Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-10-22


wise; and, said he, 81 feel that we ought to har-
monte; and General, you fix that thing for
me; wish you would" (Sensation.) That was
the conduct of the present Governor of this Com
| monwealth.
Now, then, with this result of the Virginia
election before him, he knew that he was not 60
ing to reap in the Philadelphia Convention, not
withstanding his pro-slavery capital, what he
pected to- Nevertheless, having taken the step,
he knew it would not do to retraee it too quickly.
He was still told that he could go into that Phil
! adelphia Convention, and be elected President of
| the National Council. He went to Philadelphia,
sir. But, few days before he left home, there
being fear that Massachusetts, would not be safe
in his hands, even as matters stood them certain
gentlemen advised that as good an anti. slavery
record as could possibly be got up for him, embrac
ing the resolutions that passed the Legislature,
denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law unconsti-
tutonal, and the resolutions against the Nebraska
perfdy,-should be put into the form of letters,
and Published in the New York Tribune, as hav-
ing been approved and signed by Henry ]. Gard
ner, in order that he might be headed off in his
course in that Convention, if he undertook to
play pro-slavery part, Those letters were writ
ten and sent to the Tribune, and published, and
they were the cause of some very serious CONVEX
sation, in which the Governor took part. He
took occasion to say to certain gentlemen that
wrote them, and he has never liked me very well
since-but that cannot help.
Now, sir, how was it in the Philadelphia Com
vention, after he got there' Mr.. Shedd, of Rox-
bury, one of the present Know Nothing orators,
]
the representative of anti. slavery said, in a
speech for Gardner in Roxbury, few evenings
ago, that when Henry J. Gardner went into the
| Philadelphia Convention, he received offers from
the South to sell out Massachusetts,. What does
Mr.. Shedd say he did, Why, that he told the
Southerners, that, at the proper time, he would
answer. "Atthe proper time" Fellow citizens,
if you, citizens of Massachusetts,, true friends
| of Freedom, went into Convention with South
erners, and they should meet you at the door,
with certain offers to induce you to sell out your
| principles, how long time would it take you to
answer that question? One minutes time would
be sufficient for an honest man. Governor Gard
ner postponed his answer to I" the proper time"
| What was the matter. He was a candidate for
the Office of President of the National Council
|
| cision of that question. That Convention met
on Tuesday; he arrived there on Wednesday, and
took his seat. He sat silently In that Conyen-
| ton, when Massachusetts, wanted all her men -
| He sat there, when the drunken Boiling shook
his fist in the face of Northern delegates and acaS
silent! He sat there sir, when the Sonth was
| putting its iron heel upon the North, and
| squirting Massachusetts in particular, and teas
still silent! He sat in that Convention, through
that whole Boiling controversy, and left Henry
| Wilson, james Burlington, and other men, to
fight the battle there, and remained silent! He
was waiting for the "proper time !'
That fight passed Saturday and Sunday pass
| ed land, fellow citizens, 1 have reason to be.
lieve, that evidence exists that Henry j. Gardner
was anxious to make compromise with the
South The people of this Commonwealth ought
to know this from the men who prevented the
treachery, as trust they will.
Well, sir, on Monday, the seventh day after
that Convention sat, after the great battle had
taken place, which developed the fact that there
was a North, with BACK BONE, the majority
platform was introduced. There was a great deal
| of feeling, of course, in regard to it. When Mr.
I 0PP0'ItIdd co ", TTom the NOrfn asked the aues-
ton, II there was any person in that Convention
VINO would not :" abide by the will of the major
lty I" then Henry j. Gardner-mark you, he
had then been defeated as candidate for the Pres.
ldency there was no more friendship in the
South for him; he knew he had get to return to
Massachusetts, and he must purchase his way
| back then, say, Henry j. Gardner sprang to
his feet and made that little speech which has
M To ha lJoJ Al
the head man" of that movement When he
lost his election, +" the proper time" came and he
decided against the majority platform. He tells
you in his speech at the fremont Temple in Bos
ton,that he was the first to defend Massachusetts
against the South. How does it happen? Wbv.
sir, the remarks he made in that speech have re-
Gently called forth letter from delegate in that
Convention in aneighboring State, addressed to
gentleman IN Massachusetts,, expressing the writ
ers astonlshment that Henry J. Gardner should
have the audacity to stand up before an audience
In the city of Boston, and place himself in the
position which he did in that Convention =
"when," says the writer, " you know referring
to the gentleman to whom he writes)tllat and
Others romMassachusetts,a and myself and gentle.
men IN the New Hampshire delegation, and from
Otheh PaitS VI the Nortn, ana from Indiana and
Ohio, worked, and worked, and spurred him nm
to do that work" Within two days. anotherdeI-
egate to the Philadelphia Conven ton, meeting a
Massachusetts, delegate to that Convention, said
-" You are pretty man not to sustain Gardner,
when you held his nose to the grndstone at Phil
adephia, and prevented him from going over to
the South You held him, like baby, in your
arms"
Why, gentlemen, when the true history of that
Convention and its proceedings is written-and 1
earnestly hope it may be before the sixth of No
vember-you will find that the Massachusetts del
egates all agreed that if that man, being Cover
nor Of Massachusetts, would take the lead in that
movement, they would go home and say nothing
about his course in the Convention. / hope to
see the facts in regard to this matter published.
1t is due to the intelligent and freedom-loving
people of this Commonwealth, that those gentle
men who are familiar with the history of that
convention, should publish it to the world They
nave no right, in the present political condition
OF the state, to withhold it from the public.
trust that the Stringfelow organ will continue its
personal attacks upon certain gentlemen, until
they are driven to the WALL and then we shall get
the true history of the Philadelphia Convention
Il ALL a.