Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-01

defeat at this time would warrant the most
unfortunate conclusions in the rebel states.
and would be regarded in Europe as the grand
halling sign of distress in the cause of the
i''yai north. Let us beware how we contrib
ute, by eur fellowship or by our votes, to such
result. (bOng continued applause.)
In the second place it is proposed to lay
aside the present executive of Massachusetts.
1t there were ever a man whom it would
seem miserable policy to prescribe in the very
midst of his public labors and public useful
ness, this is the man. 1t has happened to me,
through the favor of my fellow citizens in the
seventh ward, to have had even better oppor-
tunities than most others to form an intelli-
gent and unbiased judgment in relation to
the laborS and services of Gov. Andrew. |
have no cOncealments to make Although |
had supported him and voted for him i'm the
canvass of 1860. when he was first elected.
yet | am free to say that when after some
years absence | returned to the legislature in
January, 1861, 1t was with no very cordial
disposition in his favor. My position at the
head of leading committee of the house in
1861, and as the presiding officer of that
branch in 1862, have brought me into frequent
necessary opportunities to confer with him
upon subjects of legislative and public policy,
and to observe somewhat nearly and closely
the style and drift OF his magistracy. And as
the conclusion of the whole matter, declare
to you my well formed and conscientious con-
victions, that in honesty and purity Of pur-
pose, in the unconditional devotion of all his
time and all his energies to public duties, in
practical working efficiency, in that volcanic
patriotism which inspires every department
of service under him, Massachusetts has
had no truer, no better magistrate. Great ap-
plause.)
Here in this state we have never begun to
have anything that could be ever brought into
comparison with the amount and variety of
his labors since this war broke out. In all
this diversity of duty, that he should not have
made mistakes, would be simply impossible
And yet, in the zeal with which he has aided
the government in the organization and equip
ment of Massachusetts troops, and in the vigil
liant and broad humanity with which he has
followed them into their trials and exposures
he has won, not more for himself than for
you, that credit which is better than any glare
OF fame. At the very time that one of the
orators in Faneuil Hall who spoke with stings,
not kindly words, was saying that he wanted
a governor who would stay at home. your chief
magistrate was at Washington, pleading for
beds at home for your wounded and diving
men. A learned professor of Harvard Law
School (Mr. Joel Parker) exhausted his
speech, in that assembly, upon Gov. Andrew
and the great subject of the meeting of the
governors at Altoona. He brought all the ar
tillery Of his law, and the lighter troops of his
imagination, to bear upon the reduction Of this
formidable fortress of Altoona. His argu-
meut was, that since the constitution of the
United States forbids the states to enter into
compactS with each other, therefore the twelve
governors met together at Altoona were guilty
Of a sort of quasi treason! Well, if that be
tine measure OF the law taught in Dane Hall at
Cambridge, the Lord have mercy on the next
generation of lawyers daughter and APP
plause.) And he turned over this subject of
Altoona with protuudity of wisdom, with an
ingenuity OF construction, with Il fertility OF
invention, rarely to be found even in the
schools, until he thought he saw in Altoona
the last fatal degeneracy Of the times, and the
constitution of his beloved country in the
agOnes OF dissolution.
Thus have st. / a magpie in the street,
sputtcrng biIl we often meet.
YIN WIN ne mead &c, a ,' and GINNING eve,
need not refer you to the little side-play
in that comedy of errors, - in which certain
letter was read, and a certain count called for
lone groan" for the dying magistrate of the
commonwealth The groan has died away in
peace, and the letter, like many other political
prospects, has broken down under closer
scrutiny of the as and NOS. But Altoona still
lives. And in the convention of twelve loyal
governors at Altoona, -originated and called
by the patriotic magistrates of Ohio, Pcnnsyl-
vania, and western Virginia, at time when
each OF those states was actually invaded or in
hourly expectation of being invaded by rebel
armies called, too, at a moment when the
terror and dismay that followed the reverses
OF our arms demanded the prompt action of
the state authorities to reasSure the public
mind by showing second line Of defense
against the advancing enemy,-convened to
promote that efficiency and harmony of action
among the executors of the several states the
want Of which has been the worst deficiency
and drawback from which the president has
suffered during the war,-held and conducted
with no other purpose than to reinforce the
president by their COUNSEL their courage, and
their strength resulting in the manly
and patriotic address to the president, drawn
up, rejoice to say by the governor OF Mas
sachusettS, at the request Of all the others,
the opponents of the government, Of whatever
stripe, can find anything on which to feast
either their law or their imagination, they
ought by all means to be permitted to enjoy it
unmolestcd.
But in your hands l leave the character of
him who fills the chair of state-who put Mas
sachusetts toremostin the van Of patriot states
in April 81, and has kept her there,-who,
forgetful of his own interests. has made it his
night dream and day labor to place the re-
nOwn OF his constituency in the prosecution
of this war far above that of all other loyal
communities, who, wherever he goes, this
side OF Richmond, is hailed as the model gov
ernor Of the model state, applause, who, if
greeted by one grOan in Fancml Hall, re-
ceives the devoted plauditS of our soldiers
wherever they pitch their tents and light their
camp"tireS, who, above all, negleCtS no duty,
/ shrlnks from no responsibility, betrayS no
trust Such magistrate-he has looked well
after the honor OF the state-and the people of
the state will cheertully vindcate his. (Con-
tinued applause.)
The aim and object of this party OF compro-
mise crops out in all their speeches. Van
buren, and Seymour speak it openly in New
| Y ork, and the democratic convention, so
highly complmented by Linus Child, spoke it
as plainly here. Said General Whitney in
the late conventions
''We shall invite a compromise; we shall
invite oar brothers to sit down and talk over
this quSrrel with us; we shall ask them to
look back to the glorious free states Of the
north, and say if the old democracy have ever
intended aught Of Infringement upon the
rights Of the cO-equal sovereignties of the
south, (Applause.) Sir we can properly
do this. Our record is free from that dark
line which marks the record of our oppo-
nents."
And then to tasten upon the republican adj
ministration responsibility Tor this rebellion,
and to illustrate his own maunanimous ma