The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-04-27


suited to the affairs of your country, IRON your
continued zeal in the arduous tasks to when (
you have been subjected. To say that deeply re,
greet to lose YOU, is but feebly to express my ieel
ings on the occasion. =,
When called by my country to the station which
occupy it was not without deep sense OF It's al
duous responsibilities, and strong distrust OF my
self that | obeyed the call but. cheered by tue
that no other motive actusted me,
than desire to guard her interests, and to place
her upon the firm ground of those great prnclpies
which, by the wisest and purest of our patriots,
have been deemed essential to her prosperity,
ventured upon the trust assigned me. did TINS III
the confident hope of finding tie support OF advls-
ers able and true 4; who, laying aside every thing
but desire to give new vigor to the vital prlhcl
pies of our Union would look with single eye to
the best means of effectiug this paramount object
In YOU this hope has been realized to the utmost
In the most difficult and trying moments OF my ad-
ministraton, | have always found you sincere,
able and eficient-anxious at all times to AFFORD me
every aid IT, however, from circumstances IN your
Judgment sufficient to make it necessary the ON
cial ties subsisting between us must be seVereu'
can only say that this necessity is deeply lamented
bv me. | part with you only because you yourseii
have requested me to do so, and have sustained
that request, by reasons strong enough to command
my assent. l cannot, however. allow the separa-
ton to take place, without expressing the nope,
that this retirement from public affairs is but tenn
porary and that it, in any other station tne gov
eminent should have occasion for seryleesfthe val
ae -c .sl.ich7nas UeeS sosensibly feR by me, your
consent will not be wanting.
OF the state OF things to which you ADVERT, can
not but be fully aware. look upon it with sorrow,
and regret it the more because one OF Its first ef-
fects is to disturb the harmony of my cabinet: 1t
is however, but instance Of one OF the evils TO
which free governments mu st ever be liable. The
only remedy for these evils as they arise, lies IN
the intelligence and public spirit of our common
/ They
there is abundant consolation. cannot quit THIS
subject without adding, that with the best opp or
tunities for observing and judging, have seen IN
you no other desire. than to quietly ON IN the
path of your duties, and to promote the harm onl-
Gus conduct of public affairs. If on this point you
have had to encounter ction, it is but another
proof of the inefficiency of innocence and worth
to shield from such assaults.
! Be assured that the interest you express in my
happiness is most heartily reciprocated- my
most cordial feelings accompany you, and that
a'' 10y ANDREW JACKSON.
P. S. 1t is understood that you are to continue
in office until your successor is appointed.
MARTIN VAN buren,, Secretary of State.
From the NelO York Commercial Advertiser.
The whole cabinet has retired but let it be re-
membered that Mr.. Van Buren, did not take the
initiation. No-Eaton resigned four days be fore
him. Mr.. Van Buren, has in fact found, that the
burden of government was too great for him, and
now seeks to put it on the ground of the motives
which rival candidates have to embarrass the OPP
eratons of government. He found that the in
creasng unpopularty of the administration, had
greatly changed the politics of PENNSYLVANIA; had
lost him the city of New York-an earnest Of the
next State election and was gradually efecting
ominous mutations of opinions among even friends,
every where, and he has resigned his place to en-
I Ploy those means by personal supervision on the
spot, which have hitherto proved successful. His
fortunes are linked to those of Jackson's election
for second term. He is too sagacious not to see
this, and feeling it, not to pursue the best means
of securing it. He tells US this in plain terms-he
says he will not be diSfranchiSed In fact he dis
timely intImates that he is candidate at the end
of six years, for the presidency. But what will he
do in the mean time BY his resignation he
hopes to avoid the constant exposure which the
man, ana geTfd 81 some Of the public odium Which
/ has fastened on him as an Intrinuer. He wants
: again to assume the active management of his DO.
lltlca farm at Albany-and if he can quietly slim
into the Vice Presidency, the thing is done, and
Martin is ready for the next vacancy Mr.. Van
Buren speaks Of the operations of government, be-
ing opposed by the pretensons of rival candidates
and theirirends in Office This is doubtless a Sian
at Messrs. Tyler and Tazewell and we ask. with
what justice The ratification of the appointment
/ OF Commissioners to negotiate the Turkish treaty
I was opposed by these gentlemen, and Mr. Van Bu-
, rem own sentiments on the Panama mission read
IN support OF the argument. The only difference
was, that Mr.. Adams nominated in the recess OF
Congress and Gen Jackson nominated, despatch
ed, and when the treaty was made and before the
Senate, and session had intervened then, for the
trst time informed that body Of the fact of the ex
lstence OF any such diplomatic arrangement.
we consider this letter nothing better than a
confession of defeat, and qualified incapacity for
public aftars-at all events in difficult tmes-it is
what the lawyers cali cognovt actionem Ell daznnn
and what some miserable fellows know to be a con.
fesston Of judgment. Mr.. Van Buren, has been
Deaten at his own game; rooted out neck and
heels, from his Office, by the Senators of Virginia
ana the Calhoun party; and this letter will always
stand as the best proof of it, inasmuch as it is the
acknowledgment of the party himself. He will al
ways be labelled with this document, as poison in a
druggists store is now required to be by law.
: But we must hasten to conclusion Gen. Jack
son has shown by this act the weakness of his adj.
mlnlstratlon-a debility with which it commenced.
and which has now only ended in dissolution.
Inc Government does not change its principles.
though 1t has changed its agents. Those who Come
IN are to be against the Bank, against Internal I'm.
provements,-in favor of corrupt and pensioned
press,-of prescription for opinions sake.-of a
vaclllati9g and wretched policy in regard to our
tariff of duties. ON'