Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-10-31
Free State Trsamph in KaRzas--SPecch
of Governor Reedcr.

| election on the 9th Instant. On the evening Of
that day. a mass ratification meeting was held at
Lawrence, at which the Governor made an slo-
queut speech, fully identifying himsslt With the
/ great movement for FREEDOM IN the Territories,
which was received with great enthusiasm BY the
audience. The following extracts from it show
Governor Reedsrt TO be possessed of tbs true met
tie. and OF backbone which totally disqualified
him to do the dirty work Of Pierce Asch;sou, and
Stringiellou. What patriot IN the North can
read H. and fail 70 do his whole duty, in the pres
ent crisis Truly, as Mr.. Sumner says, the for
tunes Of Kanzas are interviewer with she destiny
Of the Free States Of the Union. But listen to
Governor Reeder:
'Among all the pleasant reeoleodons of his
political life. there were DonC that gave him
such unmixed satisfaction and pleasure, as
those Of the last twelve months. He had
simply done his duty, and the people, in their
warm appreciation, were proHering him a re-
ward. He appreciated this confidence on the
part of s people so worthy and we'll fitted to
sow the seeds Of Freedom broadcast from the
Missouri TO the Rocky Mountains.
The more he reflected upon the enterprise
they had undertaken. the more he was i'm
pressed with lis grandeur. They were to move
the sentiment OF a nation; to secure the ap-
probation of .. 600 600 Of people Thirteen
to fifteen States might belound arrayed against
their Spartan band. They were organizing
a mere hanttful-to meet the power Of the
strong State on their borders; and such were
the strong difficulties of the enterprise, that
but for lis magnIicence and grandeur. he
should well nigh despair. The entire sub
Unity Of this enterprise would only be fully
realized when viewed from the stand point OF
future ages; OF the amount Of effort fully APP
preciated requisite to rs success. Ali grand
events loom up in the distance; they are new
er seen in their proper light at the time they
transpire. Did any one suppose that that
Declaration OF Independence 10 which all men
look up with awe-to which every knee bows
with respect-did any one, at the moment
when lives, fortunes. and sacred honor were
pledged in its support, fully appreciate It's sub
Unity, or the extent Of Its future influence:
After our fabric is complete and strengthened,
and adorned with capital, and archltraye and
cornice, then shall we look with pride to the
laying Of the humblest stone in its founda-
ton. There is nothing in our platform not
col.sonant with right or reason-with divine
or political truth and on such a platform
should no man turn his back.
We came here to found a new Republic;
we are met by Missouri, and striven to be
crushed by violence. aud tyranny, and fraud
With loud professions on her lips Of LOYALTY
to the Constitution, she seeks to tear from us
the dearest rights guaranteed by that instru-
nent. Nor is it enough that she seek to sub
jugate the free emigrants from the North
following close on the heels of these who left
her own soil to make their homes on ours, she
actually strives to make slaves of her own free
citizens. Not content with snatching the bal
lot from the hand Of citizens born in the Re-
public founded by Penn, and the descend
fnls OF the Pilgrim Fathers, this unnatural
mother seeks out aud strives to enslaye the
very children of her own bosom. God forbid
that we shall ever see a repetition of an act
so foul; that the historian shall ever be called
upon to record taoo such pages as this.
Against these outrages, every remedy has
been exhausted but one and who, satisfied
that our efforts peaceably to obtain Justice, are
all in vain, will be so base as to turn his back
upon the cause, or hesitate to shed tor it his
hearts blood This is our position, aud from
it we can never retire. In such a cause we
can appeal to the Throne of Grace with pure
hearts and clean hands. Many Of us have
come here TO escape the curse fastened en- SIS
ter States, and striving to establish a Free
Republic, are Knocked with the Inanae!es of
the slave. We come here to govern ourselves
70 rear pure Stale, where shall bo 'ar TUuUd
to US ali the rights OF free speech, tree opinion
and free suffrage. We say to Missouri, our
platform is just, right, and equitable we ask
| for nothing but our rights, and desire to do
| you no pecuniary wrong. Our opposition
| does not proceed from this territory, but from
| Missouri. That legislature was of Missouri
| its members were many Of them sent from
! Missouri, and when the members were not
! sent, the constituents were sent, and finally
| the laws themselves were sent. Those laws
| proclaimed another Reign of Terror; they set
| themselves up above the Declaration of hide
! pendence, and the natural rights Of man.
! That legislature was superior to all law our
| sared Constitution was scorned it was too
small thing for the Kanzas Missouri Legis-
lature to regard, and they repealedit by whole
sale. They deny us all right Of suffrage and
I free speech. l am hardly able to conceive
such moral depravity-s a fund of igno-
rance as that body possessed. A man must
himself be very worm to believeIthat we can
thus be ground to the dust while we have
hand to lift or life to lose, in resistance
They paid no attention to the provisions Of
the Organic Act They have repealed the
pre- emption law, and Kanzas Nebraska bill
they have repealed the Declaration of indie
pendence, and the Constitution ofthe United
States, laughter and it only remains for as
to repeal them. LGreatlaughter and APPLAUSE
This question OF ours is a gave one-a
question which has made dignitarRs shake in
their shoes-and they shall continue to shake
till they fall. We will go for the Union and
demand our rights here, over thsse plains.
another ''Lone Star" shall rise aid demand
its place in the galaxy that adorns dur nation
al flag. The question is, whether We shall be
admitted as part of the Union Which refuses
to protect US. What will be the he of that
question, it is impossible defnitelyto saw, 1t
is hard to fathom the motives Of rien and it
is especially hard to fathom the motives of
politicians. We shall be met withthe cry of
"Disunion' the fashionable cry otthe South
whenever the North demands its rights. With
her, these words are spo oxen to scardus; they
are substitutes for deeds a cheap WY Of get
ting along, and one more largely prctised in
this Western country than IN aly other
have ever known. But this CRY deserves
not the least notice. 1t is fit TO rigiten only
women and children. They may ca us rev.
dictionary; so long as we have IL erritorial
government, the Union should protec us, and
we will cooperate with 1t. II it Toes not,
we are justified in demanding goernment
for ourselves.
Let us press boldly on; the tine must
come will come-when our efforts will be
crowned by success ! feel upon mselt al.
most the spirit Of prediction, when Iiay that
the time shall come, when the shout OF lib
erty shall ring from height to height, and
from every prairie between the Missoti and