Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-28

| old issues renewed, and those who were loyal
all through the bloody contest are on the repub-
| lican side, while on the other may be found
those that were disloyal. We are to have the
old issues over again, although the members of
| the old party say that they have been
buried. II belonged to that party
should be glad to say that they were
dead; if the party whose principles | had advo-
Gated had committed so many plumbers. The
party who oppose us say tina: we are unfair in
| CHASING them with democrats whose past his
tory has been nothing but blunders. The first
| was the great blunder of the civil war, the re-
| sponsibility of which lies at the door of the
| democratic party, and our party has nothing to
do with it. Another great blunder was the OPP
position of the homestead law, and in all their
legislation they have aimed at keeping the la
boring classes down. With the homestead law
they opposed the construction OF the
Pacific railroad, one of the greatest
| benefits TO the labOring class, but the
| enterprise has trumphed over it, and We
| all know what the result has been. In afford
| ing transportation to the west the wages of
mechanics in the east have been doubled and
| an increased demand made for the crops of the
west. Again they were opposed to putting
down the rebellion, a bunder that cost us
millions of lives, and hundreds of millions of
money. They opposed the emancipation proc
lamation and the enlistment of the colored
men who were to be the greatest gamers by the
successful issue of the rebellion. Gen Grant
was atsthe head of encouraging enlistment, and
through our influence, headed by him, it was
accomplished. In the great trial of the war in
1864, Secretaly Chase came forward and advo-
Gated the national banking system as one of the
greatest measures for putting down the rebel
lion. Once established, the bonds were readily
taken and the credit of the country re estab-
ished, when our opponents looked to see us
broken down. We are going to purge the dem
ocrats. We began it in New Hampshire, CON
tinued il in Connecticut, followed it up in Ore
gOn again in North Carolina, and last in West
Virginia, and we are going to keep on purging
that party.
Mr., Edward L. Pierce of Milton was next in
troduced He referred to the meeting tomorrow
as meeting to maintain the rights already
established and show the loyalty of the state to
the administration. During the present admin.
stration you have seen an unprecedented event;
Massachusetts represented at one time by two
members of the cabinet. We have been told that
no republican OF Massachusetts can expect any
thing from the republican party of the country,
vet there is the name of Henry Wilson on the
presidential ticket We are told that we are
trying to make the issue on an old question, but
we are prepared to put the question on the adj
mi ciu nf
meet the issue. few years ago there
were cries of reputation, and not all were
from the democrats, yet when Gen. Grant came
into office he said the bonds should be paid, and
the credit of the country has been estab-
lished and the national debt reduced by
hundreds of millions. Imagine, if you can the
result of Horace Greeey'S election with his alb
surd financial policy. Here was Great Britain
with whom we were angry. This administra-
ton took up the case and has gradually been
bringing about settlement, and presently we
shall see the questions definitely and forever set
tied To-day we are witnessing a contest fper-
Sonalities such as has never been known But
let us Judge of men by the character of their
lives in common life. With Grant as our
candidate we enter the cOmpaign under the most
favorable auspices, which will be shown by the
result in November.
j. B. d. C1ggswell of Yarmouth was next
introduced. He with Others was preseat TO
hold one more of those memorable conventions.
Here in Worcester, the waif of the organization
of the party was organized. He then proceeded
to give an interesting account of the formation
and growth of the republican party in Massa-
chuSettS, when the conventions were held in the
old city hall in this city, which may well be
called the cradle of the republican party. He
reviewed the action Of the republican party in
putting down the rebellion, and in the eniency
that it has extended to the southei iers since the
close of the war. We have done all we have
undertaken to do, and who can be found that
will say that we were not right. The cOuven-
ton at Cincinnati adopted platform endors-
ing the principles that the republican party
has advocated since its organization. Have not
our opponents admitted that the republican
party at all times has been in the right? Is it then
expected that such a party will now commS
suicide and do what our enemies have been un.
able TO do-destroy itself? Where they assail
they will not find us ready to cheer them on; it
is not for this that we have striven in past
years. Men may desert, but the intelligence
remains with the masses, and if our leaders fall
Others can be found to fill their places. We are
here to 90 forward with the work, and we shall
march on not only to vanquish, but to annihi-
late the opposition.
The president predicted that from what he
had seen in Maine, there would be larger ma
jority than last year In New Hampshire he
had found that public opinion was in opposition
to Greeley, whose election was considered as
damaging to the business prospects of the state.
The state will vote for Grant in November, when
Grant will get two-thrds of all the states. Calls
were made for Mayor Buffum OF Lynn, an qsso-
ciate of Frederick Douglass in the beginning OF
his public career, and one Of the foremost in adj
vocating the rights OF the colorcd race. Mayor
Buhum took the platform, and gave short
account of the formation and progress of the
republican party, after which the meeting adj