Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-10-08
The Banks DemousJratiOn at Charles
River Grove


River Grove.
The Boston Journal and Bee give full reports
Of the speeches at the Banks mass meeting in
Charles River Grove, on Tuesday. The meet.
ing" the Bee says, twas a complete success, and
an agreeable disappointment to the friends of Mr..
Banks, as it had been generally thought that, on
account Of the previous posiponement of it, and
the great difficulty of inducing people at this late
season of the year to meet in the open air, the
gathering would be small" But the enthusiast
tic thousands present, who listened to speeches
by Messrs. Banks and Burlingame, Sen.
ators Hale and Wilson, Hon. C. L. Knapp, Hon.
Francis Brnley, and others, showed that the
people Of the Eastern section of the State
wide awake and doing their duty in the cause of
the redemption of the State from the thraldom of
Gardnerism. We give the following brief quota
tions from Mr.. Banks's speech
"The party which we represent is for the liber-
ty OF the people of a continent and so far as our
influence can 60, for all men throughout Gods
heritage With these views do not hesitate to
appeal to you for your warm and hearty support
in this campaign. shall act upon the great
platform of principles of which were all
dent supporters last year | am part OF that
party of los, 900 n en- in this Commonwealth who
endorsed those principles last year. Whoever
else may have separated himself from that party
and those principles and have gone seeking new
principles, / assure you / am not of that number,
and do net intend to be-"
AS to the policy to be pursued in State mat
tiers, Mr.. Banks says =
II will pursue every means in my power for re-
dueing the sxtrayagant expenditures in the gov
eminent of the Commonwealth; will do ev-
erything in my power to limit and restrict the
sessions Of the Legislature, which now run over
nearly one half of the year, and which fills the
State with pamphlets of law from 100 to 500 pa
ges which are not read and finally l will APP
prove every measure which goes to sustain the
financial credit Of the State On these princi
Piles enter this canvass l am confident Of my
right in these views and of my ability to suggest
measures by which these principles may be car
ried out,
Mr.. Banks concluded by the following beauti-
full and appropriate illusions 10 his colleagues in
the national councils, Senators Hale, Wilson, and
Sumner -
''ie trusted that they would pardon him if he
spoke word in regard to those with whom he
had been associated elsewhere. And first, of the
gentleman from the Granite State. All honor to
him. 1t was he who first gave his State free
dom from the thraldom OF slavery he who
had been always so true to the cause of liberty
to those great principles which will one day be
sure Of success.
Mr.. Banks next referred to his colleague in
Congress, Gen. Wilson. They had long labored
side by side, and he had found him never firing
in good works. He had done all that man could
do, and whose only hope was to do more. He
had the proud satisfaction of saying that in a
contest never before witnessed, they had per-
formed the greatest of duties, and had received
the merited applause of constituents and peo-
pie.
He could not forbear to refer to the spirit of
him who was always in, the hearts Of the people
CHARLES Sumner Three cheers were given
for Sumner) Gifted with powers of eloquence
such as was rarely seen, laboring for principles
dear 10 them all, surely he was entitled to the
greatest honors But beyond this, his name and
character were entitled to the esteem and conf
dence Of all seeking an outlet for slavery. In
him the people Of Massachusetts had been faith
fully served
We give the following eloquent extract from
the speech of Senator Wilson:
''You have listened today to the voice of a
gallant Senator from New Hampshire He has
uttered here the voice of the 10000 freemen Of
New Hampshire who sustained Fremont last
year. Those 40, 600 sons of New Hampshire who
sustained Mr.. Hale and the cause Of liberty, are
this day for the election of Banks az Governor of
Massachusetts,; and they will welcome his cleo.
ton, as they will welcome that of Chase in Ohio
next week, and of David Wimot in Pennsylya
MIA Banks's name is associated in the minds of
the ffeemen Of New England with those of Hale |
Chase, and Wilmot He held letter in his hand
from William Pitt Fessenden of Maine, who, he
said, was not only one of the ablest, but one of
the truest champions of freedom in the Republic
land he regretted that the death Of his wife and
his own health prevented his being present here
todaY) He read frem the letter-You may rest
assured am painfully anxious as to the success
Of Mr.. Banks in this contest, as his failure,
fear, will do us great and lasting injury But
we shall not fail to elect Banks rCheers /
know something Of sachusetts-something Of
the sentiments of her reople-and she will not
wheel cut of the line Of her sister States in this
great contest. She win not follow any man who
chooses to step cut of the ranks of the men who
voted for Fremont last year, into the embraces Of
the $4,000 hunkers who supported Fillmore last
year, and subscribe to the National American
platform"