Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-10-29

gauon TO the House OF Repre Sentatives construct
ed Just as it now is What blind men YOU are,
and how easily you let the stump orators carry
you away! The day which sees Massachusetts
vote Tor this new Constitution, will be the worst
day which adopted citizens saw in Massa-
chusetts. II they, after that day, wish TO ENJOY
any political power, even equalrights, ietthem
emigrate to Wisconsin, Iowa, or some other Tar
off State Massachusetts will be no place for
them then, unless, indeed, they turn Protestants
and become deacens of the Orthodox Church.
We, by no means, admit the propriety of this
criticism upon the Constitution of lS5S-yet the
Irish people were made to believe it and, while
the old anti-slayery. free soil, Republican county
of Worcester gave Ave thousand majority for the
Constitution, the GARDENERS and Boston Bees, now
so earnest in the cause Nativeism, were procuring
the votes OF the Irish to defeatit. The sincerity
of this class of people is not above suspicion
They care nothing about men of Irish birth or
Catholic religion, except as tAey may make some
thing for themselves by clamor for against
them. Their anxiety about the constitutional
amendm tents, which induces them to make at
tempts, and, we fear successful ones, to pledge
Republican candidates for representatives and
senators to support them, arises from this fact ::
The presidential election will soon be decided
Next year, unless some new anti Irish excitement
is created, " Amereanism win be in poor way.
If Fremont is chosen, he will give it no counte-
nance, and if defeated, 4" Americanism will have
to bear the heavy responsibility of his defeat. The
amendments are to be voted upon by the next
Legislature and il they pass that ordeal, are then
to be submitted to the people. This will raise a
| new issue for &" Americanism," and will throw out
ofsight the ant-slayery ISSUE This is peculiar
| ly what the leading men of the American party
want. They recognize the Republicans their
"worst enemies" and many of them are deadly
foes not only OF the Republican party, but of Re
publican principles also. Shall we give these men
an opportunity to triumph over the anti savery
sentiment again, they have continually done
for two years past
One week more, and we shall arrive at the Pres
idental election 1t has been with pain and NOR
tifcaton that we have found ourselves compelled
to leave in any degree the consideration of the
tremendous issue involved in that election, for To-
cal questions which seem, and are, compara-
lively unimportarnt, But it is satisfaction to
us to know that our readers have been prepared
for the great battle by long years of trial in the
cause of freedom, and can be trusted without hes
: itaton upon the national issue. They are men
who vote for Fremont and Dayton because they
represent freedom in the contest against slavery,
and not because they thereby obtain some ad-
yantages in state and county offices. They are
no summer soldiers or sunshine patriots, but vet
Grams of many well fought field, and undaunt-
ed by defeat as we'll as unseduced 10y victory
Knowing their trustworthiness as we do, on the
great question, we have felt at liberty to take con-
siderable pains to repel the nsidious efforts of
willy and INSCRIPTIONS enemy TO break down and
scatter the force which they have found trouble
some in times past. We have felt it our duty to
examine the Congressional record of the gentle
man who represent this district and to show that
either his long familiarity with shareholders and
doughfaces, or his unfortunate lapse two or three
years ago into the hands of party processing
to be national" had so weakened his attach
ment to the principles Of his constituents or his
frmness in the hour of trial. that he was found
an ally of the South Carolina assassin in the dis
gushing scene in the House of Representatives,
and the day after, voted against resolution to
censure two of the accomplices of the murderous
and eowardly assailants. We have felt it our du-
ty to scrutinize the characters of other men who
are now processing ATTACHMENT to Republican
principles only for the purpose Of hetraying the
Republican party. We have counselled the NJ
publicans. in thA;- -~"H o-ean'
Izauons to stand by the Republican marty and nor
yield it up any consideration. We again urge
the Republicans to take this stand. We urge
them not to permit any issues other than the sup
port of Fremont and Dayton and of Charles Sum
ner, to be introduced into their nominations; to
take care that the Representatives and Senators
shall be men who will vote for Charles Sumner
for U. S. Senator, and shall not seek for any pre-
text for voting for any body else, and men also
who will not again permit the introduction of
an issue INTO politics, which shall cast on one
side the great question of freedom in the United
States.