The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-23


that the highest candidates on the Jackson list,
last year, were also unitarians, Those who
will pursue course so suicidal, may well be
likened to the man Of whom it was said, that,
" he bit his own nose off, out of revenge 10 his
neighbor, who, he supposed, had done him an
injury"
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES. We request the
particular attention of our readers to the arti.
cles which we publish this week in relation to
the State and National expenditures The
thousand times repeated lie of the Jackson
men, that the expenses of government in this
State exceed those of all the other New Eng.
land States, is again satisfactorily refuted 1t
is shewn too that our State government
is looking into its expenditures and that i'm.
2ortant retrenchments have already been made.
The work once commenced, it will 90 steadily
forward till all just grounds of complaint on
that head are removed. 1t is a fact, notwith-
standing all that has been said and insinuated
to the contrary, that the public burdens of the
people of this State are less than those of any
other State in New England. For proof of this
it is necessary only to compare the taxes we
have paid with those in other States. Still,
our expenses may, and doubtless will, be fur.
Their reduced. 1t will also be seen by reference
to the documents above alluded to, that the
Jackson men, who came into power under the
specious pretence of reform and with such plaus.
ible professions of an intention TO retrcnch the
expenses of government have been profuse and
wasteful of the public treasure beyond all for.
mer precedent Such would be the reform
and such the retrenchment of the same party.
if they should come into power in this State.
THE GENERAL PosT OFFICE. Want of time
and room prevents US, this week, from exam
lining the excuse or apology which has been
made for the mutilation of the papers from the
General Post Office Department, recently laid
before Congress-an apology, which, instead of
removing the imputation ofguilt, fixes it strong
er, if possible, than before, and shews that the
forgery was done deliberately and Intentional
ly. We intend to take the subject up next
week. In the mean time we give the follow.
ing extract from the speech of Mr. Holmes, in
the Senate, to shew that the main branch of
the investigation, for which the Select Com
mittee was appointed, has been defeated by the
management Of the Jackson majority of the
Committee. The various arts, by which the
investigation of the concerns of that depart
ment have been evaded, by the administration
party, for nearly year past, during which
time it has been so closely pressed upon them,
shows consciousness, on their part, that it Is
rotten to the core. Whenever it can be fairly
looked into, it will exhibit a scene of misman-
agement, such as will astonish those who have
put faith in the professions of our rulers.
The extract above mentioned is as follows:
IA letter was put into my hands by the Sena-
tor from Virginia who sits near me (Mr. Taze-
well, } from a citizen of that State, whose char
acter as most respectable man was vouched
for by that Senator. That letter now lies be-
fore me. 1t contains plain unequvocal charges
of partlaiity, mIsmanagement, fraud and cor
| ruption," in the southern contracts made dur
ing last October for transporting the mail, al
lodging that higher were preferred 10 lower
|
count in part for the waste of the funds. The
writer desires that the committee should in
vestigate the matter, and offers himself with the
names of some half dozen other respectable
men, living in Virginia and North Carolina.
whom he desires US 10 send for as witnesses 10
substantiate the charges. The letter is laid be-
! fore the committee. Tho charges are so strong
that it is considered by the committee necess:l !.
ry to ask for power to send for persons and ma =
pers. The power is granted by the Senate, and
as soon as the committee meet to exercise the
power, in the very case which induced them to
ask for it, the members from Tennessee and
New Hampshire, joined by the member from
Indiana, (Mr. Hendricks,) resolve that ace shall
caH on the department., to see if we cannot find
in the Postmaster Generals own hands, sulfi :.
cient affidavits and correspondence to substan-
| tate these charges against him, and that after
we have asCertained that we cannot find the
proof there, wo may send for the witnesses
This is determined, when it is certain from the
distance of their residence, that any delay in
sending for the witnesses must effectualy pre-
vent our obtaining their attendance. At the
same time, objections are made TO the taking of
any depositens. The gentleman from Tennes-
see and myself are appointed TO call on the
Postmaster General, to learn if he would not
conVict himself without more proof, and as he
(Mr Grundyl has stated in debate here, when.
ever | requested him to go, he always informed
me the Postmaster General acas sick and could
not see as. So we did not 20. In the mean
time it became useless to send for the witness
es. We were within few days Of the end of
the session, and thus, By slight exercise of in
gcnuity, this part Of the investigation was eff
lectually suppressed"
The regular Spring Session Of tho County
CoMnissioNERs commenced in this town yes
terduy.