The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-06-11

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nal overthrow and defeat. {
Such is the view which has convinced. us,
that with Just and proper efforts, the part of
the friends of the Administration, there is moth
;ng which can be reasonably expected to pre- Z
vent the reelection of the present President.
And, for the sake Of distinctness we repeat our
belief that New England, New Jersey, Della
ware, Maryland, Ohio Indiana, Missouri, Lou
isiana, Kentucky, and New York, win make
that event sure.
This calculation, we know, will be attacked |
and disputed. Every part of it will be contra !
dicted and denied Assurances of contrary |
result viii be given, in the most positive man /
neE and under every form which may impose |
upon credulity. All this is of course. II is not
to be expected that our adversaries will admit
the probability of our success This Address is
not intended for them. II is designed for the
friends of the Administration; and-its purpose
viii be fully answered when it shall have as
sured those friends that the opinions here ex-
pressed are honestly and conscientiously enter
tanned We warn them against giving credit,
either to positive assurances of success and tri-
umph on the other side, in this quarter, and in
that; or to the numerous reports, changes, &C
ctisations, and calumnies, which are looked
for, to be forthcoming, through the Summer
and Autumn. Steady confidence, and steady
efforts are necessary, in the present state OF
things and steady confidence, and steady
efforts, be assured, viii conduct US safely and
happily through the crisis. la July, the election
Of members Of Congress win take place in Lou
isIana. Her sentiments WIZ be then again ex-
pressed and we are willing TO hear her senti
ments. In August, the great contest in Ken
lucky will be brought to an issue; and
are willing. also, to hear the voice of Kentucky.
In the mean time, let every man guard himself,
and assist to guard the public against decisions
and imposition.
It will be seen that, in the foregoing estimate,
nothing has been said of Illinois, where the
question viii be earnestly contested, and which,
at this moment, may be pronounced to be a
doubtful State that nothing has been said of
Virginia, in which State there is large and
rapidly increasing party, thoroughly opposed to
the, election Of the Opposition candidate, en-
bodying great worth, intelligence, and respecta-
bility; and conducting the controversy with
spirit and activity Nor has any thing been
said of Pennsylvania. An impression has been
made, that this patriotic State has separated
herself from her own settled policy, and resolv-
ed on committing her interests to an associa-
ton of political men, radically hostile to what
she deems the vital principles of the Govern
nlent. State, so intelligent, could be urged
into such course only by some sudden impulse,
overcoming, for the time, the influence of DELHI
crate consideration. She will naturally return
to her own principles, and her accustomed habits
of thinking and acting. In moment Of unsus-
a military leader. She recedes from her first
choice with reluctance, but she does recede.
Sooner or later, she will resume her proper
position. Great changes, we know, have taken
place, and are still going on !; and, if vigorous
and persevering effort be made to extend infor-
nation, aud remove prejudice, well informed
men are, at this moment, of opinion, that the
vote of Pennsylvania viii be given for the Ad-
ininistratien.
Nor have we said any thing of North Carroll
ma, one of the most unobtrusive and respectable
States in the whole Union. She is naturally
among the very last TO go with those who now
claim her association, and demand her aid. The
cause which she seems expected to sustain, is
opposed to her whole character aud her whole
history. There is nothing in it to gain her per.
manent respect or attachment, And there is
much reason to hope that she will, herself, take
siso same view or what Is due to her own STEADY
and uniform character That the cause of the
Administration is gaining ground, daily, in thai
State, Is beyond doubt or question and, al
though the character Of this address requires
that no ground Of hope should be too strongly
stated, nor any expectation raised which il
likely to be disappointed, we cannot refrain
from saying that recent information place.
North Carolina near to, or at, the head of those
States, which, though highly promising, are
still reckoned as doubtful
Justice to the cause, and to those who have
espoused it, requires, that, on this occasion i
should be mentioned, with respect and grati6ca
ton, that Electoral Tickets, favorable to tn,
Administration, have been formed in Mississippi
Alabama, and some of the Districts of Tennes
see; and that, in all these States, men, among
the most distinguished, for Responsibility and in
iuence, intelligence, and patriotism, give Il
such tickets their Jealous support.
There is one other point Of view in which thu
general subject may be usefuly examined. w,
horro CITE tad rl.,4C
sonably certain for the Administration, wha
probable, and what more doubtful If we nov
take the same survey of the prospects of tn
Opposition Candidate, what are they? ALLOW
him the votes of South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
hama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, altogethe
not exceeding forty, and he is in possession o
every thing which he can hope to enjoy with
cut contest. Not one vote North Of Souil
Carolina, on the East, and of Tennessee, Oh
the West, will he be certain of, till it shall b.
actually given. The whole is controverte,
ground. If he gain Virginia it viii be only b,
struggle; he gain North Carolina and Penn
sylvania, it must be by struggle still NOR
violent and doubtful; and, if he gain all three
he is, yet, not President. Kentucky and New
York still oppose obstacles to his success, no
hitherto overcome, and which, we firmly be
iieve, cannot besovercome.
In thus surveying the different States, on
striking truth is fully established, which il i
material to notice. It is this: that, were tn,
Electors to be chosen throughout the Who'll,
Union, in one uniform mode, whatever tina
mode might be, the President would be re-elect
ed, not only by such majority as we think HI
will nov obtain, but by one vastly larger This
we think, can be made evident and unquestiona
bic. If such uniform mode were to be by gen
eral ticket, in every State, he would not, il
that case, lose one vote which is now expecte,
for him while the entire suffrage of New Yorl
and Maryland, added to what is secure, wouI.
put him far ahead of all competition On th,
other hand, if that uniform mode were TO be By