Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-10-16
From the Norfolk Argus.l
MIR. ChundIcr,s massachusetts itecort

lnands of our readers, we proceed To-Day toiay
before them the Massachusetts record OF Mr..
+. Ii. Chandler, the Bell. Everett Elector for the
Norfolk District. This we do without any pro-
tracted comment; but simply intimate to our
readers some IF the points IL establishes, by Z
short PREDATORY
SYLLABUS.
In 1913 Mr.. l.. il. Chandler lived in Chelsea,
Mass. end VAS identified with a State political
organization which proclaimed itself to pc 'thc
true original Free-Soil parity
In the same year, the State CoI:!lnlttee OF
this party put forth an address enunclatlng the
rarkest Frec.Soil doctrines.
Mr. Chandler canvasScd in Massachusetts, OIL
behalf of the organization, (lliS expenses being
pail for that purpose and did not Scruple TO
address the people from the same stump with
Abraham Linculn-onc of the opcne>t Of Free
Sellers.
Mr.. Chandler, at the same time, was 4 Vice
President of the Boston Young Mems Wing
Club. which. in September, 1913, sent Il large
DELEGATION To the Worcester Convention, that
nominated Geo. y. Briggs for Governor, on
strict Free-Soil grnund-and when the de!eSa'
ton returned 10 Boston, from the Convention,
with the stencil Of their wallow still on them.
they were addressed by Mr.. Chandler with u
spcrcl. Of welcome and approval.
Mr.. Chandler, by his own admission, stood,
in ISIS, where Rufus Choat: did. Ruf'IS
Choatc was avowrlry Il Frre-Soiler in 1913!
"TuE ltscunn"-TuE WORCESTER CONVEX
TIOS.--Thc Worcester Convention at The Free
SuiI Wings" Of Massachusetts was held the
18th September, 1918. TO this Convention
the Boston Ynnng Mems Wing Club (oi
which Mr.. Chandler wasa Vice Prrsident) sent
i large delegation.
rSApuLrrGATEp POISONOUS DOCTRINE.
Hon. Daniel p. King, of Danvcrs, was chosen
President. In his speech on taking the cl'nlr,
among other things, he said, speaking OF the
Wings:
.Nuw, as ever, they are resolved that every
inch Of territory within their control shall for
ever remain free territory. Cheers. do
not believe that the Wings Of Massachusetts
are going tn become, at this day, the p~art:fans
Of lie man of the North, with Southern prin-
cip)cs' who has been false and treachcrous
always TO the principles Of liberty, and true
and faithful only t" the Sonth.
Among the resolutions unanimously passed
at the Convention were the following:
"Resolvcd, That the WhigsO Massachusetts
in 1918. were Massachusetts Wings IN lS40,
and in 1871 in 1910. when by an overwhei'm-
Ing majority in The State and the country, we
thrust from the seat Of executive power Martin
Van Buren,, the subscrvicnt and INSCRIPTIONS
instrument Of Southern ,lictation; in 1871,
when by Il vote in nnr Slate not lrSSucciSi'er
We ]splrncl with Indignation the nomination
of james X. Polk, and the Baltimore platform,
with its progressive principles OF war, anheSa-
ton, anu slavery extension, and that now, as
in those memorable years, We stand firmly, as
We have always stood, upon the platform OF
Free labor. 4 Free Press and Free S"iI.
Resolved, That being impressed with a pro-
found sense Of our responsibility as the repre-
scntatiyrs of the Wings Of Massachusetts,
that responsibility which attaches To our words,
acts and votcs-we cannot fail on this OCCASION,
rs We have never failed on any other general
assemlllage of the Wigs of Massachusetts, 10
record, in the most solemn and deliberate man
ner, our unqualified opposition to any cXten-
sion of the institution Of slavery into new ter
rilory, or any acquisitions of territory for the
purpose Of such extension.
