The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-07-30

necessity loE tne plotectloIA Oh uoIhosiic lHuuS-
try, was foreseen and calculated upon by those
who originated them. The Hotspurs Of the
South, who are now making such IN cutlery
against the constitutionality Of all protective
laws, make great professions of repubIicanism.
It cannot, however, be republieGnism ofthe JET
.fcrson school, as will be seen by the following
extract from the message Of President Jeier-
son to Congress, Nov. 8, 1903.
1.-The suspension of our foreign commerce,
produced by the injustice of the belligerent
mowers, and the consequent losses and sacrlfic-
es of our citizens, are subjects OF Just concern.
The situation into which we thus have been
forced, has impelled US to apply portion otour
industry and capital to internal manufactures
and improvements. The extent of this CONVEX
sion is daily increasing, and little doubt remains
that the establishments formed and forming
will, under the auspices of cheaper materials
and substance, the freedom Of labor from taxa
ton with us, and of protecting duties and pro-
additions, become permanent"
TREAcHERY One Of the most powerful
weapons with which the present administration
has been assailed, is system Of fraud, decep-
ton, and treachery, steadily, systematically,
and, too often, successfully pursued by its op-
ponents. BY this means, alone, they have OBJ
tanned majorities in both houses of Congress.
1t was by protesting to be the friends of the
present executive, that Chandler in Maine,
Woodbury. in New Hampshire, and Smith in
MARYLAND, secured their seats in the Senate.
The same trick was attempted by Van Ness in
Vermont, but fortunately it did not succeed.
BY the same means a considerable number OF
Jackson men obtained seats in the House of
Representatives. What can we think of such
men? Would person, guilty of such treach-
cry, hesitate at the commission Of a moral
fraud? We know not how to distinguish be-
tween political and moral honesty. 1t Is an
outrage on the latter, to attempt the distinction
new instance Of attempting to undermine
the Administration party in this way, has just
been detected in Indiana Gov. Ray of that
State was, four years ago, supporter Of Clay
Cor the Presidency, since which he has been
understood to be in favor of the administration.
But the Jackson convention placed his name on
their ticket as the Jackson candidate for Gov
ernor, and the Chairman Of the committee cir
cuiated report that he was Jackson man.
This, with some other circumstances, made
portion Of the administration party suspicious of
him, and they nominated another candidate.
To determine positively to which party Gov
Ray belonged, while he was on an electioneer-
ing tour through the State, as is customary
there, the editor of the Brockville Recorder
Ja1 ouacfior7o fn hisr1
relative to the administration and opposition,
as could not be evaded. The Governor, thus
cornered, and knowing the administration par
ty to be the strongest, avowed his preference
for them. Hereupon, the report circulated by
the jackson men that Gov Ray was in favor of
Gen Jacksons election was pronounced base
oalumny. This induced the chairman of the
jackson committee, in his own defence, to pub
lish the letter from Gov. Ray, on which was
grounded the report he had circulated The
letter is dated May Is After dwelling on the
reasons which ought to induce the Jacksonians
to support him, and protesting preference for
the General, he thus proceeds:
81 am in your hands. Dispose ofme and my
FAME, as you in your wisdom think proper. |
wish to be elected Governor of the State on my
mleritS,-shall not become a partizdn-shall
have no objections to receiving the united sup.
port of the Jacksonians--shall not undo what
they think fit to do, in state electons-will adj
NIT the election to be a test of strength. But,
must be permitted for the good of the cause, to
object to publication before the election, of
the letter Of the Committee to me, or my reply.
BY that course the cause would be weakened,
thousands in number. If you wish me to sue
coed by great majority, leave me as much at
liberty as possble---allow latitude. 1t is enough
for you to take up man not against you and
support him, without drawing from him any
thing for publication, to give offence to the OPP
posite side. And he who allows himself silently
or tacitly to be supported in your name, stands
committed by implication as strong as the An.
des. You ought to have confidence in the man
you support and not place him in an attitude
which will weaken him."
This disclosure of duplicity and treachery, it
is believed, will blast the character Of Gov.
Ray in the opinion of all honorable men of both
parties, and be the means Of giving him an OPP
aortunity to 60 into that retirement for which
he seems best qualified.
THE LoMBARpY POPLAR. Whatever we may
tnlhA oL diiy oplnlon IN tne aoSCrdcI, WHICH, ~
receives the sanction Of paper of the charac-
ter of the Massachusetts Journal, it becomes
entitled, from that cause, to respectful notice
The editor of that paper, after copying our re-
marks on the decay of the Lombardy poplar,
and characterizing them as imprudent," adds
"The writer of this paragraph, if he will con-
suit his agricultural neighbors, will learn that
the fact which now is asserted ofthe poplar tree
is to be observed of other plants; he will be told
for instance, that the best varieties Of the pota-
to, after having been continued for many years
by division, win be found to degenerate and de-