Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-11-05

sive and liberal, conforming to the advancing
spirit Of the age and are ALMOST unanimously de-
manded by public opinion.
When the Convention closed its labors, there
were general indications that the people were
satisfied, and that there would be no serious OPP
position to the adoption of the proposed amend
menis The country Wing press was generaly
silent, or spoke iavorabIy Of the new Constltu'
ton, as compared with he old one. Under such
circumstances, no party under ordinary counsels
would have dared 10 make party opposition TO
Constitution so clearly embodying the will OF
people, But the Boston cabal determined TO
once more brave the peoples Indignation, and
make one more stru gle to retain It's power, and
defeat the reforms which the people demand. 1t
therefore call council of the Wing party lead
ers, and forced the Wing party, contrary 10 the
Judgment Of its shrewdest men, into "a party op.
position TO the new Constitution.
This reckless cabal Of selfish politicians, which
has opposed Constitutional reform from the be-
ginning, and which pushed ON the disorganizng
outrages in the last Legislature, TO defeat the peo-
ple's Convention, can not be expected 10 be scrn-
pulous to the means II may resort to in this last
exIgency. Vituperaton, misrepresentation, dis
honest conceameni, false pretapces, and fraud,
are the weapons with which it fights.
Fellow citizens of Massachusetts, shall this
cabal'rue? or shall the people govern our old
Commonwealth?
This is the question which you are called upon
to decide in this election. All ordinary party is.
sues are dwaried into insign6cance by this great
issue between the will Of the people and the
domination of faction. The peorie will settle
the question for themselves, and brook no outside
interference or dictatoral edicts from any quar-
ter.
The new Constitution is the result Of the care
ful labor of your own neighbors and brother riti-
Zens of the Commonwealth, whom you deIiber-
ately chose from among your own numbers, as
your agents. Members of the Convention, of all
parties, contributed their votes to swell the over
whelming majority which approved all the vari-
GUS propositions Of amendment. To suppose that
these men were incompetent TO understand the
wishes Of the people whose agents they were, or
that they dishonest and fiihless to the wei
fare of the Commonwealth, is monslrous The
bitter party warfare against their acts is an insult
TO you who elected them-is an attack upon the
capacity and Judgment of the people.
When the accidental majority of the last LegiS-
lature, led on by the Boston cabal, assalled the
great lights of the people,, and the oppressed mi
nory appealed to you to ''saue The Constitution.
al COnUention,' you rallied nobly, and vindi-
Gated your rights and achieved glorious triumph
over faction, in the election Of delegates on the
9TH of March. You are now called upon to se
cure your final triumph over the faction which
has so long and so desperately striven to thwart
the popular wll-you are now called upon to
SAVE THE NEW CoNsTIrUTIoN.
Fellow citizens, if you are in favor of the new
Constitution, remember that much will devove
upon the next Legislature TO do, to carry into
practical operation the reforms for which it pro-
vides The details of the secret ballot law must
be enacted; the State is to be divided into sena-
torlal and councillor districts; the cities are to be
dstricted for the election Of representatives, and
many other things 1t must do 10 put The Consu-
ton into quiet and harmonious action. Will YOU
trust these important functions 10 Wing Legis-
lature opposed TO the reforms of the new Consi-
tution2
A Wing Legislature will necessarily be ruled
by the Boston cabal and under such lead, the
outrages of the last Legislature foreahadow what
it will do in the next. The cabal has shown its
power over the Wing PARTY, and its contempt for
the popular will, by forcing nominations, in re-
peated instances, for the highest State and Ma
tional Offices, in opposition to the well known
choice of the masses of its own party friends, and
in debating party policy contrary to the wisest
cOunses Of its party. Ii has finally consummated
It's contempt for the people, by nominating for
are announced persons unknown even 10 a
FaneuiI Hall Wing meeting, and who needed
there the public endorsement Of the financial
head of the cabal, to give them credit with the
people. Such faction can not be expected TO
allow Wing Legislature, chosen under the old
Constitution, to make laws to efficiently carry in
to operation the popular reforms of the new Con-
slution. The cause of Constitutional reform,
therefore, requires the election of reform Leg
islaiure, well as the adoption Of the new Con-
slution.
Fellow citizens, the issue is between the ne,g
Constitution and the old one No one believes
that constitutional reform is attanabie within the
lifetime of the present generation, if the new
Constitution be rejected.
Look out for cheats and frauds, coined and
circulated in floods over the State, by the money
Of the Boston cabal, on the eve Of election? Let
your rallying cry be, the new Constitution A
Reform Legislature Down with dictalon and
final destruction to The faction which has misruled
the Wing party, and opposed the expressed will
of the people
Be faithful TO the cause of Constitutional Re-
form! BE earnest and active, and triumph of
reform awaits you which shall far surpass the
glory Of that which waved on the banners of the
people on the seventh of last March,
In behalf of the Free Democratic State Com
miitee. F. W. BIRD Cbirmno
JAMES NJ. STONE, Secretary
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