, 1865-09-19
Chicago Grlbnne.
THE WORCESTER C0NTEN-
TlON.
Speech Of Hon. Charles Sumner.

NAN-~7
Resolutions OF the Massachusetts Re-
pub1icRnss
At The Republican State Convention of
Massachusetts held At Worcester on the 14th
inst. Senior Sumner made lengthy speech,
the most important portion OF which is en-
bsaccd In the following cxtracts e =
Such is their spirit. Grounding their
arns, they nov resort to other means. Gun
taied @ Themselves out Of the Union, they now
seek to prccipltate themselves back. a
U wooden horse'' is constructed, which Is
stuffed with hidden foes, and thus they seek
10 enter or Troy. Already the rattle Of arms
i hoard, and ominous voices, as the treaeher-
Gus engine ia advanced The Convention In
know that the South, is full Of spirits, who
have sWo1n uDdyinE hatred not only to the
Union, but to reason Itself, and whose policy
Is . perpetual conspiracy against the prin.
cples Of our Governments Painful proofs
come to demonstrate the prevailing madness.
is Gled With tragedies History stands
aghast at the massacre Of Glencoe IN retired
Scotch valley, and orr sympathies overflow,
at the murder ofa solitary traveller BY the NOR
cncss Indians; hut these scenes n1e now repeat,
cd. The barbarlsm Of slavery RACES still: The
lnsh End the bloodhound arc ut large. Lie Is
nothing, If 1t beats under colorcd skin. And
these rebels, besmt8red with blood, and boil
Ing with concentrated passion, now strive to
enyelop themselves in the frnmunities ofState
view f3rst, that they mag deal with the freed
men as they please, without any check from
the National authority; and, secondly, that
thee may send solId representation Of moro
than eighty votes, pledged to Southern pre-
tensions, which, In combination with treach-
r - -
that ancaeni monopoly and 1nasteTdon under
! which the conutry suffered so long. One Of
their speakers IN Mississippi at tie present
Convention, said openly, that "he WAS op-
posed to fighting the Geucral Government or
anybody else; that he Was ready to submit to
| its wishes as he would to highway robbcr,
whose power he was not able to resist"
| Another speaker, less frank, thought It policy
| to accept thc present condition Of affairs, un-
til the control Of the Statc Is restored into the
| hands Of It's people, and "to submit for a time
| to evils which cannot be remcdiea.H And
seeming acceptance Of the Union, tins lu1ed
bis brother conspirators: =" II We act wisely
we ehnl be joined BY what h called the Cop
pcrhcad party, and even by many Of tho
Black Nepubncans." snsh Is the plot, md
such Is the & disastrous alanfe a &C. plainly ,95o
his comrndcs the conspirator las warned US.
Forcwarncd Is forearmed- -
TuH NATIONAL DEBr THREATENED.
From a1l quarters comes the warning
"Trust not their presents nor admit tie
4o1be!" From Gil quarters comes tie testf-
mory. Military officers returning from the
South, public iunctionatics, Intelligent traT-
eilers. Ioyal residents. each aud ali speak with
ono voice. BY conrctzatiou md by letter
have gathered the proofs which arc complete.
Persons who iaye lad peculia: opportunities
unite In the report that the rebel spirit still
| Is beastly-and ttat The nationa1 debt Is de-
nonnccd. Two c,nineut: rcntle1ucn. whose
nf1iriai rositinns Layc Iuedc them familiar
Win n,ihljc opfn1on in two iftitrcDt Statcs.
have Expressed 10 nc tho conviction that
tIcre vas not siupIe cx.r.lsi Who would
xcin to nv Tic Tie ;ntcTsst m lie nat;nua1 % ,s"1t
i frnsiT Torthy trayt]1cr. who las i,l;t visited
| Innisians Mis,iss;nn1 and Ainhamn with
with he was aIrsadv farniiIar. writes me:
G7hc fo1mcr mss;eT: ex1,ihit ,nnst ernel
n1npe.; reeeaIa ana II nats wh.ra .h.no M M
Ln1on solaiets, INV eoioaca MonSa To .ISaneo
IL; ;s us' 49, ~ eos1,oa4aJ ~ "ns Nv
EG an tunt ta,. hed,os brn'9,, ~ ane! nse
aea 1nd tne!T 1,o nos ,nloMm aal1 ppau: a
Or mua-no!es: lucy arc re-. narn!eo ara oy nay
..F sa.e ~ no1Ss 1Ss,,e W t.iv7,,, -,
- rc1u teAS "t.Gs nn"i W. ~
the South fear i, that resident Johnson
course will, BY its precipi;ancy, enable The
| old stt to rc~oTgonizc themselves iuto plact
and power. For Heavens sake preserve us,
il you can, from This calamity" \ loyal res.
idenr of North Carcllnia thus writes: II tel
you sir, the only difference now and one yeal
ago is that the 1lag Is acknowledged as su
rrcme, and there i some fear manifest ed, ani
they hare no arms. The sentiment is tht
same. II anything otherwise; more hatred
exists towards the government. I know there
isnore towards Union men, both b1ack and
! white" It Is natural that such q people
should already talk OF repudiattng the nation
q debt. Ae1e Is blt on Tug Vial poinl:
young nan In STAY "as askco, oulo II o{
eale 70 tFtst Nnne nea at tae eont1 VIII ~ ~
power 70 lePnuiate tne nalo4A dent: Z