Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-10-27
LOCAL NEWS


The Fremouters Of Worcester assembled in
large numbers on Saturday evening last, at the
CITY Hall, to hear addresses from distinguished
advocates of the Peoples cause, and choose del
egates to the Peoples District Convention to
be held in this city to-day. W. W. Rice, Esq,
was chosen to preside, with Messrs. Timothy S.
Stong, Daniel Stone, VIM Dickinson and
Dwight Foster, for Vice Presidents, and Angus
tus Tucker for Secretary. On taking the chair
Mr.. Rice addressed the meeting in few brief
and eloquent remarks, declaring that his vote had
ever been what always should be, cast with that
party, organized on the distinctive antj-slavery
basis, with opposition the extension of slavery
as its leading paramount idea He knew no 9TH
er party in this cricis. One of the most impor.
tant duties of this campaign here, was the seec
ton of proper person to represent this district,
in the heart fthe old Commonwealth which beats
so true to Liberty, in the Congress of the United
States.
A committee of eight, one from each ward, was
then chosen to retire and report a list of fifteen
delegates to the District Convention, this day,
which committee subsequently reported the fol.
lowing names. This report was unanimously
adopted, and the delegation empowered to fill any
vacancies:
F. H. Kinnicutt, Marc Kendall, Edward Earle,
Charles White, Geo. f. Hoar, Augustus Tucker
T. S. Stone, A. P. Ware S. v Stone, John S.
Clark, Isaac Goddard, W. W Rice, Dwight Fos-
ter, VIM. Mecorney, Thomas Earle.
While the Committee were out, A. L. Richards
Esq, of WATERFOWL, was introduced, and made
short but eloquent speech.
Hon. F. W. Bird, of Walpole, was next intro
duced, and he made an able and augumentative
speech. He said he came from the purlieus of
Boston, to look honest men in the face-men
with back bones with the true American idea or
equal rights for ALL irrespective of color or other
accident of life. That was the idea which
brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth. in l62O-the
equal right of all to voice in the laws, This
was the right gained by the Revolution in l776.
Opposed to this great idea was the Sham Demo-
crazy of this day, as represented by PIERCE Bu-
chanan, and other embodments of the Cincinnati
platform, who were the only real Know Nothines
Mr. Bird proceeded to illustrate this fact, by re-
ference to the votes and acts of the representa-
tive men of the party, in Congress and out,
and concluded by showing that the pending
Presidential contest, whichever way it terminat-
ed, was only the commencement of the great con-
fiet which was to come off with the Slave power,
to be terminated only by the final eradication of
slavery itself.
]. Q, A. Griffin, Esq, of Charlestown was then
introduced, and proceeded to- deliver an eloquent
and able speech, of over an hour in length cover
ing the ground of the great national question at
issue in this Campaign, historical and statisti-
cal, sketch of which we will endeavor to give at
another tine, as it was original and new in
many points. Want of space forbids our doing
justice to it, by any attempted sketch of it
now.
At the close of Mr.. Griffin speech, Commit
tee of three, consisting of George Geer, W. A
Ayres, and Edwin Bynner, were appointed to
make arrangements for mass delegation from
Worcester, to join in the great Fremont and
Dayton Torch-light procession tic off in Bos-
ton, on Wednesday evening next. The meeting
then adjourned