"On this question the voice of Massachusetts
has been unwavering and uniform; ami never
has that voice spoken with higher rloqutncc
and power than when our distinguished Sena'
tor in Congress, speaking for himself, and Tor
the whole ,enllc Of tie Commonwealth, said ::
# consent 10 10 further extension OF the area
of slavery i'll the United States, or to the FAR
thcr increase "f slave representations III Tie
House of Representatives.
MIX. CHANDLER uStIATrLaTES HIS DELIBERATIONS.
The first editorial in the BOSTON Atlas Of
September lltil, 1913, continuing The proceed
inr. nT t1,;s Convention SAYS.
ION the return uf the delegates from the
Worcester Convention last evening, they march
cd in Il body to State street, accompanied by
the Salem delegation. with bands q InIlSlc.-
On arriving nj the Old State House, they gave
three cheers for Taylor and Fillmore, AMI three
more for Briggs and Reed. They were then
addressed ina fcw spirited remarks lay Hon.
Geo. Luul, Mr.. Chandler, of Chelsea, and Mr..
Cpla.n. OF Salem. Tie speeches were loudly
applaudcd, and after three more cheers FOR the
tic Wing candidates, the meeting WAS al lnmn-
ell"
NIX. clInATE rEiI;ES Ills POSITION.
In this Convention ut Worcester, after the
passage of the lrccs"'i resolutions, l'lII> Cfnate
was called on, and in his REMARKS We find the
following:
There are Just four ,tGtai Mm"i"g rsns"ns
for oljrcIirg TO thu politics Of Gen. taSS.
''TlIc next is, that that party, hy u most OK
traurdinary oversight. Il blnndcr, 4 great deal
more than it is y crime. but Il Stupcndu'IS crI'ne,
an enormous Lluntlcr, has lent itself To the
extension Of slavery in our Southwestern ter
%ritory."
"Yes. sir. Gen. CaSs stands pledged to-day 10
veto the law of Freedom. The Democratic
'.Rcvirw." their ablcst journal, allows directly
that plilosupslically and per sc ii is 4 right and
good thing, irrespective Of party cnnsidcra-
tons, to extend slavery rs far Is onr flag shall
be borne. General CaSS, 10 make the masters
vote for lin, will agree to keep Old slaves and
sell new ones, IN infinite generations. Report
from Boston ATLAS"
The above was SIR. Choatr'S second fatal
d~a.nning reason" for oi.irrting /" Cnss. Mr..
Chandler admitted in Ashland Hall that he
stood with Choatc.
THE MASSACHUSETTS WING STATE Address.
4 State committee was appointed by this
Convention tn prepare an address, and 1t was
adopted b. the Convention, and upon the priri.
ciplrS Of this add:cSs their ranvaSScrS went he
fore the people. One Of these canvasselS wis
Mr.. Chandler, whose eSpeiiSc:; were paid for
the purpose.
The 1lrSt heading IN the auurcSS rcaHS ll'is.
"Thc Wing platfnrIn--Whigs, the True and
Original Free Soil Party"
.l!tcr speaking of the general principles Of
the party. the address says:
"But, !cIl"w-citizrIrs, VT address y"' not
only as Wings, but as Nortl'ern Wnigs--as
Massachusetts Wings. We stand where our
glorious old Commonwealth has always stood,
on the platform Of Tree labor, a free press, and
free Snii. The Wings Of the North, and espc-
cially the Why's Of massachusetts, may right
fully claim the arpcl'aiI"n Of The I'rc>oil par.
". Um Wing delegation i'll Congress, for
more than II quarter of Il century, have been
uniform in resisting the extension, of slavery.
Tn 1886, when Arkansas was admitted into The
Union, the VOICE of Massachusetts WAS heard
against li,C slave feature of her constitution
The late and lamcntcL Adams moved 10 amend
thu bill. and our present worthy Chief MagiS.
trate, Gov. Briggs, used this emphatic Ian.