Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-01-14

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because it is more impure. The Worcester |
coal contains considerable portion Of earthly
matter, which remains otter burning, in the
form of ashes. The Lehigh is, probably, the
purest Of all coal, ever yet discovered, con-
tanning SO parts in 100 of pure carbon, or coal,
and but 2parts of ea:thy or other mineral
matter. In the experiment, which was men
toned in our last, but small part of the
residuum of the Worcester coal was COM
bustible, while that of the Lehigh was nearly
all so. We believe, however, that the Wor-
cester coal is more pure than some other kinds
which answer valuable purpose. Prepara-
tons, we understand, are making in town TO
introduce our coal into use.
If we are to credit the accounts Of the vari-
Gus newspapers, there are now no less than six
federal candidates for the Presidency, exclu-
sive of James Monroe, all of them prominent,
and likely to succeed. The Boston Statesman
and Portland Argus have maintained Justify,
that John Quincy Adams is the real federal
candidate, till, recently, the mental vision of
the latter has been so much improved by
Leake & Canine, of the Albany Argus, that,
like the honest Dutchman, they declare SIT
izh all mishtake," that it is not Adams, but
Clinton, who is to be set, by these naughty
federalists, as ruler over US. In New-Jersey
and Delaware, the federal candidate is said to
be Crawford, in Maryland and Pennsylvania
it is Gen. jackson, and in other places, it is
Calhoun and Clay, as it best suits the parti-
zans of other candidates to represent it.
Now, there is something degrading and I'M
manly in this system of deception and misrep-
resentation, for it cannot, justly, be called by
any milder name. Those, who make use Of
il, know that the federalists Of the several
States have no common bond of union, and
that, as national party, they have ceased to
act. They know that each of the individuals,
who have been named for that high trust, find
respectable and influential federalists in the
ranks Of his supporters. They know, moreo-
yer, that, if the federalists could have Pres
ident Of their own choosing, it would be neith-
er of those, who are now in nomination.
Surprising the feGeralists were to act as a
party, who would be their candidate Would
it be VIM. FL. Crawford, who went all lengths
with them, till the sceptre of power was about
to depart from their hands, and then, Vicar-of-
Bray-like, trimmed his sails to the shifting
breeze, and went over to their adversaries?
Would it be John Q. Adams, a man who new
er cordially acted with them, as party, and
who, for years, has been in avowed opposition
to them. A man, who, whatever be his claims
on the score Of talents, certainly Can have
none, on federalists, as party man? Would
it be De Witt Clinton who, after owing his
election as Governor to their assistance, gaze
all Offices SO exclusively to democrats, that
the leading federalists of New York joined the
Bucktails in opposition TO him. Would it be
Jackson, Clay, or Calhoun, who, neither OF
them tnar we nave neard, mas ever oeen OBJ
noxious to the charge of federalism? No, sure
ly, it would be neither of them. Then awav
with such pretensions they are libel on the
common sense of the community.
The truth of the case is, that party excite
ment has passed away, and, in its absence,
several candidates, all belonging to one ofthe
old parties, are in nomination for the Presi-
dency, from which the federalists will, each
according to his own peculiar views, select his
favourite, without concert with others, which,
ii 1t should be attempted, must, under existing
circumstances, prove unayailing.
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