Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-09-26

agogue. We all want him, because as we place him
at the "head OF our column" we now hear
the hurried and confused tramps of the reireaing
and dIsheartened foe. We want him as our leader,
because account of his great political sagaciIy,
his superior insight into the character and nstitu.
tions under which live his identity with The late
events which make up the history of Massachusetts,
he is emnenty htted TO stand al the helm, and
cue our ships of State from the breakers Of Whg
conservatism, and guide it the safe channel Of
an enlightened and liberal progression. Such is
our leader. And the contest is worthy of the can
didate. [Cheers.
Gentlemen, are entering into stirring, and
never so important campaign. 1t is common
casion. generation Of men will pass away before
the people of this Commonwealth will have so much
TO win or to lose. We are to paas judgment on
ninety days of deliberate wisdom. We have an op.
pnrtuniy to change the organic law OF great STATE
We are 10 say whether Massachusetts shall saii-m.
der new colors, with a revised and corrected chart,
whether she shall continue to beat along under
tered Wing sails, with old, cumbrous, and unsafe
guide. We are 10 ratIly reject new constitutional
Constitution which has remodelled the whole frame.
work OF government; has changed the manner and
the day of elections; has preserved and adjusted the
system ol town representation; has made the secre-
ry Of suffrage a fundamental law; has reformed the
Judiciary has righIed old Harvard has straight
ened out the militia; has provided guarantees
for sacred and time honored rights; has swept away
the last vestige of nhunan legislation; has placed
Safeguards about educational system; has
stripped from the executive government unnecessary
patronage, and placed all important elections in the
hands of the peoples has entered lis fat against mo.
nOpolies and exclusive purae privileges has
complished, altogether, nearly fifty necessary aera-
tons and il is for to decide whether we will
have the old Constitution, with lis Anticipated abuses,
the new Constitution and its valuable reforms
Observation-Disclosures we will have Massachusetts
ranked of the States friendly 10 the compro-
misses of 1850 or whether it shall refuse them it,
coun,enance and approbaion-whether we will be on
the side Of humanity, or look only to the ntert SITS
property WheIheF-we will have another Legislature
similar to that of last winter, which became a pub
lie nuisance and the laughing stock OF the whole
country, whether will have less talk ard more
work done in the Stale House-whether we will
take the back track which leads 10 the sioughs of
IIunkersm, or whether we will steadily on.
ward in the path OF wise and benehte nt REFORM
applause
Such are the questions to be answered by this
election. We shall reply in favor of reform, and
against retrogression. Our position is talen and
the motto upon the banner that we spread to the
breeze, is "HENRY WILSON and the neW Con-
Sfjtuttoni' (Cheers.) Depend upon it, gentle
men, if we accept this new Constitutional we
take the government out of the hands ola Leg.
slature unworthy to hold tiff we strike down
that centralized commercial influence of Boston
which IN 1851, in the city of Boston, m Fan
euil Hall, reared altar to the slave power, and
sacrificed upon it a man and brOther-if we
give our noble candidate for Governor a Triumph
ant support, we shall so affect the fugitive slave
law, that hereafter it will be efete in New Eng
land; we shall strike blow at the slave power
that Will cause the whole citadel of slavery to
touer to its very foundations. And now is the
time for action. Massachusetts honor pleads with
her sons-humanity stretches forth her hands i'm
poringly, and asks us to ''gird on our armor,''
and ''prepare for the contest" (Cheers.)
Never was there time when victory on our
side would so help the slave, or our defeat so
gladden. the stakeholder, as in the present crisis
The man who neg lects his duty this campaign,
is responsible in no ordinary degree. During the
war of the Revolution, as IA valiant captain was
beseging fort, some of the engineers began 10
murmur, and he said to them, ''You may talk as
much as you please, but tell you that the Amer
lean flag must be unfurled from these ramparts by
to- morrow's SUNRISE for hare got the orders in
my pocket" (Cheers.) We have received our
orders o.day. They are to carry the new Con.
stitution, the second Monday in November, 10
send up strong worrying majority 10 the next
Legislature in its favor, to give such vote 10
Henry Wilson, as was never dreamed Of by the
benighted victims of fogyism-to place the ri.
umphant standard Of Free Democracy over the
fallen ramparts Of the enemy. These are our
orders. They must be obeyed. The necessities
of the times, the progressive spirit of the age, The
future of Massachusetts demands obeisance to
them. The great political movement in whch
we are engaged, depends upon their execution.-
(Cheers) The agonzing cry from the plan
tations Of the South, and the smothered voice Of
the oppressed nations beyond the ocean, all be-
seech for their consummaIOn. (Applause) 10
such commands, let there be no dsobedience in
the Free Soil camp. While such issues are pend
ing let there be no hesitation or inactivity in our
ranks. But when the battle is over, and the
smoke has cleared away, let US be able TO say
with pride, that within the boundaries Of Massa~
chusetts there could not be found single Free
Soiler who had proved recreant to his principles,
or had ialtered in the performance Of his impor-
tant duties. (Cheers.)
"Sons of men who sat in council with their Bibles
round the board,
Answering England's royal missive with firm,
''Thus saith the Lord"
Rise again for home and freedom set the battle
in array -
What the fathers did of old time, We, their sons,
must do to-daym
(Long continued applause.)