Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-12-29
SUorrester:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 90, 1924.
Nominations for Representatives.
to Congress.
For Worcester South District,
JOHN DAVIS, Esq. of Worcester.
Hon. JONAS SIBLEY.
SUMNER BASTOW, ESQ.
REPRESENTATIVE ETFcrJcv

REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION
In lew days, the Electors of the Worce..
Ter south Congressional District will be caI.
Gu upon to give their suffrages for suitable
person to represent them in the next Conore.s
OF the United States. This is a duty which
ought never to be performed without due de-
lloeratlon, and always with an eye to the pub
Tic welfare, rather than to the qualification Of
personal or local feelings.
There are some considerations which ouI.
on the present occasion, to impress the mind.
Vi 'he electors with peculiar force. M,ss..
chu'etts has formerly stood the second stato
III the Union in point Of population, and. in tho
amount of her business and the revenue sbo
paio' the first. These could not fail to Mace
her conspcuously forward among her s;.ter
states, and it is believed that no one b..
creased greater influence in tn. manae ement
oi Puolc affairs. But times have cbanoed.
ana we have changed with them. Owing 70
The suicidal dismemberment of this State AL
10 the rapid advances of some of the others.
we do not now rank higher, in point of nonr.
iation' than the sixth or seventh, and are doc.
'lned from the operation OF causes hovo,I
our controul, before the lapse of manv wears
10 lall still lower. Shall we, then. sit down
SATISFIED with the loss of our relative ranL -
give up also that weight and influence which
mas been SO benefcially exercised in III. az
iairs OF the nation, or shall we not. rather. nv
wise and judicious use fthe mrans VIII,
winch heaven has blessed US, epdeav o,r -
retain at least portion of it,
knowledge, it is said, is power, and tbe -
phorism is unquestionably true but of what
use is the possession power without tho ex
ercise Of IT. Of what use to Sampson would
have been his strength, if, when occasion 70.
quired, he did not put it forth The State &c
Massachusetts is rich in intellectual wealth
the proper application and direction of which
could not fail to sustain her in the possess;on
OF the vantage ground she has heretofore held
although curtailed in her dimensions. and ont.
stripped in population by her neighbours T.
Is well known that the member, of Congress-
are OF two classes, those who lead and those
VINO do not, and that the former hear but y
small proportion to the latter and II lee.
with US to determine whether we will choose
one OF the former class, who will unite with
such men as Webster and Everett and Bsylies
and Lathrop and Dwight in causing the in.
huence of the State to be felt, and her charac-
ter to be respected; or whether we shall 60.
iect one of the latter kind, who will sit unno.
ticed and unknown, except when the vo,0
and nays are called, one who perhaps will be.
come nose of wax to be turned and fashion.
cd by some ambitious leader, in opposition to
the Interests of his constituents and who
finally, when his time has expired, will again
SINK INTO his native insisnifcance, and be for
souen' with the almost countless number of
'he same character, who have preceded him.
II we are wise, we shall profit by the ex.
ample oil other States, who have disrcgarded
minor considerations in order to put forward
Their ablest men. Rufus King, one of the
most distinguished federalists in the Union
has twice been chosen Senator from the State
oil New York by democratic legislatures, and
ms influence, IN that body, is perhaps greater
than that Of any other member. Recently
Judge Bcrrian in Georgia, and Judge Rowan
in Kentucky have been chosen Senators, all
though both were obnoxious to the charge of
political heterodoxy. In Virginia, L. w.
Tazewell, Esq. has also been elected to the
Senate, and, when his former political opinions
were urged against him, it was replied. that
now was time when the State required The
service of her ablest men, and that she ouobt 70
make use of such without reference to the opin.
ions which they might heretofore have held.
Let US then follow these examples, looking on
ly at the talents & qualifications of the candi-
dates; and if we feel any thing like an oppo.
stion, growing out of any minor considera-
ton, either local, personal, or political, let it
be merged in our paramount regard to pub.
lie good.
We have been more free in our remarks
than we otherwise should have been, because
they can have no personal application. Ma
jor Davis is now the only candidate; and if
any counter nomination is to be made, we
know not on whom it is to fall. Indeed, as
the time is SO near, and none other has yet
been announced, we are led to hope that
none will be made, as it must be OF no avail.
or only serve to prevent choice.