Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-07-22
The Anti-Nebras,Sa Convention.

Our distinguished and learned contempora-
ry, of the Worcester transcript, in his paper
of the DIST inst, comments in the following
characteristic language, on the Convention
which assembled here on the goth.
"On the whole, we consider the Conven-
ton, was as we predicted it would be from the
commencement cheat, and swindle by its
projectors, to decoy Wings and Democrats in
to the Freesoil party, under another name, as
will be seen by the resolutions
The speeches made were dcnunciatory Of
the Wings and Democrats, with the eXcep-
ton of Wilson's and not in any respect tend
ing to the united action Of all parties, as set
forth in the CALL
Now, much as we, in general, admire our
neighbor's genius, and wonder at his elegant
literary accomplishments, we think that in the
article, which we have partly quoted, he
scarcely evinces his usual logical discrimina-
ton. Il is true that the purity of his dicton,
and the fervor of his style, demonstrate them
selves in every sentence; but that subtility
of thought, which has placed him in the front
rank of the wing party of Massachusetts, is
not so clearly perceptible. Did he suppose the
wings capable of being decoyed by name
Did he believe that ibis " cheat and swindle"
of Convention, as he calls it, would succeed
in decoying them His language indicates
that he did entertain such ideas, whatever his
thought might be. He predicted that the
Convention would be cheat and swindle to
decoy wings and democrats into the Free Soil
party, and he saysi was so, ergo the wings
and democrats have been induced to become
Free Sellers by cheat. The statement of
our neghbor, as he puts it, amounts to this
and nothing else.
Our neghbor again says, that all the
speeches made at the Convention, with the
exception of General Wilson's. were denun-
ciatory of the Wing party. We do not know
that we have any reason to find particular
fault with this statement, as it is as near the
truth as our neighbor usually attains, when
he wants to secure a party purpose. But
what would Judge Morris, of Springfield, or
Mr.. Boutelle of Westboro, say in reference
to this statement? We do not believe that
they would endorse it, even though emanating
from so distinguished whig source, as the
editor of the Worcester Transcript. But leav-
ing our neighbor on his editorial eyrie, watch
ing with eagle eye over the Interests of the
Wing party, let us revert TO the Convention
ITSELF We confess that there were words
uttered at that Convention which had better
been unsaid but, at the same time, thee
was not one word uttefed that savored of
compromise with Southern slavery. Tie
spirit of the Convention was true and right on
the mann issue and no honest man, who val
ues freedom more than he does party names
or party traditions, would seek to make any
speech delivered at that Convention, pretext
for remaining ostensbly on the side of slave
ry. The resolutions were the true utterances
of the Convention; tho speeches were the
utterances of individual men.
We do not think our neighbor is very hap
by in his allusion to the leading Free Sellers
who attended the Convention. They came
there, because they are sincerely opposed to
slavery propagandism, and are ready to unite
with others to check it; but the Wing leaders
did not come-why, we cannot tell; but we
suppose it was because our neighbor told
them, in the fulness of his prophetic soul, that
the Convention was to be cheat or swim
die. We do not feel in the least anxious
about the result of the Convention. We
know that the deep, intense, universal indig-
nation which our people feel towards the Ne
braska swindle and slavery is not cheat, put
proceeds from deep-seated, frm-rooted hon
est principle, which will not be controlled
even by the powerful writing of our neishbor;
but which, soon or late, will bring the true
men of Massachusetts together in solid ph' :
la TX, to settle the accounts of the North and
freedom, with the South and slavery.