The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-28
WORCESTER:
WEDNESDAY, JULY es, 1sso.

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this' 1t is well for the people to look seriously
al the tendency of the disorganising and revo.
iutionary principles which have recently been
SO industriously and zealously disseminated a.
mongst US. The Supreme Court of the State.
to which every man looks as the palladium Of
our liberty, is stripped, by the hand of Death,
OF It's head, and of its brightest ornament How
anxiously do we hear the inquiry made. Who
VIII he his successor" or Who can sunnlv the
vacancy that is made" How important does
every man feel it to be, that it should be ;ud;.
ciously and ably filled; that the confidence
winch has been inspired by such men as Par
sons, Sedgwick, and Parker, may not be dimin.
ished. Yet it is we'll known fact, that with
the liberal salary now given, the men. best oual.
lhea Tor the office of Judge, if they accept of it,
10 IL at sacrifice of their pecuniary interest.
'uoge jackson, since he retired from the bench.
by dcVoting only about four hours in the dav to
MS profession, and without appearing at all in
Court, probably receives twice as much money
as his salary amounted to while Judge. If he
could again be induced to resume the Office.
now trlfilng would the salary be considered bv
the people in comparison with the object at.
tanned But this, probably, is not to be expect
ed But it is OF vast Importance that clear
headed: able, and independent man should be-
selected; and to such an one, capable of sus.
tanning the duties Of the office reputably, no
good citizen will grudge the salary now paid
The fact is, a few grovelling demagogues
wish to degrade the most important offices of
the state, till those who are best qualified, will
not accept of them, in order that they NAV oct
chance OF being themselves promoted to them,
They have succeeded by the repetition of the
capaiistlc words, C. Extravaganza Econo-
my, Retrenchment," and Reform" in de-.
iudlng few honest but not very well-informed
cnizens, into support of their dangerous
schemes. But the great mass of the people
stand firm, knowing the best interests of the
otate' and determined to uphold them, and
thereby to thwart the designs of those who
would pull US down from the enviable rank
which we now hold, for moral and intellectual
power, and throw US back in the scale of i'm
provement and civilization, a century behind
The state to which we have already attained,
with so much honor to ourselves and adyanta.
geous to the country.
10 The Egs of last week, saws that the
South Carolina notification" doctrine is q too
monstrous to be swallowed by any persons, 9th
er than ambitious and aspiring Southern polti-
clans or Hartford Convention men," Verify.
the Editor of the Egis knows but little of the
Hartford Convention men, or he;would not
nave iibelled them by coupling them with the
Carolina natl.fers and dsunionists. They new
or held any doctrine, which would bear COM
parison' for the danger ofits tendency, with that
now so boldly advocated. Nay, the most vio
lent OF their supporters never went farther than
Col. Drayton did in his speech at the Charles
ton dinner, for delivering which, his manly and
independent course is very justly compliment
ed. We trust the time will yet come, when
New England will not find her worst libelIers
among her own citizens; when the preiudices
of others against us shall not be fostered by our
abuse of our own section and when it may not
be thought polite or necessary, if we have &C.
casion to censure others, to couple it with libel
upon ourselves
HoT WEATHER. From the 10th to the 25th
inst, inclusive, the weather was the most steady
and intensely hot that we have had for the same
length of time since the summer of 1925. The
thermometer, in this town, stood at IL o'clock,
as follows; on the 10th, at 90-17th, 92-Isth,
94-l9th, 9O-2Oth, 9l-21st, 96-22d, 92-23d,