New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-21
NORTHERN REVOLUTIONARY CONVEN
TON.
EVENING SESSION.

WORCESTER, Wednt sday Jan. IA, 1857.
The Convection assembled at O'Clock, a
Bradley Hall, which was crowded to excess.
Gen. Higginson read letters from Mr.. G. X. Rus
sell and j. shua r. Gidoines.
Mr.. STEPHEN FOSTER was the first speaker.
He rose, he said, to axe few remarks on the
two questions which were prominent before us.
First, Whether it is desirable to dissolve the
Union and, secondly, What are the best means by
which we can accomplish this object He said
there was vastly more DisuDion feeling than Dis
union knowledge. The men by whom this revou-
ton could be accomplished we're not here-you
could lot get them here-but if you could show
them how to act they would soon testify to their
political faith. Very few men, he said, do not admit
The necessity Of revolution; in fact, man must be
eher fool OF a knave not to admit 1t Laughter /;
for if ever there was cause fer revolution, since
Adam, we had it in our country. We ROB from
millions of men rights property, political and
social privileges. In America 4OOO,OOO are for
hidden to read the Bbe-tO educate them is
criue-and yet we are falling down on our hypo-
critical knees Cd every seventh day and thanking
God We are not like other people We afhllate
with men who are clothed by selling mothers and
little children, who buy Bibles with the price OF
hun an blood, i ne speaker lnOugnt lht ON. tIuln
in their prayers wac, that they were not like other
people; for, thank God, no other people were 80
hypOcrtical and so vile [Laughter]
Under these circumstances do we not pay too
high price for the Union. The highest price man
can pay for anything is sacrifice OF honor aud duty
property is nothing in cOmparIson-and these we
surref der for Union. Ii is our theory that Gov
eminent as instituted for the benefit of ALL that
all men have right to participate in the Govern
ment that the protection of the weak is It's object;
but what is our practice -Four millions OF our
country men have 10 rights-are known to the Gov
eminent only prOperty-ho~, then can we sup
port such system without sacrifice of honor aud
duty y The speaker had sought in vain to find
some way for man to recognize this Government,
by voting, without sOiling his honor and trampiog
bypOcIilicaly on his princi pes-talse to all his
cherished theories. The GOvernment-put what
construction Oh the Constitution you MAYS an
instrument of oppression, and those who uphold 1t
are guilty of keeping the slave IN bondage Inc
X. publcaps are as guilty as the Southern Demo
Gratis. Fremont pie dyed himself to uphold Slavery
during four years, if elected His followers, there
| fore indsrsed that Institution, where it already
| exists by the law Of the oppressOr.
He thought the resolutions sectional; he was a
| National man and Democrat, and against all geo
| graphical distinctions and separations Laughter
He thought a geographical separation impossible;
! We don't want separation, but revOluhon-to
| chusetts; for he was willing To be IN political
| union with the save-bIeeders of Virginia with
the slave-catcbers of Massachusetts,. He wanted a
moral dissolution; union with the slaves against
the masters, to dethrone the tyrants, with the
sword of the spirit if possible, but with the bayonet
| if necessary. We want honest, consistent men;
he preferred sincere devil 10 bypOcrltcal Chris
! tan. He wished to induce the people to dissolve
the political union with the slayeowners, aud make
lew union with the slayes. His idea of accom-
plishing this plan was 10 induce the people 10 Gre
| ate a new Government, to supersede the present.
| Ii was our duty to discover some plan 10 accom-
plish our object by the balobox, without dlshOnor,
and without upholding the present Constitution.
He was in favor of cutting the cord which binds the
State of Massachusetts, TO the tug of Union, and
then sailing northward, instead of TO the region OF
the tasbmaster. He proposed the organization OF a
! political party outside Of the Constitution aud
Union, whose candidates, if elected, would be
pledged to administer the State Government with
out recognizing the Federal Government and Con-
sttutiOn You will thus obtain the true verdict OF
the people on this question. The speaker enlarged
oil the advantages of this novel scheme, and CON
cuded by reading five resolutions embOdying his
ideas.
Ike fifth resolution is in these words:
Re'oed That h. Convention recommends the first sep
toward the If this object the orgxniyaon
each Of the states 81 political party OUTSIDE o. ne pr cent
pusey Il.dgcd m tie event heir election
federA &, ven mcut 10 refuse its and
make LeT respective States Tree and independent III
ties.
WENDELL PHILLIPS then took the platform and
was received with loud applause. We are essen
ialy two nations. said, be, aud il is always wise
O have that in form hch We have in essence All
shSms are evils. Judging the North and the South
by the ialrest test, It's press, NO man could de-y
that We were two nations. Mark the whole tone
Of the Southern press in regard 10 the Sumner out
rage, and where could they find in the literature OF
France or England such language toward the rival
nation, even when those two peoples were at the
widest point OF diSuniOn Even when We thought
the uation had reached its nadir of infamy in Web
ster, and Calhoun, and Clay, no decent man went
into the Senate chamber armed; but now. no man
went there intending TO speak his honest thoughts,
without revolver under bis cloak and did not ven
ture into the street save in the company of friends
10 guard against assassination. The Union had
brought the LatiOn 10 this.
p In what had the North ever been successful
They were defeated On the Missouri question, on
Florida, Louisiana, Texas, the FUCitseSave law
The Nebraska bill; and the ORly seeming success
they had ever had was the yindieatiOn of the free
dom Of debate in Congress, AMI the result of that
triumph was written in the assassina ion OfChares
Sumner. That had been she result Of the past 30
years of our history, and what reason had we to
expect that the 80 years 10 come, If We continued
in the same relation would show different result
Nr. =. then referred 10 the letter Of Mr. Cad
dirgs, extracts from which hal been read, chuac-
teTiziDg il as far mere Philosophical, and indicating
WISER appTees.Oc ol he An.i-S.Ayery mCvsmCl.