New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-12
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WORcEsrER Mass Thursday Nov 10, 1853
Massachusetts, il in the midst OF one Of the most
stirring periods If her political history. Decides III,
three great paTties-Wlig, Democrat aud Free Sol
there has existed another temporarily detunct but
Gently galvanized into life by the notorious lettcr Of
the erTatic Gushing This fourth party style them
selves National Democrats They are Hunkers OF IN,
hardest kind Their motto Is, Down with the IN
holy Coalition" Their rule of political action
Stick TO your party" Their immediate and illdis-
guised object is share in the patronage Of the Ma
tional Government seryile adherence to the BaltI
more Platform, and mortal horror of offending the
powers at Washington everywhere characterize this
fourth party in Massachusetts, Does the President
puckeri They whistle. Does he chew the cud
suck the weed They rush for spttocn Does he
ash for seat They offer their heads, and he Is
grHtiied.
Tier number In Massachusetts, is small but rapidly
increasing How could /. be otherwise The great
cder.bauehof the Treasury is 10 be tapped anew, or
rather the sucking srows are 10 be transferred to tho
lra;ks which shout lotdest the pGons ot Slavery.
. ltionists must give way to Hunkers dyed in tho
o." if dyed az all for sheepish set they are Yes,
.oemn elict has gone forth from the seat Of power
voice resounds through the great moasses hogshesd
of be- Treasury and issues laundering from the bung
It the voice of Caleb the soft cushion, which the
President sits saving LET none but Use tailed aies
feed upon this molasses.' The Washington fly
catchers have smeaTed another single and We hear
the buzz of gathering swarm.
There sound of reyery by night" ami
cOIdng 20 notice given by numerous flaming handbils,
posted all about Worcester, they were to have .
grand rally on Saturday evening, 9TH inst fosr
undaunted Nationals responded TO the call They raj
lied around the Baltimore platform in the same way
that Nlaons negro surrounded the British army But,
as in the days of Arnold Winkereid every freeman
"was host" so here, in modern times every soul OF
that little band was full Of courage Hunger may often
impart desperate courage to the tmid IL will driy,
man through Ere and flood, and stone walls. This
immortal four were hungry wintered bears.
"Despse not the day OF small things" Gays the pro-
verb. Such day was last Saturday for the National
Democrats of Worcester. small meeting OF small
souls On small business may be the beginning OF vast
movement The little band of four is become great
multitude of infnitesimals now. For insignlfcancs
loves company. and anlmalculn are social in their
habits Moreover hunger has sort OF cohesive power
to bind together starving wolves Note also the fact
that ckspttles doughheads ackals and ackasses are
numerous tlrOng in every community. Now. 1t was
nOised abroad that the great government ak was up
lifted aud would fall the stubborn necks OF the
COalitiOnsts. rare opportunity s offered for the
display OF seryility and sneakDg toadyism aud rich
reward of the Post Office onfbe Custon-louse awaits
him who viii grOyel lowest In the dirt. Where the
'careass is there will the eagles be gathered together
Yes and for every eagle. dozen yultures and thou
sand crows. so the National Democrats are growing
in numbers. know not how large their party Is now
large enough, however, to make us blush for the
sons of the Pilgrims. The Democrats are, nOtwith.
standing mostly stubborn set of people, here in Mas
sacbusetts They think that President Pierce has done
very strange and foolish thing, in thus interfering ia
the local affairs of particular district, and reyying
those aQitating questions which the Baltimore Platform
pretended 10 settle. They don't see why those who
think alike on State matters may not act together in re-
gard to them though they differ in regard to the policy
Of the General Government so they scOn to be bul.
lied by dictation from Gushing. Let the President
sharpen his ak, and violently wrench the straws from
tie mouths Of obstinate cder.suckers and smear his
little shingle with mOasses for the blue tailed lie ex
elusiyely, it will make difference with the majority
OF Democrats
Have We b0Oby among us A word to Caleb
Gushing. Caleb you forgot, when you wrote that silly
letter, that the COdONSfs in 1850 elected you 70 be
their representative You forgot that you we're
strongly in favor OF the election of Charles Sumner b
the United States Senate by Coalition votes You for
cot that Coalition Governor and Free Soil Council
nominated yOU<for seat On the Supreme Bench in
1882 These things YOU have forgotten; but the Mas
sachusetts Democracy remember these and many kin.
bred facts. And remembering, they scOrn aud laugh
at your anathelnas and prescriptions
We live in an extraordinary and eyentful period.
and just now our Republic presents extraordinary
spectacle to the world. Alone above the nations she
looks forth upon stormy ocean heayng with the rs-
ing spirit Of struggling masses, dark with the shadowy
clouds of tyranny. lit up only by the lurd flames OF
war-a war which, however severe, is but prclmi-
nary skirmish before the grand conflict of IDEAS OF
ligOn and superstition, liberty and oppression, truth
and alsehOod While the eyes Of all Christendom ,ni
all Islamism are fixed upon the grand struggle IN the
East aud the interests Of humanity seem to trembie
and sway with every breath from the Empire. is not
dignihed spectacle does IL not Of submity o.
see the mighty intellect aud the amazing energies oi
President Pierce devoted 10 ascertainng whether the
pUcker on his own lips is exactly copied By every
United States servant not can think of but one
parallel D0RiiisH killing flies
HEART OF THE COMMONWEALTH