Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-26

sing the celebrated Recitatiye and Clyatina,
"Casta Diva From the opera Of Norma and the
old Scotch ballad, Robin Adair, and also in duct
preceding chOrns by McndclSsOhn. Miss Stcrl.
ing will Sing three selections bv McndeSsoln,
aud a ballad by Sullivan. Mr.. Thomas will ap.
pear in the famous bufo sony, "Ye tormcutcrs, !"
from Cinderella, and Schubert's "WandCrcr,'
and in a duet with Mr. Simpson by Cooke,
Love and War" Mr. Simpson will also sing
Bllic'S Come iGio the garden, Maud, ""Gipsy
LIE, BY Srhnmann, and Farewell to the for
est BY Mendcssohn, win be given by the grand
Chorus, under. the direction of Carl Icrrahn.
Our readers must see that this will he Il concert
well worthy their attention.
Senatorial Nominations in Districts I, 3
and ).
The convention for the nomination Of can
dAate for senator in district No. was held in
the common council room at halfpast seven
last oycning. Il. NJ. Gould called to order, and
the organization was effected by the election Of
John d. Wushbnrn chairman and Henry A.
Marsh secretary. The list OF delegates, as pub
lishcd at the time they were chosen, was read,
AMI vacancies were filed.
A motion was made to proceed to take an in
formal ballot, and a committee to collect, sort
and count the votes having been chosen, the hal
lot was taken with the following result:
Whole number of votes cast-.............2
Necessary for a choice. ........,..........1I
Hon. Adm Fhaycr had............,.,l9
G. b. Metcalf had.
A formal ballot was then taken, and the re-
suit was precisely the same, therefore Hon.
Adm TmAYER was declared the nominee of the
convention. In accepting the nomination Mr..
Thaycr addressed the convention as follows;
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen n the CoRrention:
Perhaps the worst possible return can make for the
nomination which Won have just conferred upon me,
and for which am profound y grateful, viii be to
tax yOnr paticn5a with anything like a speech at
this time, aud vet the circumstances attending this
campaign seem TO render il necessary that ! should
depart from the habit of silence in public, which /
have maintained for these twenty years, and make
brief statement to you and to the republicans of
Worcester, with whom have acted ever since the
formation of the republican party and ii am to
speak at all, | desire to address you with the ut
most franknesS and IN the simplest language l can
call to mind, or other would be satisfnc-
tory TO me or agreeable to Won. Pardon me- then
while J., for the first time in my life play the ego
list and speak of myself and my personal relations
to the republican party. For twenty years have
resided in Worcester, and during that time have
occasionally been attacked in public on account Of
my political action, at first by persons outside Of
the party with which acted, and of late by those
calling themselves republicans. Sometimes the at
ackS nave been mid, at other times bitter and Sc
absolute silence.
Painfully conscious of the utter iusiguifcanca of
the individual in the mighty warfare OF ideas
through which we have passed, I have always
shrunk with q feeling which some of my friends
have characterized as morbid, from public notorie-
y but now, when your partially has for the second
time placed me in nomination for an important
office, 1t becomes my duty to myself, and to the
friends who have so generously supported me- 10
repa the recent public attacks which have been
made upon me. Certainly there are times when
man Is called upon to yiudCate his integrity before
his fellow men, ard ask his accusers to meet hun
fIce TO face, but in doing this have no attacks to
make upon any man. seek for the integrity aud
harmony of the reDubii an party, and Desire not
to dPuoUnca any man within ITS ranks. | have
never, to my knowledge, said an ungCntemanly
word to any political opponent in private and !
