Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-07-23
MASSACHUSETTS, LEGISLATURES.


WEDNESDAY. July %.
SENATE.-The bill on Senatorial Districts
came up, When Mr.. Haynes moved to strike
out all but the enacting clause, and substitute
his plan as presented yesterday.
In the plan offered by Mr.. Haynes, Saugus
and Andover are excluded from Essex, and
the district allowed five senators.
First district of Suffolk increased by the ad-
dition of Saugns from Essex, and Maiden
from Middlesex
Middlesex County, excluding Boxboro',
Acton, Stow, Marlboro, Sudbury, Wayland
Weston, birmingham, and Maiden adding
| Andover from Essex, and BEookline and
| Needham, from Nortolk) SIX senator's.
A mixed district. including seven towns
from Middlessx, and seven from Worcester.
Worcester, excluding Bolton, Clinton,
Berlin, Shrewsbury, Northboro', Southboro',
Westboro', Royalston, Athol, Dana, Hard
wick, New Braintree and adding Midway
from Norfolk, and Boxboro' from Middlesex, J
five senators.
Hampden, two senators.
Hampshire, Excluding Greenwich, Pres
colt, Enfield, Belchertown, Ware, Pelham,
Plainheld, and Cummington, } one senator.
franklin, Excluding Warwick, Orange,
Wendell, New Salem, Shutesbury, Leveiett,
Monroe Rowe, and Hawley,) one senator.
Hampshire and Franklin, mixed district,
| (including Royalston, Athol, Dana, Hard
wick, and New Braintree, from Worcester
one senator.
Berkshire, (adding from Franklin, Monroe,
Rowe. and Hawley, and from Hampshire,
Plainfeld, and Cummlngton,) two senators.
Norfolk, Excluding Needham, Midway,
Cohasset, and Brookline, and adding Easton,
from Bristol,) three senators.
pyunonth Eo;rb Ut
excluding Mattapoisett. returned with the
veto of Rochester three SENATORS.
Bristol, exclusive of Fairhaven and Easton, }
three senators.
Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket two
senators.
Mr.. Haynes hoped the Senate would now
proceed to business. His plan was hastily
prepared, and he presented it with all due
difference to the judgment of the Senate
Mr. Messenger was dissatisfied with the
plan, and hoped The bill of the Committee
would be adhered to. U
A side discussion here interviewed between
several senators, after which Mr.. Shaw took
the floor, and spoke warmly against the sub
stitute of Mr.. Haynes. 1t was a hodge. podge
affair, that totally disregardel county lines
and the constitutional amendments Tt#
The plan was opposed by Messrs. Taft,
Warner, Batchelder, Clark, and Hoar.
Mr.. Upham reatirmed his position of tie
day previous, ann was followed by Mr.. Bon
ney, who accused the committee of disregard
to both equality and the preservation of the
county lines
Mr.. Shaw replied, and was followed by Mr.
White, who made a powerful argument in
favor Of securing equality, even at the expense
OF violating county lines.
HoUsE.-Mr. King of Roxbury, moved n
reconsideration of the vote whereby the House
yesterday invited Rev. Mr.. Alger 10 address
that body.
| Mr.. King advocated his motion, not from
| any hostility to Mr.. Alger, for that gentleman
was his friend; nor from any feeling about
the sentiments contained in his Grafton but
he thought it uncalled for for this legislature
to interfere between the city of Boston and
its orator.
The question being taken, the reconsidera-
ton prevailed, 70 to 70, and the order was
laid on the table,
Mr.. wells OF Chicopee, asked leave to in
roduee bill dividing the State into forty
senatorial districts.
The question was then on passing the bill
to its third reading.
Mr.. Parker of Worcester, offered to substi-
tute for the bill, the plan offered by the COM
mlttee of the House and Senate and the
| question was now on the substitution.
! MI Z. Hale of Boston, took the floor, and
| in an elaborate speech advocated the commit
| tees bill as the one containing the most fair
ness and equality, of any of the plans which
had been offered.
After further debate, the House adjourned.
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ARCHBISHOP HuGHEs. The N. Y. Times
says that Archbishop Hughes has fallen un-
Torf hn y,l,,~ "a H. /
OF Rome, and there is danger that he NAV be
virtually suspended by the appointment of
| coadJutatoI with the right of succession, or
by the appointment of administrators of the
! diocese, under the pretence of relieving the
| Archbishop from the temporal cares that press
| upon him. The Times gives the following as
the amount OF the charge against the Arch
| bishop:
" In city through which three millions of
| Catholics have entered, since he has had
| charge of the Diocese of New York-in
city which numbers more professors of the
faith than Rome itsef-his accusers saw there
Il not monument OF Catholic power or in
Huence, not an institution perfected and
that he alone has seemed unconscious Of the
movement of that living host whose pres
ence AID influence has invited the attention
and alarmed the jealousy of the Protestant
people of these states. Everywhere else they
say the Church is an organization, with a
policy, with great framework of institutions,
to be Tiled up as time shall afford the means.
Here, it is said by members of the Church, it
is chaos, without form and void. Not even
an architectural structure worthy of power.
tul and wealthy community-not well or
ganlzed charity-not an institution of learn
ing that commands respect, and that can roint
to His Grace as its founder and sustainer.
his, they say, has been the ambition and the
politics of our Aldermen, and not the states
manship of prelate of the Church,
|
A HISTORICAL PARALLEL.-The Richmond
Enquirer, referring to the Presidential election
OF 1860, says :-"Southern men of all parties
are as true TO the institution of slavery as was
ever knight to his lady, or mother to her
child !; and that to "the Democracy of the
North they look, as Napoleon looked to
Grouchy at Waterloo" to give them the vic.
tory Let us hope that the idea which this
comparison suggests may be realized. Ma.
poleon looked in vain for Grouchy, who came
not, and was beaten. 1t may be added that
Gaouchy had been placed by Napoleon in
such a position that he could not 90 to Wa.
terloo, and just so have the Northern De-
mocracy been placed by the saveholders.-
they can't help the South any more, for the
lack of means, that is, of votes. There will
never be many Democrats at the North. 80
long as the South shall hold to its present
opinions, and it shall be held that those opin-
ions constitute Democracy. II the Democra.
cy should continue to insist upon the excel.
| lence of slavery, and that il should ba s,,,aad