The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-08
From The DAYTON { Ohio Journal.

An ambitious monk, who was the son of
a fisherman, kept his fathers nets hanging
before him in his cell as an evidence of his
humility. This show of humble piety gain
ed him such reverence that by few short
steps, he was advanced to a bishops dignl-
ty. In the most splendid halls of his pal
ace the nets were again hung up, and the
Bishop was still the most humble Of men.
His reward was a Cardinals hat The
modest Cardinal still presented his fathers
nets, and it were not long until he became
POPE. The nets were then discarded.
On being asked why he no longer retained
them, he answered "Fools | have no
longer any use for them--the fish is CAUGHT"
The professions of the Jackson party
before the election were much like the
monks nets. The object being now attain.
ed, they hive no further use for them, and
find it very convenient to lay them aside,
and they manifest as much contempt as the
Pope did, for those who have been deceiv-
ed by them. One of Gen. Jackson's nets,
which was of great service to him in catch
ing the fish, was his opinions on the subject
of the appointment of members of Congress
to offices under the general government
This net is laid aside, and Van Buren,, Ea-
ton, Branch, Berrien, Ingham, Moore, and
McLane, all members of Congress, have
got snug appointments under the general
government. Another net was Retrench-
nlent but it was convenient to throw it aside,
when Moore was appointed minister to CO.
lombia and McLane to England. Reform
was an excellent net for catching gudgeons,
but it is useless now. Before the late cleo
ton a monstrous cry was kept up about
pensioned presses and hireling editors.
A paper which receives one or two hun
dred dollars year for publishing the laws
of the United States, was accused of being
supported by government patronage, and
the administration was charged with the
grossest corruption in making changes, in a
few instances, of the papers employed to
print the laws. But those who manifested
such adherence and Indignation at such ex-
IRENE corruption are now in power, and the
case is changed. The fish is caught. Of
fees have already been bestowed by the
Jackson party, since they have come into
power, on editors of partizan papers, the
salaries Of l0htch amount to up,cardS Of one
hundred thousand dollars a gear. This is an
appalling fact of which any one may satisfy
himself by adding together the amount Of
the yearly salaries of Duff Green, Hill, Ken
dali, Carr, Noah, N. Green, Dunlap, Hen
shaw, Danforth, Gardiner, and others. Mr..
Noah has on office with salary of $4,000
and nothing to do, as we should suppose
from his own words:-
sour new duties not interfering with the
duties and obligations we owe to the repub-
lican party, will not abate the attention
hitherto paid to the columns of the Enquirer,
which we hope to improve in every depart
ment."
Mr.. Noah publishes daily paper, and
his Office does not interfere with his Edito-
rial labois! There must be little to do
then, and yet he gets $1,000 year. Does
this look like retrenchment and reform, or
like pensioning a press ?-The nets are
thrown away-the fish are caught.