Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-20
tn. Voice of Massachusetts.

Some Of the Hunkcr papers, in echo OF an az
ticle in the Boston Adcsytiser, aweek or more
since. in commenting upon the result Of the re-
cent election, have had the erontery to call upon
Messrs Sumner and Wilson to " resign their
seats IN the Senate and give place to others. who
will represent the popular sentiment Of the State,
- IN imitation Of the conduct of John Quincy
Adams. who, while he was sitting for Massaehu-
sets in the Senate in 1898. hadng that his opin-
ions on the subject Of the embargo were not shar-
ed by his constituents, as testified by the result
of the elections Of that year. at resigned his
seat, and the Legislature chose James Lloyd. JrH
to represent the true opinions OF Massachu-
seiis."
This gratuitoas advice, based on the false as
sumption of any similarity of the position, in the
respect referred TO. occupied by Senators,
that Of Mr.. Adams, in embargo times, will prob
ably be treated with all the consideration which
the " responsibility" of the source from which it
ennanates, entities II to receive
But let US see how the matter stands in point
of fact-what Is the sentiment, or voice Of Mas
sachusetts, as indicated at the late election, on
the paramount question Of the day, and whether
Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson are not the
truest Representatives" of the popular senti-
rncnt of the State, as expressed by large major
ity OF the voters at the bailot-box on the 9th Of
November.
1t is well known that the American party. in
the late canvass, took substantially the same po-
siiion with the Republican party on the Slavery
question; in fact, our x. n friends seemed to
out vic us altogether in their professions of adher
ence to the identical principles which formed the
a.. d rait-
crate their firm adherence to them at all their
meetings since the election. The combined Re-
publican and American vote, then, 81 900 for Rock
WE'LL added to 1000 for Gardner, making $4,000,
against so 900 for Beach and Valley being
jority of IS, 900 over the Beach and VALLEY vote
combined, designate the proportion Of Massachu-
sets voters, who at the recent election declared
themselves emphatically in favor of the following
sentiments, comprised in the Springfield Plat
FORM" the much boosted creed of the American
party Of this State
LIST. That the action of the legislative, ex.
ecutive and judicial departments of the gov
eminent ought to be controlled by the princi.
pie taught by the trainers and purest inter-
prefers of the constitution-that "freedona is
national and slarery sectional
I'd. That repose for the country and sta
ing the general goycrnment-so far as its ju-
risdiction extends-of all connection with,
and accountability for American slavery.
3d. That the independe. ce and sovereign
s. Of the State in its legislation and iudicia-
~ should be maintained inyiolate.
4th. That the great barrier to Slavery,
ruthlessly broken down by the repeal Of the
Missouri Prohibition, ought to be speedilyre-
stored, and that in any event, no state erected
from any part of the territory, covered by tina:
compromise. ought ever to be admitted into
the Union as a slave state
9Th. That the rights of actual settlers in
the territories TO the free and undisturbed ex-
ercise Of their elective franchise, granted to
them by the laws under which they are organ
lied, should be promptly protected by the ma
tional executive, whenever violated or threat
ened.
1t is sufficient refutation of the carping non
sense and ridiculous advice of the Advertiser, TO
that the staunchest representatives. of these
sentiments which may well be recorded as the
emphatic Voice Of Massachusetts, in the present
crisis, are the present incumbents, who now sit
for Massachusetts, in the Senate at Washington.
If any of our bunker friends object to This
coupling together Of the Gardner and Rockwell
vote as combinedly anti-slavery, let them refresh
their memories with perusal of the speech which
Governor Gardner made at the fremont Temple
Convention, in accepting his re nomination, in
which he said--"I confess am an anti-slavery
man. will oppose, in public or in private life,
the aggressions of slavery, so help me God as
long as | live In the same speech he spoke Of
Judge Kane as San infamous slave-catching
Commissioner at Philadelphia, who, hope, will
be impeached for his conduct before the next
Congress, and were l there, 1 would cheerfully
give my vote in favor Of such impeaehment."-
To render the Senatorial representation of Massa-
chusetts at Washington most strongly in accord
ance with these views of her Chief Magistrate at
home, who can more fully represent them there
than her present Senators, Charles Sumner and
Henry Wilson?
But, suppose the result of the election had
been entirely oppositc-that the coalition of Ne
braska Democracy andHunker Whiggery instead
of being rebuked by majority of some fifty
thousand against them, had succeeded in elect.
ing Beach or VALLEY by majority of the popu
lar vote, and secured Legislature Of like char
acter, would Wing Democratic precedence
have inclined our Senators to resign give way to
any favorite pets Of the Advertiser or Post, some
Choate, Hallett, Everett, or Stevenson; What
said the Adrertiser's favorite, Daniel Webster,
when Massachusetts was arrayed in sentiment
against him, as her Senator5 Did he not in his
7th Of March speech, declare his defiance of her
will, and his determination not only to to disobey
any Of her " instructions" but to refuse to pre-
sent to the Senate any resolutions Of her Legis.
lature, in opposition to the position he had as
sumed And did not the Advertisey applaud all
this, highly commendable, in its idoli With
what consistency, then, can it now assume the
part Of adviser in matter like this, provided
even, there were any grounds, in the present
case. for any such statements or reasoning as the
bunker organs bring to bear on the case. But
there are no such grounds. The voice of Massa.
chusetts is accurately expressed, and her senti-
ments fully represented in the Senate, in the
present crisis, by Charles Sumner and Henry vii.
son.
VRnMoNT.--The Legislature OF Vermont ad.
journed without day Thursday night Both
branches passed strong anti-slavery resolutions
also one sympathizing with the Free State move.
ment in KanEas, and one in relation to the infa-
nous Judge Kane. Lieutenant Governor Fletch-