Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-08

FITcHBURG.-At the annual meeting in this
town on Monday, the following strong,
spirited, and patriotic resolutions We're passed
in opposition to the Nebraska swindle, with
only one dissenting vote.
Whereas, bills have been introduced into
Congress for establishing Territorial Govern
ments over portions of the Louisiana Terri
tory, lying north of SO degrees 80 minutes,
clause making or declaring void the provision
whereby Slavery soas forever prohibited within
the territories so proposed to be organized, a
provision whicltwunder the circumstances of
its adoption, was regarded at the time, as
solemn compact, and which, ever since, through
the period Of an entire generation, has, on all
hands, been respected as SUCH
Therefore, in accordance with the practice
of our forefathers, when the great and para
mount interests of Liberty were at stake, to
express through their primary assemblies, their
views of public measures,
Resoloed by the people of Fitchburg, in
legal Town Meeting assembled, that we most
earnestly deprecate and sternly protest against
any action of Congress, designed to annul or
impair the prohibitory provision in question,
as fragrant and palpable breach of faith, alb
horent to all just notions, alike of honor and
of honesty-as a measure the sure effect Of
which, for a time at least, will be to pour over
an almost immeasurable extent of territory
and that TOO territory purchased to freedom at
price but too dear-the black and pestilen-
tial tide Of Slavery, and by this indefinite
expansion to infuse new life into the detesta-
BILE system.
Resolred, That at a time when Europe is
convulsed by the upheavings of the spirit of
Al. IL
burden with which despotism would fain for
ever crush it in the dust-when every uprising
against oppression in foreign lands is hailed
here with clamorous gratulations-when our
country stands as the beacon fire towards
which every eye now opening to freedom, in
stinctively turns for guiding light-it were an
impious abandonment of our high mission to
humanity, a base and craven betrayal of the
| trust we hold for mankind, and cruel blight
| to the generous aspirations for liberty in other
chimes, for us now to lay open an immense
territory, hitherto consecrated to freedom, to a
| bondage more cruel and degrading than
eastern despots ever knew, by wilfully and
| peridiously forcing open the fioodgates which
| our fathers closed against it, as they claimed,
forever.
| ResoIued, That these resolutions be entered
upon the records of the town, and that the
town clerk forward an attested copy of them
! to each of our Senators and Representatives
in Congress.
The following persons were chosen for town
officers for the current year -
Selectmcn.-Isaac B. Woodward, Edwin
| Upton, Cyrus Thurston, Abel Simonds, Moses
| nj. Gage. Io,cn Cyerk.-E. F. Bailey. As
sessors.-Cyrus Thurston, A. p Kimball,
| Timothy S. Wilson. Sshool Committee.-El
nathan Davis, M. G. Lyon, ]. Marvin, G. F.
Bailey, and c. Robinson.
Ttoo thousand dollars were voted for the sup
| port of the high school.
Much business remains to be done at the
adjourned meeting. Il
B A second Tableau exhibition by the
Unitarian Society comes off on Thursday
evening.
n Pews to the amount of more than
$4,000, were sold in the new Baptist Church
the day after dedication.