Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-03-16

"of the two great political parties which
have divided the opinions and feelings of our
country, the candid and the just will now adj
INIT, that both have contributed splendid tai
ems, spotAess integrity, ardent patriotism. and
oisinterested sacrifices, to the formation and
administration OF this government; and that
Doth have required liberal indulgence for a
portion OF human infrmity and error.
len years of peace, at home and abroad,
have assuaged the auimosties of political con.
tentlon, and blended into harmony the most
discordant elements of public opiuion. There
stiil remains one effort of msgnanlmity, one
sacrlllce Of prejudice and passion, to be made
oy the individuals throughout the nation, who
have heretofore followed the standards of no.
htlcal party. 1t is that of discarding every
remnant OF rancor against each other-of en-
oraclnS, as countrymen and friends, and of
yielding, to talents and virtue alone. that con-
hdence which, in times OF contention for prin
cipe, was bestowed only upon those who bore
the badge of party communion
such are the just and liberal sentiments rel
alive to the political animosities which have
heretofore divided the people Of this country.
contained in the excellent Inaugural Address
OF President Adams, which we this day Law
before our readers; and the spirit here mani
tested Is the one which we believe pervades
the great mass of the most intelligent mart of
the community. 1t it on the prevalence Of
this spirit, especially in New-England, that
the success of the new administration essen
TALLY depends. When the contest for the
Presidency commenced, whatever of psrtv
hostility or prejudice remained among the
fedeFalists, would operate against John Quinn
cy Adams, and whatever might be wished or
hoped, by way offavor, from new administra-
tion' they might reasonably expect more from
either OF the other candidates, if successful
than from him. But these considerations.
however they might have Influenced the con-
duct Of any individuals, produced no effect on
the great majority Of the party, who magnani-
mously sacrificed all minor considerations to
the good Of their country, and cordially Weld
ed to our present Chief Magistrate that sup
port which was due TO superior "talents and
virtue alone.''
In consequence Of this support, New.Eng-
land presented solid phalanx in his favor,
and to this cause, chiefly, his final success
must be attributed. He has succeeded, but
already finds party, powerful, Jealous, and
exasperated by defeat, who only wait a suita-
BILE opportunity to attempt anew to triumph in
their turn. To them nothing could be more
gratifying than the renewal of old party dis
sensions among the friends of the President.
The obvious tendency Of such course must
be to array one party in favor, and the other
against the administration, and thus to weaken
its strength. Under such circumstances, it
needs no seer to predict that the opponents of
the administration would be found in the ma
jorty, and that four years would bring about
revolution, and place other men at the helm
Of state.
If, then, the view we have taken of this
subject is correct, those who wish for the sta
bility and success of the present administra'
ton will endeavor to secure it by mild and
| concilatory course" by discardins all rsncor