Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-06-08

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make their appropriation for its celebration Cor
give the same to the Nebraska Emigration So
ciety land only toll the bells in all the churches
and hang the streets in black from end to end.
o shall we hold such ceremonies when only
some statesman is gone, and omit them over
dead Freedom, whom all true statesmen only
live TO serve
At any rate my word of counsel to you is to
learn this lesson thoroughly--a recolution is
beg,tai not Reform but Revolution. Ifyou
take part in politics henccforwmd, let it be
only to bring nearer the crisis which will eth
er save or sunder this nation--or perhaps save
in sundering. | am not very hopeful, even as
regards you know the mass of men will
not make great sacrifices for Freedom, but
there is more need of those who will have
lost faith forever i'll numbers; l have faith
only in the consistency and courage of ''for-
lorn hope" And for aught we know, case
may arise, this week, in Massachusetts, which
may not end like the last one.
Let us speak the truth. Under the infu-
ence Of slavery, we are rapidly relapsing into
that state of barbarism in which every man
must rely on his own right hand for his pro-
| lection. Let any man yield TO his instinct Of
| Freedom, and resist oppression, and his life is
| at the mercy of the first drunken officer who
orders his troops to fire. For myself, existence
looks worthless under such crcumstances;and
| can only make life worth living for, by be-
coming revolutionist. The saying seems
dangerous, but why not say it if one means
it, as / certainly do. respectlaw and order,
but as the ancient Persian sage said, "al,oayS
to obey the laws, virtue must relax much of
her vigor," l see, now, that while slavery is
national, law and order must constantly be on
the wrong side. see that the case stands for
cto II and
zini, and must take the consequences.
Do you say that ours is a democratic gov
eminent, and there is more peaceable rene
! dys | deny that we live under democracy.
It's an oligarchy of Shareholders, and point
to the history of half century to prove it.
Do you say, that oligarchy will be propitiated
by submissions Ideny it. Itis the plea Of the
timid in all ages. Look at the experience of
our own country. Which is most influential
in Congress, South Carolina, which never sub
mitted to anything, or Massachusetts, with
thrice the white population, but which always
submits to everything. l tell you, there is not
a free State in the Union which would dare
treat a South Carolnian as that State treated
Mr.. Hoar or if it had been done, the Union
would have been divided years ago. The way
to make principles felt is TO assert then, peace
ably if you can, forcibly if you must. The
way to promote free soil, is to have your own
soil free; to leave courts to settle constitutions,
and to fall back (for your own part) on first
| principles then it will be seen that YOU mean
something. How much free territory is there
beneath the stars and stripes l know of four
J places, Syracuse, Wilkesbarre. Milwaukee,
and Chicago; remember no others. ''Wor-
cester,'' you say. Worcester has not vet been
tried. If you think Worcester County is free,
say so and act accordingly. Call a County
Convention and declare that you leave legal
bubbles to lawyers, and parties to politicians,
and plant yourselves ON the simple truth, that
God never made slave, and that man shall
neither make nor take one herel Over your
own city, at least, you have power; but will
you stand the test when it comes2 Then do
not try to avoid it. For one thing only blush,
that fugitive has ever fed from here to Cam
ada. Let it not happen again, charge you,
if you are what you think you are No long
er conceal fugtives and help them on, but
show them and defend them. Let the Under
ground Railroad stop here Say to the South,
that Worcester, though part of S Republic,
shall be as free as if ruled by Queen Hear,
o Richmond and give ear, o Cardinal hence
forth Worcester is Canada to the Stare! And
what will Worcester be to the kidnapperi
dare not tell; and | fear that the poor sinner
himself, if once recognized in our streets,
would scarcely get back to tell the tale
do not discourage more peaceable instru-
mentalities; would to God that no other were
ever needful. Make laws if you can, though
you have State processes already. if you had
officers to enforce them and, indeed, what
can any State process do, except to legalze
notification Use rolities, if you can make
them worth using, though coalition admin
istration proved as powerless, in the Sims case,
as a Wing administration has proved now
But the disease lies deeper than these RENE
dies can reach 1t is all idle to try save men
by law and order, merely, while the men
themselves growselish and timid, and are on
ly ready to talk CT liberty, and risk nothing
for it. Our people have no physical habits
their intelects are sharpened, but their bodies,
and even their hearts, are left unframed; they
learn only, Gas French satirist once said,)
the fear Of God and the love of money they
are taught that they owe the world nothing,
but that the world owes them living, and so
they make living, but the fresh, strong spirit
of Liberty droops and decays, and only
makes a dying. | charge you, parents,
do not be SO easily satisfied = encourage
nobler instincts in your children, and appeal
to nobler principles teach your daughter
that life is something more than dress and
show, and your son that there ia some nobler
aim in existence than good bargain and
fast horse, and an oyster supper. Let us have
| the brave, simple instincts of C1rcassian
| mountaineers, without their ignorance; and
the unfaltering moral courage Of the Puritans,
without their superstition; SO that we may
show the world that community may be
educated in brain without becoming coward
| " in body, and that people without stand
ing army, may yet rise as one man, when Free
dom needs defenders.
| MBy God help us SO to redeem this oppress-
ed and bleeding State, and to bring this people
back to that simple love of liberty, without
which it must die amidst its luxuries, like the
sad nations of the elder would. May we gain
more iron in our souls, and have it in the
right place ;-have soft hearts and hard wills,
not as now, soft wills and hard hearts. Then
will the iron break the Northern iron and the
steel no longer; and "God save the Com
/ monwealth OF Massachusetts" will be at last
hope fulfilled.
MASSACHUSETTS EMIGRANT AID SOCIETY.
| meeting of the Stockholders of this Cor
poration was held in Boston, yesterday, and
] after the transaction Of some unimportant bus
mess, il was voted that a committee of Blk be
appointed to nominate officers for perman-
ent organization, said committee to report at
| the next meeting; and the following gentle-