Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-07-07

Island. The several Committees have report
ed and the reports have been fully discussed.
oome difficulties have arisen in fixing the ba-
Sis oil representation, the southern part of the
State having had, heretofore, an undue pro-
portion which they seem unwilling to yield.
IT'S hoped, however, that some compromise
may be effected which will give satisfaction.
CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Ii any thing more were wanting to shew the
strong disapprobation with which the people
view the attempts Of certain persons, to per-
petuate and keep alive old party dssentions,
when the causes in which they originated have
ceased, it might be abundanty found in the re-
suit Of the late party celebration in this town.
If those who originated it, are satisfied with it.,
we are. The procession amounted to between
eighty and hundred, boys and all, and we
are assured that not more than fifty or sirty
tickets were sold for the celebration table.
On former occasions, when there have been
two separate celebrations in town, the number
of tickets sold has averaged about three hun
dred to each table, and we are informed that.
this year, at the union celebrations in some Of
the neighboring towns, of much less popula-
ton than this, several hundred have partaken.
Comment on such facts is needless.
Alter writing thus much, we were favoured
with the following article, prepared by friend,
which supersedes the necessity of any farther
remarks Of ours
The anniversary of American Independ.
ence has been celebrated the present year,
we believe generally, with less regard to local
prejudicesand party feelings than has been IL
sual during the bitter contentious of past times.
In this county we have heard Of several fes-
tive meetings on that day, of citizens without
distinction Of party, Which were numerously
attended. In very few instances have our
democratic brethren manifested disposition
to exclude federalists from their fellowship,
but when these instances have occurred
we believe no offence has been taken, but
they have been left without interruption to
g manage their own affairs in their own way.'
One OF these instances occurred in this town.
We donot mean to say that Federaliss would
not have been permitted to unite with them in
the procession or at the table, or to have lis
tened to the reading of the Declaration of In
dependence and the grafton, for we believe
there was room enough, but, still, it was but
too evident that this could not have BEEN done
without such a humiliation of feelings as they
are not yet prepared for. The services of
chaplain, we understand, were performed by
MIR. Farnsworth, formerly Baptist clergyman.
but now the principal of the Female Academy
in this town. The reading the declaration and
the Grafton were by two young gentlemen, stu
dents at law. About sixty persons, it is said.
partook of the dinner. The number Of votes
given for Gov. Eustis IN this torn. was 3O6,
and after all the motives and persuasions re.
peated from week to week, in the Egis, the Or
gan of the democraticl1 party, to the friends Of
His Excellency, to unite on this occasion for
the purpose of celebrating their triumph atthe
late election, it is certainly not little remark
able that so few were induced to comply. We
are not disposed, however, to complain of this.
On the contrary, we consider it as an evidence
that, to the majority of our citizens, this object
is not considered SO suitable for the occasion,
nor this mode Of celebrating the day so digni,
fed and respectable as that which has been
generally adopted. Had there been a Gel.
ebration in this town on right principles, it
would undoubtedly have been, as it always
must be while we regard our national indie
pendencc as a blessing, highly interesting, while
there are but few who can find qualification
IN degrading the occasions into a petty tri-
umph OF one party over another in state e.
lection. Il is an occasion, which properly i'm
proved for mutual consratulation on the es-
Enlistment and preservation of a great ma
tional blessing, is very different affair from
that OF the election of Governor Elstis or Mr..
Lathrop to the gubernatorial chair of Massa-
chusetts. But so it iS.-We think, however,
that this course cannot long receive the sane
ton OF even the few who yet adhere to it. We
think evidence has this year been furnished
that publlck opinion is decidedly against it.n
In Rutland, the FOURTH of July was com.
memorated with due solempity, the afternoon
service being aptly devoted to the occasion.
1t commenced with an appropriate prayer and
hymns. The discourse, by the Rev. Mr.. Clarke.
from Cd Cor. 3. II, Where The Spirit of the
Lord as, There as liberty, delivered to full, re-
spectacle and attentive audience, was such
"a ih'oiit DS anticipated from inc known pIetY
and talents of the speaker. 1t is not intend
ed, in this article, to present a miNute anaIy-
sis of the address, but briefly to observe that
the view taken by the Reverend Orator of his
subject was vastly comprehensive, sublime
and, in several respects, original. The topics
were happily selected and judiciously arran-
ged. The causes Of the revolution, briefly and
ably developed, were traced back even to that
memorable era wien angels sang peace on
earth, and good 'oiH 10 men, and the happy
consequences beautifully portrayed and
brought "home to the bosom and business"
ofeIery one present; incumbent duties, social,
political and religious were energetically yet
patheticaIly inculcated, concluding with the
sublime aud eShilarating sentiment that, duly
regarding these, /" the time. will soon come
when this country and all the nations of the
earth shall be under the Der ign government of
the Prince of Peace.n
While the immediate and visible agents who,
in the cabinet, the field and the pulpit, were
instrumental procuring the neslimabie bles-
SINGS nni1Ua1 bu fbis Il Il IL.