The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-10-05
From the HinghGm Gazstte.
,rp~oM CTATE ADDRESS.

Of fact and doctrine when nave oeen put iorth
Nv them in the form OF Resolutions and an Ad'
I,oss n the people. / shall not occupy time by
wing any detailed account of the supposed
seasons which induced the parade at Worces-
fer. the preliminary flourish of trumpets in the
saveral counties, or OF the clashing interests
which it was the real design of this meeting to
harmonize and to concentrate, in opposition to
our present State administration which fear
lessly assert is as ioise, as prudent, and patr,-
otto, as aNy sohich acds euer hoRored 1ctth the
appreciation of the free electors Of !hdsSdcha-
setts shall not trouble myself with exposing !
the fragrant errors of mere opinion, not pretend |
ed to be sustained by facts, which were counte- !
nanced by the convention, but shall conhne my |
sell to such points as are susceptible OF com !
pete refutaton by known facts, from official
documents, and from the acts of the party which
assembled at Worcester by Delegates. Marcus
Morton was again nominated fer Governor by
this convention, and John Millsfor LIT. Govern
or There are throughout the Address OF the
convention continued appeals TO the Farmers,
Mechanics, and substantial yeomanry, against
/" the aristocracy," against the professions-the
literary institutions of the State, and partcu-
larry against the wealthy portions of the com
munity The mechanics and farmers are call
ed upon to put down LEVI LINCOLN: born IN
the lap of wealth." &c, and many other IN
flammatory appeals are made dppar emily with
great sincerity anu uOUe6LI. OpOu thCsS
we simply propose TO ask, why no substantial
Mechanic or Farmer was selected candidate
for the Office Of Governor-why one OF the de-
spised and derided profession of LAWYERS was
deemed the most suitable man TO administer
tho affairs Of State-a man, too, whose whoIe
life has beer exclusively that of lawyer ana
politician, and whose avocatlon, (ess than tnat
of most lawyers,) has seldom brought HIM In
contact with the very men who are called upon
nv waS the who
is always represented o US the veteran DEM
ocrat of old Berkshire, the substantial yeo-
man." the venerable patriot, thrown aside to
make room for John Mills, another of the same
prescribed profession Of LAWYERS. The an
swer to the first interrogatory may be that 1t is
convenient to expound and preach one doctrine,
and practice another, and TO the second, that
the " underlings of the plot" must give say TO
those whose recent desertion OF his former par
tv and principles, and whose violation of ex-
press declarations constitute him shining and
more suitable object for the reward of the party
which he has espoused. The budding arlstoc-
racy of the Jackson party was completely DIS
played in the nomination of Marcus Morton
and in the rejection of Nathan Willis and we
are glad to learn that fortythree members had
the independence in the convention, to vote
against Marcus Morton, and forty-eight against
John Mills.
The second Resolution of the convention was
in favor Of the doctrine of rotation an otlee.
To expose the hypocrisy of this resolution, It
is merely necessary to state, that IT Lew LIN
coin is reelected Governor, and serves another
year, he will not then have held the office OF
Governor so long as Andrew Jackson will hold
the Office of President should he also be reflect
ed and serve another term-and the ninth Res
olution Of the Worcester Convention recon-
mends his reelection. II will be needless TO
mention the names Of others who retain Offices
under Gen. Jackson's adminjstration, (Which
they have held for the twenty years past,) be-
cause thoy hapPon to Be J~ei'~ern1 -~h'Ie
others who had been recently appointed and
happened not to be Jacksonmen have been
thrust out We need go no further than the
Boston Custom House to find instances OF this
species of favoritism and prescription.
The third Resolution declares that the evils
and abuses of our present State Administration
are such as parGlyze The dcttr,ty and enterprise
of the community! and yet the ninth Resou
tion declares that the measures of Andrew
Jackson have ditfused 4 prosperity oeer eUerl
section of our country and ereTy class Of on
citizens as universal as it IS uneTGmpted
How a community can be paralyzed in activity
and enterprise, and prosperous beyond exam
pie, at the same instant, is to me Incompetent
sibIe The fact is, undoubtedly, that there il
no paralysis of activity and enterprise in tht
community. The mechanic knows this-the
merchant knows 1.-THE farmer knows it. Tht
country is putting forth her giant strength anc
developing her mighty resources, which NJ
State administration can affect, any more thar
the schemes of the Jackson radicals in thi
State can overturn all the literary, religious
and civil institutions Of this ancient and intelli
gent Commonwealth Andrew jackson NAV
by veto and recommendation, attempt to checl
the spread of improvement, and 10 bind dowI
our mechanics and farmers i'll slayish subservi
ency to foreign artizans, but the spirit of indie
pendence will burst through all restraint anC
display her noble energies Ifany part of oul
country is less prosperous than any other, it il
where the Notification fever, stimulated by
Jackson ofice-holders, RACES with the greatest
violence.
The fourth Resolution is as follows
Resolved, That the State Expenditures are
enormous and beyond measure Suidensome TO
the people, that they have increased, are in
creasng and ought to be reduced"
1propose to give this resolution a thorough
examination, and to show conclusively that it
is intended to deceive the community. In con-
nection with it / will not overlook that part of
the Address which relates 10 the same subject
1t is stated IN the address, that i" il has been
shown from facts that cannot be disproveG, and
are not now controVerted, that the expenses of
this State are annually fifty thousand dollars
more Than the expenses of all the other New
England States put together" This is not
true IN substance-nor is it true even in terms
1t has never been shown to be true-nor can il
be shown to be true-and it always has been
and always will be controverted.
1t is again said in the address that
$50 fully had the public become satisfied of
this profusion, that the Governor considered il
necessary in late message, to advert TO the
fact, and TO admit that it was Just cause Of
discomfort But from the insncere manner in
which the work of retrenchment was com
menced and prosecuted in the; Legislature by
the partzans of the State Executive, it is evil
dent that any hope of reformation in these mat.
fers, under the present State administration,
must prove illusory. All these immense expen-
ditures of the State are first drawn directly or
indirectly from the pockets Of the people, and
flow back again, not into their pockets but into
the pockets oftho aristocracy, who monopolize
the places of profit, many of which are created !
for no other object than TO give them living |
out of the psblic."
Now what did the Governor say in his late