Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-09-14

! sided at fremont Temple, consisted of the most
fervid and rousing appeals to the audience Of
some FIVE hundred there congregated, TO "agi-
tate" and "sgitate7 on the anti-sayery well
as the American issue, the speech of the Presi-
dent william S. King,) of the other Convention,
the Fillmore or national branch of the party, con-
gregated at Music Hall, consisted of the most
ultra pro-slavery appeals, and contained severe
rebuke of his fremont Temple confederates fol-
their "seetionalisp.p
Here is an extract from Mr.. Bakers speech :
| alt (the slavery question: has been driven
home upon by the power and political party
! which has controlled the national government for
| twelve years /; by that democratic party which,
led on by Franklin Pierce during the last four
years, has soiled its garments by bowling to slave.
~, and today is headed by a man who has said
that wherever the flag of the Union went, there
also went slavery
Now, ought not every man opposed to that
power, to do everything he could to strike at the
very root OF that dark power that is now straning
and disgracing the land The only way to de-
feat the democratic party, which is the party of
slavery, is to cut off the illegal, unnaturalized
votes which are its strength. To do this is the
mission of the American party"
In beautiful contrast with this, let us nowread
an extract from President King, of the other
body, which was not less enthusiastic in its de-
votion to Gardner
| "And it is high time let me tell you, gentle
men, that zoe ceased fighting oUer that everlasting
battle Of freedom that Republican politicians Pc
riodicaly arrange for US, and looked little INTO
| our domestic affairs. 1t may be all very we'll
| during a presidential campaign, or pending
congressional election, to parade bleeding HGnzGs
to aaoaken the Sympathies Of the Northern heart
| but may be permitted to suggest that in an
election Of purely State officers, the condition of
he fran I'd fhe Of
| are fat more fitting objects of interest.
/ am not unaware, gentlemen, that there is now
in session in this city another convention, called
| for similar purposes cannot allow that it is
convention OF the American party, though so call
| ed. They have strayed from their colors but,
| gentlemen, l do remember that they are our
brothers, who stood shoulder to shoulder with us
in the contest of 1854, and with us achieved
victory that electrified the Commonwealth and
the country. They differed with us in opinion
lately, but am confident that they hare seen the
error of their rags and now trust that the day
is not far distant, nay, has already arrived, when
past differences will be forgotten, and we may
unite for common good"
Thus, in order to produce unanimity of action
onItbe part of these two fragmentary sections of
the American party in the future, consolidation
must be effected on the basis Of principles of
the national or pro.slavery wing, the fremont
Temple wing yielding up all their professed prin-
ciples of opposition to the extension of slavery,
for the sake of combination with the Fillmore
ans, on the platform of the latter. AS an indi-
cation of their readiness to compromise on this
basis, we point to the speech of Major Cobb,
President of the regular Gardiner American State
Committee, and Gov. Galdner's right hand man,
at Irrational American meeting in Charles
town, on Friday evening last, which was got up
to ratify the Gardner nominations. At that meet
ing, A. L. C. Arnold of Roekport, leading Fill
more man of last year, presided, and concluded
his opening speech as follows =
tThe American candidates 1.-THE Gardner ticket
just nominated were satisfactory to the conserv.
ative sentiment of Massachusetts the previous
policy Of Gov. Gardner in national politics in CO.
ing for Fremont was not satisfactory but he had
gone lar by his vetoes and his general policy to
retrieve his character in the eyes of national
Americans. The Fillmore party weak last
Fall, but it was now the nucleus of aparty about
to achieve glorious victory. and tonight they
have met to celebrate the victory Of union and
Cancellation.
The speaker was happy to announce that the
Fremont wing of the American party was present
here tonight, and it gave him great pleasure to
signalize the union of the two wings by taking
Major Cobb by the hand Cutting the action to the
word, amid some appauze) He hoped they
would never again be divided"
To this Major Cobb said, Amen"
Major Cobb was the next speaker in response
to the above appeal to himself the President
of the State Council represented by the late Amer
lean Convention at fremont Temple, and most
enthusiastically did he hail with favor the propo
sition of Mr.. Arnold, to transfer over and merge
the regular State Council Americans into the or
ganization Of the "nationals," on the platform of
AZ n
alluson to his having voted for Fremont last
Fall, that ''he had partaken of the husks o! Re-
publicanism, and had got enough of them,'' and
concluded by announcing that she OaS wiHing to
take the national PLATFORM" commencing the
speech OLA. A. Lawrence, in the Fillmore Music
HalD Convention in favor of union Of the two
wings, to the effect that 'Kanzas would take care
of ITSELF that the Kanzas question was ''emphat-
ieally dead horse" Major Cobb said "Ameri-
cans had been deluded into fighting Republican
battles, but they could not be any longer-they
meant to make national party on their own ac-
count in 1861" of course on the platform on
which Fillmore and Donelson were nominated in
1856
Such was the response OF the President of the
State Council Of the regular Gardner Americans
of Massachusetts, to the proposition of the Fill
moreans to unite with the latter in one common
organization on the platform of the latter Mean.
while, IN order to obtain votes for Gov. Gardner,
Baker and Others of his stamp will be allowed to
| perambulate the State and illuminate their anti.
slavery, all for Buneome, of course, as the whole
thunder is to be turned over to benefit Gardner
hunkerism and Fillmoreism, in case Gardner is
elected How many honest anti-slavery Ameri-
cans, who have acted with that party in the past,
can be longer deuded by such talk, in the future
We trust they may soon get their eyes open to a
full view Of the iniquitous, double-faced policy
which the Gardnerites pursue, and then act .ac-
cordingly. 5se
The Boston Journal should either withdraw its
imputation, that some Republican surreptitious-
ly altered resolution adopted by the late Young
Mems Convention in this place, or substantiate
it. This is the more imperative, as the unjust
imputation was thrown out as a sort of iustifca.
ton for the Interpolation which was made in the
resolution, as it appeared in that paper. We
again repeat that we klOsO the inputation to be
false. a aysa4
A REcREANT IRISH PATRIor.-The following
is the creed of John Mitchells new paper -
Holding that the institution of negro slavery
is a sound, Just, wholesome institution and
therefore that the question of re-opening the AT