Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-06-14
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all would be siniusins did not the exhibition ex-
re more serious emotions, 10 hear some oIthe ega'
members OF the Convention talk ut the patiTat r'ght
f evarv citisan to vnta. Every whose opinion
i.worth ANYTHING, kanws that suffrage rs conven-
,;onai aud iat natural right. In state Of nature,
,r, * no such thing Dog toI rnttrs, because men
ha,e no Fx,fs, Of thar elccfiag II Is only
after The, have passed pnt the slate oil naturc,that
unvernmenls instituted, and suffrage can be ex-
ercised. aud under all forms ol government, the
riobt Of suffrage is fixed by law. The natural right
OF suffrage therefore, is absmdty ,and those who
sneak O, ia that Aay, must have very confused
ideas on the satiert, or else are willing to confuse
the ideas Of Others.
The above is from The Boston Alias Of the 18th
inst, and is fair specimen Of the cool assurance,
bland conceit, and impudent assertion which now
characterize that sheet of lead. We suppse il any
body was 10 tell the editor Of the AtIas,hat mans
rightiu himself was natural and unalienable, he
would enter demurrer, declare the testimony Of The
depouent as not ''wor,h anything," aad would APP
peal TO Southern institutions and history 10 prove
that personal freedom is Unconventional, and not
natural right
We know very well that the whole American and
European reaction Is with Hudson, in his opinion
upon the suffrage. The doctrine of man having
natural right 10 vote, is inadnissabe in our hunk
coteriss upon Of slavery, and is inadmis
sable in the old world, amongst the circles Of the
exclusives, upon account of hereditary monarchy
and oigarchy. To admit mans natural right to
voice in making The laws which he is called upon to
obey, would be to admit that slavery, despotsm,an
oligarchy, are parts Of grand usurpation, and,
Of course, the reverend Mr.. Hudson, Nicholas Of
Russia. and the bloody young Kaisar of Austria could
never consent to do that
We believe in the following declaration of rights,
which be found in the Constitution NOW SO much
detained against by the Wings, who only short
time ago called it sacred, and we are not surprised
that Mr.. Hudson now sneers at and repudiaies it.
CAN men born free and equal and have GER
tain natural, essential and unalienahIe rights ;among
which may be reckoned the right OF enjoying and
defending their lives and liberties that of acquiring
possessing, and protecting properly in fine, Of seek
ing and obtaining their safety and happiness"
The above take TO be true republican doctrine,
however much thereverend theeisl OF the Atlas may
attempt explain il away. Man has natural right
TO freedom. No other man, NOR any number Of men,
has a right 10 govern him without his own CONSENT
His consent is his suffrage, vote and unless he is
permitted to exercise he pleases this natural in
aenabie heritage, he is not a freeman, but sub
ject.
Society regulates what is conventional but socie
ty itself is subordinate the natural right to vote
Mans natural, essential, unaIienable right to have
voice in the establishment Of those rules regulations,
and laws, under which he and his neghbors were TO
live, was established before he and his neighbors
put up their FIRST village Of wgWams together. Per-
haps men in their natural state, which state we
would thank Mr. Hudson to describe, are not very
conscious or tenacious of their right TO vote, and
have allowed "grave and eminent personages' 10
usurp little more than their own legitimate share
of the government, and so instituted kingdoms and
empires; but that does not serve the argument Of
the Atlas any. There many in these days Of
knowledge and enlightenment who neglect to exercise
their rights freemen, and who, If YOU put the
question to them, would probably coincide with Mr.
Hudson in the opinion that the right 10 vote is not
a right but dependent privilege; and therefore
man is not born free, but is born the subject Of his
fellows, an idea which is a very absurd one es-
peciaily for clergyman.
The Atlas says ''there is no such thing as voting
for rulers in state OF nature; because have no
rulers, or none of their electing."
IL Mr. Hudson means by state Of nature the
state Of living in pairs and burrowing in caves or
holes, we grant that he may be right; but if it is
natural to man to be gregarous, and exercise those
faculties Of corporation and which he naur
ally possesses, then think he is decidedly wrong
The brave Indian, who, by the acit consent of his
tribe, becomes its chief, and leads its warriors to
battle, much ruler as these children Of nature
want and the act Of their taking up the Ratchet to
follow him, is as much vote as the putting Of a
ticket into ballot box. But Of course Mr. Hud-
son and his party wont admit any such thing as
natural right to liberty, no matter how absurd they
may appear, by maintaining the converse. The
.'reverend nan" has been hired to write down the
Declaration of Independence, and all such incendia.
ry writings favor The idea that men we're born
free and equal. We pause TO watch his progress,
and take further note Of his success.