Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-03-02
LANCASTER :
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1880.


that nominated the present Governour and
Lieutenant Governour for reelection. The
address on the whole is just, and breathes
spirit of candour and temperance. We
had intended setting by the side of this
the address published by the caucus that
put Judge Morton in nomination, but
could not Immediately place our hands
upon it. Not that we were gratifed with
the Morton address. Far otherwise. We
should have introduced it merely as spe-
cimen of the party that put the Judge in
nomination: as specimen Of slang: Of
very vulgar and coarse slang. 1t is an
appeal to the sordid views Of sordid men
to the radical spirit that is attempting to
make head in our ancient Commonwealth
and y the acrimonious feelings of those
who aye never satisfied with the health
tul operations of well ordered govern
ment, andwho never can rise except by
troubling thewaters and casting up mire
and dirt Theve are many demagogues
at this very time, who affect state of
peace, while they ars labouring in an un-
demanded manner todefeat the re-elec-
lion Of the present Chief Magistrate. We
~
trust they will be disappointed but they
are active, and great vigilance is necessa-
~ to prevent their Vaccinations. The
present Chief Magistrate deserves well of
the people in an especial manner for the
administration Of the government the last
year, and for his manly and efficient re-
commentator Of various improvements
in our laws, and for his unyielding efforts
in favour Of internal Improvements =
ADDRESS
TO THE CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS.
FELLOW CITIZENS lin recommending
again to your sufrages at the approaching
election of GOVERNOR and Lieutenant Gov
ernour OF the Commonwealth, the same dis
tlnguished persons who now fill those off,
ces, it can hardly be necessary for US to en-
large much upon the circumstances which
entltle them to yonr confidence aud support.
The experience you have had of their in
tegrity and ability in the discharge of their
dutles-the grateful sense you entertain of
their long and faithful services-the re-
prosperity which the Common
wealth has enjoyed under their administra-
ton, are substantial motives for desiring
their reelection in comparison with which.
any opinion that we hight express upon
their merits would justly be regarded as of
slight Importance.
The doctrine that experience disquali6es
a person for the exercise of high and deli
cate political functions, and that it is for the
interest of the people to remove their agents
at the height of their capacity and useful
ness, for no other reason than that they
have had the opportunity to make themselves
capable and useful-however elevated the
on which it may have been pro-
mulgated-will not probably obtain the APP
probation of the Electors of Massachusetts.
TO act on such principle in the ordinary
affairs Of life would be thought to argue
degree of imprudence approaching to insan-
ity, and would ensure the ruin of the most
prosperous private establishments. The ap-
plication Of it to publick concerns, is of still!
more alarming tendency in proportion to
their superiour variety, magnitude and i'm
portahce. The faithful services of the pub
lick agents will ever be considered we trust,
as the surest evidence of their fitness for
future employment by the intelligent CON-
munity to which we address ourselves. On
this occasion as heretofore on others of the
same description, the electors will doubtless
entrust their interests to the tried hands of
those who have already justified their former
marks Of confidence, by doing well, rather
than to those of other persons who can only
recommend themselves by exalting their
own pretensions and decrying the good
deeds of others.
If however we were called upon to select
and propose to you new candidates for your
suhrages at this election, we know moi
where we could look for persons who are
better entitled to them than those who now
occupy the principal seats in the executive
department of the Government. Their
names are endeared to as by the most inter-
esting association, and by grateful recol.
lection Of important publick benefits confer
red upon the Commonwealth at critical peri.
DDS in its history. Their personal qualities
early attracted the attention of their Fellow
Citizens, and indicated them as suitable can
didates for the highest trusts. They have
now passed through long political career
and it is believed that their department il
the several stations which they have sue
cessively occupied, particularly in those
which they now respectively hold, has givel
entire satisfaction to the community, an,
has fully justified the favourable anticipa
tons that had been formed of their talent
and usefulness.
Eminently distinguished by his strict.
democratic principles and by high tone Q
national and patriotic feeling Governor
LINCOLN combines with these essentia
qualifications popularity of manner-a con
ciliatory indulgence for the opinions of 9th
ers, and diligence in the discharge of hi
official functions, which have justly render
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