The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-11-07

dutiable, he has not been so particular
as with private Deeds; yet he has
charged very nearly the same as the
common copying fees would amount to );
In some instances more, in some less.
Seldom or never has ne charged as
much as the Sheriffs themselves estimat-
ed his fees at when making out their
costs And where the Deeds are charg--
ed highest, an t7vO Instances out Of three
they 1oiH be found TO haze been charged by
Mr. Ward himself!
The above facts were stated in the
papers last week. If they were not
correct, it was in the power of Mr.
Ward, and it was his duty, to have con-
tradicted them to DOct. Fiske or some
of his friends. But he has not done il ;.
and he never will do it. Whatever his
indiscreet friends may say, MIR. Ward
himself WILL NOT DENY THESE FAcTs!-
They are therefore admitted as true, and
ifso, we ask confidently whatwrong hath
Doct Fiske done? Ii he has committed
a mistake in his construction of the law.
sanctioned as it was by the advice of the
constituted Judges of the law, he is ready
to rectify it, The origin of the calumny
we hare exposed ought not TO be for
gotten. The mean and contemplate
measures adopted TO imure DR.. Fishes
character cannot be too severely CEN
sured. We beg our fellow-citizcns to
bear in mind that in Doct. Fislle's alb
sence his office was secretly entered by
persons having no right and no business
there, and that his books were ouerkauL-
ed, and minutes taken from them with
out his consent or his acknowledgement
NJ. Ward knew what these people
were about, and yet suffered them to
finish their disgracelul business without,
as it would seem, even reproving them
for their impertinence, and, what is
worse, without giving them any explain
alton Of what they affected to consider a
mystery, the difference between the
Deeds received and the Deeds return
ed? What must the good people of this
County think of such conduct What,
must they think of Mr.. Ward
We regret that we are obliged'to cast
any imputation upon Mr.. Wards charac-
ter-it has been hitherto scrupulously
spared. But crisis has come when the
truth must be spoken. Mr.. Ward has
suffered his friends to SANDER an inno-
cent man when he could have undeceiv-
ed them, and he must now take the
consequences. If he falls in the pit dug
for another, the fault is his own J We
have hitherto considered Mr. Wards
fidelity as irreproaohable. We know
him indeed to he destitute of that inde-
pendence and firmness of mind which
ought to be possessed by man aspiring
to an important Office We knew him TO
be unfit to be at the head of the office,
though we thought him Il, good Clerk
but he is now proved to- have been. in
this instance, unfaithful to his trust. If
he has violated his duty ia subordinate
station, what must we expect from him
in higher one. If he does-notmake a
faithful Clerk, it is to be feared he will
not make faithful Register. II he de-
ceives his employer nov0, we have no
assurance that he will not deceive the
publiclI then! We are very sorry, TO
make these reflections but he has
brought them upon his own head.
1 1t has been said and sang,. in every
shape and in every quarter, that Mr..
Ward is so "modest," so " unassuming,"
so "disinterested;5' that he. has, never
!" lifted his finger" in his. own cause
They would almost have us believe that
he does not want the Office, and that the
people must force it upon him against
his consent But is this true {? If so,
how happens it that Mr.. Ward has suf
fered secret searches TO be made in the
Registers Office for the purpose of as
sisting his own election 2 How happens
it that he has so many private consulta-
tons with those who are working so
busily in his behalf? Isit supposed that
we have not even "haIf an eye" that
we cannot see thes. Things?
PLAIN TRUTH.
yNsssrs. Manning &. TrumbuH-
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