Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-02

plause of the large audience, and spoke in
substance as follows -
SPEECH OF HON. w. w. RICE.
If there is any anywhere who entcrains single
doubt as to the pr sent political character OF this city
wish that he might stand upon TINS platform Tonight
and read in them that old Worcester still true to her
heart core, the sacred OF freedom aud huna
tY. And how could it be otherwise! He have passed
through many such years sometimes scarcely yting
else has been left cheer and but trust
God memory Of the past and the hope the future
but Worcester has neverlatered- wavered When
all the rest OF the line OF freedom has been broken wnen
the hosts OF oppression have borne back and tranpled
down friends and fellow soldiers everywhere else
hd field, Worcester has stood mmOvabe rock amid
the surging waters still holding up with uninching hand
the banner of human rights and she will forfeit
when the sun OF repubcansn Is rising with healing IN
his beams the character and the honor she has won in
the hour Of doubt and of trial Ii there be still any tmid
sensations OF designing men, we can only relieve his
troubled spirit by our action at the polls on Tuesday
next
We have assembled tonight, fellow republicans, to
10 his eloquent words. do not eNaggerate fellow citi-
zens when say that during these long years of struggle
which have preceded this present hour of victory of
has ranresened and Offended the Cherished prneInes
of Worcester. Other strive and worthiIy, Tor
the second place in our Affections he holds secure and
therefore aware, Fellow Citizens, of the impro-
priety OF OBTAINING you for time, from the pleasure
and the purpose of listening to his Of council and
instruction But there circumsta which render
me unwilling entirely to foreso the privilege which has
been enjoyed by those VINO have occupied tins chair on
former occasions similar to the present. of asking
Indulgence few minutes this, the frs occasion,
when have permitted to stand before the
of Worcester during the campaign 1t has been reported
10 that runors in circulation that my vote will
pc Wltheld from me Republican cadldate Tor Congress
in this District have been told that was to preside
here tonight that might have the opportunity to deny
this charge and define my position To the individuals
who have made this statement, have to reply that
have not asked and do not seek any such opportunity
have no time to waste in meeting and cOntradcting
such malicious and absurd taseh0od that. meet
in circulating it, no matter who they where they
belong, paIsans seeking by every ex
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cause rrespo nsble busybodies perpatetc dispensers
OF scandal the political cowboys OF the present day,
skulkng among the posts of this party and
OF that reasonable to ALL and faithful TO none, only with
silent contempt.
But my political friends and associates-my brother
republicans the old guard Of liberty, in whose ranks
nave stood SO long an humble meinber-ts my pleas
ure to speak and 10 point for my vndicaon to tho rec
on my own accountor lear ne personal consequences
TO myselt-but that no possible injury may result
to the cause we love, and for whose success
are eonlending; My first vote was cast for the
candidates OF the free soil party i'll lS4S and since
that year have never failed to be at the polls, and
to cast ballot for the candidates of that and the
publican party into which the former absorbed
at any election whatever TO join TO vote with
political organization than these have kept straight
slavery sentiments tuning neither to the right hand
to the left BY path sometlmesa straight and as narrow
grim passed through the valley of the shadow OF DEATH
TO the land OF PROMISE beyond. And do not propose
to be coaxed or crowded into any false position eli
ther in reality or by misrepresentation.
1t my GOO fortune, in the convention which
mated Mr. Bailey, to endorse that nomination cordially
aud unreservedly. have made some speeches in other
parts the district since then which ! have advo-
Gated his election defended the principles he repre-
sents to the best OF my ability and have beeG and
ready to make more On next Tuesday If live, shall
for Goldsmith F. Bailey and when that ballot falls
into the Oox Will carry with the sympathies of
heart.
And if you will pardon me for few moments longer
will give you two or three reasons why shall vote for
Mr. Bailey In the first place he Is the regularly nom-
mated candidate of the party to which belong and for
whose success hope and pray; and 1t does not to
me course calcuateu 70 promote te success OF par
w. league with its enemies and vote against its cand
Ithe second place, shall for Mr. Bailey because
he represents principles in which believe, and which
understand to be fundamental articles IN the republican
creed Among these recognize, as first and foremost,
the old and always efficient policy cherished by the ia
phia platform Of 1856 and less distinctly expressed in
tine Chicago platform OF to-day Of protecting by
gressona legislation, those provisions OF the cusu-
ton under which the territories should be kept
free the spreading slavery do not choose
throw away old weapon, which has failed to
succeed to take up one, which has failed 10
fail find that all the statesmen of this country, illus
trious in past and present history the champions
freedom have recorded themselves favor Of this
polcyi ana 40 NOT choose TO exchange the panacea
tested by long experience and always found ecacious
for the saves and nOsrums of quacks Squatter soyer
egniy me Wreteheu offspring OF corrupt democracy,
plancd by the violent and shocking death its mother
stands upon our doorstone plteousy clamorng to be
do not wish the miserable founding clothed in
filthy and loathsomo with hereditary disease taken
in to infect and corrupt the healthy and well bred chill
dreu republicanlsm and Tor Mr. Bailey because
Bailey, because live in Worcester County the Gbral-
ter Of iredom, and do not wish when Pennsylvania
has Just swung itself its place the KEY stone of The
arch we have been building so long, to the corner
stricken from its place, that the whole glorious SUI
perstrueture may tremble and fall. And lastly T
shall vote for Mr. Bailey, because he is a true gen
tleman and an honest man, with warm heart and
clear head who has always lled with honor and fidelity
every place public which he has been assigned
his past life thus aordng the best guarantee OF Ills IN
turc conduct And while vote for Mr.. Bailey | do not
feel called upon anything and to do thing which
republican ranks Some Of our Old friends with whom
we have stood shoulder to shoulder these many long
years, just entering upon the Canaan Of our
rest have turned back into the Wilderness OF sin and
now wandering away, misguided and confused towards
the Egypt from which we have escaped. While we de-
plOre their mistake let us Desow npon them pity rat-
er than hate Our faces towards the cast theirs
towards the west While we are gazing upon the go-
res OF the day rising the hills Of Maine, they
watching something very like comet, which they
Think the order Of nature being somehow reversed Is
coming up the Rocky Mountains from distant Ore
gon but which Is really last going d0WR into its
bed having nearly completed its eccentric orbit all the
way from Illinois. do not love 10 talk Of prescribing
and reading out OF the party men who profess common
purpose with ourselves, and hope that II Will not be
eessary to use such words Ncors afford be mag
unanimous. Let US Keep a place for them In the old
homestead, and receive them back in The spirit of The
good Shepherd who eoced oyerhe one lost sheen
| astray. 49, NV
Fellow citizcns Beyond our own district as we'll ne at
home every thing Is suspicious OF success I'VE no LONGER
| nave 20 nght our old enemy-the democratic party
Win the same old body II now has two heads which
ike inc scorpion are striving each to devOur Inc ot
III iaada2ie nnderiaking in which we cordially
lDe Betyeretts, good easy souls are busting about
noy y NE fourteen year grasshoppers talking about
their Ticket but Who by strange fatality never eet
quite 70 the polls. s'
lut over the dead party and over the dreaming marty
hands the palms OF Victory Having tradedn cotton ana
r kOga5 WIN some degree Of success they try
Ky el nanu ~ truck and dcker IN politics, at which
they are sure 10 be cheated They tell story out west