Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-30
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SATURDAY., MAY 80, 1887.


ter Of Dartmouth introduced Personal Liberty
Bill in the House, on Thursday, as an antidote to
the Dr,d Scott decision. which well deserves the
name. tbs entitled "An Act to protect Person
al Freedom and consists of only two sections
as follows:
"See l. ANY person who shall hereafter hold'
or attempt to hold, any person IN this Sonil.oH,
wealth. as his her property or slaIl h.,
do, as agent for another S1all os .sr,, ot
imprisonment in the State Prison LOT .elln not
exceeding ten years, or by hne not eAoe'Oiis
'e 81 anVS' This Act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
This. if passed, would be truly model enact
ment, and one worthy to go forth over the Union
as the embodied sentiment Of the people Of the
Commonwealth, on the great question of the day.
Should it encounter the executive veto. the vote
by which leave was granted to Mr.. Potter to in
troduce his bill (l57 to GA shows that it could be
carried in the House, over his Excelleney's head.
Those from this county who voted against al
lowing Mr.. Potter to introduce his bill, on Thurs
day, we are sorry to perceive, were in number
thsrteen, and all Republicans except one or two.
They are-Geo. F. Bailey Of Fitchburg, James
Bennett of Leom:nster, James Childs of Lam
caster, Rufus B. Dodge of Charlton, N. P. Hum
phrey OF oakham, Henry Prentiss .os; x viy
:. ston, Joseph B. Lombard IF "a huooaru'
{ !, bbiss of MillburY, Ags 30 Warren Joseph
Gags Fine Salt in store eT6ses Sawyer I'd, OF Ster-
Southworth Of Harlwiek, VIM.
TT-s rs ~ ,,oencer, Leonard Warren Of Brook
6eid, and H. G. Whitney of Westminster. These
men should act more wisely than to allow such
inveterate Know Nothings as Henry Smith of
Hempleton Bugbee of Webster, Twiss Of Wor-
cester, and Others, to Guido them in anti slavery
work
Those from Worcester County who voted IN
favor of Mr.. Potters proposition, are nineteen IN
number, good share Of them Americans as
follows Alex H. Allen of Mendon, Luke f.
Allen Of Grafton, h. E. Bugbee of Webster, Da-
vid g. Davis of Paxton, H. Faulkner Of Clinton,
John e. Fry of Bolton, Henry D. johnson of
Upton, j. NJ Lsdd of Holden, VIM. H. Larned
of Dudley, E. N Paine of Blackstone, u. L.
Read of Leicester, VIM. H. Sanford of Boylston,
Henry Smith of Templeton, Warren Tyler of
North Brookfeld, II. S. Wheeler of Southboro',
and Dexter F. Parker, Geo. F. Thompson, and
Stephen P. Twiss. of Worcester. Absent-B. L.
Batcheller Of Sutton, Amos Child of West Boyl
stoa, Il, B. Corbin Of Oxford, Jos. Estabrook of
Royalston. Chas. Field Of Athol, c. r. Griggs of
Westboro', N. L. johnson of Dana, H. W. Page
OF Fitchburg, David Phillips of Douglass, Jacob
Taft of Uxbrdge, N. D. Within of Northbridge,
and J. B. d. Cogswell and VIM. 7. Merrifed of
Worcester-l1.
We give these names, not only as an act OF
justice, but to let the constituents of these gen
tlemen know how their Representatives stand ON
so important matter. We regret to perceive,
also, among the nays on the above proposition,
out of this county, the names of Charles Hudson
of Lexington, Erastus Hopkins of Northampton,
John Morissey of Nantucket, and other leading
Republicans in the House, and altogether too
many of both Republicans and Americans among
the absentees (l32 in number). The zeal with
which Morrill, Of Fall River and Littlefeld Of
Foxboro', and others of that stamp, advocated
this proposition of their brother American, Potter
of Dartmouth, and other kindred measures,
hows that they and their political associates are
having an eye to the capital they hope to make
for their party, in the ensuing State canvass, by
claiming to be " more anti-slaVery than the Re-
publicans," and will point to the Legislative
ord, to sustain themselves. We are sorry that
they will have some ground for.the claim OF hay-
ing done more anti-slavery work, whatever may
have been the impelling motives, than many of
the leaders of the Republican party in the Leg
islature, whose course must be eschewed by US,
as their false counsels, on certain points, have
wisely been repeatedly eschewed by the Legisla.
ture itself
Mr.. Potter's bill was referred to the committee
having the matter Of the bred Scott decision in
charge, with instructions to report forthwith. If
the majority of that committee do not see fit to
report the bill back in that shape, we trust that
minority report viii be presented, embodying the
identical bill of Mr. Potter, word for word, and
that it will receive as large majority in the
House, for its enactment into law, as the author
of it obtained on Thursday, granting him leave
to PRESENT. it. 1t would be just such statute as
would do honor to the Commonwealth, in the
present crisis, and we trust it may become law,
over the Governors head, if he vetoes it, even
though we may, through the faithlessness of GER
tain Republicans, be indebted to Know Nothing
votes for its passage.