The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-03-12
Gubernatorial Election.
Federal Republican Candidates.
Hon. HARRISON G. OTIS
for Govenow
Hon. DANIEL NOBLE
for Lieut.. Governour.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser
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shall vote for Mr.. Otis. And in the first
place, shall vote for him because he was
member of the Hartford Convention. In
other words, shall vote for Mr.. Otis because
he valued the good of his country more than
his own popularity. Though the nation trem-
bled from one end of it to the other, under
the miserable Administration of the war, and
though the CsnrsnfiOn of HE STATES belonged
to the patrim0y Of independence, and might
be as well used in the dangers of the repub-
lick, as it had been in the dangers of the CO.
lonial liberty-thoegh the Convention was as
sembled under the direct influence Of the
purest and npst elevated sentiment, and was
itself compoed of the best men in the State,
it needed but little foresight to see, that after
the evil should have gone by, and when the
nation should again find rest, it would happen,
that while the original distmbers of its peace,
in being made the reluctant agents in the res
toration of its tranquility, would have their
political sins remembered no more, the repre-
sentatves in this Convention of the political
virtue of the country, whose sure but silent
influences, though frowned upon in the capital,
might be oeeyed, would come to be hated, as
they had been feared. shall vote for Mr..
Otis, because he valued the good of his coun-
try more than his own popularity, and because
he was willing to be a Representative of the
remainingvirtue of his country, though be fore
saw that a corrupt eye would dishonour his
motives, and most wilfully misrepresent them.
This may be thought high ground, but it is the
true one. 1t was the spirit which produced
the Hartford Convention that made the peace.
That Convention was but mode of express
ing this spirit. 1t was strong expression of
it, and had the war continued, its voice
would have been heard from one end of the
continent to the other. This is ground,
which, while the country is worth any thing,
must never be abandoned. We are not to be
driven from it by the vulgar sarcasm, the un-
principlcd blindness, or the real ignorance OF
this day. We are especially not to be driven
from it, because some, and it may be many,
from whose willing lips, this same spirit once
spoke with pure, had almost said holy elo-
quence, have become as silent, as if the grave
had indeed closed upon their virtues.
shall vote for Mr.. Otis, because he is
consistent Federalisi. If he were indeed the
$ residuary legatee Of Federalism" On this
side of the Potomac, and this high distinction
is not his, for we have many more among US
who challenge it with him, and whom bet
ter age will delight to honour; but if he were
the sole representative Of as perfect system
of political faith as this or any other country
ever produced, he should at least have Que
vote. Federalism, as you we'll know, had its
parentage With our independence. They
were born tbgether. They are cur common
liirth right shall vote for Mr. Otis because
he is a consistent FsderaIist. What was true
when he bssan his political career, is true
now, a1d he convictions, which the best
times in this country ever produced, are his
honorable possessions still. 1t is melancholy
to find the II h decay-to see It's influences
palsied-to have il so mixed up Uhl the false,
or the expeient, that it loses the beauty of
lis counten;tlce, and makes us question when
we think we look upon it, il we are not seeing
something clio, There is nothing in politicks
any more tikn there is III religion which re-
quires this mixture. There is nothing so stern
ia truth, that an honest man must shrink from
it and there is nethirg IN falsehood, however
captivating by its influences, for All honest
man to love- Mr.. Otis was taueht in the
purest school of politicks. The lessons De
heard there, he hsteptd to with respect and
generation. The impressions made on his
mind became the highway for his political
virtue, andhe' has kept therein. Ills have
never been hye-paths OF contemplate, mis-
erable, hattehng policy. We have found
him true to occasions, and true 70 his princi-
pies; and thesupport lie may re, re, will be
the measure 81 our political virtue, or con-
sstcncy. should be ashamed of myself, not
to contemplate such man with respect; and
! those who conc to lis political character, as
To thing to lie despised and insulted, rather
commit an offence against their own moral ma
ture than lilre him.
The age we live in, is very important one.
The institutions and character of this country
arc to have an influence which, it may be, few
here have thought OF. ltbecomes us to think
seriously about what we do as a State, or as
nation. We are apt TO talk lightly, and to
grow lukewarm concerning these important
relations and our opponents in politicks, as
well as the enemies OF our faith, would fam
have ridicule TO be the test of truth. Let us
be true to or principles, and we shall then
know the value of that liberty by which we
have been made free.
4 FEDERALIST.