Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-10-19
CEsTER DAILY

ing partial relations 70 special interests in the
State, and particular portions of the people.
l dlselaim it. l love my native State-I
honor it. There is nothing deaTer to me in
this world than her favor and her respect
But it is equally dear to me coming from one
part of the State as from another and nv
duty to each and all, whether in private or
In public life, shall be performed with equal
eheeTtulness, cloud applause,) to the East or
! the West
have no special favor to grant, and no fa-
vor specially 10 ask. By them and their
interests will stand, according to my own
Judgment, when shall be called to pronounce
upon them.
4 Foics-Let US hear about the tunnel.
We'll, will speak of that which interests
the people of the western part of the state,
which is denOminated by my friend here,
"the Tunnel" have to say in that regard
just exactly that which is true. When a
member of the Legislature in 1868, was in
favor of that measure. learned early in my
youth, to give favor and SO far as l could,
support, to the great industrial interests
which have made Massachusetts, what she is
(Applause.) made no discrimination. l
followed those men who adopted a policy of
this character for one section of this Common
wealth and for another section of this Com
monwealth My opinions in this regard are
still unchanged, as l stood then stand now.
But l have also to say that from the time
when this question was first proposed, to this
day, have no knowledge of its merits, and
have formed No opinion as to Its success,
whether it be feasible or not. Whether it
will impair the financial credit of the State,
whether it will draw from the resources of
one part for the benefit of another, I do not
know and If you ask me what l will do
upon subject do not understand, decline
to give you an answer. [Cheers.) But say
to you that when that subject comes up,
will do fearlessly what the credit of the State
and the interests of the people shall seem to
me to demand. prolonged cheering.1 Be-
yond that have no opinion, no purpose, and
beyond that declaration l do not go.
But l say to you. fellow. citizens, that take
the nomination and shall accept office upon
no question of this character. take the
nomination, and shall accept the office, if it
be conferred upon me, for the purpose of unit
ing the people of this State who are of es.
sentially the same opinion as regards the pol
icy of the general government. and who have
correct and determined desire to reduce the
expenditures of the State. Upon these
grounds l accept the nomination, aud upon
these l shall stand, both as regards the peo-
pie Of the East, and as regards the people of
the West
Fellow citizens, we have a duty to perform,
an important duty as the people of the state.
1t is our duty TO stand, as your merchants
stood, against the aggressions of the slave
power. We are called upon to stand fmly
and steadily against the determined and APP
paliing revolution of the general government,
to subordinate the interests of free labor to the
supremacy of slave labor. We can exercise
our influence as the people of a State and as
part of the people of the United States
and when the issue shall come, as by-and- by
1t may come, we may perhaps find that the
only barrier IS that of the State Constitution
and our own strength as the people of the
State of Massachusetts. (Loud cheers.)
Upon what ground, then. are we told here
in Faneuil Hall, upon what ground are we
told, when in the last resort the Constitution
and the people of the State may be the only
barrier that stands against aggressions of the
General Government, that in State elections,
we can have no interest in national issues
Then we owe duty to the Union Of the
States. "Ihere can be no higher duty than
that of maintaining the compact upon the
principles on which it was organized, and for
the purposes for which it was formed" 1t
represents the faith Of our fathers, as may be
the best refuge of republican liberty, and as
people of the State and the Union, we echo
the sentiment of Webster, now and always,
hero and everywhere, the sentiment Lib.
erty and union, one and inseparable, now and
forever. Enthusiastic and long continued
cheers and applause.)