Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-02-13
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would be- 6lled by any living person but its right
full occupant, absent only in body, and where the
tAer seat is filled by another who has proved
himself By his votes and speeches there, to be
true champion of freedom, and whose highest
NEED Of praise will be- at the end Of his term 10
show himselft to have been fit colleague oteharies
Sumner. 1t is our delegation in the lower branch
to which we wish to call attention and devote
few moments consideration at this time
And whom have we got there 10 represent us
We sh all say nothing of Mr.. Banks, whose ad-
ninistration of the Speakership has reflected so
much credit upon the Commonwealth and the
whole country, by his universally acknowledged
fitness for the post, and the dignity, impartialty,
and bility with which he has discharged its du-
ties. Besides the Speaker, Massachusetts has
nominally ten representatives in the House, at
Washington. But it would seem that when ira
portant questions are to be voted upon, not more
than three Of them can be relied on, three 9TH
ers going to the opposite extreme Of voing with
the ultra South against measure offreedom, and
the remaining four contrving to dodge the vast
responsibility, under one pretence or another.
We make these illusions to the vote on the
Minnesota bill in no unkind or uneharitabe spirit.
Grant that our representatives may have honest
81 American as we'll as anti.slayery scruples in
the disposition OF their votes st II. if they
honest in their professions in going for Fremont,
to make the great question Of freedom paramount
to all other considerations or old issues, it no
time for them to illustrate their bigotry upon
minor issue, in voting with the ultra slavery
pFopagandists TO kill measure Of freedom, just
TO crafty thtir petty preiudices to the danger
he country is under from being flooded with the
eountrymen of Louis Kossuth, Daniel O'Connell,
Latas elite, or Mazzini, aging from oppression and
misrule in the old world, to seek permanent
homes in our broad Northwestern States and
Territories.
The excuse of illness, unless the mem
bers were very i'll, which we do not learn to
have been the case, or being engaged "
elsewhere at the time, is hardly sufficient apol
ogy for those who are absent on votes of SO i'm
portsnt nature as the admission of new free
States, to swell the vote for freedom in Congress.
When questions of subordinate nature have
been the tapis, we see our representatives pre-
senting unanimous front For instance. last
December bill was before the Committee of the
Whole in the House, for the repeal of the natu-
raj zation laws, and the exaction of twenty one
years as the term of resid nee of all not born on
tae SOIL before allowing them any of the rights of
citizenship.
In order to take immediate action on the mat.
ter, with view to its passage, motion was
made by that distinguished Know Nothing and
slavery propagandist, Humphrey Marshall Of
Kentucky. to take up this bill. out of the regular
order, but not receiving the requisite two-thirds
f.1 : A. al oF
lcans, from New England and elsewhere, who
should know better than to vote in so foolish
manner. Aud where were our Massachusetts
allegation on so important (!) an occasion AL
present, and voting in solid phalanx, " it'll twenty
one Southern Fillmore slavery propagandists, and
Eve Northern Fillmore men, to curtail the tights
and privileges of those who comprise SO large
proportion Of the population which is rapidly
filing up our immense Northwestern country,
whose votes are to decide the destinies of parties
and measures in the Union, for all coming time.
But when new State from that region is apply
ing for admission to our galaxy of free Common.
wealths with the wreath of freedom upon her
brow, four Representatives from Massachusetts
are not there-they away, sick, or busy
about something else; Dewitt, perhaps, having
lobby, to avoid the odium Of voting with them
and traitor and Tim Davis, against the meas
ure, as all those aOsrthies would undoubtedly have
voted together, had they all been in their seats.
Messrs. Burlington, DamTell, and Knapp, alone,
OF the present Congressional delegation in the
House from Massachusetts, had pluck enough to
rise above the narrow contracted prejudices of
Know Nothingisnl, and record their aye for the
admission Of free State! Who, that has any
regard for her ancient fame and former renown,
does not now blush for old Massachusetts
When Winthrop was her only dcughace in Con"
gress she arose in her majesty, and put the brand
Of condemnation upon him, by electing her favor
lite, Charles Sumner, in his place, to be the
eessor OF Daniel Webster in the public councils.
Now, she has three doughsaees, and four whose
reason for absence, when more fully given, we
hope, viii redeem Them from the disreputabe
category Of cowardice or doughiaceism. Two OF
the doughiaces in her delegation have been
righteously superseded by bold and true advocates
OF freedom. As to another, Timothy Davis, those
whose recolections carry them back to the speech.
es and votes Of his predecessors, cannot but feel
the most intense modification and shame for our
good old Commonwealth, that she should be sub.
jscted to the deep humiliation OF being represent
cd in the national councils by so small souled a
man as the present incumbent from District
which has sent to Washington, to battle with the
slavery propagandists, such statesmen as Robert
Rantoul, Jr., Charles Wentworth Upham. Ste
paen c. Philips, and Nathan Dane. veri-
ly, District No. Six exhibits most woful signs
of progress. in substituting Timothy Davis Tor
Charles W. Upham. In some Of The other Dis
tricts the contrast is so great between the pres
ent incambents and those who ought 10 represent
them, that out Of sheer charity for human i'm
perfection, we forbear a comparison at this time.
THE LAST OF TUE AMeRicAN PARTY IN Con.
EEcTIcUT.-The Springfield Republican says only
about forty persons attended the annual meeting
Of the American State Council at Hartford on
TUESDAY, and these, after long discussion,
adopted the following resolutions -
Re5olved, That we endorse the State tick It
nominateI at the Union Convention, New Haven,
and that we still in favor OF the platform OF the
American party of the State OF Connecticut
Res0kUed, That we declare the officers OF this
State Council reelected for the coming year, and
that this council do now adjourn.
The alternative OF the above was the following,
which was supported by Messrs. Ferry Of Nor.
walk. and Calhoun Of Manchester, and would
have been adopted in preference to the other, but
for a little matter Of personal and party pride on
the part OF shs majority ofthose present.