Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

did so in the best oftemper; have endeavored to
maintain the best of temper throughoutthe canvass,
and can reason why kind and Christian
spirit should not have peryaded the canyasing up to
/ the last moment. But. of a sudden, squal arose,
/ lcheers) blowing of the most prlfu and inter
inittent gales which have ever known TO be got up
on so small scale raising such dust through our
streets that has been quite difficult for us TO ecOg
ME each others faces and absolutely Impossible TO
/ see who exactly was, or who exactly was NOT, a
"teU'perGHcs man!n loud cheers.) SO Tar as this
wind has blown in my own face, II seems TO have
come chiefly from the Office Of my friend of the Daily
Transcript daughter and cheers) Now, my friends,
It Is no part Ofmy purpose call in question the right
OF that gentleman to instruct the people of orces
ter IN relation TO their moral duties; and least of all
would question his qualifications TO decide what Is
essential and what is not essential, to constitute
temperance man. (Great laughter.) But submit
to you. and to all our tOwnsmen, whether the pOr-
traits of the painted upon the Citizens ticket
u they have been hung up for the last three or tour
DAYS III the columns of that paperWere not drawn IN
eoiors little too fragrant. (Crles OF THAT'S So.
why, fellow citizens, ii disinterested observer of
what has been said and written during the past week
were TO believe the half of it, he must nave meFlil
ply supposed that ifmy associates and myself should
De elected by the Sutragcs of the citizens of orceS
tef THESE streets would run torrents OF al Kinds,
ana especially the kinds of ardent spirits with
women and children at the bottom, and Democrats
and liberal Republicans at the top! Great laughter
ana VociterouS cheers.l
And now in all kindness and sincerity, ask you,
whether this has not been carried little too far by
tins community? (CrieS of YES, yes.0 Do you
DeheVe fellow citizens, that DANIEL w ALDO LIN
colin. DAVID S. MESSENGER, JONAS BARTLETT,
LoRING Goes, JAMES 5. WOoDwORTH, and LEVI
BARKER, ought to be stigmatized as men, and
the patrons Of all the low vices of afflicted
humanity? Ono. no." from a thousand vOces.l
ana l; too, JON you in saying no. And as to the
humble individual who You do ne the honor to place
at the head of this ticket, the highest recommended
non which l mention in his behalf, is that he
mas lved among you some eighteen or twenty years,
uIWays paying ms taxes, (laughter and mindng MS
own business, tcheeTs always endeayoring TO walk
kindly and justly with his neighbors and friends
and never, far as can recOlect,-nOt even in the
Ot eleCtlOQ.-BpEpT
htgher than has practice. (Great cheeringl
And now, fellow citizens, let us forget the pas
SONS ana fOes of the last week. This is the city of
our nativity or our adoption. 1t is to us all the city
OF our love. Most of us, l trust, expect to pass
within its borders the remainder of days and at
last TO minge our dust with its own. Let us one
ana all, forgetting the distinctions of party and
hgion, address ourselves to the service of the city
Wnch Is our common parent, and common benetac-
tor.
Three hearty cheers were given for the Mayor
elect at the conclusion of Mr. Bulocks Speech and
when the vociferOus applause had subsidized, Judge
Foster said that there gentleman present from
whom all would be delighted to hear upon the pres
ent occasion, as he was the first Mayor of WOrces-
ter, elected by the united vote of all parties upon
the principles which we had re-esablished today,
Cheers and cries of "Lincoln.n)
Gov. Lincoln then came forward and was received
with three hearty cheers from the assembled multi
tude. He said that he could not but rejoice with
those present at the result of the election, refrain
from the expression of his word of congratulation
at the result of the glorious triumph this day achiev
ed But while be rejoced with those who rejoced
at the result Of the ballot, which had placed his
neghbor and his friend at the head of the city gov
ernment he could not but coincide with the remarks
of the Mayor elect in reference to the defeat of two
of the gentleman upon the ticket One of them
(Mr. WOodwOrth) had been associated with him in
the organization of the first municipal governments
and he could and always had borne his cheerful
testimony in regard to the fidelity with which he had
discharged all the duties imposed upon him
Loud and hearty cheers were given for the En-
Governor, at the conclusion of his remarks and re-
peated calls being made for Mr.. Devens, Hon. Chas
Deyens Jr., responded in a very neat and appropri-
ate speech after which the procession reformed and
took up its line of march for Main street and ycini-
ity Forming in front of The Spy Office the multi
tude gave three hearty cheers, and the band dis
coursed a most beautiful serenade. In the absence
of the principal editor and the prOprietors, Mr..
Drew, who was formerly connected with the paper,
returned his Acknowledgements, in their behalf, for
so friendly call and cordial greeting, and the
multitude shortly after dispersed apparently well
satisfied with the results of the labors of the day