Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-11-05

her own children. 1t is hard to see the schol-
arshIp which has been drawn from her els.
terms, and the riches which have been accu.
mulatedIunder her hospitable shelter, now EN-.
ployed to weaken and discredit that cause
which is above riches OF scholarship 1t is
hard, while our fellow citizens in Kanzas.
bone OF our bone and flesh of our flesh. plead
for deliverance from cruel usurpation, and
while the whole country, including our own
soil, is trodden down by domineering and
brutal despotism, to behold sons of Massachu-
sets in sympathy, open or disguised, with
the vulgar enemy qulckening everywhere
the lash of the task master, and helping for.
ward the Satanic carnival when slavery shall
be fastened not only upon PROSTATE KanZas,
but upon all the territories of the republic;
when Cuba shall be torn from friendly pow.
er by dishonest force, and when the slave
trade itself, with all its crime, its woe. and its
shame, shall be opened anew under the Amer.
lean flag. Alas . that any child of Massa-
chasetts, in wickedness of heart or in weak.
ness of principle, or under the delusion Of
party prejudice, should join in these things.
With snch l have no word of controversy at
this hour. But turning from them now in
my weakness. trust not to seem too severe If
covert for the occasion something OF the d.
vine power.
Tobend the silver bow with tender skill,
White void Of pain the silent arrow kill.
Gladly from these do l turn 10 another
character, yet happily spared to Massachusetts,
whose hearts beat strong with the best blood
of the revolution, and with the best senti-
ments by which that blood was enriched
The only child of one of the authors of
American liberty-for many years the able
and courageous representative of Boston on
the floor of Congress, where his speeches
were the masterpieces of the time, distin-
guished throughout a long career by the
grateful trust OF his frienGs-happy in all the
possessions of a well-spent life, and surround
ed by love, honor, obedience, troops of friends,
with an old age, which is second youth
Josiah Quincy, still erect under the burthen
OF 81 winters, puts himself at the head of our
great battle and never before i'll the ardor
of youth or the maturity of manhood did he
shew himself SO grandly conspicuous, and
add so much to the heroic wealth of our his
tory. His undaunted soul, lifted already to
gllmpses OF another life, may shame the fee
bier spirits OF later generation. There is
one other parsonage, at another period who
with precisely the same burden of winters,
mas asserted the same supremacy of powers
1t is the celebrated Dandolo, Doge of Venice
at the age of 81, of whom the historian Glib
plicable to our own Quincy Tile shone in
the last period of human life as one of the
most illustrous characters of the time un-
der the weight Of years he retained a sound
understanding and manly courage the
spirit OF hero and the wisdom of patriot"
This old man carried the Venetian republic
over to the Crusaders, and exposed his person
freely to all the perils of war, so that the his
torian describes him in words again applica"
BILE to our day, saying :-"In the midst of the
conflict the Doge, a venerable and conspicu-
GUS form, stood aloft in complete armor on the
Prov of the gallery, while the great standard
OF st. Mark was displayed before him." Be-
lore the form of our venerable head is dis
played the standard Of greater republic than
Venice, thrilling with its sight greater multi
tudes than ever gazed on the standard of st.
Mark, while sublimer cause is ours than
the cause of the Crusaders; for our task is
not merely to ransom an empty sepulchre,
but to ransom the Savior himself in the
bodies of his innumerabie children; not
merely to displace the Intidel from distant
foreign soil, but to displace him from the very
Jerusalem of our liberties.
May it please your Excellency-I forbear to
proceed further. With thanks for this well
come, accept also my new vows of duty. In
all simplicity let me say that 1 seek nothing
but the triumph of truth. To this l offer my
best efforts, careless of office or honor, Show
me that am wrong, and l stop at once but
IN the complete conviction of right and | shall
Per:eVere, against temptation, against all odds,
against aii Pey.N, sFe"i''SS az --pSnuw-
ing well that, GPl2 lever may be my fate, the
right will sur S.O,evail. Terrestrial place is
determined on.eN 1y celestial observation. 1t
is only by watching the stars that the mar
liner can safely pursue his course, aud it is only
BY ooeying those lofty principles, which are
above men and human passion, that we can
make our way safely through the duties of
life. In such obedience hope to live, while,
as servant of Massachusetts, 1 avoid no la
Dor, shrink from no exposure, and complain
of no hardship.