Remember, then, to vote for no man who is not willing to unite with us in declaring opposition to Slavery and the Slave Power to be above all other questions, and who cannot be relied upon to sustain those men only who join in this alliance of principle.
Vote for Stephen C. Phillips, of Salem, our candidate for Governor, and for John Mills, of Springfield, our candidate for Lieutenant-Governor,—men familiar with all the concerns of the Commonwealth, of well-tried prudence, of best capacity, and of inflexible devotion to FREEDOM.
Vote, also, for the Congressional Candidates nominated by the Free-Soil District Conventions.
Vote, likewise, for the Senatorial Candidates nominated by the Free-Soil County Conventions.
And, in your respective towns, vote for such Representatives only as may be relied upon to sustain, in the Legislature of the Commonwealth, the principles which we have at heart, and the new organization dedicated to their support. The final success of our candidates for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor may depend upon the firmness of these men.
Freemen of Massachusetts! Three months only have elapsed to-day since the Convention at Buffalo. In this brief period we have taken our place as one of the great parties of the country. With one bound we have leaped to our present position. In Massachusetts we are not the third party. Let our efforts in the next election show us to be FIRST.
First in principles we already are,—first in devotion to those truths which give dignity and security to our common country: let us be FIRST also in numbers and power.
Stand firm, Freemen of Massachusetts! Your fidelity now will be the cement of our new organization, and a token of that mutual confidence which shall assure speedy success. Ours is the cause of truth, of morals, of religion, of God. Let us be united in its support! "A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair." These were the last words addressed in writing by John Quincy Adams to a person deeply interested in our movement. Let us each consider them addressed directly to himself.
CHARLES SUMNER, Chairman.
| Joshua Leavitt, | Amasa Walker, |
| John A. Andrew, | Charles White, |
| Marcus Morton, Jr., | Allen Bangs, |
| Edward L. Keyes, | Wm. H. Stoddard, |
| Daniel W. Alvord, | H.G. Newcomb, |
| Anson Burlingame, | Lyman C. Thayer, |
| Sidney Homer, | Calvin Martin, |
| James M. Whiton, | George W. Sterling, |
| John B. Alley, | William Jackson, |
| Benjamin F. Newhall, | William J. Reynolds, |
| Josiah G. Abbott, | Samuel Downer, Jr., |
| Shubael P. Adams, | Caleb Swan, |
| John G. Whittier, | Andrew L. Russell, |
| E. Rockwood Hoar, | Lewis Lapham, |
| John A. Shaw, | John A. Kasson, |
| George Minot, | Edward W. Gardner. |
| Alexander DeWitt, |