Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-10-04
The Meeting AT the City Hall, on Sai-
urdRy Evening.

Ninth Congressional District at Worcester, Oct I.
The Meeting AT the City Hall, on SAFE
urdRy Evening.
On Saturday evening last, in response to a call
issued by the City Committee. "the legal voters
Of Worcester, who are opposed to the national
administration and the sggressions of the slave
power, and who are in favor of the general policy
Of the present State administration, met at the
City Hall, for the purpose of choosing delegates
to the county and congressional conventions. to
be held in this city October It'll, and listening to
an address from our representative IN Congress,
Hon. Eli Thayer. who had signifed his willing
ness to address his constituents al that time.
The attendance was very large.
The meeting was called to order at 2
o'clock, BY W. W. Rice, Esq Chairman of the
City Committee. who presided. and the Secretary
Of the city organization being absent, Charles E.
Stevens, ESQ.,, was chosen Secretary for the even
ing.
After the Chairman had stated the object of the
meeting, Henry C. Rice, Esq, moved that a
committee of two from each ward be nominated
At large, to report at an adjourned meeting on
Tuesday evening next, list of twenty.one dele
gates. each, to the county and congressional con-
veutions.
Mr.. George F. Thompson moved an amend
ment, that the committee report at this meeting,
and Mr.. Rices motion, thus amended, was
adopted, and the following committee selected ac-
cordingy
Ward III. Waldo Denny, ]. E. Wood.
2-George F. Hoar, L. H. Wells.
3-Thomas Tucker Scion Nelson
AZ. D. Mcfarland, John S. Clark.
6-Isaac Goddard Francis Strong.
6--Edwiu Draper, J. G. Warren.
7-E. b. Stoddard. r. e. Aldrich.
ga. L Rogers, George F. Thompson.
e Aidrich, ESQ.,, offered the following res.
outions, accompanied with few remarks on the
importance Of manfesting our adherence TO the
long settled sound Republican doctrines enuncia-
ted by the party in the past He said the first re-
solve from the Philadelphia platform of 1856.
the second from our State resolutions Of The pres
ent year, and the third from the State platform
ofthe Republicans OF New York:
Resotued, That with Oar Republican fathers we hold
It to self evident truth, that all endowed
with the insenabe right TO life, liberty and the pursuit
OF hsppiness and that the primary object and Interior
designs Of federal government these
rights to all persons within its exclusive iursdicon hs
IS Republican fathers, when they had abolished
slavery in all national terri tory, ordained that
person should be deprived of life, liberty property,
without due process OF law it becomes duty main
tain this provision Of the constitution (agns all attempts
to volse for the purpose Of establishing slavery in the
territories Of the United States) by p0stiuc Legislation
prohibiting its existence extension therein That
deny the authority OF Congress- Of tero al legislature
OF any Individual association oindvidusls to give e
gal existence to slavery in territory Of the United
htates, while the present consultation shall be 4ntsned
ResoLced That slavery exist lnoweFe, within the
Jurisdiction OF the United staes except where establish
ed BY State laws
ResOfvsd That the dicta propouudel by seven Of the
judges ire Supreme Court Of the republic in the bred
Scott decision, making every square mile Of the federal
territory primo aoe slave territory by Increasing the
facility with which such extension may be effected deep
ems the obligation resting upon to resist the extension
Of slave y, ami, deaDe susa exsraju cal opinion,
affirm the power and duty of Congress 10 exclude slavery
from The territories OF the United States
hesotUed, That the Republican voters Of the city Of
Worcester still adhere to, and intend to maintain these
principles, until free labor and free shall possess
their rghfu heritage 10 all the public domain, and until
the national ensign shall nowhere within the national
territory, wave over a single slave.
Mr.. q. A. Wall. deeming these resolves to be
substantially nothing more than what every Re.
publican, in Congress and out, had advocated,
as the basis Of the principles Of the party, and
embodied in its platforms, national, State, city,
and town, moved that they be adopted by sccla-
nation. This would have been done without
dissenting vote, doubtless, but Mr.. George F.
Thompson thought it would be better to lay them
upon the table until after the address Of Mr..
Thayer. and made motion to that effect which,
BY parliamentary rule, took precedence Of Mr..
Wallis motion to adopt Mr.. Thompson molten
was adopted by vote OF "a to SO.
After a short time spent in an unmportant
discussion Of matters not relevant to the objects
Of the meeting, P. E. Aldrich, Esq, DR.. Mar
tin, and II. C. Rice, Esq, were. on motion Of Mr..
Thompson, selected by the chair committee to
wait upon our representative in Congress, Hen.
Eli Thayer, and request him to address the
meeting. The committee retired, and soon re-
tured with that gentleman, whose appearance
upon the platform was received with the most en-
thusiassic and long continued demonstrations of
applause.
On being introduced to the meeting, by the
Chairman, Mr.. Thayer was greeted with another
round Of applause when he proceeded to make
an able and eloquent speech, occupying over
an hour in the delivery, which was received with
the most unmistakable indications Of favor by
the large audience, who listened with the most
patient attention throughout.
Nh. THAYER's SPEECH.
He said, in commencing, that he deemed him.
self happy, At the opportunity to speak for him.
self. in relation to his position, which had been
criticised in few quarters, and he should do this
freely, being confident that when his true posi-
tion. which he should now state frankly, land he
had been greatlylmisrepresent in certain quar-.
tsrs on some points, was correctly understood,
1t would be found to be in line with that Of the
great Republican party Of the country. He said
he had been accused Of joining the Democratic
party, on account Of his views upon popular soy.
ereignty. In considering this charge, Mr.. Thay-
or reviewed the position Of the Democratic par
y. saying that It's profession Of being in favor Of
popular sovereignty was all a sham. The pres.
ent position and past action Of that party were in
favor Of Intervention for slavery. To show that
il was never the policy Of the Democratic party
to allow the people Of the territories to make
their own laws. Mr.. Thsyer alluded to the vote
on Senator Chase's amsndme to the Kanzas.
Nebraska bill, in 1854, giving the people Of Kan
zas foil power TO choose their own officers, &C.,
as well as to legIslate for themselves in all mat.
tiers. Every Democrat in the Senate, including
Douglas, voted against Chase's amendment, thus
proving the fasity Of that party to its own boast
ed popular sovereignty" pretension. And since
that time the administration had always acted on
the principle Of interfsrence by the executive to
uphold slavery, in making appointments for K an.