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

The following manifesto of the views Of those
members Of Congress who are opposed to the
present administration, appeared at the close
of the session, in the National Journal and Ma
tional lntelligencer:
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE U. STATES.
Recent occurrences, manifesting not merely |
the future prospects, but the present certainty i
of wide division among the party which has
hitherto supported Gen. Jackson's AdministFa
ton, are too important not to awaken great
degree Of attention. They are entitled TO a
deep reflection by the oppOsers of the Admin
istration, and by the public. The Vice Presi
dents late publication was but tire ebulition of
q political ferment, well known to have been
/ secretly long at work. 1t was not the origin !
of schism it was only its avowal From the |
moment of this original I" Co mbiRation'' ESQ it |
was admitted to- beg against Mr.. Adams's Ad. |
/ mnistration, it was foreseen that the parts
composing it, held together for the time by
common object, Qhe hope of power0 would
necessarily fly asunder when that powershOuld
.have been obtained, and when it should come
to be decided who should enjoy its post for the
present, and who expect them for the future.
Nothing but the powerful CHEMISTRY of this
common object, it was easy to perceive, could
keep in union such opposite materials as the
friends of Gen. Jackson in Pennsylvania and
those in South Carolina and the followers of
Mr.. Calhoun, who had been called PrOdtgntS,
and the followers of Mr.. Crawford, ;who had
been called Radicals. Such tumble of pollti-
clans could have no natural cohesion. If Mr..
Calhoun and Mr. Randolph could act long in
harmony; if the highest notes of Consolidation
and the lowest grumbling of State Rights could
be made to chime in unison if the Tariff and
Notification could walk hand IN hand-then,
indeed, the time might be expected to have ar
rived when the lion and tho lamb would lie
down together.
AS to the Secretary of State, his affinities
were well known to be easily drawn towards
any political elements, and again to be easily
repealed He mingles with every thing by the
\ slightest attraction, and again is disengaged
from every thing by the gentlest solvent !: For
Mr.. King, and against Mr.. King friend Of
y Mr. Clinton, and an enemy of Mr.. Clinton an
Anti Tariff man, out of courtesy Tor out of sub
: seryience) to some to others Tariff man :;
by virtue of instructions: friend of the Union,
}, yet cropping after lost rights of the States; and
> on the great question between the constitution
= al powers of the government on one hand, and
tho absurdities Of notification on the other,
: hanging precisely midway on an exact poise.
The foresight which anticipated this rupture
of the party, was not deceived The fulfil
: ment has trodden, indeed, very close upon the
heels Of the prediction. Before the second
: year of General Jackson's Administration has
closed, vide, deep, and impossible gulph al
ready separates the leaders of his legiO ns of
followers and feudatories. His own influence
u over these leaders, hot founded in their respect
It for his talents or character, but mainly in the
e conviction that there is great though vague
l. and indefinite popularity attached TO his name
d is now no longer sufficient TO repress their con-
d tentions. They quarrel in his own face, fol
= his own seat, while he yet fills it, and means to
e fill it longer ifhe can.
: We have heard much, heretofore, Of the
: Presidents independence; Of his lofty eleySi
,; iin' aAeT"r i1f9encs neSs himself eve1v inch
/ President. We now see the verifcation and
a manifestations of these qualities we behold
/ him evidently busy in the first stages of con.
n trOversy, the origin of whichlies in the motives
IS and objects, connected first with his own re.
election and secondly with the succession Of
n another to his Office when he shall have done
o with it. We were assured, too, by his support
d ers, that no aspirant for further promotion
/, would be in his cabinet, or participate in his
g councils. We perceive how his assurance has
!, been performed. But this is not all; the Pres
n ident has repeatedly expressed his own opin-
IONS, and his own purposes, in words borrowed
), from one in whose mouth they meant what
they seemed TO mean. He has declared over
S and over again, that he neither sought Office,
nor Stunned it. If the public arc not now mis-
informed, recent occurrence has fully ex-
pounded his meaning, and explained his SINGER.
Iity in this declaration.
\ II is not the object of these paragraphs TO
enter into the merits of the questions raised bv
the Vice Presidents publication, and its numer-
Gus answers and replies. We are little dispos-
ed to NEEDLE in this family quarrel. Our pur-
: pose, on the contrary, is to suggest that those
who have opposed the Administration, who still!
g oppose it, to have no concern in this dispute,
except so far as its results may affect the public
3 interest. These results it is probable, will be
various in their character, and in their tenden-
icy. So far as internal dissention may be likely
q to weaken the momentum with which the
: dominant party has hitherto proceeded in n
course so threatening TO all the great interests
OF the country, the effect will unquestonably
+ be good. Still better will it be, if this discos-
s ure OF the performance OF merely personal and
ambitious motives over ali other considerations,
shall open the eyes Of the community to the
real character OF men, and the real character of
the times On the other hand, it certainly
gives still more formidable appearance to the
, dangers which threaten us, when we see what
their objects are, unless we may hope at the
same time that the public will see them also
and take care for its own safety. The publ
cations afford Il striking example indeed of the
nature of these objects. There is not the
smallest reference in any of them to any public
principle, or public measure Tho general
welfare, the good ofthc country, constitutional
principle, political expediency these things,
none of them, not one, is that about which our
men in high places write letters about which
they express solicItude about which they differ
Not at all. General Jackson and Mr. Calhoun
choose to quarrel, and yet they put their quar-
rel, on grounds perfectly consistent with the
fullest appreciation, on the part of Mr.. Calhoun
OF every one of Gen. Jackson's measures.
Inc ruin of political prospects is spoken of,
but they are the political prospects Of an indi-
vlduai, not the political prospects of the coun-
Try: Tho merciless, prescription for opinion,
wIIcn mas staked over the land the violation
) OF national faith to the Indians the mad nro-
ject OF paper money Treasury Bank; the
war on the Tariff; the war OIL the Judiciary
inc war on the Constitutions; these are not
subjects which have drawn forth controversy
all IS personal elimination and recrimination.
ana What spectacle does this contest ex-
hlDlt! Who does mt zoo in ,,b., r