The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-10-01
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

The following pertinent inquiries are from |
the Hartford Mercury, which Jackson men |
may answer if they think them Of sufficient
importance
Suppose Mr.. Adams had murdered his
friend in consequence of quarrel at horse
racing as Gen. jackson did-What would
every Jackson press in the country have
said Suppose Mr.. Adams should have rush
ed into tavern, at Boston, with loaded pis-
tolls, and attempted to have assassinated Col.
Russell Jarvis, by discharging them at his
head, as Gen. jackson did, when he attempt
ed to kill Col T. H. Benton-What would
Duff Green have said !? Suppose Mr.. Adams
had taken 10 himself the wife of another
man, and lived w!th her in state OF adult
terry, as Gen. jackson did-what would Isaac
Hill have said ? Suppose Mr.. Adams should
have threatened to burn government agen-
cy house, and the agent in it, because it in
terfered with his business as slave dealer,
rs Gen. jackson did--what would William
Coleman have said ? Suppose Mr.. Adams
had driven Legislative body from their hall.
and sent them packing, as Gen. Jackson did
what would Mr.. Richie have said about
State rights? Suppose Mr.. Adams should
have threatened to cut off the ears of SEN
ator for daring to censure his conduct, as
Mr.. Croswell, of the Albany Argus have
said? Suppose Mr.. Adams should have de-
coyed couple of Indian Chiefs into his pow
er and have hung them without trial-had
set aside the proceedings of court martial
and substituted his own sentence of death,
for that of stripes ordered by the court
what would Mr.. Noah have said ? Suppose
Mr.. Adams should have caused the death of
the six militia men, as Gen. jackson did
what would the Boston Statesman say !?
Suppose Mr.. Adams should have expressed
an opinion, that the members of the Hart
ford Convention should have been punished
agreeable to the ''second section" as Gen.
jackson did-what would the trio of legal
gentlemen who scribble for the Hartford
Times have said ? "Answer me that Master
Brook" Suppose Mr.. Adams had been gull
ty of buying and selling Slaves-dealing in
human fesh-and of the thousand and one
acts of violence and folly which Gen. Jack
son has-what would every Jackson man,
nay, every man who had the honor of his
country in view, have said Why, that he
was totally unfit 10 be President of the Unit
ed States.
So say we of the General and fully agree
with what neighbor Wells calls playful
expression of MIR. Jefferson's, "thathe should
as soon think of making a sailor of cock,
or soldier Of a goose, as President of
Gen. Jackson"
ECCENTRIC MINE PROPRIETOR. Ward,
in his account of Mexico, gives the following
description of an owner of one of the richest
Zines in that country
"One of the Mexican Mines, called NJ
estre Sencre Guadalupe, is very celebrated.
1t belongs to Don Francisco Iriarte, re!a-
ton of the Presidents, who refused an offer
of one million Of dollars. made in 1925, by
an association of foreigners, on condition
that he should allow them to work his mine
for term of three years. The idea of a
man possessed of boundess wealth, but re-
fusing to make any use of the treasures
within his reach, will seem incredible in
Europe but Iriarte really does not know
the value of money. with at least million
of dollars in gold and silver in his house, he
lives in a habitaton, the furniture Of which
is composed of Buffalo skins, with wooden
tables and chairs of so massive a construc-
ton, that it requires two or three men to
lift them from one part of the room to the
other. His sons, whom he never permits to
leave the town, are forced to attend to
little retail shop in Cosota and his daugh-
ter, who is pretty, is suffered to grow up in
uneducated idleness. His own habits are
abstemious, and his religious notions ex-
tremely strict. He dislikes illusions to his
wealth, and considers any inquiry respect
ing his mine almost as a personal offence
To all proposals for a cession of the right of
working it, even for limited time, he has
constantly given the same answer, namely.
that he does not want money; and that if
he did, those who offer him the most liberal
terms, know best that he could take out of
his mine double the amount of any thing
they could give in less time than they would
themselves require to raise the money"
SAD MISTAKE. Ambiguity fspeech some
times leads TO very sad mistakes. A militia
captain received billet from lady of fash
ion, requesting "the pleasure of his compa-
ny to tea," on a certain evening. Now a
query arose how to understand the word
company; and the captain being a man of
real military views, very naturally came to
the conclusion that it meant neither more
nor less than the Company of Militia which
he had the honor to command. According
ly what was the establishment of his hostess
and her friends, to behold, not only the cap
tain, but his whole company, from the high
est subaltern to the most ragged private,
armed and equipped in their usual style,
punctual to the hour of invitation, dry as
dust, and hungry as lions Never was such
CONSERVATION in the drawing room before
The old ladies' lifted up their hands and eyes
in establishment the young ladies squalled
as if they had seen spider or a snake; the
handles exclaimed, (" they'd ought to be shot.
odd rot emp the master of the house Bit
his lip with vexatlon; andthe hostess, as in
duty bound, went into the Mysteries. In
winch situation we leave them to the sympa-
thy of the reader-Berkshire American.
ANEcDoTE. Professor D'Wolf in one
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