Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-07-01

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The Worcester .Egis Cwhig) and the Wor-
cester Spy Gree soil) virtually oppose any con-
soidation of the sentiment of Massachusetts
upon the Nebraska and kindred iniquities,-
the .Egis openly and directly, and the Spy by
such gross and unfair attacks upon the wings,
as will do much to prevent so desirable an
end.
We apprehend from the above, which is
copied from the Springfield Republican. of
Wednesday, that the responsible editors of
that paper are not at home. If they were,
they would not, we think, do us the injustice
which is done by the declaration that ''the
Worcester SPY virtually opposes any CONSOLE
dation of the sentiment of Massachusetts mp
on the Nebraska and kindred iniquities."
We have never opposed any movement that is
calculated to consolidate the sentiment of Mas
sachusetts in opposition to the slave power
We are in favor of union of men of all par
ties for the purpose and have advocated such a
union in the columns of the Spy for the last
four months, as the only course likely to be
effective in rescuing the institutions of free
dom from the usurpations of the southern OIL
igarchy, and the political scoundrels at the
South, whom they bend to their will.
AS early as the 4th of March, when the
passage of the Nebraska bill seemed inevita-
be, we said, after proposing such union;
TO such combination, the members Of
the Free Democratic party, wherever they
may be found, are willing to give their aid
ndinhuence In a crisis like the present, it
is not wise to stand upon matters of etiquette.
Whoever is opposed to the Nebraska Bill, and
determined in his own mind to oppose this
nefarious outrage upon the rights Of the free
States, is upon our platform, and whatever
his past course may have been, by cones, shall
be by-gones."
Four days afterwards, upon the receipt of
the intelligence that the Nebraska bill had
passed, the Senate, we again urged TIE i'm
portance of union of parties, at considerable
length, and from this article we will quote
single paragraph,
Union and harmony ,nosc, is all that is want
ed. Let the weapons of party strife be buried
for once deep under the ground. Let there
be no ordinations or recriminations between
those who think and feel alike upon the out
rageous wrong done to the cause Of human
liberty and the rights of the free States, by
this last unparalleled act of aggression but,
let us like men, with the spirits of our fathers
within us and their bright example to direct
us, grid ourselves for this battle.
These were our sentiments at that time, and
We stand by them now.
This, then, is our position as we define it,
who have the unquestioned right to do so.-
But, says the RepubJican,we "oppose any con-
solidation of the sentiment of Massachusetts,
upon the Nebraska and kindred iniquities' =
s'by such gross and unfair attacks upon the
wings, as viii do much to prevent so desira-
Bile an end" This is grave charge, and
should not be made unless the Republican is
prepared to sustain it. We plead not guilty
to it, and we appeal to our columns to show
that since the inception of the Nebraska out
rage, our tone has been concilatory toward all
those, of whatever party, whether wings or
democrats, who were honestly disposed to
stand by the right, and we have especially
avoided any ordinations of either party III
relation to BY gone times or questions. But
when we had found those who had opposed
the measure with SO much apparent zeal,
blinking back from the position they had as
sumed, because they weere "weary of agita-
tioe.' when we found paper after paper, TAX
ing the position-a position fatal, as we shall
show in another article, to any hope of consol-
idation Of sentiment On the subject--that any
opposition to the measure must be made
through the organization of the wing party,
we felt 1t our duty to make the remarks We
did. If there was anything in them, thai
facts don warrant, we will on being salts
lied thereof recall it. We believed their wa
an intention, on the part of certain party
leaders, TO wheel the party into an acqnies
cence in the outrages of the slave power, ant
that there was danger of their succeeding. :
Docs not the Republican believe SO toos I
the horror, that was professed, of the Nebras
ka outrage was sincere, if there was an homes
desire to make resistance to the further en-
croachments of the slave power, the great AM
controlling political question of the day. til
It should be settled on the side Of Freedom
should we see al this backing and filling =
Should we find SO many presses taking tn
position, that if charge is to be wrought,
must be done only through their organization
Should we find them ready to sacrifice sue
cess. principle, everything, to name +; l
strikes us that the Republican, itself, can hav
but little faith in the sincerity of some men, i
it supposes they can be so easily deferred from
the plain and obvious path Of duty as it indi'
Gates in the quotation, above.
Wedo not call in question, at all, the sin
cerity Of the Republican. We believe it has
( honestly striFen to bring about UNION Of al
true men, to restore and sustain the principle
Of the constitutional in our government, and w
wish it entire success. So long as it labor
for it, it shall have our sympathy and mos
earnest support.
PETERsHAM CEIEBRATIoH.--Wea are request.