Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-04-28

tain agents IN cypress cords with Sc
cret understanding ti!at the authority
should be violated, and that their com
missions should be executed in a mai
ner dramatically opposite to the terms of
The prescribed power. These IegisIa-
tors must have understood and intended
that Instructions to devise means for the
defence of the country should he pervert-
ed to inventions for jetroying it :; that
instead Of taking counsel together for
the preservation of the Union according
to the letter of the resolve, they should
convene with latent purpose OF labour-
ing for lis dissottion,-Thus their Com
mlsSloncrs appointed for the ostcnsibIe
object OF uuited defence, would become
Commissioners Of seperale peace Tin
Disguise, and their fatiaulness TO
their employers would be manifested
only by their narhdy TO their contry.
1t would Seem 10 require drill, of IN
precedcnted Industry and security TO
bring this ''host'' under the Discipline Of
a corps Of Wuminati, in the very few
days which elapsed between Tie begin
mig OF the session and the day on which
the Convention project was adopted.
10 reconcile this body of substantial
Christian leomanry to hold their oath
OF Office /" contempt To habituate
them all to keep their tongues as with
bride, except only when they spoke
TO deny. the truth and 10 rapcl srspi-
cion To listen without horror TO the
dnbushing denials, and to witness the
affected vehemence and Indignation of
Others in sPurning the impuiauons of
their opponents Much address would
also be requisite to initiate the new COM
ers from the country, and to prevent
those who had leave of absence f..cm
telling tales. And there would seem 10
lie need not only of address but of NEGRO
NANCY, to he sure that the choice of A.
gents by balIo;ing from all quarters,
Woald fall upon persons who should be
prepared 10 dsiohcy their instructions
aAd to execute the unknown and incom-
munlcable intention OF their EMPLOYERS.
All these difficulties would he multi
Piled and reiterated in the legislative
bodies OF such other States as Should a.
gree TO send deputies TO the Convention,
The Governors Of those States could
not collect from the circular letter of
our Governor the real intent Of the
Conventlon.--ls it then credible that
GoYernor STRONG would have yentured
to hold with the other Governors, one
language "otcial and another confden-
ttal, 6y letter, without knowing his men.
Or are they also to be considered rs
consPlraiors, alb initio j.? Ii yea, when.
where, aud by what means was the I'M
derstandlng among them originated If
nay, how were they qualified to give TO
their severai Legislatures, the proper i'm
pulses ? RecoLlect, that TO make sure
work, all these prelimiEarics must have
been adjusted within very few DAYS :
all before the appointment of the dele
gates from Massachusetts and Maine
The Electors in the Legislature of Mas
sachusetts must also have either known
their men or have been willing TO COM
nil themselves and their Vaccinations
to the discretion of strangers. There
must haze been an intelligence between
them, otherwise the delegates could not
discern by the resolve or their creden-
'lais what was expected Of them. And
this mysterious Intelligence between
The Electors and the elected-betweep
the different Goyernors-betwe those
Governors and their Legislatures-and
between those legislatures severally
"0d their delegates must Ter any Thing
that has hitherto appeared, or which
eau be conceived possible /; } have been
carried on by The Prince o. the power
OF the Air, " and he must have made coed
speed with his dispatches.
But these are not the only Obstacles
which must have existed in the way of
'lhe combination" The Legislative
Faction unless besotted would look TO
the issue Whatever it was intended the
Convention shonld do, could have been
only rscomnendotOry, and in the form off
a rePort.-Suppose matters brought 10
this point-the Convention agreed
and all the glowing ingredients Of fac
ton thrown into that caidron, No be
melted and cast into a brazen image of
sedltion, and brought home and placed
before our General Court. In what
mode was it to he disposed of? How
were they to set about the work of a
disruption Of the States, or a separate
peace, or Northern Confederacv ?
The report would be made to the whole
Legislature, foes as well as FIJI, nds
Now then, if not before, the plot must
he discoVered,previouS to consummation
and nothing gained by conceament thus
far. The Legislature would he near
the ordinary termination Of its Winter
session, and not far from the end of IFS