Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-05-23

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sets, has been repealed, as far as the House is
concerned. The vote stood, on the passage of
! Mr.. Hae's bill to a third reading, repeating it
Yeas-7l Americans, so Wings, and % Demo-
crats-l44 in all. Nays-69 Americans, So Re.
publcans. Wing, and Democrat-i24 in all
The solitary-whig and Democrat who voted in
the negative were S Tarbell, JE-, OF Lunenburg,
and George B Crane of Norton. Ten from this
county voted for the repeal, viz: Five Wings,
! four Democrats, and enc American, follows
| VIM Mixter of Hardwck, Lucius Woodeoek of
Leicester, Jonn Thurston of Lancaster, Moses
Sawyer, I'd. Sterling and Chas. Rice of West
boro', Wings; Sumner Cole OF Sutton, John Ed
wards of Southbrdge, Mason Marble of Charlton,
and Dennis Ward of Spencer, Democrats; and
John Sawyer, d, of Templeton, American. Let
these votes be remembered hereafter.
There were fifty nine absent, or not voting,
thirty one of whom were Americans, eleven
wings, ten democrats, and seven republicans
Six of these absentees were from Worcester
county, viz, Hollis Loring of Marlboro John
g. Nudge of Petersham, David K. Porter of
Sturb5idge, and Chandler NJ. Pratt of Grafton,
democrat; and j. Rsbinson, of Northbridge
American So it seems that of the seven Republ-
can absentees, four were from this county. Doubt
Republicans; Ebenezer c. Willard OF Harvard,
less they had satisfactory cause for being away on
| so important an occasion,
| The fact that one half of the American repre-
sentatives voted to tepeal this statute shows bad
| ly for their consistency, when consider the
issue on which they came into power in the fall,
claiming before election, in all the speeches of
all their orators, from President Baker down, to
be the true anti slavery party par excellence and
addueing in proof of their sincerity, Their acts at
the previous session of the Legislature in passing
the Personal Liberty Lac, besides other acts of
similar nature And they claimed the votes of
the people for another years lease of power on
the implied assurance that such would be the ir
policy in the future. With what grace these
men will dare to face the same audiences another
fall, under the weighty load of Fillmore and
Donelson, and the denomination of Henry J.
Gardner, on their backs, we shall be curious to.
see. We trust the people will reward them for
their hypocrisy, by hurling them with contempt
from the places they have disgraced by their base
violation of the confidence reposed in them, and
their open treachery to the rights AMI liberties of
the people of the Commonwealth.
We glad to learn that there is great ground
of hope that the Senate will refue to concur in
this matter, with the House, and that thus the
Commonwealth will be spared the modification
and disgrace Of repeal of this wise safeguard of
the liberties of her citizens. We should suppose
that the recent startling intelligence from Wash
ington, of the brutal, fendlike treatment one of
her own Senators has received at the hands of
one of the agents of the Slave Oligarchy, would
cause that body to pause long, before it gives its
sanction to repeal Of the Personal Liberty Act
POLITICAL MATTERs.-.TBE REPUBLICANS
AND Col. FREMoNT.-The Republican party of
the 18th Ward in the city of New York, at a
recent meeting passed resolution, that some
manifestation of the past services of Col Free
mont to his country, and of the late noble stand
which he has taken in behalf of freedom in Kan.
zas, is due to that gentleman, and selected as a
committee, the following persons: Col Pinckney,
S. N. Smith, and J. C. Rice, to wait upon Mr..
Fremont, and to address him in such words as
would best comply with the wishes of those whom
they were chosen to represent.
The Committee learning from Mr. I, emont a,
what honr he would be pleased to receive them,
waited upon him at the time designated. when
Mr. Rice addressed Col Fremont in behalf of the
Republicans whom he represented He briefly
sketched the wrongs and aggressions Of the slave
power, and concluded as follows:
; With this brief but sufficiently comprehensive
view of the continued aggressions of the slave
power before us, with every barrier of Justice and
plghted faith broken down, with usurpine inva-
ders, sustained by the Federal Government.
r trampling down the rights Of Youthful people
struggling to be free,we can better appreciate the
high position which you have taken in behalf of
| n and of
OF restoring the administration of our government
to the policy OF its wise.and illus rious founders
To this address the N, Y Times says Mr.. Ere
mont replied, substantially, as follows:
He was totally unprepar'd for such an EN-
phatic and fattering expression of their regard
for which he was profoundly gr tefu He pre-
stunned (he said that the labors which they dis
tinguished with such strong terms of appreciation
derived what general value they may have nos .
sessed from their connection with California at
time when events gave to the conquest and an.
nexaton OF that State a sudden prominence
throughout the world.
In regard to the service they were good enough
to say he had rendered Kanzas, (by which Col.
FREMONT presumed they referred to his letter to
Gov. Robinson) he remarked that he had had
the double motive of warm interest in friend.
ana teoroH9h and cordial sympathy 0ith the cause
an aohlch that tre7s e,agaged-both ot which
he said he would always be glad to avail himself of
any suitable opportunity to expr. IS
col. Fremont added that he was naturally at.
tached to the country in travelling over which
large portion of the best and most pleasant years
OF his life we're spent, and naturally. too was
deeply interested an SeetHgH h,Oicn open to the
prosperity 'ohtch demands free labor for its full
Development.
He added I'm this respect, what you have Just
said is only The expression Of my own feelings l
am happy to see the young men of the county
men like yourselves-engaged in this cause 1t
needs their energy and enthusiasm to carry it
successfully through
lie concluded by again expressing his high sense
olthe honor the Committee had paid him by their
visit, and he begged them to accept his cordial
| thanks.
Mr.. SUMMERS GREAT SPEEcu.-We shall
publish the first half of Mr.. Summers great
speech upon Kanzas, tomorrow.
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