWN" The man y h. made these
speeches IN 1913 the first in the Balumure
Convention in 1852, "tlauk God thar slavery as-
! itaiiun was { RIVER t, cease IN the whig party"
The whig legislature chnSen under the amer of
"TAYLoR AND FREE SoiL,'' ON the 9Th Of Feb
ruar,. lS+9. passed resolves
" COncrning slDpery and The slare trade"
The tirsI resolve atfirms be the duty of Mas
sacl,u-eIs TO utter her sentiments
The second resolve afiirms the power and duiy Of
Congress 10 exclude slavery fom free teri itnris,
and Ia alb lish it IN territory where it exists.
The third resolve declares that when Congress
furnishes governments for ahfornia aud New NIX
leo, it will br the duty establish therein the fun
damrntal principles Of the ordinance al 1857
Thd fnnrth resolve goes ior the abotoI Of the
slave trade IN The district
The s,x'h resolve affifuS that these measures are
in accordance with the compromises OF the Consul
tmiom.
The Wing State Convention in Is 8 observed in
lis addresses and r. solutions prnd ut silence on
The slavery question. President Ia.lnr, in his first
message Congress, urged, in regard 10 the terri
tories, that no diStu hing neasn es be proposed.
This Was understood 10 be aimed AT the intrn,inc-
tim If the ilniuI pinvsG ] thu canvass ii 1913
the wings prdgfd themselves that TaAhr would
leave Congress free t. aci--ihai he would sign a
bill With the Wilmo prnviso in It-ani that the
people must 'Iok to their representatives " Ills first
message struck tir az pcaIion of the ordinance
o. 1871, the territories. The influence OF the pp.
81 ION assum b, the administration was manifested
in the T. upon MIR. Rout's resolution inslrncting
thu Comm territories Ia b log in bills for Terri
torial governments for The territories with provisions
excluding slavery. The resolution aid on the
tabIe-ualy Northern wings lniing against il.
Among the numb was Mr.. Winthrop, The repre-
sentative If the " Cotton Interests " Of Massaclu
sets. As had been fnesten, the wing headers had
drciiedtp abandon the principles Of the ordinance
Of 1887.
The friends Of freedom prepared for the
abandonment bv The administration aud It's support.
ers of the principles Of the ordnance Of 1887 This
blow they had fresren from tho If TIA, Iur'
nomination. The Free Su vement alone had
forced the northern Wigs INTO elHilg uppositiun
To the abandonment of the prnvisp. But event
happe.td on the 7h Of March, 1850, which filed
them and the country with anazelent. MIR. Web
strr Gauge ,mt in the Senate, only against The
WiInot prnviso, lut in favor Of the Fugitive Slave
Bill. then IN the table Of he Senate. The people
Of Massachusets we're amazed and shocked bv the
course Of Mr.. Webster. Governor Briggs, and all
the members Of his Council condemned III Inneasur-
ed terms MIR. Web<ierss course, 20 c0ntrar, 10 his
past professions and The ot-ircnr,Ied sentiments
and principles Of the Wings Of this C,mmonw ealth.
No one condemned none ireel, or moe severely,
Mr.. Webster than yon Mr.. Luther v. Bril-, then a
member nf the Covenants Council. To members
e mis-