The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-16


before you, as well as the statements of the
Senators from Maine and Tennessee, (Messrs
Holmes, anc Grundy,) who went to the De.
partment as a sub committee by our direction.
to ascertain the facts.
These documents in each of these cases er.
hibit to your eye palpable ensures where the
name or"William T. Barry, Post Master Gen
eral,'' has been rubbed out, and that of " Abra-
ham Bradley, acting Post Master General"
inserted. The result of the examination was,
that Mr.. Barry's name was originally written
down on the documents, as the person who
made the allowances, according to the truth
that the name of Mr.. Bradley was afterwards
inserted, and now stands in each of these thirty
six cases, which, call them falsehoods, errors,
or what you please, certainly misrepresent the
tact. Then it is also necessary to state that
the letter Of Abraham Bradley TO the President,
which was read in the debate here, on the reso-
luton Of the S Senator from Tennessee, charg-
ing Mr.. Barry with gross violation of law in
some OF these cases, particularly in the case of
the South Carolina contract, was written more
than year ago, and shortly after his removal
from office-that this letter had been sworn TO
by Mr.. Bradley, in the committee, and that the
tendency of this Justification of the documents,
l; undetected, was to convict Mr. Bradley Of
swearing falsely, who, in saying, on his oath,
that the Post Master General made the allow
ances, stated the exact truth.
Sir, have bestowed much attention on these
papers, and | row undertake to say that the SO
are not all the misrepresentation contained in
them. They are enough, however, 20 induce
the Senate, both in justice to It's own charac-
ter, and the reputation of an excellent citizen
and an innocent man, TO refuse to give any pub.
! licity to documents which all can see, and all
aVowed to be, spurious and mutilated
| I 10 Id H. al (r;o Al
lstration that the alterations were made Jy mis-
take. But, when it is considered that so MANY
evasons were resorted to, to prevent the re.
port from ever coming before the Senate, and
that an attempt was made when there, to pre-.
vent the select committee from having any ac-
cess to it when, too, it is recollected that the
records were first made right, and that the al.
teratlons were made afterwards, and, in such a
manner as to operate as screen to the Post
Master General, from the charges of miscon.
duct made against him, no one will believe, for
no ore can belieUe, that it was done by mistake
/ u Pope Julius III gave a Cardinals hat to
! an unworthy person. One ofhis intimate friends
asked him respectfully" What did your Ho.
hness see in that man TO make him Cardinal ~
julius answered." What did you SEQ IN me Ia
make me Pope ?"
Such are the taunts to which people are liza.
BILE to be subjected, when they elevate unworthy
objects to posts of distinction, and never wa.
there stronger case than that Of Gen. Jack
son. How many worthless men has he placed
in Office since his accession to the Presidency
and, how many more have been rejected by the
Senate on account of their vile characters ant
incapacity; as much as if they should say tc
the General, " What did your excellency see il
these men to mako them officers ?" Well NIGH
he reply, I" What did the people see in me 10
make me PRESIDENT" The inquiry is peril
nent one, and commends itself to the consider
alton OF the public. What, indeed, did they SC,
in him to make him President
THE VETo. We never believed that Gen
Jackson, when ho found that Congress contin
ued against him on the principle of the bill
which ne rstoed at the last session, would jeop
ard his reelection by continuing to negativ,
those OF similar character. So it turns out
Congress have recently passed several bills Of
similar character, some of them embracing tn,
very appropriations of one of the bills he return
ed. BY some it was expected that he woulc
put his veto upon them, but he has approved
and signed them all. This places those of hi
supporters who have spent much breath anC
ink in justifying the reto in a most DISTRESSING
predicament. 1t is thus happily touched off il
the Village Record
l." The President has signed the Light Hous,
bill-glVen his appreciation to making Roat
in Maine; to clearing out rivers and harbors
Back Creek and all. We congratulate the pub
lie on this happy change of sentiment Gentle
men, We who approved the veto-"attention tn,
whole To the right about face! :"
SENATORIAL NOMINATIONS. It will be geo,
by our columns, that attempts are making I,
defeat the National Republican nomination TO
Senators. We trust they will meet with n,
encouragement from any good citizen. w,
will endeavor next week, to show such. that i
ls their duty to support that nomination that III,
defeat of it will be equivalent to a triumph, O
Jacksonism at the very time wher its odousnes
is becoming more apparent than ever, and wher
it is threatening destruction to every thing val
liable in our institutions. In these irrepula,
nominations, it will be seen that t,oo Jackso,
me" are brought in, to be supported on the
strength of the names with whom they are as
ISOLATED. We would particularly caution that
portion of our political friends, holding to The
orthodox faith in religion, against being Leo
away by the alurements which are presented
them by the common enemy. We believe that
we can shew most satisfactorily to them, that
any union with the Jackson party or support
OF its men, would be the most disastrous course
to themselves of any that could possibly be
taken If after that, they choose to partake
of the tempting, though forbidden fruit which
is offered them, on themselves will fall the con
sequences.