Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-04-21
Ibe Daily spy.
THURSDAY. APRIL 81. 1853.


The Boston Atlas, of Wednesday the 2Oth I"''''
n leading article on sThe Present and the t"'ure'
of Massachusetts, makes the following remain
uNur is the fact that Convention mas uee" ea"eu
10 amend and revise the Constitution OIL Tue Sla'e'
;,bont its meaning There are some, We know,
,bo think that areat evil will arise from the action
ri the Convention. These men are oil the utra-con-
seryatiye class who are fearful OF any change. we
Rave no fears Of this kind. We believe that the
Constitution will be improved, rather than impaired
t,y The Convention, and, the whole, we think the
people Of the State have to leel renewed con-
fdence in themselves, and in the future well being
and prosperity of the Commonwealth"
Now, it seems to MS that the above paragraph Us
crvdilable to the maniness aud sincerity Of The At
las. When the organs of the Wings, generally, are
making loud outcries against the Conventions ana
are predicting that all sorts Of awful calami'es are
happen the State, from the acton oil Ills menu
hers, we think it is manly the part OF the Atlas,
to administer TO them SO pointed rebuke as the
above The Atlas knows, everybody Of any OBJ
servation and discrimination must know, that It Is
impossible to organize a Convention in Massachu-
sets, that could be brought to act rashy in citation
to the amendment of the Constitution. There is not
man in the Stale, OF ordinary observation and
l0OgDenl, VINO A6HeNcS that tucfC ~ any udiiSSt
TO be apprehended from the Convention; or who
does not feel assured that whatever is proposed
by that body, will be calculated to perfect and per-
petuate our Democratic institutions. The bunker
and fogey Wings are Of opinion that God made them
to govern, and everybody else 10 be governed; and,
because they do not couro the Convention, they
consider themselves cheated ont q their brthrghl
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f'evellers and stirabous." But, these same hunkers
and fogeyshaye assumed that they are made of por-
celain, and everybody else Of river mud; and yet the
continues shine, and ,he winds have not ceased
to blow, and the fowery feet of April have moi
stunned the cottage doors Of the people Of Massa
chusetts.
Hunkers and togeys have aiwaYs been famous fo
their selI-suficiency and addle-headed impudence-
Their motto has always BEEN Sufficient for the wort
is wisdom, and the world is no more than stuff
cient for us" They opposed the theory of the mo
zion of the earth round orbit, and punished Gall
leo because he dared to maintain that theory; bu
the earth moved all the time, and laughed at the
ignorance and impotent folly.
The huukers and fogeys have opposed every adj
stSp thul Hds HduS III ClVnLdllOOs ant
they not going 10 give up their opposition now
1t is yet possible 10 make some progress in science
art, ethics, politics. and theology, and therefore it
impossible to induce fogeys to orego their inveterat
habits Of stagnantism.
The bunker Wings have virtually accused, am
do still accuse. the people of Massachusetts of in
competency, of rashness, and Of anarchial spirit
because they have determined 10 revise the Const;
tuition in Convention These persons donot seem tt
remember that have vita interests in the State
and that dearest rights and privileges are de-
pendent on the maintenance OF good government
The homes and families Of the people are far strong
er guarantees Of good citizenship, than the unpatriot
ic money-bags which lie rnstIng in The hidden cof
iers of fogeyism. Some of the Wing presses are
now trying TO induce the community to believe tina
the majority of the Convention feel themselves to b.
in dilemma, and that they shrink from the respon
sbilities imposed upon them by their constituents
This is simply iasehood. The members of III
Convention, no doubt, look upon their duties as oner
Gus and important, but they do not shrink frou
them. The true patriot never shrinks from any res
possibility that his country imposes upon him; and
strong in their pure patriotism and honesty of pnr
pose, the members of the Convention will boldly bu
wiselyrevise the Constitution