The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-06-13

= :. .,;.h am unpreiudiced, patriotic, anu un-
;a,;nr nnrnose to sustain them IN the iaitii-
u S;scbsrge of office, and to sacrlhce nothing
{ public virtue to the gratihcatloh Oh poly" ~
r to local or selfish consiaeIS lAons. - - 20 q
,,,,,,,arv of obligations, shan continue -
uilal;, H. governing rules OF otiielai action,
g. ~ the imnerlect perceptions oil ouV anu
10 lar as tllo III Is human resolution will per- a
nit. -, s,b;ac,s of I.eeisla- c
~ "u1's,S in the organization oil the
~ ia5, there are those of peculiar pom
;-'S,,oa IN nublic concern, which VIII present
.I,o,,so,,res TO your earliest attention VIM
nerntivelv devolves upon the Legisiatul', az
The present session, to supply the Vace,I?,
which exists in the representation % -; Ia
tE,I,,oYyysalth in the Senate OF the Ulited
States Estimating, as we now oo' u" lnrao5
- Qualifications Of those, who are clargeo
',,;tb The administration Of the Natlona OoE
ernnent. and approving the general course Oh
their policy, the propriety, OF giving lheli
hearty and efficient aid viii not be questioned
Il i indeed the stern duty of Republicans to
oxomine with severe and jealous SCRUTINY the
conduct of men in power but there can DC
nothinc of the spirit OF Republcansm' IN
Withholding support from an Admmis'fa-
tion. the measures OF whlcl are SANITARY @hu
satisfactory, merely lest thoe VINO compose II
/ ,,1inhf otherwise, DGCOHiS ASSSiiAbiSAeSN 80
candidates for future EXPRESSIONS OF the well
I ,l.sorvaa confidence Of thlr fellow citizens.
| G. I an, that the Representatives OF the
80 iIStrplICdn people of this commonwealth will
: never yield to the perniciou influences of such
motive. Regardful onlyof the peace, the
honor, and the prosperity the nation, they
will be regardless OF men, Scept in connexion
F with these objects. Adopting the best direc-
tory to correct human opium, IN kn01ciRg the
I'm or1 tl,a ola Tod
and noble sentiment of oe, who, although
himself an unsuccessful ompetitor for the
highest station, was first ttpropose, that this
Administration should be idged by the char
acter Of their measures, thy will see in the
public servants, but responsible agents, entitled
to support, in the constitutional tenure of
their office, proportionate the fidelity abili-
ty, and success, with whichhey acquit them
selves in the public service.
resolve passed by the last Legislature,
authorizing the appointment of Commission
ers, to constitute Board of Internal Improve
, ment, "whose duty it shallbe to attend to
, the examination of such Roltes for Canals
+ and Railways as the Legislature may from
; time to time direct, and generally to make all
such surveys and examinations, as may be ne
cessary to determine if the same be expedien
and practicable, and further to make accurate
estimates of the probable expense, a'compan
led with accurate and systematic plaIs of sale
Routes" has necessarily remained mexecut
= ed. From the language of the Resole, it wa
manifest, that the Legislature contemplated
= the performance of difficult and responsible,
2 duties, requiring the exercise of scientific tai
, ents and attainments, as well as practical ex
y perience and sound Judgment. The small al
I lowance of daily compensation, to indude tn
support as also to reward the labor of tn
Commissioners, provided in the Resolve, wa
found to offer no nducemeut to men {
requisite qualifications, to accept the Office. |
the organization of the proposed Board it is t
be regarded, that the services required will b
, occasional, uncertain in their durati,n, an
continually changing the place of employment
The Commissioners are expressly made subleC
to the assignment of duties in different part
of the Commonwealth, and must, at all sea
sons, be prepared, to meet reference by tn
: Legislature, of new objects to their examin;
e lion. 1t might thus practically result, that til
: daily Stipend would consume that arao,lt ,a ~
J., thus the public agent become taxed for h
J.. time in the public service. 1t is not only Jus
lint If IS most truly wise, to offer adequate con
i pensation for the performance of inportar
+ and responsible duties. Men of entire CON
c potency may be found, from the excitement G
e a local or personal interest, or on great occa
sionS' from higher and nobler influences, t
yieIo thelr talents gratuitously to the public
Dut under circumstances of ordinary obIira
! ton, and for purposes of common conre7,,
they are not usually to be withdrawn from
tielr private affairs, to the labors of public EN-
Ployment, without the assurance of pecuniar-
remuneration. An attempt was indeed made
to secure the services of a gentleman emf
nent in his profession, by all the pledge of fin
ture employment in the twofold capacity of
Commissioner and Engineer, which designa
tton to those offices could give but an oppor
tunity Tor immediate engagement under tn,
authority OF the United States, with better
ana more certain encouragement, induced to ;
declension of the appointments.
The total OMISSION by the LEGISLATURE. :,
make any appropriation for the EXPENSE of tbr
surveys which were authorized. upon the sew
eTal petitions of Messrs. Whitwell, Bond &
20. and others, of Il route for a Railway tc
! providence, of Aaron Tufts and others and nj
heman Stebbins and others, for Canals to the
line OF the state of Connecticut, tooether
with a reference to the disagreement, Of. tho
iva IoT "a rcatway from the harbor of Boston
to the western line of this Commonwealth
which was believed to be an influential. if not
a leading motive, for constituting commits
SON. suggested the propriety of presenting
the whole subject, unembarrassed with inner
rect ana lnettectual arrangements by the exc
cutlve, or further direction by the present IT,
gIsiature. L now, renewedly and with earn
estness, recommend it to favorable attention
Believing that the interest and honor. the ex-
tended prosperity, and the future political in
huence OF this commonwealth, are essentially
to depend upon encouraging spirit of enter
prise IN the cxecstion of works of public i'm
orovment, by which an increasing population
may md enPioymert, and new applications Of
industry REWARDED it is with no ordinary con.
Germ that measures are anticipated which NAV
~ naPpily instrumental TO these important
tionary IN condition. The people will either
advance to greater possessions and enioymenfs
Or recede from the point of attainment and ov'
ceence to which they had arrived. With
STATES, as with individuals, indifference viii
lead to sloth, and habits of indolence TO No.