Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-12

The Egis ON Col. DeWitt.
Our neighbor, the .Egis, was in bad hui
NOR on the llth inst. 1t was extremely crus-
ty, rather musty, and considerably fusty. 1t
was in a ''pitching-in' mood. 1t pitched in
to the "Soft' wings, butted at the Republ-
cans, squared off at the Spy, and danced Ia
Mendoza, round Colonel Dewitt. Our neigh
Dor did not hurt anybody. Wecould not dis
cover that it made any particular marks upon
the objects of its attack, although it undoubt-
edly tried to demolish them. 1t succeeded,
however, to demonstration, in showing how
splenetic it was, and also how impotentit was
in Its spleen. We win not discuss with the
-Egis the question of fusion, any further than
to say that we were, are, and will be ready to
unite with all men, who in good faith are
ready to unite with us, in defence of North
ern rights and human freedom, against the
aggressions of Southern shareholders. We
were not, are not, and never will be, ready to
consent to be absorbed by any party which
stands upon either of the Baltimore platforms,
or whose brow is branded with the infamy of
the Fugitive Slave act, or the Nebraska bill.
We are as tenacious on these points, as our
neighbor is in adhering to that ssparty of mu-
tual liberation on the question of slavery, the
National Wing party" We want to meet
this question of Southern, pro-slavery domi-
nation, with organized forces, and persistent,
determined action. We have no desire to
unite with men who will resolve that slavery
is disgrace to civilization, and that the Ne
braska bill is an outrage on the North, and
immediately afterwards declare that such re-
solves are only meant to satisfy the popular
Northern sentiment-that they are not meant
for the South-because the "whig party is a
party of mutual liberation on the slavery
question" We want to unite with men
whose whole political life viii henceforth be
one of resolute, unyielding defence of "demo-
cratic freedom" which is, after all, the true,
grand synonyme Of tour country"
Our neighbor does not consider Alexander
Dewitt man of force and faculty enough to
represent, in Congress, the Ninth district.
Our neighbor pretends to be ashamed of him
because " he never has alarmed the admins
tration, nor frightened the president from his
pro-slavery schemes" The .Egis admits that
he has large heart, popular manners, agree
Bile conversational powers and s'5on homme,'
but he is not terrible enough to represent the
Wigs of the Ninth district. They want
man with gigantic intellect, a sublime style
of oratory, "a brow like Jove's to threaten
and commando presence that could confer
new brilliancy on every star, if he only look
ed at it, and the faculty of selling himself to
slaveholders-thats the kind of man the Ma
tional Wings in the Ninth district, want to
represent them.
Therefore they selected Eben. Torrey, Paul
Whiting, Samuel Mixter, Col. Bullock, Al
yah Croker, and Henry S. washburn, as all
possessed with the prerequisites and attri-
butes not possessed by Col. Dewitt. Any
one of them could "alarm the administration"
or /" frighten the president from his pro-slav-
cry schemes" Any one of them could orato-
rize the nose off Loco-foco face; and
trembulate thousand ''i0- natured Banquos,"
by his great ''exertions, eloquent appeals, and
stern protests What pity we had not one
of them, instead of the other nine wings, who
were in Congress last session, and who did
not alarm the administration nor frighten the
presi dent.
Nobody pretends that Col. Dewitt is
"polished gentleman and accomplished schol-
ar" Col. Dewitt himself, has too much
manly sense, and genuine, native ability, Ell
ther to desire or to req uire to make any such
pretensions. But those who know Col. De-
Witt infinitely more intimately than the yEgis
can know him, know that he is not only
man of generous soul, but he possesses, also,
executive ability of the very highest order.
He is a most respectable speaker, possessing
in high degree those essential attributes of
true eloquence, earnestness, sympathy, and
clearness of expression. If our neighbor lives
till next November, he will probably find that
our fellow citizens of the Ninth district, do
not sympathize with him in his vain attempt
to depreciate the talents of the Hon. Alexan-
der Dewitt. a