The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-08-01

From the Connecticut Mirror.

From the Connecticut Mirror.
THE PoL1rIcs OF THIS COUNTRY, so far
as party is concerned, have gotten to be
less ANNOYING to the peace and less threat
ennr to the welfare of the community
than they have been since the revolution.
There is but one thing which disturbs, or
rather threatens to disturb, this quiet and
happy republic. OF the opposition party,
| if it may say to corruption thou art our ia
Their, its Wondering ruins will soon ac-
knowledge the worm COR its sister, and
heap of dust viii be all the remains of it.
What was. it? And what is the opposition
now? The forlorn hope of radicallsm-
quitting the standard of Mr. Crawford the
moment he said 'let the Administration
be judged by their measures" and swarm
ing round the first man who bid fair to raise
whirlwind throughout the country. Their
opposition has hitherto been vain, for the
public know that all their fault-findings
have been refutcd-that to them solely is
to he attributed the delay of some, and the
omission of other important business before
the last Congress, and to them solely, the
charges, insinuations, correspondence,
plots and contrivances, that have been in
drill for the next Presidential election ever
since the last one. Unluckily for this OPP
position, and most happily for the country,
| they have been obliged to trust their enter
prize to Gen. jackson. Not plan is laid
by the party, but the honest and simple old
General comes out with letter and knocks
it in TIE head. If an eloquent speech is
! made by an eloquent man in his favor, and
every thing seems to go swimmingly, the
| General must say something about 1t and
the charm is broken. That admirably
tcontrived story of an overture on the part
of Mr.. Clay or his friends to Gen. Jackson,
would have answered all purposes had it
been left just so vague and untouched that
it could not be noticed, but the General
must needs write a letter, and the conclu-
sion comes to US all at once, that he who
could write such letter, and could not
write better one, should never he made
president of the United States. If the
hope of the opposition rests on Gen. Jack
son-f he is their man-they should beg
OF him not to touch pen to paper about the
matter until lie is elected. He will never
do for them, for he is too honest man for
the purpose of their intrigues, and too SIM
pie man in political affairs to perceive
that they mean to make him with his mill
tary popularity, their tool instead Of theii
iGui. If he would only keep quiet until the
opposition gets him in, their triumph would
be the greater as his own unftness for il
was discovSf-d, anu toe power of the
leaders the greater, as the General should
experimentally find out his own deiciel,.
cies. Were it not that we happen to be-
lieve in the honesty of his character and
the simplicity of his flattered heart, we
wish he would write letter every week
and like Dagon,
"Fall fiat and shame his '------';-',---' u.
INFoRMAr1oN WANTED. AS the Nash
vile Committee are understood to have ;
heavy docket before them, and to be occu
pied with such mass of business, that il
would be unreasonable to expect their at.
tentlon to any ewsubiect for many months
TO come, we must take the liberty to en-
qulre OF our friends of the Nashville Re-
pubilcan--and we are the more embolden-
ed to trouble them with the question, be-
cause they have, in one instance, given in
formation which they deemed important for
our satlsfactlonLthat which we are about
to ask for the satisfaction of the public is
OF INFINITE more importance-we must take
the liberty, therefore, to inquire Of them,
whether 1t Is not fact, that General An
drew Jackson has been, for many wears.
an extensive dealer in human flesh. Not
merely planter and slave holder, flor all
America knows that he is Cotton planter
and holds many slaves,) but dealer in, a
buyer and seller of, negroes. Has he not
been long and extensively, engaged in buy
ing up droves of negro slaves in Tennes-
see and Kentucky, and sending them to
Louisiana, and other Southern markets, for
sale If not extensively, how far has he
carried this trafc? If not personally en-
gagged in it, has he not employed his CAPT
tai IN it, by means of partners and agents?
The inquiry is not made wantonly; but be-
cause we have recently received informa-
ton which convinces us, that such have
been the pursuits in General jackson; and
It is matter-of which the people of this
Union, at this moment, will take great in
terest, and about which they have right
to know the truth. Hence, an honest, can
did answer is hoped for. Though we we're
slow to believe, we have been constrained
to yield our assent to the affirmative of the
inquiry, and if we have been misinformed.
we should be glad to be corrected our
selves, and to correct many others who
have received like Impressions.
Kentucky Commentator.
MARYLAND CONVENTION. The Nation
al Administration Convention, held at Bal
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