Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-07-28
Progress. of Peoples Cause.

says:
.'Col. Burbank is gentlman of whom the
Wing party need be in no hurry TO seek to
rid itself. He had a right TO call himself
Whig-a Daniel Webster Wing And the
Boston Courier, paper that stood out in open
Jebellit IT, the Wing nominations at the last
Presidential election, has the least authority
in the world 10 abuse him for an alleged re,
creancy."
The Adrertiser maintains that it is the true pol
icy for the Wing party of Massachusetts to leave
the Presidential question open to be decided by
the preferences of the Wings individually 1t
says in conclusion:
ITO say that the Wings who attended the
Faneuil Hall meeting have Joined the party
that believe the constitution and the Union is
league with hell, is to say what is not true.
The Wings propose nothing of the sort. They
propose 10 continue Whigs-as we understand
it-and vote for the Wing candidates for Sta e
officers and members Of the legislature. II is
wrong, as well as idle, 10 misrepresent their
purposes. Let the Wing papers at least be
distinguished by the use of fair play in the
conduct of the canvass"
The Albany EUeang Journal says there is ga
strong feeling of opposition to Breckenridge in
Kentucky. growing out of the trial of Matt
Ward, the murderer of the schoolmas er at Louis
vile. 1t will be remembered that Breckenridge
was enc of the 'distiu guished co Insel who volun
teered to quit his post at Washington to go and
screen the rich and guilty assassin from punish
The Republican State COMMITTEE OF NEW 1urA
have issued call for a State Convention at SYRIA
cuse, on the l7lh oil September for the purpose
IF Dat
and Slate officers. The call is addressed to all
parties opposed to the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, to We policy of the present admin.
istration, to the extension of slavery into the
territories, and in favor of making Kansas free
State.
The following remarkable and significant vote
was taken on the express train between Boston
and Springfield, on Thursday afternoon; Ere.
mont, n; Fillmore, Is; Buchanan, 4.
John L. Marsh President of the fremont Club,
WATERFOWL, N Y, was re elected Clerk of the
County Court Jefferson county, last fall, on the
straight Democratic ticket His oficeis the most
import ant within the gift of the county, and his
position and influence may be judged from the
fact. That is the way they go.
to his position on the Presidential question, in a
communication to the Newburyport Lcrald:
81 cannot vote for Buchanan. Before l
could vote for HIM, l must repudiate nearly
all my former principles, and undergo pot-
ical regeneration. He endorses the Cincln.
natl platform, he inherits the mantle of Pierce
and sanctions all the denominations of Atchi-
son. Buchanan, as d northern man, may
bov ~. i !.
the power OF party attractionss He is in
political vortex, and must be whrled to the
center and the bottom. l cannot trust him.
If he means what he has said, he reverses the
whole platform of the Wings, and if he does
not mean what he has said, how can any man,
or even his own party, trust him? l cannot
vote for Fillmore, because voting for him
would IN fact be voting for Buchanan, as Fill
more cannot obtain the vote OF single State,
In all the important contests now before US, l
have no right either to withhold my VOTE or
cast it in favor of injustice and oppression. l
shall, therefore, without hesitation, vote the
Fremont ticket, especially as the principles
which he avows contain nothing at all ncon-
sistent with good sound Wing doctrine. 1t
is sad, but it is true, that it is law of our
vast Democracy that in almost every election
merit must bow to availability; but in the
present contest, this iron law is less evil than
it ever was before, Tor merit and availability
are united i'll Fremont"
The Harrisburg ('a) Telegraph, of Thursday,
bore at j S head the fag of Fremont and Dayton.
This paper is regarded the organ OF the State
administration, and its course has been anxiousy
watched by the friends of both Fillmore and FIRE.
mont. Ia giving Its reasons for hosting the Re-
publican ticket, the telegram says
1--WE have 10 war TO wage against Mr.. Fill
more. He has many friends, and deserves
them but the popular heart OF the opposition
is clearly not with him in the present crisis
We have reason to believe that his friends in
Pennsylvania are sincere in desiring the over
throw OF the Locotoco party, aud If so, the
work is more than half accomplished. Not
withstanding the indscretion of few who
prefer Mr.. Fillmo e, III their INSCRIPTIONS at
lacks upon Col. Fremont, we doubt not that
the great mass Of both Fremont and Fillmore
men earnestly desire and look confidently tor
a cordial union and common cause against
the Nebraska party; and the politicians have
but to reflect the wishes OF the people, aud
uniou aud victory will be the sult of our
labors."
The Committee to make arrangements for a
Fremont and Dayton mass meeting consisting of
delegates from Natick, Needham, Waltham, Wa
tertown. and Newton, at an adjourned session,
held at Newton, Friday evening, voted to hold
the meeting on The 26th Of August, at O'clock.
A. NJ, in Charles River Grove The arrange
ments of the Committee are extensive, and it will
undoubtedly be a very large gathering, and one
worthy of the cause. Among other distinguished
speakers, Hon Henry Wilson has been invited,
and has promised to be thar"
The New York Herald ofesses to have heard
strange reports from the New York custom house
and post office. The latest on dit is that the EN-.
ployees, commanding about two thousand votes,
are celebrating a wholesale bolt to Fremont
They are impressed with the idea that with the
election of Buchanan, a new set Of books will be
opened by Mr.. Forney, involving a pretty clean
sweep of both the custom house and post Office;
aud so the gentlemen now in are disposed to leave
Buchanan, and trust to luck with Fremont.
A note to the Springfield Republican from
Schenectady, N. Y, states that the students of
Union College are almost unanimous for Ere
mont, and that many Of them will improve the
coming vacation IN stumping the State Tor him
1t says, also, that the counties bordering an the
Hudson river seem TO have been thoroughly rev.
c'utionized in their politics. Multitudes whose
antecedents would place them among the Fill
moreites or Brchaniers are now enthusiastic for
freedom and Fremont. The train OIL which this
correspondent rode from Schenectady TO Albany
was canvassed, with the following result FIRE.
mont 81, Fillmore 3s, Buchanan "a.