Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-13

MAYOR SMITH, OF BosToN.-The whole
country ought to know the position of Mayor
Smith, and who it is, and what it is, that the
election to the office of Mayor. They should
know, that he was the candidate of Ben. Hal
lett, of Asa O., Butman, of Anger Hole
Byrnes, and of the pro-slavery funkeys, gem
orally. In short speech, which he made to
the crowd in the street, on the night of his re-
election, he took the ground that his election
was an endorsement, by his party, of his
course, and especially of his calling out the
militia to aid in sending back Anthony Burns,
and his assertion, that he would do the same
again, in similar case, was received by the
multitude with loud applause. His course,
in calling out the militia on that occasion, is
very well defined by correspondent of the
Boston Herald, of last Monday. The writer
says;
Many people assert, and, L have no doubt,
believe, If Mayor Smith had not called out
the military, and placed the city under mar
shall law, on the OCCASION of the rendition of
Anthony Burns in June last, that sour streets
would have flowed with blood" This is an
entire mistake, and has its basis i'll ignorance
of the real facts i'll the case. On the Satur-
day night prior to Burns's rendition, an
rangement was made for his purchase. Be-
fore Haett interfered in the matter, he and
Col Wright consulted with Mayor Smith, and
got his (Smiths) pied ge, that the military
should be Gated oat to oger-awe the popalace,
and protect the Uni ed States government in
the kidnapping scheme. AS soon as this
pledge was procured, Hallett assured Suttle
that Burns could be carried Gl0ay, and that he
must mol sell him. Suite, who had already
barcaned for the sale Of his ''man property"
backed out. Had Mayor Smith, instead of
closing his doors upon his Aldermen, consulted
with them as to the best course to be pursued,
the military would not have been called out
Suttle, out Of fear, and under the advice of
Commissioner Loring and the counsel for Gov
eminent, would have sold the fugitive; Bos-
ton and Massachusetts, ould have been saved
from the disgraceful scene of the I'd of June
last; and, above all, Antb0ny Burns tcould
noD hare been free man, instead OF slave
upon a Southern plantation. 1t is plain to
see that blood would not have been shed,
because there would not have been rendi-
ton.
The people of Boston should remember
another important fact, that Mayor Smith has
always said that the military and extra police
were called out on the occasion referred to,
to protect the peace of Boston. When before,
in the whole history of this metropolis, did
the United States government ever pay to our
military and police the sum of fourteen thouS-
and dollars to protect oar peace, as a city
The people of Boston must not be deceived.
Take the real facts in the case, and stand by
them Remember that the agents of the pres
ent national administration in this city have
declared that Boston shall be humbled by en-
dorsing the rendition of Anthony Burns, and
to do this Smith must be re- elected Mayor.
Halist has so declared, and the question is
Shall his declaration be verified Shall the
whole of Massachusetts ana New England be
disgraced ," Let us hope not
This article, from most reliable source,
shows that, on DIR. Smith rests the response.
bility of sending Burns back, and, that, but
for him and the Massachusetts Militia called
out by him, he could not have been sent back.
He has, therefore, just right to claim his
election as an endorsement of his COURSE, and
proof that his supporters approved of slave
hunting, generally. Thus, then, Massachu.
sets and the whole of New England are dis
graeed by his election, notwithstanding the
hope, expressed by the Herald writer, that
they might not be.