Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-12-22
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THURSDAY. pEcEMBER -. ls5s.

'THE TRuE NOBILITY. il will be remember.
ed that the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, IN his letter ret
1pcasve TO the Invitation 10 Intend the recen.
Wing FssusaI in this city, very properly spoke OF
the farmers and mechanics in the old County OF
Worcester, as embodyinR "a large amount OF the
spurest and hes, blood Of New England True as
This sentiment ia, the COALITION papers decidedly OH
.ject 10 the use OF such language. Il is somewhat
singular that these Coalition gentlemen, who pirate
so much about The dear people, should thus deny
The just claims Of New England's hardy yeonaary.
IL the workingmen are not the true snuhlenen of
nature We should ike 10 have there Coalition sre-
formers par szesllsAos tell as who are"
The above, irom the Worcester Transcript Of De-
cember 10Th, exhibits the characteristic mendacity
Of that paper. Abbott Lawrence did not speak in
bis letter Of the 4" Mechanics aud farmers of Wor-
cester enbodyng a large amount Of the purest and
best blood of New England" He said &c large
amount Of the puress and best blood Of New England
is YET within your borders, and long sub
mil to be governed by clique OF demagoguss.
Abbott Lawrence meant arstocracy when be wrote
10 the " royawhigs about purest and best blood
and the writer Of the article in the Transcript knew
he eaeant nothing else. He could not mean anything
else. Why did he say, sis yet within your bordersl
II he did not mean that i, was extinct among the
masses Of the people, ''he farmers and mechanics"
and remained only 10 the veins of the aristocratc
few. The very form in which he worded the prop
ostion shows that SUCH and such alone, could be his
meaning.
Since Abbott Lawrence went 20 England, he has
noioriousiy assumed the airs and language of an ar
istocra. One would suppose, tom his bearing, that
he imagined himself E1rd, duke, or serene high
ness, since the aristocrals Of England drank his
wines, listened to his duh speeches, and syIy laugh.
ed at his vulgar pretensions to 'egwe blood" He
glor6ed loyalty the king as a virtue, and public
y held up the lordly murderer OF virtuous mechan-
ie, as glorious<example to The Fishmongers of
LondoR. Wat TyIer's crime consisted in his being
rel ubiican. He MAS respectfully stating the
grievances Of English mechanics 10 the boy mon
arch, Richard Secend, under solemn assurance
thatno injury would be dome to him il he did so,
when Walworh, Lord Mayo, ofLindon, treacherous-
y stabbed him inihe back Abbott Law renee reioic.
ed ia this murder, and exolled the murderer Such
is his estimation of the blood Of mechanics and
farmers"
Abbott Lawrence boasts that his ancestors came
10 this country 200 years ago, and have been in the
eSiF''O W hhO Souh'fJ ever sttlCe nov.
he evidently assumes that his blood is psre, because
his British or Irish ancestors who emigrated FROM
Europe, have been in the army since thai time
Aristocracy always prides itself upon the age of
its ancestry, upon military prowess, and upon its FIX
edness Of locality.
Il is sham and shallow subterfuge, to pretend
that Abbott Lawrence referred to farmers and me
chancs when he wrote that letter TO the e.royal
Wings" Of Worcester. The Transcript might saw
with mach truth, that the Boston Journal did not
to insult mechanics, when il headed an article
on Henry Wilson with the words "me sutor ultra ere.
Psdau" that Is, "Cobbier. stick to your Iatt.''
The fact is, the leaders Of the Wings OF Massa.
chusetls consider themselves an arsioeracy, aud
though they the 'swotkingmen, they shring from
having any personal contact ~ith them. The "work
ing Wings" may serve the ranks bot the high
places in the synagogue can only be filed by the
S'best and pures, blood" The Transcrip, canno,
alter The meaning Of Abbott Lawrence's words, nei
ther can it make intelligent workngmen believe that
he or his associates care for working me- any fur
Their than TO drect them how to work and vote