Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-10-29
Facts to be Remembered.

The members Of the reform parties in Massa.
chusetts should, in the present canvass, bear it
distinctly in mind that it is of no less consequence
to elect reform representatives in every town IN
the State, than to sustain the Amended Constitu-
ton by an overwhelming majority 1t is not
enough, for the Free Democracy of Massachusetts
toroll up larger vote for Wilson and Walker than
the party has thrown in this State. Ii is not
enough to give to the Amended Constitution the
full vote of the party in every town. In order TO
make our success, in these particulars, a perma-
nent and abiding good, we must have House of
Representatives that shall faithfully represent the
popular WILL and be able, both by its intellectual
and numerical lolce, to meet the wants of the
people, and show the 'arisocratic conservatism
that seeks to enbody the power of the State IN
the hands of a minority, that it has nothing far
ther TO hope in Massachusetts.
The disgraceful scenes enacted by the dominant
party in the Legislature, last winter, are fresh in
the minds of the people, and the people should
have it constantysbefore them, at this time, that
the recurrence Of such scenes can only be pre-
vented in the future. by the vigilanl and united
action Of the friends and advocates of State Re-
form, so as TO secure a State Government in har-
mony with the wishes Of a majority of the peor
pie.
In the last election, although the Wings were
placed 10 minority Of nearly fifteen thousand, on
the popular vote, they yet had majority of ten in
the House, and two in the Senate which was
subsequently, increased to twenty-three, and they
were thus enabled to control the Legislature of the
State, and to overurn part of the wise and truly
democratic measures. passed by the reform Legs.
latnres of the two previous years. Another such
opportunity for mischief ought never to be
allowed to party, that resolutely tsitself-sp to
thwart the wishes Of the majority, aud it will not
be allowed, if the freemen of Massachusetts il,
the present crisis will unite as one, to crush the
faction which now abuses the power it holds.
Local divisions and local prejudices, most Of
which were tfomented by the Wings, last year,
IN pursuance-of the INSCRIPTIONS system of po-
litica tactics which their State aud County Com
mlttees adopted, were the instrnmentalilies which
rendered our majority Of no avail after the
field had been fairly won by the hosts of reform.
upon the real issues pending in the struggle. We
earnestly hope that the lessons of the past will be
warning for the present and for the future To
ensure success, there must bs union, and there
must be harmony. The issues involved are too inn
Portant to be put In jeopardy by any merely local
questions or personal prejudices. The people of
Massachusetts are to continue, for long years to
come, under the present Constitution, which the
Wings themselves have declared, in convention
assembled, stands in need of just such reforms as
are corpOrated in the proposed amendments, sub
mltted by the Convention, or they TO enjoy the
more equal, just, and bene6cenl provisions of the
Constitution already revised by the peoples rep
resentatives.
Let no minor questions, then, divide us, as we
60 into the contest now so close at hand Let US
remember that we are seeking, not for meIe
triumph of party, but to establish for ourselves,
and those who come after us, better system or
government than we have heretofore enjoyed. If
we have personal preiudces TO crafty, and local
differences 10 settle, let US take some other than
the present occasion to crafty and settle them,
and, in spirit of Cancellation and harmony, be
ready to cooperate with men Of all parlies who
are agreed with US as to the utility and necessity
of the reforms which we propose to establish, and
which should be the only issues involved in the
canvass.