Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-09-06
The late whig State Convention.

The Late whig Stato Convention.
The late SO called Wing State Convention,
at fremont Temple, in Boston, IS well charac
terised by the atlas, as more resembling
Suffolk County Wing Convention, than
Convention for the Commonwealth. The
one hundred and thirty two delegates from
Boston comprised nearly one half of its men,
bers, which numbered only about three hun
bred and fifty. The Committee on Creden-
tials wisely refrained from reporting the num-
Der oftowns represented, as the cities adioin-
ing Boston probably furnished most of the
balance Of the delegates. This accounts for
the singular unanimity with which the Fill
more counsels prevailed in the Convention,
and the unceremonious manner in which eve
~ speaker who questioned the propriety of
endorsing the nominee of another party, was
choked down instanter. One Of the Vice
Presidents the venerable John A. Shaw Of
Bridgewater, who has occupied high position
at the hands Of the party, heretofore, on at
tempting to speak his honest sentiments, was
choked down, and obliged 10 give way, be.
cause his views smscked of the free air of the
country. We have already state how cava-
lierly the New Bedford and Worcester dele
gates were treated.
But the most distinguishable act of the
Convention was the summary manner in
which the sentiments of Daniel Webster,
couched in his own language, embodying MS
oft reneaied declarations were voted down.
The Convention would not even hear any
member say anything in defence of them.
The following are the resolutions proposed
by Mr.. Ladd of New Bedford, coucbed in the
very language used by Mr.. Webster in his
Aarshfel speech, in reference to the Fres-
iaential canvass of l84S =
ReSolred, g That the honor and happiness
of the country imperatvely require that there
shall be chief magistrate elected who shall
nor plunge us into further wars of an bition
and conquest"
Hesolged g That the interests of the coun.
try ana tie feeling Of vast majority OF the
people require that President OF these Uni
ted States should be elected, who will neither
use official Influence to promote, nor " no feels
any desire in his heart to promote, The further
extension of slavery in this community, or the
When it was moved TO add these very mod
crate resolutions in favor of free territory to
the resolves reported by Mr. Hillard, perfect
bedlam ofsneers from all parts of the hall was
the consequence. When it was stated in de-
fence of them, that they were the exact words
of MIR. Webster numbers calculated, contempt.
uously, q What ofiti' I" that of no conse-
quence." 1t Is, truly, of not much tactical
consequence to the public, what little squad
of Fillmore hunkers, cnlled from the Goldfish
aristocracy Of Boston and vicinity, think OF Mr..
Wehster's sentiments, now that the great
statesman sleeps in silent repose on the very
spot where he uttered them. These fossil rel
les of what was once the Wing party of the
Commonwealth, now that they have trans.
formed themselves into mere caudul append
ages to the Dan Warren and Joseph Hiss
Know Nothing organization, cannot be ex-
pected to retain sufficient respect for their own
elves, politically, to cause their present caurse
or opinions to be of any avail in any quarter.
We presume that had the Hon. J. Thomas
Stevenson, himself, at the close Of his long
speech on Wednesday, offered the following
resolution, which was d .afted by Daniel Web
ster, aud offered by Mr.. Stevenson himself
and unanimously adopted at Wing State
Convention which nominated Gov Briggs, in
1886 or, At, it would have shared the same
fate with Mr.. Ladd's resolution. embodying
the great Statesman's views expressed at
Marshheld:
Resolped, That the WHO'S Of Massachu-
sets will continue TO use all constitutional
measures to restrain the already prepondering
influence of the slaveholding interest in the
national legislature TO defeat all measures
calculated TO uphold slavery, and promote all
constitutional measures for It's overthrow and
will OPPOSE at all times with UNCOM.
PROMISING zeal and hrInness ANY FUR
SHER ADDITION OF SLAYEHULDlNG
STATES to this Union, out Of sohatever Terri
tory formed, aud that they will, in like man
ner, OPPOSE ALL FURTHER EXIEN-
SION OF THE SLAVERY Of the African
race OH this continent,
OF course this would have been inm edate.
ly hooted down by that body Of antedeluvians
fossils. What IL Daniel Webster did draw it
up, and it were offered by Stevenson, or Hill
lard even, il would have been deemed of too
ineendiary'' nature for re-adoption by
Convention belying the name OF . Whig" in
1855.
we VIII suppose, again, that some honest
member nom tho country, had offered the
idearca res IL ito passed with such miami.
by the Wig Convention of 1854. which
nominated GOV. was ba n, as follows
RssolOsd, Lba. tho repeated aggressionu q