Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-18
The Meeting Last Night.
GREAT RALLY OF THE PEOPLE

enthusiastic audience, to hear senator Sum-
ner. Nearly every section of the county was
represented in the audience, and also both of
the regiments at camp Wool. The meeting
was organized as follows =
PreSiienf-HoN ALEXANDER BULLOCK of Wor-
cester.
vice Presideais-Hon John S c Knowlton, Hon
Charles Alien, Hon w w Rice. Hon T Emory Al
drich, Hon Dwight Foster Hon Peter { Bacon,
Hon George HOar, Hon lchabod Washburn, ii on
Stephen salisbury, Hon Hartley Williams, Hon
john Milton Earle. Hon Henry Chaplin, lion IL
Dewey, Ethan Allen, VIM Merriiieid, Adm
Thay er, w a Williams Warren McEarlauG Edwin
Morse, j. ohm Firth, . X Earle, George NJ Rice JU~
seph Light. james A Whipple, John Gleason,
CO Wood, Joseph Mason, John w Wetherell, T
Wheelock, a Benchley, j w Carey, Chas Wood,
Ephraim Fainter, j d Baldwin, George Brown,
Dir Martin, Alex Thayer, Z l. Moen. AlansOn
Cary, DR. Merrick Bemis, George Hobbs ID, sumner
Pratt Staples, George Gecr NJ Lamp Eu-
ward Kendall, Joseph Walker, Edwin Draper,
S K Haywood, Clark JillsOn, c + Washburn, VIM
Dickinson, Simeon Clapp, VIM Mecorncy j NJ RoS-
ers Loren Wetherell, Perley hammond, Henry
| Goddard. Benjamin Walker, Dir Seth Rogers, DIR
| Geo Chandler, Adam Harrington, IL IL Chamber
| lain Martin Lathe, Charles + Stevens, Chas Wash
| burn. Benjamin j Dodge, Abram Firth, ii ii Day
| ton, Richard Ball. LuCus w Pond, VIM a Smith,
Henry c Rice, A Ware Il NJ Gould, Lee Sprague,
Harrison Bliss, w Nelson. j II Bancroft, Joseph
Pratt A q walker Daniels, 5 ID lourteott,
Rev Samuel Souther, Rev Barnard, Russell X
Sheppard. Rev Merrill Richardson Z l. Brown,
Isaac JOyslin, Samuel Bannister. A q Mann. lyers
Gibbs Ivers Phillips Rev DIR Sweeser, Rev Cut.
Ter, Rev r Il Shirpen, Rev Samuel Moss, Rev j w
Dadmun, Rev W Lewis, Rev DIR Hill, Charles
| Hamilton, Pliny HObrOok and David Cummings of
Worcester; Dea VIM Emerson of Auburn; John
Cough of Boy stoni Rey Lueius Holmes and a, Z
Hildretl of Northboro; Ion Amasa Walker of
North Brookfeld; Samuel Paine of oxford; Rev
VIM Phipps, l. Bigelow and o Goodnow of Paxton;
w Bigelow of Rutland Ii Wing, ID Wheeler,
5 Hall and Charles Brigham of Grafton; Rev
VIM Paine of uolden DR. Pliny Earl, Rev II
! No. LII N, Iaiaa sfor
Bancroft, Jonathan Waters and Hosea Crane of
hillbury; Dexter Newton of SouthOoro'i sylvester
Dresser ofSouthbridge SimonJ Woodbury. of Sut,
| ton; VIM ID Peck of Sterling; Asher Joslin and
| VIM II Davis of Webster; Benz BOynion OF West
| borough, Eli Hobrook and Rufus Smith of West
| Boylston j II Smith of New England Village; Geo
| IL Howe of Shrewsbury; Eli Whitemore OF Spen-
car; Hon Nelorous Taft of Uptoni Charles Taft of
| UXbridge.
| X Hooper, Jacobs
Col. Bullock, before introducing Mr.. Sum-
ner to the audience, made brief and able
speech, full ofeloquence and patriotism, on the
issues before the people in the pending con-
test. He said they were there to support the
government of the United States in all its
measures, eliminating in the proclamation.
Its aim was to strike death blow at the re-
bellion, and it should be sustained by all loyal
men,. The recent convention, the first days
session of which was held in Boston and the
second in Worcester, controlled by separate
factions cooperating for a common object
under different names, was subjected to Wig
orous treatment at the hands of the speaker
While protesting to uphold the admlnistra-
ton, they had openly in their resolutions and
SnaapboS i+s los H..
browning object in this election was to strike
down the acknowledged representatives of
that administration, abiding to Gov Andrew
| and senator Sumner. The speaker paid just
tribute to Gov. Andrew, as eloquent as it was
| deserved for his singular honesty of purpose,
the purity of his administrations and his I'M
conditional devotion to the service of the
country. In all the merits and virtues that
go to constitute an efficient and useful chief
magistrate, old Massachusetts had had
| none purer or better from the days
OF John Winthrop down. He alluded to
the vast amount and variety of the governors
labors since the war had broken out. The
| meeting Of loyal governors at Altoona, which
had furnished so prolific topic for denuncia-
ton to Judge Parker and others, and in which
meeting Gov. Andrew bore a conspicuous
part, was alluded 10 in appropriate terms. The
| speaker gave a sCathing review Ofthe reasoning
OF the learned professor, Judge Parker, and
his associate in the peoples and democrat
ic movement, Judge Abbott in their speeches
at the Faneuil Hall convention, where they
| protested to uphold the administration, while
| denouncing its most prominent acts.
But, said Col Bullock, there is another man
to whom these shafts Of malignity, aimed at
Gov Andrew, are also directed, in this can
vass. Behold him there. pointing to Mr..
Sumner, for whom three rousing cheers were
then given.) At another time, and not in his
presence, he would undertake to say with what
labor and efficiency he had represented Massa-
chusetts in the national councils, where he
had served with such distinguished honor for
twelve years, save only that vacation, which
from its cause can never be obliterated from
the memory Of the civilized world. l am for
the principles he represents, so are you, said
| INV 'PN"hSi; III COlCluSlOl, anu so Is MaSSa-
chusetts, and will proceed at once to intro
duce him to you.
On rising to respond, Mr.. Sumner was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers. He spoke
for nearly two hours, making one of the best
and most comprehensive addresses of his life,
in defence Of the policy of the national ad-
ministration, in its last great act 1t was lis
tened to by the vast audience to the
end, with profound and earnest attention.
He commenced by saying that he had often
before spoken from that platform, but never
on an occasion so solemn as the present. He
repeated the question he had before asked,
Are you for freedom, or are you for slavery !?
for such were now the issues. Or, in other
words, Are you for your country, or are you
against it? you are for your country, you
will vote to surround the president and
governor with supporters of their policy.
If you vote against them, you vote
against your country. Now there were
but two parties, - one the party of the
country, at the head of which is Abraham
Lincoln with freedom as his watchword, and
the other the party Of the rebellion with JEFF
fersOn Davis at the head, with slavery as the
watchword.
The speaker passed into review of the
| character of the two parties, and urged that