Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-16
we adduce the following resolutions adopted

at w OrceSter:
Resolved, That we are opposed to the doctrines of
secession and abolition, both of which tend directly
and surely to the destruction of the Republic and
that there can be no permanent union contedera-
cy Of independent states where the right of secession
Is admitted, or where any state by claim of high
law usurpS the right to disregard the constiin
ton or bond of union by which such states are
united
Resolved, That we deeply regret that the presi-
dent OF the United States at this time forgetfnI of
has Obligations TO the ishois country as The co1sitT-
fioHdl head Of the gOrernRen ;and Yielding TO un-
wise councils, should have declared in proclama-
ton OF September %, 1862, his determination to
adopt hereafter in the prosecution of our deplora-
bic civil war, the policy OF party which the house
OF representatives by the resolution of February IL
1851 unanimously declared to be too insignificant
IN numbers and influence to excite the serious at.
republic" ~
Resolved, That in the name of civilized bumopitv
We respectfully but earnestly protest against the
emancipation proclamation of the president of tLe
United States, both on the ground of its nncons,i
tionahty and ineXpedency, and uniustifiable on
the ground OF military necessity is prospective
not immediate, i'll its action, and we accent as con-
elusive reasons against it the manswerable argu-
ments OF the president himself to the Selfconsttuird
Chicago delegation; that it deprives the noble
Union men i'll the rebeous states alike with the
most guilty oftheir property that if imperative il
VIII Dnng down upon us the scorn of the world
and if capable of practical execution it must pro-
duce war of races i'll which all alike the inno-
cehce OF women and the hopelesSness Of childhood
must suffer with the guilty, and which must sooner
or iater END Ill the extinction of the negro race in
the southern states.
Resolved. That in order to prevent such denloro-
pie results we feel it incumbent upon us to use all
honorable efforts to surround the president with
sound, safe. and wise connsellors, and to send to
congress from this commonwealth, statesmen whose
standard of loyalty is neither above the constitution
nor in conflict with it.
The people of Massachusetts, who gave a
hundred thousand votes for Abraham Lincoln
in 1860, who elected members of congress to
support him and his policy, and who have
never sweryed from their determination to
trust and sustain him, will surely find some
other way of manitesting their loyalty and good
will than by sustaining an organization which
by itself or by any of its allies can find no
better language than this in which to express
its opinion OF governmental affairs. They
mean to support the president throughout,
from the beginning to the end, alike whether
he goes too fast or too slow for them. They
see In the government their only protection
against the subverson of liberty by insurrec-
ton or anarchy, and they will stand by it.
Least of all will they consent to the success
of movement, the leaders of which de-
nounce the president as guilty, in one of his
most important acts, of uiolating the coasti-
tuition, and express their deliberate purpose
to "SuTTOund" him with men who will seek
not to sustain and encourage him, but to criti-
else, condemn and impedCh him. If the men
who adopted theseresOlYes mean what they say
and if they succeed in New England the mid
die states, and the west in carrying the cleo
| tons, the Impeachment of the president would
be the necessary and inevitable consequence.
| And another consequence would Just as newt
| ably accompany it, we mean compromise with
| rebellion and surrender to the rebels This
| purpose is no longer disguised by the demo-
| cratic leaders, even in Massachusetts, Gen.
James 5. Whitney, late collector of the port
OF Boston, who made the principal speech at
the democratic convention in Worcester, said :
" We shall lACite compromise; we shall in
vite our brothers to sit down and talk over
this quarrel with us we shall ask them to
look back to the glorious free states of the
north and say If the old democracy hare ere1
intended aught Of infringement upon the
rights Of the c0equal SOrereigntieS of the
SOUTH" And much more to the same effect.
| We are not quite ready to believe that this
cry Of democratic leaders for amnesty and
pardon will meet with any general response
from even the masses of the party.
We have thus exhibited the spirit and pur-
| pose Of the movement against Gov. Andrew
and Mr.. Sumner in this state. 1t is not only
a unit in ITSELF but is a unit with the demo-
cratic movements in New York, PENNSYLVANIA,
and the west. We do not impugn the loyalty
| OF any man; but we assert. without fear of
contradiction, that wherever a disloyal man
exists III this country, whether in the north or
| the south, the east or the west, he desires the
success Of the democratic party and its allies,
and the defeat of the republicans. And if the
movement succeeds, the president must sue
cumb to the rebellion, and consent to dis
| graceful compromise and surrender, or be
| prepared to contend for existence with pow
ertul party in congress, stimulated by ancient
hatreds and recent disappointments, to any
extreme of political opposition.
We call upon the loyal people Of the COM
monwealth to resist this attempt to array Mas
sachusetts against the government. Ii it is
successful, there can be only one result, and
that is disaster and disgrace The hopes and
prayers of all true patriots 90 with Abraham
Lincoln In his attempt to put down this gigan-
tic revolt The country is now in the very
crisis of its fate. With perseverance, and
trmncss, and energy, the government must
| triumph. But it must be inspired with cour-
age, and not disheartened by criticisms and
unreaSoning opposition. The people must
rally to its support, and to the support of the
| men who are the truest and ablest in. its de-
fence. We are within three weeks of the
election. The time is long enough, if well
occupied. Let every man see to it that by no
negligence Of his, at the primary meetings or
at the polls, does an insidiOus and unpatriotic
and tactious opposition obtain an opportunity
to cry peace" and Compromise" and so to
betray the country again into the hands of the
deadly enemies Of liberty.
by vote Of the Republican State Committee
WILLIAM CIAFIIN