The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-01-26

FRIDAY, Jan. 81.
SES.f1E. Tho Senate proceeded 10 the
choice of Clergyman to preach the next Elec-
ton Sermon, and Rev. LEONARD WiTHIEcrox
OF Newbury, was chosen.
The bill IN addition TO an act to regulate the
jurisdiction and proceedings of Courts of Pro-
bate, pissed to be engrossed.
HOUSE. Petitions presented +: by Mr.. Reed
Of Troy, petition of the President, &c, of the
Fall River Bank, for renewal of charter by
MIR. Gus OF Boston, petition of Samuel Per-
kins and lOOO others, praying the abolition of
Imprisonment tor dVbt,-whch were severaly
committed
On motion of Mr.. Dorr of Boston, it was
Ordered, That the committee on Manufac-
lures be instructed to inquire into the expedi
cncy of taking statistic tables of all the great
staples and manufactured articles in this COM
menwealth, and that provision therefor be es-
tablished by law. Sent up for concurrence
In the Senate, read and concurred
The bill to encourage the use of broad-rim-
med wheels, was read the second time, and or
dered 10 third reading tomorrow.
The bill to exempt Students in Colleges from
taxation, was amended by striking out the word
" taxation," and inserting "poll taxes" and
was ordered TO third reading tomorrow.
SATURDAY, Jan. 90.
SENATE. The following Message with &C
companyIng documents, were committed to the
select committee on the message of His Excel
lency of the 10th inst, MeFsrs. Everett, Locke
and Cutler,] and ordered to be printed.
To The Hon Senate
and House Of Representatives..
His Excellsncy the Governor of Alabama has
forwarded TO me a copy of certain Resolutions
| adopted by the General Assembly of that State,
and formally and officially approved by him on
the llth December last, which, although unae-
cempanied by the usual request that they should
be LAID before tho Legislature of this Common
wealth, yet could have been transmitted for no
other purpose, and are, therefore, from that
courtesy which is due TO the authority from
! which they emana!e, now respectfully submit
ted to you: consideration.
The purport OF these Resolutions is an extra
ordinary and extra Legislative nomination ofthe
President of the United States for reelection,
together with expressions of unlimited conf
dence IN his fitness for that high office, and an
unqualified approval of the principles he has in
troduced into his administration, the measures
! he has recommended, and the views he has
! from time to time presented Of the true policy
OF the government They also declare an opin-
ion, that " the best interest of the Union re-
! quires his reelection, and recommend him to
the other States of the Union for the office of
President after his present term shall expire"
! An appeal thus formed. and directly address,
ed to the States of the Union, presupposes an
expression by the Legislatures respectively, of
| the sentiments entertained by them, on the
same subjects, and suggests consideration of
| the proPrety of that action here, which other
wise might have seemed gratutous, and would
be as usual as it has hitherto been uncalled for.
! The concurrence of Massachusetts, in the Res
olulions of the Legislature of Alabama is not to
be presumed; but it may be due to the frank
ness of communication with sister State, as
well as to the sincerity and support of our own
| principles, that an explicit declaration should
| preclude the misapprehension of assent 10 pro.
| positions to which their reception, without soE,e
expression of notice, might tend. An interest
/ ing and momentous crisis in the domestic rel a.
lions Of the States to each other and to the gen.
eral governments seem to be fast approaching
! The strength oftho Union is assailed, at various
! points, with monacing and fearful import OF
evil: The laws Of Congress, by one Legisla-
ture, are denounced as the exercise of usurped
and arbitrary power, and by the summary pro.
ceedng OF popular Resolves, are declared I'M
constitutional and void. BY another LegisIa,
tuTe, the authority of the highest Judicial tri-
bunal, netting within the scope of its accustom-
| cd operation, and with the sanction of numer-
! Gus presidents, is set at defiance, and, upon
sudden occasion, by precipitate docisionA, with
ont even argument or time given to dellbera-
! ton, its precepts are condemned, and military
! force threatened in resistance to civil process
in its ordinary and peaceful course of execu-
! ton.
Again, the faith Of the nation is claimed for
the keeping Of tho State Governments, to be
! interpreted according to the pleasure of each
of these sovereignties, while tho policy of the
country is sought to be conformed to their ever
varying interests, or to the cupidity and excited
nag r Nd
parties Of citizens. Is il not time, then, in this
peril of all which is valuable, that patriotic
| friends to the Union, true men who, loving, will
90 for their country, should rally, to its preser-
vation-that they should look for security be-
yond the men and measures of the administra-
ton, TO the Constitution, the only shield which
can be interposed between tho errors of rulers
and the sacred rights of the people; that with
faithful allegiance TO the charter of their in.
| dependence, they should give their frmcst p,rr.
! pose and most strenuous efforts to Sustain lis
strength against the assaults with which it ma Y
be lnenaced? Much may yet be hoped from
! respectful, temperate, and persuasive appeals to
a spirit Of forbearance and patriotism in oppo-
sition to violent and sudden .cuunsels. The
! Union can only be preserved through the vigor
| Of IT'S Institutions, and the constitutional indie
pendence ofils various departments. The Gen
eral Government must be sustained, if sustain
ed at all, in the unimpnirOd exercise of all it's
legitimate functions. There is no other safety
to the States themselves than in tho guaranty
of republican form of government by tho Gov
| efeignty of the nation. The first measure OF
actual collision will bs the certain onset to civ
| IL conflict, and with the destruction Of the con-
federacy would terminate tho republics whose
| jealous and diverse interests could not endure
the necessary bond Of mutual protection.
To the counsels of your discretion and wis
dom, and patriotism, | commend the considera-
lien of these vastly interesting subjects. For
the few suggestions which l have offered, |
seek no apology beyond the occasion which re-.
quires the transmission of the accompanying
document. There are periods when a silent
performance of an act of duty might Justly be
deemed an avoidance, both of personal and of.
fetal responsibility. An explicit declaration of
opinions on measures which directly affect the
vital principles of the government, and IN their
consequences may shake the Republic TO its
foundations, is the first and highest obligation
Of every citizen, and least Of all are they to be
excused in the neglect of this, who, as Repre-.
sentatves Of Freemen, are placed at the posts
ofobservaton, TO watch with vigilance, and in
faithc1Iup4e IN sound 4ba oIor,,, 49, H..