trust shall not be led to do son public. If have
been abused or mllignad, it gives me no satisfac-
ton to retaliato when by so doing the cause which
YOU and have deeply ut heart is compromised and
Z senselcSS personal quarrel thrust upon the party
My connection with political life can be briefly
stated. And Won shall have There and now. When
mere child became from reading the LIbcrdtOr
and other an-SlaYery publications, deeply Impress
ed with the horrors of American slavery II was
mere sentiment then; childish sentiment, If you
please, but so deep mud strong as to interfere with
the happiness ofmy boyhood As grew IN under
standing, that sentiment became the ruling idea of
my life. thought l saw that the progress of the
race was involved in the solution of this mighty
a jestion-that unless this giant wrong OF slavery
was swept away, the last hope of establishing a
government Of the people and for the people would
pass away that tins nation, with all its glorious
Opportunities, would sink to the level of bnrbar-
ism; that Massachusetts aud Vermont would be-
come like Texas aud Arkansas and the nam of
commonwealth would pass from of the elrth." /
saw, too that church aud state seemed combined
to ryet closer the lterS upon the oppressed bond
man. and that a deep and settled apathy pervaled
the community upon the subject Under these sir
cumstauCCs it seemed to be my duty duty which
could not well eSclpe-to labor in the cause of
freedom with whatever ability God had given me-.
therefore entered checrfuy aud unhesitatiugly
upon the work 1t Is but little, at best that an
humble individual can do for great cause but
from the day when. having. passed the period of
period of ACTON until the last fetter was stricken
from the last slave in the land, tried with all the
ability and energy | was master of to labor in
the anti-slayery cause. | counselled and labored
with everybody could find who loved freedom ana
hated slavery. | shrunk from work however
mental and hesitated at sacrifice which promised
TO aid the bOndman, and now calmly reviewing the
past under the clear lgfl of the present, aud stand
ing before my fcllow-citizGus, many of whom nave
known me so long and well. call upon God to
witness that whatever errors of Judgment / may
have committed, whatever mistakes | may have
made have never been for moment unfaithful to
the cause offreedom, and so far as know have done
what ] could. speak not of this to complain, for
whatever of sacrifice, Whateyerloss oftmq or money
or social position came from being au abOlitionist
was u thousand times compensated by the satisfac-
ton of laborng for the oppres ed ard down-rodden
Indeed so great was the pleasure of labOring in the
cause that sometimes look back half regretfully to
ihp DAYS when bowling mobs broke uD anti-slayery
cued and travrstied the uterances of the eloquent
champions of freedom
Neither would have you think for a moment that
claim any especial credit for this; it was simply
in the line of duty and no more deserving of praise
than is the effort to rescue drowning man whom
see struggling for life when the attention of others
is diverted from him. The fact that see while those
abOnt me do not entities me to no especial praise
though a failure to render aid would be disgraeeful
and cowardy But while claiming credit for
myself desire always to do honor to the noble band
ofheroes and martyrs who gave up all for the cause
Of the slave; to TOrrey and Lovejoy and old John
Brown, and to the thousands OF obscure men and
women who amid oblOquv and abuse, and social
persecution, kept alive the fires of freedom in city
and town throughout the north, and aided in educi-
ting public sentiment mp to the standard of absolute
justice. With this company lahored and 1 re-
member it with pride and satisfaction now, and
were to live my life over again would, correcting
the errors which experience has demonstrated, pur-
sue the same course
! came to Worcester like]most of Won poor and
dependent upon my own eXerlions for livelihood,
and nothing but stern sense of duty could have
led me to labor in the unproductive field of active
politics As the best means of ACCOMPLISHING the
object mad IN view loined the free soil party and
have acted with It. and with the republican party
up to the present time In the year 1852 [ BECAME
acquainted with that poblest of men, John A An.
drew, then poor young LAWYER suffering tho lean.
est business and social persecution from the Dru-
slavery people of Boston, on account of his radical
views. That acquaintance afterwards ripened into
friendship and intimacy, which terminated only
with his lamented death. That intimacy Ind an
influence upon my life which will. trust follow
me to my dying day. And remember with iot
that labored in a manner, however humble TO aid
him in his arduous duties and in carrying out hi
plans for the benefit of mankind Subsequently I
became acquainted with nearly all of the recognized
leaders of the republican party in this state, ..
have ever since humbly sought their advice
counsel in furtherance of the ends to be
plished by the great party of freedom. Fl
years it was my fortune, or rather my mis-
live a bachelor and occupy lodging roo
my Office. Having no other place =
friends they soon formed habit of cali, mr.
there When the war came ON the loent 4 my
Office furnished convenient place for raoI. to cali
In the evening to hear the news s pend
ing issues. received them as sly as
might, sometimes TO the number hundred