The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-12-22


what it purported to be, and what it was takel
to be by every one who saw it,-a paper author
ised by that meeting. If that superstition hal
misled us into error, it only shows how little de
pendence is to be placed on any thing emanat
ling from such a source. The circular is now
ldisowned by those who attended the meeting
and thrown back upon the sugner, to be father
ed by MIN alone; thing which never wouls
have been done, had it not been for the disclos
ures we have made.
Our readers will bear IT in mind. that tbe
most essential facts we have stated in reference
to the election, were published before we hac
seen the circular, that they rest on other and
sufhcient evidence for their support, and thai
the circular was only used as collateral evidence
in the case. AS such, its force still remains
undlmlnlshed, it adds full confirmation of there
being plans in operation +" TO defeat the cleo
ton" OF Maj Davis, and it gave sufficient cause
Tor the inference that those plans were matur
ed at the meeting in Sutton No one can read
the circular without perceiving the intention tc
pass 1t off, as one authorized by, and emanatino
from, that meeting. 1t was doubtless supposed
that this would give it more influence than i,
would have, if known to proceed from few
busy individuals of no note, in this town.
But the editor has resorted to another mode
OF escaping from the differences which must un-
avoidably be drawn from the circular, viz. by
tafs!fying that document. For this purpose he
publishes the certificate of Edwin C. Church
(the same printer who made the denial respect
ing the I" Clay candidate" handblI, which he
prlnted) in which it is said that the date of the
circular, instead of Oct. 25th, as it was printed,
" should read Oct 25th," and that it was print
ed on that day. This is the most contemp,ible
shuttle of the whole, as will presently be shown
whenever the circular might have been print.
ed, it affords internal evidence that it ,oas arrit.
len prisr to the 2sM. The nomination of VIM.
Eaton was published in the Egis of the 9th,
and the circular in favor of Col Merrick, which
was printed at the Jackson office, by tho afore.
SAID Church, aoas dated on the same day. But
what says the circular, which it is pretended
should have been dated the 2Sth Not indeed.
that there are several candidates, but that sit
is expected that there WILL BE several can.
didates in the field" Every man of common
sense knows, that, it the circular had, in reali-
ty, been written on the 2eth, it would have
adopted the former mode of expression and not
the latter. The falsity of this pretence is there
fore fully established
The Jackson Editor pretends that his circu.
lar q leffa MS s,rsnof. 49,.
dividual of the party, without the consultation
of any one" flour readers will refer back TO
that circular and note its commencement, bv
direct reference to the meeting at Sutton, its
admonitio0 to those, to whom it was sent, of
what was :" the earnest desire of their friends"
and the ostsntatious parade with which it i.
signed, as Chairman of the County Commit.
tee, and compare all this with the assertion
that the letter wasa private one written by him
in his individual capacity, they will agree in
opinion, that the impotence of the writer is
equalled only by his mendacity.
We avail ourselves Of this opportunity of ad.
ding another fact to those we have already pub.
llshed, which is, that member of the Jackson
County Committee confdentially informed an
individual, that Eaton and Merrick would be
nominated, some days before the nomination
was publicly made.
Having thus demolished the whole super.
structure which it was attempted to rear, we
will now, for tho benefit of sour neighbor in
lao. in the hope that he is not entirely incor.
rigioie, remind him of an old proverb, which,
nevertheless, is as true as it is old, that Hon.
esty is the best policy We would also sug.
gest to him the advice of the Fox to the Goat,
in the fable, "never again to enter we'll till
thou hast considered well the means of getting
out" And, il he can derive any benefit from
the allusion ofthe Fox toe brains" and " beard u
he is welcome to it, recommend the whole
fable TO his attentive perusal and profound med.
itation!