Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-09-28


Massachusetts, was held at the City Hall, in
Springfield, to hear addresses from Messrs.
Banks and Burlingame, The spacious hall was
crammed to overlooking in every part At seven
o'clock toreh-light procession was formed, and
marching to the Massasoit House, took up Iron
sides Club No. l." Of Boston, and proceeded to
the residence Of Hon. c, C. chafee, where Hon.
Messrs Banks and Buflingame were tarrying,
and thence marched to City Hall.
The meeting was called to order by A. N. Mer-
rick, ESQ of Springfield, and committee Sc
leo,ed for the purpose, reported for President Of
the evening, N A. Leonard, Esq, of Spring
6eld. with the following Vice Presidents Geo.
Dwight, Eiiphslet Trask, o. Tiffany Of Spring
field, T. L. Chapman Of Lougmeadow, George D.
Wells Of Greenfield, C, T. Frank Of Hoyoke, Il.
G. Knight Of East Hampton, A. Bagg and ]. N.
Weston Of West Springfield, J Gillette Of Hard
wick, H. Raymond of Wilbraham, J. L. B.
stickney of Chieopee and for Secretaries, J. g.
Holland and J. R. Deney.
After some preliminary remarks by the Presi-
dent Mr. Banks was introduced amid deaiening
cheers, and proceeded to make one of his most
eloquent and effective addresses, which was re-
Mr.. Banks expressed himself proud to stand
in the presence of the citizens Of the Westerly
portion of the State, and to confer with them
upon the principles of constitutional liberty
which the people of Massachusetts so dearly
loved. Upon these principles he hoped they
would ever stand, and together inhexibly support
and maintain those principles BE alluded to
the improvements and the advance that had been
made 10 the old Bay State, in the past few years.
East aud West, and accredited that improvement
to the institutions of free government under
which we live, and though his heart large
enough TO embrace the interests of the whole
people OF this land--North and South--he felt
that to the free labor of the North we owe the
great prosperity which now surrounds us.
We were compelled to choose between two sys-
TENS Of political goyernment-one narrow and
local, the other enlarged and national. We are
fighting upon the old issues, and we must accept
the theory that each successive contest is but
part Of the great conflict, and with union and
persistent effort only can We expect to win sue
cess.
What has been accomplished by the people of
the North already The speaker had the honor
OF representing in Congress the district which
gave birth TO the inventor of the magnetic tele
graph, and had sat by the side Of the proprietor
OF the FIST railway in the country. He alluded
to the inventive genius and talents and enterprise
of many others of this class, who came from the
free Northern States, and to whom the country
were indebted for many Of the greatest practical
Improvements of the day, and the present age.
He claimed that to continue to avail ourselves
of the vast advantages thus inaugurated by the
talent and enterprise of the North, we must act
with union, and aim to carry out the principles of
true self government, which principles were as
simple in themselves as truth itself. Such pur-
pose IS right in detail and in the whole, and God
and our fathers demand that we should recognize
this fact, and act firmly up to this purpose.
IL came tonight to appeal to the people, and
to ask them to sustain the of the last year,
unitedly, with the certain hope of triumphant
success The issues before us, in the present
contest, were more than merely State issues, and
the speaker believed that were now called
upon TO pass upon matters Of national polity Of
the last importance; and whatever might be said
to the contrary, it must be apparent 10 the mind
of every rejecting man, that blow is now to be
struck for or against the slave power, which
must be felt, for serious good or i'll, throughout
theI entire nation, and for years and years to
come.
If we in earnest last year, what and where
is the change that has suddenly come over this
fair land, that shond induce or permit us to lay
down our arms, and suffer the grasping hand Of
the slave power to strike US to the dust? The
Inonstrous theory Of James Buchanan was CON
trasted with the opinions OF Thomas Jefferson,
and the acts of Congress upon the prohibition of
slavery in the Territories, for the last fifty years,
clearly dd6ned, and it was explicitly shown
that the bald and isolated theory of Mr.. Buchan-
an was heresy, which no national man before
him had ever dared to assume or to foist upon the
free American nation. The inconsistency of Mr.
Buchanan during the years AS, 40, and so, upon
the subject OF slavery, was Tehearsed, and fresh
comparisons between the voluntary conduct Of
the present President and the statesmanlike pro-
positions of Mr.. Jefferson upon this subject, were
made. and the speaker claimed that the North
were bound to stand up to the doctrines laid down
by Jefferson.
Mr.. Banks next claimed that the people de-
Iod gharS -, q of ~
utsry reform in the State expenditures, and he
promised that Tetrenchment should be watch
word in the contest before US.
He pointed to the mechanic, the merchant,
the professional man of the North, and compared
the condition OF Northern men and Northern
communities with the condition of the South he
asked where the Southern ships, the Southern
manufactures, the Southern mechanical and agri-
cultural products--where was the comparative
genius, and talent, and enterprise Of the South
Without the resources afforded them through the
means OF this political power, they must inevita-
bly, retrograde, and fall into lower condition
than the curse oil slavery has already Frustrated
them, at the present day. The work of reforma-
ton has been gloriously begun in Missouri-it
viii be carried on in MarylaDd-and we must aid
the South, amid their darkness and danger-un-
til liberty shall perch the whole land, and
shade the people with her broad and beautiful
wing.
Mr.. Banks sat down amid enthusiastic and
prolonged applause and cheers, the band per.
forming spirited and appropriate airs
Hon. Arson Burlingame succeeded Mr.. Banks
and upon being presented to the audience, was
received with the heartiest enthusiasm.
He spoke in glowing terms of the course Of
Massachusetts, in the last glorious contest Of the
North against the slave power and claimed that
this great issue was still paramount in the con.
icf in xvhfoh nc xvaxa ,o.x, o,o.o.a
He described the repeated encroachments Of
this power, and pointed to the late decision Of
the Supreme Court, and the allegation that this
question was ''settled."
He reviewed the President's late letter on Kan.
gas, in which Mr.. Buchanan declared his inten.
ton 10 defend and maintain, with all the power
AZ the federal government the position that, un.
ger the Constitution, slavery exists in Kanzas to.
day. And the outrageous inequality and oppres
sion Of the slave power was shown, throughout !
concise history Of the cause Of Kanzas down tc
the present hour, from the beginning.
Mr.. BurIingame concluded as follows, giving
his proposed remedy for the past unhappy lStat,
Of things, politically -
What Is the renedyf / will tell you. It is in
harmony OF action, aud union Of forces and sent
ments We must examine into and study pol
tics with more care and earnestness. and mt fbs
power you Of the North possess into pubIic life
The Lights now breaking cheering dawn !,
coming the day Of promise is not faT distspt
Our prospects grow brighter and brighter, day by
day. The number Of Northern douehfacas NJ -
fcCd I "a an A..